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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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?LGBT Activists Fighting the Last Battles of the Culture Wars:? visiting Evangelical churches

Posted on June 24, 2008
AltarNet reports A group of gay rights activists are visiting Evangelical churches around the country in an effort to change hearts and minds . . . The evangelical church is powerful. Its condemnation of gays and lesbians has tangible personal, familial and political consequences that cannot easily be dismissed ...

Montana: Downtown Billings strip club to stay open, but changes coming

Posted on June 24, 2008
MontanaNewsStation.com reports: “Monday night, the city council approved an interim zoning change. The original goal was to keep the Aphrodite’s Inferno Club from opening but the club opened last night . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Ga. sex offenders challenge church volunteer ban

Posted on June 24, 2008
The AP reports: Five sex offenders filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that a tough new Georgia law that bans them from volunteering at churches also robs them of their right to participate in religious worship. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Rome, claims the Georgia law effectively “criminalizes fundamental religious activities” for sex offenders [...

Arizona: Sex shop opens in Tempe instead of Phoenix due to zoning regs

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Arizona Republic reports: The closing of one Tempe adult-oriented shop and the opening of another both happened quietly in recent weeks . . . McCormick said Tempe’s zoning restrictions for his kind of business were less strict than those in Phoenix, which led to putting the store in Tempe ...

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Battle over ?Fairness Doctrine? heats up: Support for ?censorship? largely divided on political lines

Posted on June 24, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: The president isn’t going to blame the Democrats ? yet ? for not fully supporting a plan that would assure broadcasters in the United States their freedom from government-imposed censorship on their views and comments. The issue concerns the ongoing battle over the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” by which the federal government used to require [...

Irish Government Considering Forcing Second Lisbon Vote in Spring

Posted on June 24, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: ‘French and German officials of the European Union are pressuring Ireland to have another vote on the Lisbon Treaty after the country’s citizenry resoundingly rejected the Treaty several weeks ago in the only referendum held on the document in Europe...

Canada Poll Shows Support for Legalized Abortions But Also Some Limits

Posted on June 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “. . . The survey found 65 percent of Canadians generally take a pro-abortion position while 34 percent are pro-life and want abortions disallowed . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Kansas Group Heads Pro-Life Supreme Court Petition Against Abortion

Posted on June 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A Kansas pro-life group is heading up a new petition effort to persuade the Supreme Court reverse itself in the Roe v. Wade case that allowed unlimited abortions. Kansas Coalition for Life chairman Mark Gietzen says the petition is a unique opportunity for pro-life advocates to make a stand...

Bush Admin Official Sends Another Letter to Group to Protect Pro-Life Doctors

Posted on June 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A top Bush administration official sent another letter to the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists about their certification requirements regarding abortion. The OBGYN group appeared to relent after Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt issued his initial letter in March...

?Israel?s top court allows Jerusalem Gay Pride parade?

Posted on June 24, 2008
AFP reports: “Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to ban this year’s Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.” Visit Site » Share This

?What?s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer?

Posted on June 24, 2008
The NY Times reports: Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is obscene are asked to use a local yardstick: does the material violate community standards? . . . In a novel approach, the defense in an obscenity trial in Florida plans to use publicly accessible Google search data to try to [...

The Supreme Court matters next election. Seriously.

Posted on June 24, 2008
Dahlia Lithwick has this article on Slate. She writes: . . . It’s easy to convince yourself that who sits on that bench is irrelevant to you because the cases are too complicated to comprehend or too remote to affect your life. But the next president may have the chance to appoint as many as [...

Reid announces Senate votes on judges

Posted on June 24, 2008
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday announced that the chamber would vote Tuesday on a handful of judgeships that have stymied legislative action in recent weeks.

The Supreme Court?s Recent Child Pornography Decision: Why Justices Souter and Ginsburg Dissented: Part Two in a Two-Part Series of Columns

Posted on June 24, 2008
Julie Hilden has this commentary on Findlaw that begins: Recently, in United States v. Williams, the Supreme Court upheld a federal statute prohibiting the offering or seeking of child pornography. There is no question that Congress can make such behavior illegal, and punish it harshly...

In defense of home schooling: Supporters argue that parents shouldn?t need teaching credentials. Lawyers suggest a more narrow ruling.

Posted on June 24, 2008
The LA Times has this report on yesterday’s arguments in the California homeschooling case. It begins: Advocates urged a state appellate court Monday to overturn a decision that severely restricted the ability of California parents to educate their children at home, saying family-based schooling works for hundreds of thousands of children...

U.S. deporting Christian pastors: Immigration rejects requests to stay when church leaders? visas expire

Posted on June 24, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: “U.S. immigration authorities have stepped up deportations, but rather than pursue illegal aliens, they have chosen to evict America’s church ministers from the country instead.” Visit Site » Share This

Indiana: Ruling on Plainfield sex shop due Tuesday

Posted on June 23, 2008
Indystar.com reports: “Hendricks Superior Court judge is expected to rule Tuesday on an order sought by Plainfield to close a shop selling sex toys and offering live lingerie modeling . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Montana: City caught off-guard, controversial nude dance club opens

Posted on June 23, 2008
The Billings Gazette reports: Aphrodite’s Inferno, a new downtown Billings adult entertainment club, opened for business Sunday night to a crowd of about 50 invited guests . . . A loophole in zoning regulations allows nude dance clubs downtown so long as they don’t serve alcoholic beverages...

Religious Americans: My faith isn?t the only way

Posted on June 23, 2008
The AP reports: “America remains a deeply religious nation, but a new survey finds most Americans don’t believe their tradition is the only way to eternal life ? even if the denomination’s teachings say otherwise.” Visit Site » Share This

?Presbyterians argue roles of gays, lesbians?

Posted on June 23, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have for decades been struggling to come to a consensus about the role of gays and lesbians in the church. And they just can’t make up their mind . . . Now, the church’s leaders have come to the Bay Area, after a week’s [...

Two shot after fight at strip club turns violent

Posted on June 23, 2008
The Bradenton Herald reports: “An argument that started at a local strip club between two groups of men later turned violent in a Bradenton neighborhood with a gunfight that left two men shot early Friday . . .” Visit Site » Share This

Americans United Files Brief In Supreme Court Religious Display Case

Posted on June 23, 2008
The press release begins: “Americans United for Separation of Church and State today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision dealing with a controversy over the display of religious monuments in a Utah public park.” Visit Site » Share This

California: City ponders curb on new adult stores

Posted on June 23, 2008
Thereporter.com reports: A temporary, emergency suspension on adult businesses in Vacaville is up again for review by the City Council. Last month Secrets Lingerie Boutique stirred up quite the controversy when it opened for business May 30 at 1581 East Monte Vista Ave...

Kansas: Owner of adult store changes his story on how shop came to be

Posted on June 23, 2008
KOAM TV reports: “Cherokee County commissioners want county attorney, John Bullard, and attorney for the commission, Kevin Cure, to see if the new adult store near the four way stop in Crestline violates a Kansas state statute relating to obscenity...

Pew Survey: 92% of Americans believe in God, except in California

Posted on June 23, 2008
The LA Times report carries this sub-caption: Californians, however, are less likely to consider religion ‘very important.’ Of the 36,000 people surveyed, 42% said they think Hollywood is a corrupting influence. Visit Site » Share This

ADF, CLS suit prompts Univ. of S.C. to correct funding inequities

Posted on June 23, 2008
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4577 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND/CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE June 23, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF, CLS suit prompts Univ...

Supreme Court?s 2nd Amendment ruling expected on Wed. or Thurs. of this week

Posted on June 23, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy with further indication that Justice Scalia is probably the author. Related: Is Justice Scalia writing the 2nd Amendment opinion? Visit Site » Share This

Calgary?s Bishop Henry Calls on Premier to Curtail Powers of Human Rights Commissions

Posted on June 23, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports on the Catholic Bishop’s letter to the Premier. The report concludes quoting the letter: “Mr. Premier, we have talked enough about the inadequate provisions of and appointment to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunals...

Abortion Better than Adoption says European Parliamentary Assembly Proposal

Posted on June 23, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: The UK’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that an initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will bring the EU closer to mandating unrestricted legal abortion for its member states...

Liberty Counsel Files Brief at High Court in Free Speech Case Involving the Ten Commandments

Posted on June 23, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that begins: Today, Liberty Counsel is filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum. Liberty Counsel’s brief is being filed in support of Pleasant Grove City, which refused to display Summum’s Seven Aphorisms...

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