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ACLU Submits Brief In Texas FLDS Case Saying State Can?t Separate Families Based Solely On Beliefs

Posted on May 29, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release that reports: . . . Last month, TDFPS seized more than 400 children during a raid on the YFZ Ranch, where individuals affiliated with the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) resided; the children have since been dispersed to foster facilities across the state...

Stanford Law School Approves Grade Reform: Rejoice?

Posted on May 29, 2008
Above the Law reports that Stanford Law is following the lead of Yale Law by transitioning to a Pass/Fail style grading system. Visit Site » Share This

SG Paul Clement to Teach at Georgetown Law School

Posted on May 29, 2008
The ABA Journal reports: Outgoing Solicitor General Paul Clement will join Georgetown law school as a visiting law professor and a senior fellow at the school?s Supreme Court Institute . . . Clement said the move is not likely to be permanent, according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times...

UW-Madison to appoint lesbian chancellor to serve as example for students

Posted on May 29, 2008
The Capital Times reports that the U. of Wisconsin Madison is poised to appoint a lesbian as its next chancellor. It begins: Back in 1994, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin was part of a Cornell University committee that was in charge of drafting a policy to make health insurance and other benefits available to same-sex partners...

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Habitat for Humanity partners with Planned Parenthood

Posted on May 29, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: Zoning ordinances prevented Planned Parenthood from opening an abortion clinic in the Rosemary district of Sarasota, Fla. They did, that is, until Habitat for Humanity’s Sarasota affiliate stepped in to help out. By agreeing to purchase Planned Parenthood’s land for $10 and build housing on a portion of it, Habitat for Humanity enabled Planned [...

Mosque monitoring reports concern Muslims

Posted on May 29, 2008
The LA Times reports: “A report that mosques in Los Angeles and San Diego are under federal surveillance has resurrected fears in the Muslim community about government monitoring and led two civil rights groups Wednesday to call for congressional hearings ...

Liberty Counsel to request stay and rehearing of Cal. marriage decision

Posted on May 29, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that begins: Tomorrow, Liberty Counsel will file a motion with the California Supreme Court asking the Court to reconsider its ruling, which struck down the state marriage laws because of serious unintended consequences that the Court failed to address...

Colorado: Personhood Amendment appears headed for ballot

Posted on May 29, 2008
Backers of the measure defining life as beginning at fertilization submitted 131,000 signatures Tuesday, 55,000 more than the roughly 76,000 that are needed to get it on the November ballot . . .

TIME: Rick Warren Goes Global

Posted on May 29, 2008
Time Magazine reports: Already established as perhaps the most important voice in contemporary American Evangelical Christianity, Rick Warren last week pressed the button that he hopes will take his “brand” to the ends of the earth. Almost offhandedly at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of 1,700 pastors that Warren later told TIME was “the most [...

The Bill of Rights in the Early State Courts

Posted on May 29, 2008
Both before and after Barron, even with the decision in place as binding precedent, state courts were free to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.

Kremlin will reward prolific mothers to stem population decline

Posted on May 29, 2008
The Telegraph reports: The initiative, the latest in a series of measures harking back to Russia’s communist past, represents the latest attempt to reverse a population decline that Vladimir Putin described as the country’s biggest crisis ...

Obama potential vp pick is most extreme pro-abortion Catholic governor

Posted on May 29, 2008
Peter J. Smith reports on LifeSiteNews.com: “Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is one candidate on a short-list of potential running mates for Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, but if the decision came down to who has the most radical commitment to the abortion agenda, Sebelius leads the pack...

Michigan: Coach loses job amid reported attempts to convert Muslims

Posted on May 29, 2008
The AP reports: “A longtime high school wrestling coach has lost his job amid concerns a former assistant coach tried to convert Muslim students to Christianity . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Va. county to continue leasing property to Islamic school

Posted on May 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Fairfax County supervisors have voted to continue leasing property to a private Islamic school funded by the Saudi government that its critics have accused of fostering intolerance. The Islamic Saudi Academy leases its flagship campus in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County for about $2...

Canadian Federation of Students Passes Motion to Support Ban on Pro-Life Groups at all Campuses

Posted on May 29, 2008
Jenna Murphy reports on LifeSiteNews.com: This past weekend the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) held its semi-annual Assembly, during which a motion was brought forward by the York Federation of Students (YFS from York University) to effectively shut down any official recognition of campus pro-life groups...

Cal. Catholic nurses decline representation by pro-abortion union

Posted on May 29, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: Nurses at a Catholic hospital in Fresno have voted against participating in the California Nurses Association because the union takes a pro-abortion position. The close vote came after [...]

LA Times: ?State Supreme Court may give gays a medical victory?

Posted on May 29, 2008
Two weeks after deciding same-sex couples are entitled to marry, the California Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that physicians have no constitutional right to refuse medical treatment to gays on grounds it would violate their religious beliefs.

Cert. Denied In Case Interpreting RLUIPA ?Equal Terms? Provision

Posted on May 29, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied cert. in Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism v. Long Branch, NJ, (Case No. 07-1111).� Thus, the 3rd circuit ruling remains in force. It held that in RLUIPA zoning challnges a church need not show that its free exercise has been substantially burdened, but merely that [...

Canada: Court Denies Appeal of Catholic Seeking to Redirect Union Dues Away from Advocacy of Marriage Redefinition

Posted on May 29, 2008
A unanimous 3-0 ruling today by the Federal Court of Appeal denied Comstock's appeal of a lower court decision supporting the rejection of her claim that as a Catholic being forced to fund advocacy for homosexual 'marriage' was unacceptable . . .

Norway: Parliament takes steps to redefine marriage

Posted on May 29, 2008
Two Norwegian opposition parties on Thursday backed the rights of gay couples to marry in church, adopt and have assisted pregnancies, effectively assuring the passage of a new equality law next month.

Quebec Report on Cultural Accommodation Issued; Crucifix in the eye of the storm

Posted on May 29, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Canada last week, Quebec’s Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences (also known as the Bouchard-Taylor Commission) issued its final report.” One of its recommendation is to remove religious symbls from public life...

WI: School board discusses resigning principal, Gay/Straight Alliance club

Posted on May 29, 2008
Teachers, parents, and students gathered at Irmo High School Tuesday evening to support Principal Eddie Walker, who has come under national criticism after announcing his resignation over a controversial student club.

CA: Lawyers tell homosexual couples couples not to wait to ?wed?

Posted on May 29, 2008
"California officials plan to allow same-sex couples to wed as soon as Saturday, June 14 and some legal analysts advised those interested not to wait too long to get married."

When School Works

Posted on May 29, 2008
Over the past decade, though, members of the Cristo Rey network have discovered that requiring students to work does more than keep tuition low. It teaches children that there?s life beyond high school, with its teen-centered obsessions on things that don?t matter.

Subway Apologizes for homeschool gaffe

Posted on May 28, 2008
HSLDA has this updated report that concludes with this Subway promise: “To address the inadvertent limitation of our current contest and provide an opportunity for even more kids to improve their fitness, we will soon create an additional contest in which homeschooled students will be encouraged to participate...

?National Gay & Lesbian Task Force questions the APA on DSM choices?

Posted on May 28, 2008
Warren Throckmorton links to several resources discussing this topic: “There appears to be a growing schism within LGBT circles regarding the APA appointments of Kenneth Zucker and Ray Blanchard to the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group ...

Radical Islam is filling void left by collapse of Christianity in UK

Posted on May 28, 2008
. . The point is that Islam is being institutionalised, incarnated, into national structures amazingly fast, at the same time as demography is showing very high birthrates . . . Today the Christian story is fading from public imagination, while Islam grows apace ...

?Social Security Administration Ignores Plight of Gay Father: Lambda Legal Files Suit?

Posted on May 28, 2008
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that seems to raise more questions than it answers.� It begins: Lambda Legal files suit today against the Social Security Administration on behalf of Gary Day, a disabled father, whose repeated requests for assistance for his children has been ignored for over two years...

SC bill advising governments on legal prayer signed into law

Posted on May 28, 2008
The AP reports: “. . . Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill Tuesday that tells local governments three ways to have prayer at meetings that should not face constitutional challenges, based on rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals...

Florida: No Prayer for Ft. Walton Beach City Council

Posted on May 28, 2008
WJHG.com reports: . . . The council was split on the decision to do away with prayer 3-3. The city’s mayor, Mike Anderson, broke the tie by voting against a mandatory moment of silence. As for requiring a mandatory Pledge of Allegiance, with all participants required to stand, the board passed that unanimously...

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