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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Sandra Day O?Connor stresses the importance of a judiciary not shaped by donors with deep pockets.

Posted on May 06, 2008
She decried an influx of special-interest money across the country, including in Wisconsin. The "appearance of outside influence on judges has to be avoided," she said. "Judges should not be competing against each other based on the popularity of their decisions...

John McCain?s Vision For The Federal Judiciary

Posted on May 06, 2008
Today, In North Carolina, John McCain Outlined His Judicial Philosophy And Vision. The proper role of the judiciary has become one of the defining issues of this presidential election. It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women to the federal courts, and the impact of these choices will reach far into the future

McCain castigates Obama for voting against chief justice

Posted on May 06, 2008
Republican John McCain castigated Democrat Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as Supreme Court chief justice in a speech about the kind of judges McCain would nominate.

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Marriage Asylum Case

Posted on May 06, 2008
SCOTUS Blog has this commentary discussing a case that the Supreme Court is being asked to review: Yang v. Mukasey, No. 07-756. SCOTUS describes the facts: In Yang?s petition filed by Charles Rothfeld of the firm Mayer Brown, with the assistance of the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Yang relates a story overflowing with [...

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Take Action: Ask Marriott to Get Rid of Porn

Posted on May 05, 2008
Focus on the Family Action is calling on families to co-sign a letter urging Marriott hotels to stop offering in-room pornography.

Pro-Life Democrat Tony Campolo Joins Pro-Abortion Party?s Platform Cmte

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Democratic Party has the strongest pro-abortion stance possible, but Reverend Tony Campolo, an evangelical author, has been appointed to the committee that will review the platform. Campolo has vowed to represent pro-lifers ?to the highest members of the Democratic Party...

NY Times: What if Abortion Became Illegal?

Posted on May 05, 2008
A lot of elected officials say they want to see Roe v. Wade repealed, clearing the way for abortion to be made illegal. But few of them go the extra step and say what they would like to see done to women who have abortions. Throw a scared 17-year-old woman in jail? For how long?

APA: Unable to have conversation on homosexuality due to political pressure

Posted on May 05, 2008
Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, was quoted as saying . . . It is a tragedy the APA cannot hold a conversation on a matter of this importance without facing such internal political pressure that it becomes impossible for this symposium to be held...

Pa. Senate Marriage Amend. vote likely Wednesday

Posted on May 05, 2008
The stage is set for the full Pennsylvania Senate to vote on a constitutional amendment that would outlaw same-sex marriage and civil unions in Pennsylvania.

Detroit Council set to wrap up strip club ordinance

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Detroit Free Press reports: “With moratoriums on zoning and licensing applications for new strip clubs about to expire, officials in Detroit are working to craft a new ordinance that would make it harder for new strip clubs to open in the city...

London Trafficking Crackdown: Rape warning for men paying for sex

Posted on May 05, 2008
They are part of a six-month home office review into tackling the demand for prostitution, which began in January, and aim to point out that trafficked women are forced into selling sex, and that forced sex is rape.

NY Judge to Jurors: Sex trafficking case will be emotional

Posted on May 05, 2008
urors are being selected in the case of co-defendants, Linda O?Connor and Dean Sacco. Prosecutors say O?Connor sold a 12-year-old girl to Sacco for sex in exchange for back rent. Sacco rented an apartment to O?Connor. Prosecutors also say O?Connor sold the girl to two strangers for sex at a Johnson City hotel ...

A Crime So Monstrous: Modern day slave trafficking

Posted on May 05, 2008
Logan Paul Gage has this report on First Things.� He discusses modern slavery and trafficking and opens with this: If when you think of slavery, you imagine a distant, bygone era, ponder this conversation: Florin: That?s not a lot. For one night, I make two hundred Euros off her...

Connecticut: State?s Episcopal Bishop Purging Pro-Family Churches

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Family Institute of Connecticut Blog reports: Three years ago Connecticut?s pro same-sex ?marriage? Episcopal bishop sent his henchmen to change the locks and confiscate the property of a pro-family church in Bristol, replacing their pastor with one loyal to him...

Tax Credit for Education

Posted on May 05, 2008
The school choice movement is growing. Despite state budget woes and some resistance, legislatures are forwarding bills that would indirectly provide money to families who prefer sending their children to private schools.

Episcopalian diocese sues new Anglicans for real estate

Posted on May 05, 2008
A former Episcopalian diocese that left the denomination to join the Anglican jurisdiction of the Southern Cone is now being sued by its Episcopalian successor for its possessions and real estate, reports Catholic News Agency . . .

Some Evangelicals Say Faith is Now too Political

Posted on May 05, 2008
Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the culture wars.

Secularism No Match for Islamic Fundamentalism

Posted on May 05, 2008
Perhaps that is why Christianity has often been called the "seedbed of democracy". If the conflict between Islamic fundamentalism and European culture is any indication, it will be a long time before Islam is accorded that recognition.

Canada: Conservatives called on to reign in human rights commissions or lose funding

Posted on May 05, 2008
Our Conservative government's cowardly failure to intervene in defence of free press and speech by, for example, immediately withdrawing the egregious Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Code, gives another indication of Canadian sleepiness.

Thomas More Law Center Teams Up with Florida Organizations to Stop Miami-Dade County ?Same-Sex Partner Policy?

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Thomas More Law Center announced today that on Tuesday, May 6th, the Board of Miami-Dade County Commissioners will consider an outrageous proposal that would force taxpayers to pay for marriage benefits to the partners of its homosexual employees, under a so-called ?Domestic Partnership? ordinance.

Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers

Posted on May 05, 2008
"Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die."

Church, state at loggerheads in Wisconsin over teachers at Catholic schools

Posted on May 05, 2008
Two Wisconsin courts have ruled that private schools operated by the Coulee Catholic diocese are not protected, under "ministerial exemption," against age discrimination claims by a former employee. But Attorney Mike Johnson with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) hopes the schools will appeal the ruling ...

Edwin Meese III: The Judge?s Strategic Gavel

Posted on May 05, 2008
Townhall carries this article by Edwin Meese III discussing the role that Bill Clark played in the Reagan Administration.

Oregon: Same-sex marriage dispute on fast track

Posted on May 05, 2008
Oregon citizens who say their rejection of same-sex marriage was quashed by the state legislature scored a small legal victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The appeals court granted a motion by the Alliance Defense Fund to expedite the appeal of a federal court judge's decision that invalidated a voter petition drive.

Soldiers need porn for morale?

Posted on May 05, 2008
Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men?s magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenw�hr.

ProLife Free Speech Case Still Alive

Posted on May 05, 2008
Green was threatened with arrest for violating the city's so-called "permit process" and was warned his sign would be confiscated if he didn't leave the area . . . In 2005, ADF filed suit on behalf of Green and then filed a federal appeal in the case in 2007...

California Legislature Expected to Vote This Week on Bill Promoting Euthanasia

Posted on May 05, 2008
Undaunted by their repeated failure to get the California legislature to approve a bill legalizing assisted suicide, the sponsors of the bill are moving forward with a new measure that promotes euthanasia in limited circumstances.

Skittles on the Walk of Shame: Teaching Abstinence

Posted on May 05, 2008
Fred Schartz has this commentary on National Review.� He argues that instilling a sense shame works in alcohol prevention efforts for minors. So, why should we believe Planned Parenthood’s claim that it won’t work with sex education. Share This

11th Circuit OKs suit based on sexual language in the office

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Fulton County Daily reports: “Panel allows suit for language derogatory to women — but not aimed at the plaintiff — to go forward.”� The report links to the ruling in Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., No. 07-10270 (11th Cir...

?Justice Ginsburg on Women in the Law?

Posted on May 05, 2008
The How Appealing blog points to this audio broadcast of Justice Ginsburg on C-Span’s “America and the Courts.” Share This

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