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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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France: Muslim too submissive for citizenship

Posted on July 11, 2008
Reuters reports: “France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the grounds that her “radical” practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes.” Visit Site » Share This

South Carolina: ?Drops Push to Attract Gay Tourists?

Posted on July 11, 2008
The AP reports: “South Carolina’s state tourism agency has dropped out of an effort to attract gay tourists. . . . Greenville Sen. David Thomas called for an audit after learning of the matter.” Visit Site » Share This

U.S. seeks international data exchange including religious beliefs and sexual orientation

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Washington Post reports: “The United States is negotiating deals with European countries to exchange fingerprint and DNA data in criminal and terrorist cases, and in some circumstances to transfer data on race or ethnic origin, political and religious beliefs, or sexual orientation...

UN marks World Population Day: calls for more family planning money

Posted on July 11, 2008
The BBC reports: “The United Nations is calling for more investment in family planning to reduce poverty, slow population growth and ease pressure on the environment.” Share This

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Ex-diplomat: Sex with teens OK in foreign cultures

Posted on July 11, 2008
The AP reports: “An ex-diplomat convicted of having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries make sex with girls more acceptable...

Book: ?Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population?

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Economist has this review of a new book authored by Matthew Connelly and published by Harvard titled: “Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population.” The review begins: AN HISTORIAN who grew up as the youngest of eight children might well be expected to approach the question of whether the world is overpopulated from [...

Gov?t wants atheist soldier?s lawsuit dismissed

Posted on July 11, 2008
The AP reports: “An atheist soldier who claims the military violates religious freedoms should have complained through the chain of command instead of civilian courts, the government said in arguing that his lawsuit should be dismissed.” The suit was filed by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation...

Wikipedia Weighs Information Against Indecency

Posted on July 11, 2008
EContentMag.com reports: . . . While it?s just one entry among millions, the Virgin Killer cover presents a dilemma for the user-generated encyclopedia project: What?s information, and what?s just indecent? The picture in question?swapped out for the album?s U...

ADF attorneys ask Kansas Gaming Commission to delay casino decision

Posted on July 11, 2008
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4605 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE July 11, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorneys ask Kansas Gaming Commission to delay casino decision Letter notifies commission that citizens have been denied opportunity to express concerns MULVANE, Kan...

Vienna Cardinal Awards Papal Knighthood to Notorious Pro-Abortion Austrian Politician

Posted on July 11, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: On June 25, Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Sch�nborn awarded Vienna Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, one of the highest honors conferred by the Catholic Church . . . The German-language Catholic news service Kreuz...

Members of Congress call for defunding of big business abortion - Planned Parenthood

Posted on July 11, 2008
LifeNews.com report: “On Wednesday night, several members of Congress lined up on the floor of the House of Representatives and issued a call for de-funding Planned Parenthood. They said taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund the abortion business — even if the money doesn’t directly go towards abortions...

Barack Obama Slams John McCain For Opposing Abortion, Activist Judges

Posted on July 11, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: . . . “I will never back down in defending a woman’s right to choose,” Obama said at a breakfast fundraiser with an internal campaign group called “Women for Obama.” “That’s what’s at stake,” Obama added, referring to control of the Supreme Court and whether abortion will remain legal and without limits for another [...

Teenager in Texas Says Mom Subjected Her to Forced Abortion, Buried Baby

Posted on July 11, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A teenager in a Houston suburb says her mother forced her to have an abortion and then buried the body of the baby in the backyard. Police have investigated the case and may have discovered the baby’s body but won’t release further details about the evidence they collected...

Study Finds Abortion Drugs Purchased on Internet Fail in 11 Percent of Cases

Posted on July 11, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A new study in a prestigious British medical journal finds that women who purchase drugs from an Internet web site find the pills fail 11 percent of the time. In those cases, women who suffer from failed abortions must seek a surgical abortion or hospital care...

ADF Chief Counsel: Cal. marriage ruling will be used as a ?battering ram? to diminish religious freedom

Posted on July 11, 2008
Michelle Vu has this report in The Christian Post on yesterday’s FRC panel discussion of Same Sex “Marriage and Religious Freedom. It carries a photo of ADF’s Chief Counsel and quotes him: ?What is the problem with the California same-sex ?marriage? case?? Bull asked...

Favorable Development in the California Homeschooling Case

Posted on July 11, 2008
In re Rachel L. Last night, Mr. L?s attorney in the juvenile court reported to Home School Legal Defense Association that the juvenile court judge terminated jurisdiction over the two youngest L children . . .

Poll Shows Importance of State Marriage Amendments

Posted on July 11, 2008
Citizen Link reports: “Nearly 6 in 10 likely voters would be more likely to support a presidential candidate who favors state marriage-protection amendments, according to a poll commissioned by the Family Research Council (FRC).” Visit Site » Share This

7th Circuit Holds Condo Mezuzah Ban Does Not Violate Fair Housing Act

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Bloch v. Frischholz, (7th Cir., July 10, 2008), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that the federal Fair Housing Act does not bar a Chicago condominium association from adopting a rule that effectively prevents any Jewish resident from placing a mezuzah on his [...

Legal Maneuvers Ahead of Realignment Vote By Pittsburgh Episcopal Diocese

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on developments in the effort by Pittsburgh’s Episcopal Bishop to withdraw his diocese from the Episcopal Church. Visit Site » Share This

UK: Victory for Christian registrar who refused to carry out same-sex ceremonies

Posted on July 11, 2008
"A Christian registrar who . . . refused to carry out same-sex civil partnership ceremonies has won a key legal battle . . . The decision outraged gay rights campaigners, who said that it 'sanctions the right of religious people to discriminate'."

Former Islamic Extremist: Radical Islam Similar to Marxism, Soviet Union

Posted on July 11, 2008
Matt Purple has a commentary on Townhall that begins: “A former leader of a radical Islamic organization told Congress extreme Muslims are motivated by an ideology similar to Marxism and that Islamism has much in common with the former Soviet Union...

Florida high court OK?s some porn for sex offenders

Posted on July 11, 2008
"Florida sex offenders on probation can possess pornography so long as it does not relate to an offender's 'particular deviant behavior pattern,'' the state's Supreme Court ruled Thursday."

Terror Threat to Games: China Shuts Mosques

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Times of India reports: “Chinese authorities have replaced top police and security officials in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province, which is the hotbed of separatism and political violence. They have also closed down 41 “illegal” places of worship...

Panel Discussion: Same-sex ?marriage? and religious freedoms

Posted on July 11, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports on a recent FRC panel on the topic of Same-sex “Marriage” and Religious Freedoms: But Benjamin Bull, chief counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), said the homosexual activists who pressured the court to legalize homosexual marriage believe there should be no accommodation for people who oppose it on religious grounds...

IRS Clarifies Rule on Taxing Forgiven Loans

Posted on July 11, 2008
Lynne Marek reports in the National Law Journal: Specifically, the IRS clarification says that a law school graduate can work for a public interest or community service organization, a legal aid office or clinic, a prosecutor’s office, a public defender’s office or another local, state or federal government office and qualify for avoiding taxes on [...

UK: ?Amending the Embryology Bill: The Latest News?

Posted on July 11, 2008
Christian Concern for our National reports: Parliament was originally scheduled to debate a number of amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HFEA Bill) this Monday, 16 July. The debate, however, has been rescheduled for October. This delay is actually quite an encouraging development, because it shows that the government is feeling the ever-mounting [...

Jeremiah G. Dys: Take me out of the ballgame!

Posted on July 10, 2008
As we settled into our seats, the pro-family leaders I was sitting with were surprised to hear the loudspeaker announce, "To sing our National Anthem, please welcome the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C."

Jennifer Rubin: Obama?s Abortion Confusion

Posted on July 10, 2008
Now, I don?t think that ?mental distress? qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term.

Planned Parenthood endorses Obama

Posted on July 10, 2008
As president, he will improve access to quality health care for women, support and protect a woman's right to choose, support comprehensive sex education to keep our young people healthy and safe, and invest in prevention programs, including family planning services and breast cancer screenings.

Solum on ?The Federal Marriage Amendment and the False Promise of Originalism?

Posted on July 10, 2008
Colby's analysis of the FMA shows (assuming he is right about the linguistic facts) that there is at least one possible constitutional provision that contains an important ambiguity that cannot be resolved by resort to conventional semantic meaning.

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