Religion & Law

Vanderbilt University Requires Nursing Students to Do Abortions

Posted on January 11, 2011
LifeNews: ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman commented on the case and said, ?Christians and other pro-life members of the medical community shouldn?t be forced to participate in abortions to pursue their profession.? ?People enter the medical profession to protect and heal the helpless...

Sudan: Independence vote begins; Christians pray for new nation

Posted on January 11, 2011
Baptist Press: "In addition to the voting across southern Sudan, thousands of Sudanese were expected to vote in neighboring countries -- including eight locations in Kenya -- in a referendum on independence that, if passed, will officially designate southern Sudan as a new nation...

Cohabiting couples far more likely to suffer from partner abuse, statistics show

Posted on January 11, 2011
"Increasing rates of violence between couples in the United States and Europe have been widely attributed to the global recession, but the problem has another dimension that is often ignored: it is far more likely to occur between unmarried, cohabiting couples than married couple...

Matt Bowman: Remembering Judge Roll

Posted on January 11, 2011
ADF attorney Matt Bowman writes at National Review Bench Memos: "It?s hard to describe the virtues of Chief Judge John Roll without making him sound too good to be true. I think that?s because he really was as good as all of us wish we could be, but know we so often aren?t...

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FRC: Increase in Abortion Rate Underscores Need to Get U.S. Taxpayers Out of Abortion Business, Enact Pro-Life Protections

Posted on January 11, 2011
FRC: "However, this report indicates that much work remains to be done in Congress and in state legislatures to protect mothers and their unborn children."

Chilean Constitutional Tribunal accepts lawsuit demanding homosexual ?marriage?

Posted on January 11, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "Chile?s Constitutional Tribunal, which is the nation?s highest tribunal for constitutional issues, has agreed to decide on a suit alleging that ?marriage? between two people of the same sex is a constitutional right."

Personhood petitions in all 50 states ? approaching 1 million signatures

Posted on January 11, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "Personhood USA, a national pro-life organization dedicated to achieving legal recognition of the personhood rights of all human beings, including the unborn, has announced that it has achieved its goal of having personhood efforts underway in all 50 states...

Cal. Supreme Court: The Short List

Posted on January 11, 2011
Southern California Appellate News: "Using the same resources, I've compiled possible successors to Justice Carlos Moreno. I've already introduced five of them, with extended bios. The complete Short List is her . . . "

Pope Addresses Diplomatic Corps Calling For Expanded Religious Liberty

Posted on January 11, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI delivered his annual address (full text) to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See-- ambassadors from 178 countries. Zenit reports that Vatican officials characterized the Pope's remarks as opening a new chapter in the commitment to religious liberty...

AP: ?Transgender vets want military access for own?

Posted on January 11, 2011
AP: The "don't ask, don't tell" policy now heading toward history does not apply to transgender recruits, who are automatically disqualified as unfit for service.

Ohio AG Mike DeWine seeks to make Ohio 21st state to sue over health care law

Posted on January 11, 2011
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Making good on a campaign promise, new Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine used his first day in office trying to get Ohio added to a lawsuit challenging the legality of the recent health care act pushed through by President Barack Obama...

Vanderbilt University illegally requiring nursing residents to sign abortion pledge

Posted on January 11, 2011
The Alliance Defense Fund filed a complaint Tuesday with the Department of Health and Human Services against Vanderbilt University for requiring nursing residents to participate in abortion procedures.

The Fed?s QE2 Traders, Buying Bonds by the Billions

Posted on January 11, 2011
CNBC: "They are buying hundreds of billions of dollars of United States Treasury securities on the open market in a controversial attempt to keep interest rates low and, in the process, revive the economy."

Milwaukee: Voucher students 17% more likely to graduate

Posted on January 11, 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Because the latest graduation rate went up 5 percentage points from the previous year for both Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and MPS students, the report contends that choice (also called voucher) students were 17% more likely to graduate from high school than children in MPS over the past two years of the study ...

RI: Catholic Bishop?s absence at inaugural downplayed

Posted on January 11, 2011
Providence Journal: "It was the first time in at least 20 years that there was no Catholic bishop at the State House to offer a prayer at the inauguration ceremony for a new governor."

Heritage Foundation: Obama?s Anti-Drilling Agenda

Posted on January 11, 2011
Heritage Foundation Morning Bell: "President Obama?s oil spill commission will release its long-awaited final report this morning, recommending new government regulations and limits on drilling. These conclusions could shape the future of the oil industry ? and impact our nation?s energy policy for years to come...

NCPA: The CBO?s Fuzzy ObamaCare Math

Posted on January 11, 2011
NCPA Policy Digest: "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shows that in 2019 the Obama health law reduces annual Medicare funding so much that it works out to $1,428 less for each elderly patient that year. Richard Foster, chief actuary for Medicare, has spoken with brave bluntness about the possible impact, warning that some hospitals may stop accepting Medicare, says McCaughey...

DE: Some of Muslim student?s claims re Christmas in school allowed to go forward

Posted on January 11, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: In Doe v. Cape Henlopen School District, (D DE, Jan. 7, 2011), the mother of a Muslim student sued claiming that her daughter's fourth-grade teacher created a classroom environment that promoted Christianity and excluded Muslim beliefs ...

Christian Leaders Respond to Arizona Shootings

Posted on January 11, 2011
Charisma: Alliance Defense Fund President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears spoke directly to the shooting death Chief Judge John McCarthy Roll of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. ?Chief Judge Roll was a great lawyer, sound jurist, and a long-time friend...

Preserving America?s godly foundation

Posted on January 11, 2011
One News Now: "Callers can dial into the conference call and hear speakers from organizations like the Pacific Justice Institute, Eagle Forum, and the Alliance Defense Fund. The PreserveLiberty.com consultant encourages believers to continue to labor in prayer and remember God's faithfulness towards America, but he says they must also be prepared to engage their culture...

Wheeling Native Clerked for Murdered Arizona Judge John Roll

Posted on January 11, 2011
WTRF 7 (includes video): "I was shocked," said Matt Bowman. "I was hoping the news was wrong. I was thinking about his family and his courtroom family, as well, and how much grief they must be going through right now. Judge Roll was really an ideal employer...

City won?t allow Tree of Life to take root

Posted on January 11, 2011
One News Now: However, the city zoning code disallows its facility, so with Tree of Life's call for legal help, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has filed a federal lawsuit against the city. "This is a case of unequal treatment," contends Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for ADF...

ADF extends prayers to all Tucson victims

Posted on January 11, 2011
In addition to Judge Roll, who was known and loved by a number of ADF team members, we would like to extend our prayers to others killed, including Christina Green, Gabriele Zimmerman, Dorothy Morris, Phyllis Schneck, and Dorwin Stoddard, and their family members...

Mainline Protestant Decline in Congress Mirrors American Life

Posted on January 11, 2011
Christian Newswire: "The religious composition of Congress shows a continued American religiosity, but one that is decreasingly associated with Mainline Protestantism.' -- Mark Tooley, IRD President

Veterans Sue Obama Administration Over 76 Year Old War Memorial: VFW Wants Obama to Restore Mojave Desert Cross

Posted on January 11, 2011
"Liberty Institute just filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration because it refuses to transfer ownership of the land on which stood the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial to the VFW, as directed by a 2003 Act of Congress."

No talk radio for Chafee, and on-duty state workers, too

Posted on January 11, 2011
Providence Journal: "Chafee doesn?t plan to spend his own time on talk radio, and he intends to ban state employees from spending their state work time talking on talk radio, which was Carcieri?s favorite medium and an integral part of his communications operation...

U.S. Chamber President: Regulatory ?Tsunami? Biggest Challenge to Job Creation

Posted on January 11, 2011
Blog of the Legal Times: "Donohue made that claim this morning in the Chamber?s annual State of American Business Address, which was held in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building on H Street in Northwest Washington."

Connecticut Supreme Court Validates Gestational Surrogacy Agreement As Path to Parental Status

Posted on January 11, 2011
Leonard Link: "The Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously ruled on January 7 that state laws governing parental status should be construed to authorize listing a same-sex co-parent on the birth certificates of children conceived pursuant to a gestational surrogacy agreement, even though the co-parent has no genetic relationship to the children...

Religious Freedom Day and ?Too Christian? 10 yr old Christian home schooled girl forced to attend government-run school.

Posted on January 11, 2011
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0RjeyRlxRA&feature=youtube_gdata

FFRF urges the Iowa State Legislature to end unconstitutional opening prayers

Posted on January 11, 2011
Freedom from Religion Foundation: "The Freedom From Religion Foundation, on behalf of its Iowa membership, urged the Iowa State Legislature to drop prayer and reject resolutions continuing prayer in the 84th General Assembly and providing compensation to "chaplains" officiating over prayer...

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