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CWA Joins Members of Congress to Support 4th Circuit Court Nominee

Posted on June 18, 2008
Concerned Women for America has issued this press release on the Christian Newswire indicating that it will join members of Congress on Thursday to support the nomation of Robert Conrad. Visit Site » Share This

?ACLU Sues Old Dominion Freight Lines Over Firing Of Transgender Trucker?

Posted on June 18, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release reporting on a new suit in Tennessee. It begins: The American Civil Liberties Union filed a sex discrimination lawsuit today against Old Dominion Freight Lines for illegally firing a truck driver for impersonating a female after she informed the company that she was transitioning from male to female...

Yakima city staff withdraws proposed adult ordinance

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Yakima-Herald reports: A proposed zoning ordinance that would have put severe restrictions on sexually-oriented businesses in Yakima has been quietly withdrawn. City officials acknowledged the ordinance has been removed from Thursday’s agenda of the Regional Planning Commission and was being sent back to the City Council for “further discussion...

ABA Journal: ?Federal Judge Presides Over Gay Marriage of Former Clerk?

Posted on June 18, 2008
The ABA Journal reports: “U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco presided yesterday at the wedding of two of the plaintiffs in the groundbreaking lawsuit that paved the way for gay marriages in California . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

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Arizona legislature passes partial birth abortion bill

Posted on June 18, 2008
The bill will now go to the Governor's desk for a signature.

Cause for concern: Increasing confusion between politics and ethics in regulation of the professions

Posted on June 18, 2008
The President of the State Bar of Arizona, Dan McAuliffe, has posted an article titled, Thomas Investigation No ‘Witch Hunt’ in the Arizona Republic and on the website of the State Bar of Arizona. . . . The State Bar’s Lawyer Regulation Department is investigating accusations that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas demonstrated unethical conduct on [...

Massachusetts: Transgender activists remove clothing in public

Posted on June 18, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: . . . Transgender activists, many of whom had undergone hormone treatments and surgical procedures to alter their gender appearance, marched down the main street in Northampton, Mass., last week, carrying signs demanding the passage of new laws to end discrimination against transsexuals ...

?ACLU Challenges Government?s Stigmatizing Of Mainstream Muslim Groups In Holy Land Case?

Posted on June 18, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release. It begins: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a legal challenge today to clear the names of two mainstream Muslim organizations labeled by the government as “unindicted co-conspirators” in its criminal case against the Holy Land Foundation (HLF)...

?Believe them. They mean it.? SSM campaigners are openly revealing the totalitarian streak

Posted on June 18, 2008
Taken together, the SSM campaign's voices are openly revealing the totalitarian streak that was perceptible from day one but which, many of us, had hoped was merely a sign of immaturity and incompetence.

?Gay marriages begin with a day of hope and hoopla?: Constitutional battle brews behind the scenes

Posted on June 18, 2008
The LA Times reports: . . . The initiative campaign proposes to amend the state Constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. It received $250,000 this week from an evangelical group, Focus on the Family, and declared that the debate about same-sex marriage “is not over...

Newspaper reactions to California Marriage Cases

Posted on June 18, 2008
Joshua Baker at the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy has written this paper (pdf) discussing media reaction to California’s marriage ruling. He writes: The major fear voiced by newspapers opposing the ruling is that the undemocratic imposition of same-sex marriage will spark a ?culture war? similar to that sparked by Roe v...

California: Oral Arguments Loom in Homeschool Case

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Pacific Justice Institute has issued this press release that begins: “California’s Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles will hear oral arguments this coming Monday in the Rachel L. homeschool case that has attracted nationwide attention...

Freedom from Religion Foundation asks Wisconsin Assembly to stop prayers

Posted on June 18, 2008
The AP reports that the group has sent a letter to the Speaker of the House complaining that most of the prayers are Christian in nature. Visit Site » Share This

The War on Abstinence: An agressive ACLU and Planned Parenthood strategy

Posted on June 18, 2008
The goal is to get enough states to refuse the federal abstinence-education funding to the point where the ACLU and Planned Parenthood can convince Congress to eliminate such funding entirely . . .

Ecuadorian Obstetricians and Gynecologists Issue Thundering Manifesto Against Abortion

Posted on June 18, 2008
Matthew Cullinan Hoffman reports on LifeSiteNews.com: “At a recent meeting held to discuss abortion, Ecuadorian obstetricians and gynecologists issued a declaration denouncing abortion as ‘not only an illegal act, but a criminal one’ and stating that ‘under no circumstances should abortion be decriminalized...

Colorado Pro-Life Group Says State Republican Party Must Oppose Abortion

Posted on June 18, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A Colorado pro-life group is upset with the state Republican Party leadership and says it needs to work with pro-life voters in the state if it wants [...]

Allan Carlson: ?The case against same sex marriage?

Posted on June 18, 2008
The necessary, complementary roles of fathers and mothers in child rearing enjoy their complete expression in such homes.

Dale Carpenter: Religious Liberty and SSM

Posted on June 18, 2008
Dale Carpenter has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy.� He comments on and links to marriage related commentaries by Maggie Gallagher and Marc Stern that were covered in the Alliance Alert yesterday.� But, he really focuses on the NPR coverage which we highlighted the day before...

Same-Sex Partners in Hungary Cohabitation and Registered Partnership

Posted on June 18, 2008
Orsolya Szeibert-Erd�s, Same-Sex Partners in Hungary Cohabitation and Registered Partnership. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1146926 Same-sex partners cannot enter into marriage according to current Hungarian law. However, they can live together in unmarried cohabitation, which does have certain limited legal consequences for example in the field of civil law...

Same-Sex Partnerships in Portugal From De Facto to De Jure?

Posted on June 18, 2008
Against this background, it will be possible to reflect on the current legal situation of same-sex relationships in Portugal and determine which further steps the Portuguese legislature should take along the path of according a legal status to same sex relationships.

Family vs. Solidarity Recent Epiphanies of the Italian Reductionist Anomaly in the Debate on De Facto Couples

Posted on June 18, 2008
It is argued that this approach neglects both the specific problem of marital equality for same-sex couples and the problematisation of broader concepts of masculinity and homophobia in Italian society.

Judicial Independence, Judicial Responsibility: A District Judge?s Perspective

Posted on June 18, 2008
To move forward in the discussion of judicial independence, we first need to address the increasing confusion of what the term really means.

Removing the Taint: The Battle for Intelligent Design in the Classroom

Posted on June 18, 2008
Intelligent design lost its first battle due largely in part to the taint of creationism and school board members' religious statements and continues to lose battles in classrooms across America, leaving many to believe that intelligent design will never overcome the taint of its prior history.

Sexual Predators and Pedophiles Online: Criminalizing Cyber Sex Between Adults And Minors

Posted on June 18, 2008
Sexual predators have found a haven in which to hunt, as pedophiles and predators alike, use the Internet not only to transmit and traffic child pornography, but also to enter the proverbial front door of every home that has access to the Internet and, as a result, communicate with children.

No Harm, No Foul: Reconceptualizing Free Speech Via Tort Law

Posted on June 18, 2008
This Note addresses the impact of adopting the harm principle for the criminal law system, and further contends--given the principles underlying our system of civil law--that including so-called moral harms in the list of legitimate bases for state action is untenable.

Canada?s Human Rights Commission Studying Approaches To Internet Hate Speech

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Canada’s Human Rights Commission is launching a review of how it handles complaints of Internet hate speech, according to today’s National Post.” Visit Site » Share This

Science Teacher and School Officials Sued Over Teaching of Religion In Classroom

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “On Friday, a federal lawsuit was filed against controversial Mt. Vernon, Ohio middle school science teacher John Freshwater. District superintendent Steve Short and middle school Principal William White were also named as defendants in the suit claiming that Freshwater taught religion in his classroom and that school officials failed to [...

Canadian Doctors At Odds With Jewish Family Over Continuing Life Support

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Since last November, the family of 84-year Samuel Golubchuck, an Orthodox Jew, has been battling with Canadian doctors over whether Golubchuck should be kept on life support.” Visit Site » Share This

Glen Lavy v. Director of Equality California on Marriage

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Desert Sun carries a commentary by ADF attorney Glen Lavy titled: “Same-sex marriage CON: Why hold the ‘marriages’ before the voters have their say?” He concludes: But who really poses the greatest threat to liberty? Those who would preserve the law to provide a stable, healthy future for California’s children - or those who [...

Europe to ban corporal punishment? Spare the Rod, Say Some

Posted on June 18, 2008
The National Center for Policy Analysis offers this report that begins: “The Council of Europe, a 47-country body, has recently launched a campaign to abolish physical punishment, says The Economist.” The report provides statistics on the use of spanking and other forms of physical punishment in various countries...

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