Religion & Law

Kansas City: Decision on sex business expansion is delayed

Posted on May 01, 2008
"The proposed expansion of an adult entertainment business near the Sprint Center was delayed by three weeks Wednesday so a Kansas City Council committee could gather more legal advice."

Connecticut: East Hartford Residents Oppose New Zones For Sex Shops

Posted on May 01, 2008
Nearly 80 residents packed a town hall meeting room Wednesday to oppose proposed zoning regulations that would allow adult entertainment establishments in industrial areas farther from I-84 than current rules allow . . .

ADF: Colorado Legislature should reject sexual ?non-discrimination? bill

Posted on May 01, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent a legal memo to the Colorado Legislature Wednesday informing members of problems with a statewide non-discrimination bill currently under review. If passed, the bill would add ?sexual orientation? and ?transgender status? as protected categories in the state?s nondiscrimination laws.

Ministry fined for firing homosexual employee

Posted on May 01, 2008
Jordan Lorence with the Alliance Defense Fund believes the homosexual agenda will continue to persecute the Christian agenda as it gains power. He labels the Canada situation "a very significant threat to religious liberty." . . .

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European Human Rights Watchdog Criticizes Ireland for Not Legalizing Abortion

Posted on May 01, 2008
The leading human rights watchdog in Europe is blasting Ireland today for not having legalized abortion. The new 58-page report on the human rights conditions in Ireland from the Council of Europe comes after a visit to the nation in November by Thomas Hammarberg.

?Fourth Circuit Decides Two Important Campaign Finance Cases, Raising Issues that Could Get En Banc or Supreme Court Attention?

Posted on May 01, 2008
Today the Fourth Circuit decided two important campaign finance cases, both confusingly with the same name . . .

Florida: License plate with cross likely will not move forward

Posted on May 01, 2008
A license plate that would have become the first in the nation to prominently feature a religious symbol is unlikely to be on the road any time soon after state lawmakers did not include it in a bill Tuesday.

9th Circuit Okays Injunction Protecting Pro-Life Pharmacists

Posted on May 01, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction in a lower court ruling that halted a new state requirement forcing pharmacists to fill prescriptions for all drugs.

The Demise of Democracy: Why We?re Losing Our Right to Speak Out

Posted on May 01, 2008
Democracy is?by definition?a conversation about what is good and what is right and wrong; what is fair to all. ?The demise of good government comes when this conversation is abbreviated, as we believe it has been,? Woodward and DeMint write.

Evangelical and Catholic Groups Call for Curbs on Human Rights Commission after Anti-Christian Ruling

Posted on May 01, 2008
The editor of Canada's national Catholic magazine of news, opinion and analysis, Father Alphonse de Valk, has renewed his call for the federal government to rein in the far-reaching powers of human rights commissions in Canada.

ACLU seeks $65,000 for Jesus portrait case

Posted on April 30, 2008
Mike Johnson, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-Christian legal organization that is representing the Slidell court, said he planned to file a motion in opposition to the ACLU's request.

Homosexual bishop denounces reparative therapy; APA disavows event

Posted on April 30, 2008
. . . . [Episcopal Bishop Gene] Robinson said he canceled his plans to attend because he came to believe that making an appearance at the event would validate the concept that sexual orientation can be changed.

Lambda Legal argues for application of ?putative spouse? doctrine to Cal. civil unions

Posted on April 30, 2008
Lambda Legal?s brief argues that AB 205, California?s domestic partner law, should give same-sex couples the same protection under the state?s ?putative spouse doctrine? as people in different-sex relationships who believed they were married, and have lived their life as married, only to find out later that their marriage was not valid ...

Hutcherson Update: 638 Students Boycotted Day of Silence at Mt. Si High

Posted on April 30, 2008
It turns out that 638 students out of a total of 1,410 walked out to make a statement against the DOS, not 495 as the Seattle Times reported (relying on Principal Randy Taylor?s count).

Pennsylvania: Saga Continues Over Embattled Strip Club in Bucks Co.

Posted on April 30, 2008
WFMZ.com reports: After months of discussion that at times got quite heated … tonight … supervisors in Milford Township approved a list of conditions that would allow the club to remain open. But the club says it can’t commit to some of those conditions … and an attorney tells us it’s likely there will be an [...

Family Policy Lecture: Why Health Care Reform is Crucial to Religious Liberty

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Family Research Council is sponsoring this lecture to be held on Friday in Washington D.C..  This description of the discussion topic is provided: Religious liberties have real applications in medicine, e.g., the right to choose a pro-life physician or the right not to be pushed into shortening the life of a loved one...

Activitists push for same-sex marriage bill in N.Y.

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Albany Star Gazette reports: “More than 2,000 gay-rights activists gathered at the Capitol today to urge the legislature to legalize same-sex marriage.” Share This

The Senatorial Plot Thickens on Judges

Posted on April 30, 2008
Gerard Bradley has this post on the National Review Bench Memos blog on continued delay tactics by Senate Democrats to thwart judicial nominations despite public assurances to the contrary. Visit Site » Share This

Al Mohler: A Tale of Two Nations ? Getting Honest about Sex Selection Abortions

Posted on April 30, 2008
"No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women."

Massachusetts: Adult zoning gets tentative OK

Posted on April 30, 2008
. . . the Worcester City Council last night gave preliminary approval to an amendment allowing adult entertainment establishments in certain parts of the downtown while still precluding them from most of the central business district.

Pro-Life Group Accuses Kansas Judge of Involvement in Illegal Abortion Cover-Up

Posted on April 30, 2008
he prominent pro-life group Operation Rescue accused Judge Stephen Tatum of being involved in an illegal abortion cover up, in light of his decision yesterday to squash a subpoena that would have required the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to certify evidence being used against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (PPKM) in a 107-count criminal case.

Conservative St. Thomas law students back dean in Planned Parenthood flap

Posted on April 30, 2008
Conservative law students are countering leftist students by backing the Dean's decision to disallow credit for volunteer service at Planned Parenthood.

How inclusive is the National Day of Prayer?

Posted on April 30, 2008
This year, however, voices are being raised to challenge the religiously exclusive nature of the task-force effort, which is coordinated by conservative Christians who have encouraged government leaders' involvement in their events but rejected direct participation by other faith leaders.

SC Senate approves crucifix license tag

Posted on April 30, 2008
The AP reports on the Charlotte Observer: A license plate with an image of a cross in front of a stained glass window with the words “I Believe” could be available to drivers in South Carolina under a bill that has won key approval in the Senate...

Foreign Law and the First Amendment

Posted on April 30, 2008
But a serious problem has surfaced. In recent years, English libel law has come to have a disturbing impact on the right of Americans to speak out.

Focus Shifts to Archbishop Wuerl; Washington Prelate on Hotseat on Pro-Abortion Politicians

Posted on April 30, 2008
t the same time as praise and gratitude pours into the office of New York's Cardinal Egan from the pro-life community for his firm statements on the necessity of denying Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, all eyes are now turning to Washington's Archbishop Donald Wuerl who remains evasive after Senator John Kerry and other prominently pro-abortion Catholic politicians were photographed receiving the Eucharist at the Pope's Mass.

Tennessee House May Vote on Constitutional Abortion Amendment Thursday

Posted on April 30, 2008
"SJR 127 simply places responsibility for abortion regulation back into the hands of Tennessee's voters and their elected representatives instead of continuing to allow activist judges to determine the state's abortion policy."

Chinese slave children ?sold like cabbages?

Posted on April 30, 2008
Young people ? some aged under 10 ? are said to have been discovered being bought and sold at a street market in Sichuan, one of rural China's most overpopulated provinces.

Unrest at University of Georgia Over Appearance by Clarence Thomas

Posted on April 30, 2008
Some faculty at the University of Georgia, Athens, are complaining about the selection of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as undergraduate commencement speaker in light of charges that the administration has been slow to respond to allegations of sexual harassment.

?Norming?: America?s Interests, the Constitution, and the UN

Posted on April 30, 2008
?Norming? is the idea that the U.S. should base its decisions on some kind of international consensus, rather than making its decisions as a constitutional democracy.

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