Religion & Law

One Police Officer and Four Daycare Workers Deemed Unqualified Because of Homeschool Diplomas

Posted on June 02, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Five people in Tennessee, who hold homeschool diplomas, have recently been deemed unqualified for certain positions of employment because of their homeschooling.  Since last year, the Tennessee Department of Education has begun withholding approval of such diplomas, but Representative Mile Bell has been fighting to gain back the recognition these diplomas previously enjoyed...

Baghdad Jews Have Become a Fearful Few

Posted on June 02, 2008
The NY Times reports: ?I have no future here to stay.? Written in broken English but with perfect clarity, the message is a stark and plaintive assessment from one of the last Jews of Babylon. The community of Jews in Baghdad is now all but vanished in a land where their heritage recedes back to Abraham of Ur, [...

9th Circuit upholds child porn conviction and computer seizure

Posted on June 02, 2008
Francis Eugene Giberson was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada of the receipt and possession of child pornography.

Kevin McCullough: Why ?Sex? is not equal to ?Race?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Kevin McCullough has this commentary on Townhall. He writes: The sexual behavior that one chooses to engage in, will never be equal to the status of a person’s race. Confusing these two truly different concepts is dishonest. And those who claim otherwise do so for manipulated outcome to redesign society...

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Robert Knight: Media Shove Boy Scout Story Under a Tent

Posted on June 02, 2008
Robert Knight has this commentary on Townhall. He writes: This just in: The Boy Scouts of America have filed a lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia for threatening to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council from their headquarters in a city park. If the Scouts don?t prevail, they face eviction from their 80-year-old building by Saturday, May [...

Governor Jindal, The ?Christian Right,? And The ?Catholic Issue?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Austin Hill has this commentary on Townhall.  He writes: . . . But let?s set aside the V.P speculation for a moment. Objectively, Governor Jindal has an impressive record as both a legislator and as a Governor; he is receiving very enthusiastic responses from both fiscal and social conservative leaders; and he looks more and more [...

UK: Now Muslim clerics to teach our children

Posted on June 02, 2008
The Daily Express reports: Moves to allow Muslim clerics into classrooms to address pupils were condemned yesterday.  The latest scheme put forward by Schools Secretary Ed Balls was greeted with derision. Critics branded the proposals by the under-fire minister unworkable and unnecessary ...

Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: ?The Gay Activists Are Headed For The Churches?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr. has this commentary on Townhall: Although Hybels and Warren will undoubtedly defend the faith boldly, SoulForce and company have set up a symbolic media campaign designed to suggest that conservative churches are bending on their gay relationships and marriage prohibitions...

AP: ?Legal challenge to NY gay marriage rights expected?

Posted on June 02, 2008
The AP reports: A Christian legal organization said Friday it will sue to stop New York Gov. David Paterson’s directive to provide rights and benefits to gay couples legally married elsewhere that are now provided to heterosexual married couples...

Tennessee: Wilson schools assess cost to fight suit

Posted on June 02, 2008
The Tennessean reports: . . . A couple identified in court papers only as Jane and John Doe sued the school district after a Praying Parents group was allowed to link to Lakeview Elementary’s Web site, put notices in the school newsletter and distribute “I Prayed” stickers for teachers to wear for the National Day of [...

Pro-Life Leaders Promoting Nationwide Prayer & Picket of NEA Teacher Union Convention & Offices

Posted on June 02, 2008
Pro Life Educators and Students have issued this press release on the Christian Newswire. It begins: “Pro-Life leaders at all levels are promoting the July 2, nationwide demonstrations at the National Education Association’s convention in Washington, DC and NEA-affiliate offices in state capitals across America, through e-mails, blogs, and telephone calls,” reports Bob Pawson of Pro-Life [...

California Secretary of State certifies the marriage amendment for the ballot

Posted on June 02, 2008
Secretary of State Debra Bowen's certification of the initiative measure, which amends the state Constitution to limit marriage to a union "between a man and a woman . . .

ADF: Wisconsin marriage amendment upheld

Posted on May 30, 2008
MADISON, Wis. ? A Wisconsin court threw out a challenge to the state?s marriage amendment Friday, ruling that the amendment does not violate state law.

Gallup Poll: Just 28 Percent of Americans Take Pro-Abortion Position

Posted on May 30, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A new Gallup poll finds just 28 percent of Americans take a pro-abortion position on the question of when abortions should be allowed. Another 71 percent of Americans either want all abortions to be illegal or want them limited to certain rare circumstances...

Janet M. LaRue: Obama?s Irreconcilable Marriage Vows

Posted on May 30, 2008
Janet M. LaRue has this article on Townhall. She begins: ?Marriage, it doesn?t mean anything.? That?s what Barack Obama told wife Michelle while they were dating, according to her recent interview in The New Yorker. But he?s telling voters that marriage is ?something sanctified between a man and a woman,? and that he opposes same-sex ?marriage...

Utah: parents outraged over masturbation and homosexual sex talk in sex ed

Posted on May 30, 2008
KSL.com reports: Parents say sex education went too far inside the classroom full of 8th-graders at Fort Herriman Middle School. Suzanne Johnson told us, “She explained how the teacher talked about masturbation. Girl masturbation, boys, the wrong ways ? the right ways to have sex, the wrong ways to have sex...

NC: Stem Cell Funding Bill Filed

Posted on May 30, 2008
The North Carolina Family Policy Council reports: A bill that would appropriate $16 million of state taxpayer dollars for stem cell research in North Carolina was introduced in the State Senate this week. The bill, SB 1965?Funds/Stem Cell Research, sponsored by Sen...

California Clerks Urged to Follow Marriage Laws Despite Refusal by California Supreme Court and Governor Schwarzenegger

Posted on May 30, 2008
The Campaign for California Families has issued this press release on the Christian Newswire. It begins: With both the California Supreme Court and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refusing to abide by constitutional separation of powers and the California statutes recognizing only man-woman marriages, a leading California pro-family organization has contacted county clerks to urge them [...

Vatican: Auto-excommunication for those involved in attempts to ordain women

Posted on May 30, 2008
CWNews reports: The Vatican has announced that any Catholic bishop who attempts the ordination of a woman to the priesthood, and any woman who participates in such a ceremony, is subject to automatic excommunication . . . The Vatican document eliminates any possible ambiguity about the status of women who claim to be Catholic priests, [...

Ohio: ACLU seeks contempt order against judge for displaying Ten Commandments

Posted on May 30, 2008
The ACLU of Ohio has issued this press release which includes a link to their Show Cause Motion. The Mansfield News Journal has this report: Richland County Judge says ACLU seeks to stifle free speech. It begins: Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese brands a motion filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio [...

ACLU says Bibles shouldn?t be handed out at NW Ohio school

Posted on May 30, 2008
The AP reports (Findlay, Ohio): “The American Civil Liberties Union is warning Findlay school leaders to stop a group from handing out Bibles to students during class time.” The ACLU of Ohio press release and demand letter are here. Share This

Angus Reid Poll: Americans want abortion restrictions

Posted on May 30, 2008
It is interesting how a headline changes perception to such a great extent. Angus Reid has issued a press release titled: Americans Support Conditional Abortion. It indicates: . . . 54 per cent of respondents say abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances...

Sask. rights tribunal fines Regina marriage commissioner for refusing to perform same-sex ?marriage? ceremony

Posted on May 30, 2008
A Saskatchewan human rights tribunal has fined a Regina marriage commissioner $2,500 for declining to perform a same-sex "marriage" ceremony on religious grounds even though he referred the couple to another commissioner.

UNFPA Population Awards Honor Abortion Advocates

Posted on May 30, 2008
Samantha Singson reports on LifeSiteNews.com: Last week the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted its annual population award ceremony at the United Nations to honor an individual and an organization for ?outstanding? work in the population field, including family planning...

Ireland: ?Some Catholics pray for EU treaty ?No? vote?

Posted on May 30, 2008
Some Catholics fear the treaty will create loopholes allowing the EU to force Ireland to relax its strict abortion laws, permit same sex marriages and erode what they regard as traditional religious values.

10 states act to stop teacher sex abuse

Posted on May 30, 2008
The AP reports: Ten states have taken action in recent months to crack down on sexually abusive teachers following a stream of arrests and reports that have documented the problem of educators victimizing students . . . At least four more states are still considering legislation...

Virginia Atty Gen Wants Full Court Hearing on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

Posted on May 30, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell said on Friday he plans to ask the full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold a hearing on the state’s partial-birth [...]

Canada Supreme Court Backs Pro-Life Nurse in Abortion-Free Speech Case

Posted on May 30, 2008
"The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with a pro-life nurse who was disciplined by the Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses for protesting outside an abortion business. Bill Whatcott lost his nursing license in January 2005 when he was found guilty of unprofessional conduct...

NY reaches deal with`Bodies? exhibitor on corpses - source of bodies unknown

Posted on May 30, 2008
The AP reports: The company behind shows featuring dissected human cadavers concedes in a settlement with the state announced Thursday that it cannot independently verify the origin of the bodies and will offer refunds to people who attended its New York exhibition...

Had a GI used ?Mein Kampf? for target practice, Patton wouldn?t have kissed ?Mein Kampf? to appease Nazis

Posted on May 30, 2008
Had a mid-century GI used "Mein Kampf" for target practice, I noted, Gen. George S. Patton would hardly have kissed one to appease a band of former Nazis . . .

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