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?Gay Bishop Must Resign or Confess, Says Sudan Church Head?

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Christian Post carries this report that begins: The head of the Anglican church in Sudan said on Tuesday that unity could be restored to the troubled Anglican Communion only when the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson resigns or confesses he has “made a mistake” in embracing homosexuality...

Eliminating Classroom Bias at Penn State

Posted on July 23, 2008
ADF attorney David Hacker has this post on the ADF Center for Academ Freedom site. It begins: “The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (subscription required) today that a former ADF Center for Academic Freedom client, A.J. Fluehr, successfully used an academic bias complaint system at Pennsylvania State University to expose an incident of classroom censorship...

?LAPD Chief Bratton backs gay marriage with checkbook?

Posted on July 23, 2008
The LA Times reports: LAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton has come out — in favor of gay marriage. As a wedding gift to friend and celebrity publicist Howard Bragman and his longtime partner, Chuck O’Donnell, Bratton made it official: He and his wife, former Court TV diva Rikki Kleiman, strongly believe that gays have a right [...

California: Marriage ballot pros, cons go online - Voter Information Guide

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Desert Sun reports: The ?official? debate over the marriage initiative on the November ballot went public Tuesday with the Web posting of the state voter guide. The Official Voter Information Guide includes pro and con arguments about Proposition 8 as well as an analysis of the measure that would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to [...

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11th Circuit: Fla. statute requiring parental permission to opt-out of pledge of allegiance is not facially unconstitutional

Posted on July 23, 2008
"We conclude that the State?s interest in recognizing and protecting the rights of parents on some educational issues is sufficient to justify the restriction of some students? freedom of speech."

Flying Solo: Five Key Lessons I Learned From Starting My Own Practice

Posted on July 23, 2008
Jonna Spilbor has this commentary on Findlaw. She writes: My journey began with the decision to leave the safety and stability of the small firm in which I was six short months away from becoming a partner, so that I could do what virtually every other lawyer who leaves a firm desires to do: [...

8th Circuit affirms 20 year sentence for one count of producing child porn

Posted on July 23, 2008
The 8th Circuit has issued a unanimous panel ruling in United States v. Zastrow, No. 07-3139 (8th Cir. July 23, 2008). The opinion begins: Emory James Zastrow (Zastrow) pled guilty to one count of producing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S...

Jordan Lorence on the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show: Defending Conscience Rights and Marriage

Posted on July 23, 2008
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared on the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Radio show to discuss the several cases involving the right of conscience. The mp3 file is here and it runs just over 9 minutes. Related: ADF Press releases in the Washington Pharmacists Case - Stormans ADF Press release in the New Mexico Photography Case ADF: Hearing in lawsuit against N...

10th Circuit: Colorado scholarship restrictions to students at ?pervasively sectarian? schools held unconstitutional

Posted on July 23, 2008
"The State of Colorado provides scholarships to eligible students who attend any accredited college in the state . . . other than those the state deems 'pervasively sectarian' . . . We find the exclusion unconstitutional . . .

?Suspicious? circumstances surround prof?s firing

Posted on July 23, 2008
OneNewsNow.com carries this report about a professor fired for answering a student’s question about how heredity influences homosexual behavior. The report includes this: It is also ironic, [ADF attorney David] Hacker notes, that the student who complained about Sheldon relaying the information from the textbook to her students had dropped the class the morning before the [...

National Review Columnist argues for repeal of ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?

Posted on July 23, 2008
Deroy Murdock has this commentary on National Review arguing for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He argues that greater needs and lower military standards favor repeal of the policy. Among the examples he cites: Similarly, 28 straight soldiers who had sex in Afghanistan were reprimanded, but not axed, Drew Brown reported in the May [...

1 ?spam king? sentenced; another escapes

Posted on July 23, 2008
The AP reports: “There seems to be a lot of spam royalty out there: A Seattle man known as the “spam king” was sentenced to prison Tuesday, while federal officials said someone else with the same criminal nickname escaped from a prison camp in Colorado...

Catholic Bishops and Clinton Clash over Conscience Rights for Doctors

Posted on July 23, 2008
[I]s the ?pro-choice? label a misleading mask for an agenda of actively promoting and even imposing morally controversial procedures on those who conscientiously hold different views??

U.K. Police Constable Fights Back against Pro-Homosexual Police Force over Discrimination

Posted on July 23, 2008
"The blatant support for homosexual rights in Norfolk Police makes being a Christian officer extremely difficult," . . . a "small number" of colleagues are using the police internal investigations system to intimidate him . . .

California Voters Leaning Towards Supporting Parental Notification on Abortion

Posted on July 23, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “California voters are not familiar with the statewide initiatives that will appear on the ballot when voters go to the polls in November. One of those is [...]

Ohio Abortion Center Evicted After Complaints From Local Pro-Life Advocates

Posted on July 23, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Local pro-life advocates in this city near Akron successfully got local officials to evict an abortion business that set up shop near a legitimate medical center. Formerly [...]

EEOC Issues New Guidance On Issues of Religious Discrimination

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Religion Clause has this report that links to an updated Section 12 EEOC compliance manual: “Yesterday the EEOC issued consolidated and updated guidelines for investigating and analyzing charges of religious discriminatio.” Visit Site » Share This

Revisiting ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?

Posted on July 23, 2008
John Cloud has this article on Time Magazine that begins: Today Congress is holding its first hearing in 15 years on the Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell policy barring bisexuals, gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The hearings, called by a House Armed Services subcommittee, are likely to be more notable for the fact that they [...

Homosexuals in the Armed Forces: Debate Renewed

Posted on July 23, 2008
Citizen Link has this report that also links to a Focus on the Family broadcast appearance by Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness. Visit Site » Share This

California: Sanger man fights to restore wife?s feeding tubes

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Fresno Bee reports: In a case similar to that of Terri Schiavo, relatives of a comatose woman are fighting Fresno County to put her back on life support. Janet Rivera of Sanger has been without food or water since July 14, when a court-appointed public guardian had the tubes removed to end her suffering ...

2008 GC Compensation Survey: Party Like It?s 2001

Posted on July 23, 2008
Amy Miller has this report on Law.com. It reports: Simply put, the top legal officers at Fortune 500 companies raked it in. And that was true even for those heading the law departments at such financial institutions as Morgan Stanley, which are reeling after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market ...

3rd Circuit Strikes Down COPA ? Again

Posted on July 23, 2008
Shannon P. Duffy has this article on the Legal Intelligencer providing a review of yesterday’s 3rd Circuit COPA ruling. Related: 3rd Circuit: Child Online Protection Act facially violates First and Fifth Amendments Visit Site » Share This

Now Playing on Apple?s iTunes: ?Adult-Oriented? Podcasts

Posted on July 23, 2008
Vaughini Vara has this article in the Wall Street Journal. It begins: Now available for download through iTunes: raunchy sex banter, erotic storytelling sessions and reviews of pornographic Web sites. Last month, Apple Computer Inc.’s online music store launched a directory of podcasts — audio shows that can be downloaded free from the Internet and usually [...

Court Punts Super Bowl Indecency Ruling Back to FCC

Posted on July 23, 2008
Jan LaRue has this commentary on the Culture and Media Institute site. She writes: The Third Circuit?s decision throwing out the FCC?s ?wardrobe malfunction? fine against CBS is exasperating, because CBS really ought to pay a price for making Super Bowl halftime into a sleazy strip show...

New York: Lawyer Suspected of Running Brothel at Strip Club Talks

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Gothamist reports: “The lawyer accused of running a prostitution ring at his strip club and laundering the proceeds through a voter registration non-profit gave the Daily News an exclusive interview from his Manhattan jail.” Visit Site » Share This

Houston: Man Fatally Shot Outside Strip Club

Posted on July 22, 2008
Click2Houston.com reports: “A man was fatally shot outside a southeast Houston strip club on Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.” Visit Site » Share This

Virginia: Suspect in custody, charged in shootings at strip club

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Daily Press reports: “A man and a woman were hit by gunfire late last night outside a Virginia Beach strip club.” Visit Site » Share This

Clemson, SC debates council prayers

Posted on July 22, 2008
UpstateToday.com reports: “During the July 7 meeting, council member Nancy Bennett said the state legislature recently approved prayer before council meetings and asked her fellow members to consider its implementation at future meetings . . .” Visit Site » Share This

Assistant AG defends DOJ prosecution of sex trafficking cases

Posted on July 22, 2008
This letter by Elisebeth C. Cook, Assistant Attorney General, has been published in the New York Times. She writes: The department has convicted hundreds of sex traffickers for prostituting children and forcing women into prostitution. We have rescued hundreds upon hundreds of victims...

Georgia: Police arrest 12 in second round of Macon massage parlor busts

Posted on July 22, 2008
Macon.com reports: “Macon police have arrested a dozen people in a second phase of an ongoing investigation into Macon’s massage parlors . . . Two women in last week’s operation also were charged with sodomy and sexual battery, Burns said...

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