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West Virginia High Court Rejects Challenge To Prosecutor?s Biblical References
Posted on May 05, 2008"In State of West Virginia v. Keesecker, (WV Sup. Ct. App., April 25, 2008) West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals rejected a claim by a defendant who had been convicted on six counts of sexual assault that her convictions should be reversed because the trial judge permitted the prosecutor to refer to biblical theory and examples during closing argument ...
The Marketplace of Ideas and Hate Speech in Schools
Posted on May 05, 2008In this Note, I argue that while Supreme Court precedent precludes the censorship of hate speech in public fora, the Harper decision is an attempt to prohibit hate speech in schools on the grounds that students are both captive and vulnerable in ways that adults subject to similar speech are not.
Kentucky 10 Commandments Case Appealed To 6th Circuit
Posted on May 05, 2008"In the latter part of April a notice of appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals was filed in ACLU of Kentucky v. Grayson County, Kentucky, a case in which a Kentucky federal district court permanently enjoined a display of the Ten Commandments as part of a Foundations of American Law and Government Display in the Grayson County (KY) Courthouse...
Face of ?personhood? issue young, resolute
Posted on May 05, 2008Colorado and Montana are the two states where "personhood" measures could make the 2008 ballot and create a legal foundation to outlaw abortion.
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax Exemption For Episcopal School Property
Posted on May 05, 2008"[T]he Ohio Supreme Court held that the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio was entitled to a property tax exemption for the year 2001 for property it acquired to use for a church-affiliated inner-city school so long as on Jan. 1 of that year it intended to use the property for tax exempt purposes...
?Gay marriage does not work - men are just too predatory, says Pete Burns?
Posted on May 05, 2008Burns said: "I view marriage as a sacred institution. I think two men naturally are predators. Gay relationships are a commercial break, not a whole movie."
Pornography, Morality, and Harm: Why Miller Should Survive Lawrence
Posted on May 05, 2008Nonetheless, to define Miller as a morality holding effectively ignores the social science research that for three and a half decades has provided troubling evidence of pornography's negative social consequences, particularly for women.
From T-Shirts to Teaching: May Public Schools Constitutionally Regulate Antihomosexual Speech?
Posted on May 05, 2008This Note focuses on the specific issue of public schools regulating antihomosexual speech.
Whither Sexual Orientation Analysis?: The Proper Methodology When Due Process and Equal Protection Intersect
Posted on May 05, 2008This Article exposes another dangerous source of confusion - a tendency to allow popular discourse to shape the legal analysis in sexual orientation discrimination cases, resulting in what this Article calls the ?Collapsible Error.?
Washington Times: ?Gay Activists shut down APA panel?
Posted on May 03, 2008"The American Psychiatric Association suddenly canceled an upcoming workshop on religion and homosexuality during its annual conference here after gay activists campaigned against the two evangelicals slated to appear on the panel."
Evolution?s Critics Shift Tactics With Schools
Posted on May 02, 2008In a bid to shape biology lessons, they are promoting what they call "academic freedom" bills that would encourage or require public-school teachers to cast doubt on a cornerstone of modern science . . .
Texas demands faith in Darwinism
Posted on May 02, 2008The state of Texas has decided that a graduate school with a faculty sporting Ph.Ds from UCLA, Penn State, the University of Montana, Colorado State, Case Western and Indiana University, with a few lowly Ed.D. degrees thrown it, isn't qualified to grant master's degrees because it teaches students to evaluate thoroughly the pluses ? and minuses ? of evolution and creation.
Woods Hole Creationist Loses Suit
Posted on May 02, 2008Abraham, readers may recall, alleged he was a victim of religious discrimination after Woods Hole fired him as a biologist because he refused to work on "evolutionary aspects" of an NIH research grant.
Ohio: Court agreement closes Lisa?s Cabaret as nuisance and prostitution front
Posted on May 02, 2008Lisa's Cabaret strip club in Akron must close its doors and remove all of its signs on the East Market Street property within 30 days, according to an out-of-court settlement reached today in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Jailed Chinese Christian faces new charges
Posted on May 02, 2008He was re-arrested March 19 for allegedly printing unauthorized Bibles and Christian literature, but his family was not informed where he was being held and his lawyer was prevented from visiting him for more than a month.
US Commission on International Religious Freedom Names 11 Countries of Particular Concern
Posted on May 02, 2008The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today announced its 2008 recommendations to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on "countries of particular concern," or CPCs.
NJ Becomes 2nd State To Mandate Paid Family Leave For Homosexual Partners
Posted on May 02, 2008New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) Friday signed broad legislation that mandates paid family leave for same-sex partners - making the state the second after California to have such a law.
Bans on ?Marital Status? Discrimination: A Threat to Religious Freedom?
Posted on May 02, 2008Most courts would agree that the Constitution forbids the state from punishing Wheaton through the application of a ban on "marital status" discrimination in employment. However, it is less clear that the relevant Illinois statute actually exempts religious employers from the ban on marital status discrimination in the first place -- as it should ...
Missouri Choose Life License Plate Unveiled, Available for Purchase Statewide
Posted on May 02, 2008fter a long and successful legal battle, Missouri residents are now able to support adoption efforts with the purchase of a Choose Life license plate.
Methodists vote to retain ban on homosexual activity
Posted on May 02, 2008The United Methodist Church voted this week to maintain its official policy that homosexual activity is "incompatible with Christian teaching." The policy of the church also prohibits the recognition or celebration of same-sex relationships.
Christian Group Defends National Day of Prayer
Posted on May 02, 2008. . ?Americans shouldn?t be forced to abandon their religious heritage simply to appease someone?s political agenda,? said Alliance Defense Fund chief counsel Benjamin Bull.
Christian Group Defends National Day of Prayer
Posted on May 02, 2008. . . ?Americans shouldn?t be forced to abandon their religious heritage simply to appease someone?s political agenda,? said Alliance Defense Fund chief counsel Benjamin Bull.
The Unintended Consequences of ?Same Sex Marriage?
Posted on May 02, 2008If homosexual marriages or civil unions are the equivalent of traditional marriages, you can't discriminate. If you do, at the very least you put your government benefits at risk.
Michigan: Community Fights ?Adult? Book Store
Posted on May 02, 2008Neighbors would like to see the old abandoned gas station at M-100 and I-96 turned into just about anything... anything but an adult book store.
Missouri: Jasper County waiting on state to act on adult-business measure
Posted on May 02, 2008While acknowledging that state action is increasingly unlikely, Jasper County officials will wait until the end of the legislative session before deciding whether to act on an ordinance targeting sexually oriented businesses.
Arizona bishops encourage ?right of conscience? in health care
Posted on May 02, 2008CNA reports: In a Pastoral Statement released yesterday, the bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference encouraged a deeper respect for people?s freedom of conscience, especially in regards to health care and human life. The bishops requested that state and national political leaders consider the implication of legislation that imposes requirements on people that are contrary [...
Tennessee: Judge Won?t Stop Enforcement Of Adult Bookstore Ordinance
Posted on May 02, 2008"For the second time in a week, a federal judge has denied an injunction to stop enforcement of the Shelby County ordinance that regulates adult-oriented businesses."
Texas Changed Marriage Age to Restrict Rights of Polygamy Ranch Residents
Posted on May 02, 2008The ABA Journal reports that Texas raised the age of marriage from 14 to 16 after the FLDS group came under suspicion. Visit Site » Share This
?Yes on 2? launched in 10 Florida cities
Posted on May 02, 2008Leaders of a coalition advocating a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage announced April 17 a new name for the effort?"Yes on 2"?at 10 news conferences across Florida.
Argentina: Eminent Psychiatrist Says Homosexuality is a Disorder that Can be Cured
Posted on May 02, 2008The eminent Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas gave a speech yesterday in Buenos Aires declaring that homosexuality is "a clinical process that has an etiology, pathogeny, treatment, and cure".
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