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NC: Police charge pair with ?crime against nature?

Posted on May 27, 2008
The News & Observer reports: Raleigh police are charging two adults for sodomy in private, although the U.S. Supreme Court appears to have outlawed such charges five years ago. Police on Saturday charged two West Raleigh men with a “crime against nature” for having sex early that morning...

Leonard Link: ?Alliance Defense Fund?s False Analogy in the California Marriage Case?

Posted on May 27, 2008
The Leonard Link Blog has this commentary arguing against ADF’s motion to stay the California Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage. It follows this earlier post: Losers Seek Delay in Implementing California Marriage Decision. Visit Site » Share This

Pasadena Episcopalian Church to begin ?same-sex nuptials?

Posted on May 27, 2008
The Pasadena Star News reports: “All Saints Church in Pasadena, one of the largest and most liberal Episcopalian congregations in the country, announced Thursday it will begin performing wedding ceremonies for gay couples starting June 16.” Visit Site » Share This

Robert Novack on Kathleen Sebellius: A Pro-Abort?s Dream Veep

Posted on May 27, 2008
Robert D. Novak has this commentary on the Washington Post. He begins: Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support for the “serious moral evil” of abortion...

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Salvation through Christ Alone? ? A Moment of Decision

Posted on May 27, 2008
Albert Mohler has this post on his blog discussing the Anglican Church, the nature of the Gospel, and its relationship to evangelization of Muslims. Regarding the synod currently meeting in England, Mohler writes: Paul Eddy, a lay theology student from Winchester who aspires to the priesthood, has entered a Private Member’s Motion and has secured the signatures [...

Jordan Lorence and Frank Pastore discuss media polling spin and ADF?s motion seeking stay of Cal. marriage redefinition

Posted on May 27, 2008
Jordan Lorence appears on the Frank Pastore Show to discuss ADF’s motion to stay California’s marriage redefinition. The mp3 file is here and runs just over 11 minutes. Frank Pastore opens this segment discussing the LA Times spin on recent polls showing that Californians overwhelmingly support the traditional definition of marriage...

California: Sex Sells, So Legislator Urges State to Tax It

Posted on May 27, 2008
A Southern California assemblyman has proposed a 25 percent tax on the gross revenues of all producers and distributors of adult entertainment, enraging an unlikely alliance of pornographic film producers, the state Chamber of Commerce and cable television operators.

Schools in revolt over under-5s curriculum

Posted on May 27, 2008
"A powerful coalition of England?s leading independent schools is demanding that the Government scale back its new national curriculum for the under-fives, claiming that it violates parents? human rights by denying them the freedom to choose how they educate their children...

Tax Exemptions of Charities Face New Challenges

Posted on May 27, 2008
One issue is the growing confusion over what constitutes a charity at a time when nonprofit groups look more like businesses, charging fees and selling products and services to raise money, and state and local governments are under financial pressure because of lower tax revenues.

Orthodox US Jewish Navy Veteran: Chaplains repeatedly tried to convert me

Posted on May 27, 2008
Israel News reports: David Miller, right, an Orthodox Jew, says he was repeatedly proselytized by hospital chaplains at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City. At left is Michael Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, who is planning a lawsuit...

It?s Time for U.S. Labor Law to Enter the 21st Century

Posted on May 27, 2008
igid labor laws function in ways that can deny working women the opportunity to attend a child's soccer game or take a parent to the doctor one week and make up the hours the following week.

Eugene Volokh: Proposed Porn Tax in California

Posted on May 27, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing the constitutionality of a proposed tax on pornography in the state of California. Visit Site » Share This

Eugene Volokh: ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell,? Unit Cohesion, Lesbians, and Gays in Mixed-Sex Units

Posted on May 27, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing the rationale for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the context of lesbian relationships. Visit Site » Share This

Boy Scouts sue Phila. to stay in headquarters

Posted on May 27, 2008
"The Boy Scouts of America's Philadelphia chapter has sued . . . to block the city's May 31 deadline for the scouts to open membership to gays and atheists, or vacate their historic 1928 headquarters off Logan Square."

1-child policy has exceptions after China quake

Posted on May 27, 2008
Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled in the country's devastating earthquake.

Poll - More Americans Condemn Fur Clothing Than Divorce or Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Posted on May 27, 2008
More Americans condemn wearing clothes made of animal fur than divorce or embryonic stem cell research, according to the recently released annual Gallup Values and Belief (GVB) survey . . .

Making despicable ideas palatable through euphemisms

Posted on May 27, 2008
Even the most despicable ideas can be made palatable when euphemisms are used to spin them.

California Pro-Life Advocates Renew Campaign Against State Abortion Funding

Posted on May 27, 2008
"Pro-life advocates in California hope to breathe new life into a campaign to get the state out of funding the abortion industry. They are planning a mid-June rally on the steps of the state capital to draw attention to the $33 million California spends on funding abortions...

Pro-Life Leaders Say John McCain Shouldn?t Pick Charlie Crist for VP

Posted on May 27, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: Leading pro-life advocates say one of the top considerations for John McCain for a vice-presidential running mate should be left off of his short list. They’re concerned [...]

Frank Turek: Even liberals know same-sex ?marriage? is bad

Posted on May 27, 2008
Contrary to what homosexual activists assume, the state doesn?t endorse marriage because people have feelings for one another. The state endorses marriage primarily because of what marriage does for children and in turn society.

Praying for a Tax Break: Churches, Political Speech and the Loss of Section 501(C)(3) Tax Exempt Status

Posted on May 27, 2008
This paper examines the issues involved in churches, political speeches and tax-exempt status. It will propose that a limited exception created for churches so that they may speak freely on all issues to their congregants, including politics, during regularly scheduled religious services.

The Continuing Threshold Test for Free Exercise Claims

Posted on May 27, 2008
This Article argues that, while the U.S. Supreme Court has recently adopted a more deferential standard of scrutiny for many types of free exercise claims, the Court has never signaled dissatisfaction with the threshold test itself, and indeed could not abandon the test without being unfaithful to the text of the Free Exercise Clause.

Homosexual advocates push American Political Science Association to boycott New Orleans due to DOMA

Posted on May 27, 2008
In the latest dispute over civil rights and the obligations of scholarly groups, the American Political Science Association is facing calls to relocate its 2012 convention, scheduled to be held in New Orleans.

Robert C. Blitt, How to Entrench a De Facto State Church in Russia: A Guide in Progress

Posted on May 27, 2008
This paper argues that the emerging pattern of collusion presents a serious challenge to Russia's constitutional order and to the country's regional and international human rights commitments - chief among these being the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief.

Using Gestational Surrogacy and Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis: Are Intended Parents Now Manufacturing the Idyllic Infant?

Posted on May 27, 2008
Views toward surrogacy have evolved over the years as new technology emerged so that now both legislatures and courts provide protection for surrogacy contracts. For example, in 2005 Illinois enacted a controversial new Gestational Surrogacy Act that provides contractual rights to parties involved in gestational surrogacy.

John Paul II, The Structures of Sin and the Limits of Law

Posted on May 27, 2008
Briefly put, the law may be employed as a means of eliminating or reforming the systemic defects or problems in society that the late pontiff referred to as ?structures of sin,? but because it cannot reach the recesses of the human heart, law is severely limited in bringing about true social transformation.

What Yoder Wrought: Religious Disparagement, Parental Alienation and the Best Interests of the Child

Posted on May 27, 2008
In this essay, I argue that a strict scrutiny standard has no place in spiritual custody cases. It is hardly consistent with the basic principle that the custody court's paramount consideration is the best interests of the child.

Garcetti v. Ceballos: Judicially Muzzling the Voices of Public Sector Employees

Posted on May 27, 2008
The holding in Garcetti v. Ceballos, however, placed a new threshold test on public employee speech, greatly diminishing the effectiveness of the balancing test.

Six Flags Over Jesus: RLUIPA, Megachurches, and Zoning

Posted on May 27, 2008
This study explores planners' knowledge of RLUIPA and the use of tools to regulate megachurches in the United States. We surveyed 260 U.S. cities about the presence and extent of megachurch development and on their approaches to regulation.

The Ministerial Exception to Title VII: The Case for a Deferential Primary Duties Test

Posted on May 27, 2008
This ?ministerial exception? allows religious employers to avoid liability for discrimination when making employment decisions concerning employees who qualify as ministers.

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