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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Specter queries White House hopefuls on judges

Posted on April 16, 2008
"Republican Sen. Arlen Specter has a suggested question for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate: Ask the candidates if they support faster confirmation of judicial nominations."

Bush, Mich. senators end fight over 6th Circuit: Clinton nominee to be appointed

Posted on April 16, 2008
Helene White . . . is expected to win confirmation to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals . . . She was nominated in 1997 by then-President Clinton, setting off one of the longest partisan battles over judges . . .

Cal. Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Criminalize Spanking

Posted on April 16, 2008
Assembly Bill 2943 (Lieber) was approved today by the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. If approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor, the bill would make the ordinary practice of spanking a child by a parent a criminal act.

ADF files appeal to preserve marriage in New York

Posted on April 15, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a group of New York taxpayers in an effort to stop officials from illegally recognizing same-sex ?marriages? performed outside the Empire State.

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Alert Readers: What web sites are daily must reads?

Posted on April 15, 2008
If there are blogs or web sites that you think we should watch on a daily basis, please let us know by posting a comment below that includes a short introduction and link to the site.

Turkish government will allow Muslims to convert

Posted on April 15, 2008
Turkey?s Office of Religious Affairs has announced that Muslims may forsake Islam for another religion.

Canada: Catholic Insight Magazine legal fees rising from ?hate? complaint

Posted on April 15, 2008
Catholic Insight magazine has paid $6,000 in legal fees fighting a human rights ?hate? complaint, yet no hearing date is in sight.

Transcript: Interview of President Bush by Catholic News Anchor

Posted on April 15, 2008
"I so subscribe to his notion that there are -- there's right and wrong in life, that moral relativism has a danger of undermining the capacity to have more hopeful and free societies, that I want to honor his convictions, as well."

Second Bioethics Watchdog Says New Human Cloning Technique is Hype

Posted on April 15, 2008
A second bioethics watchdog has told LifeNews.com that claims the new announcement of a supposedly easier method of human cloning is hogwash.

Pope?s Idea of What Gives Peace May Seem an ?Oddity?: Marriage

Posted on April 15, 2008
He says respect for marriage is essential if the world wants to achieve peace.

Kentucky Judge Rejects Divorced Dad?s Objection To Catholic School For Son

Posted on April 15, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports that a Kentucky Court has given a mom sole custody to make educational decisions for her son to attend a Catholic school.

Pope and Bush to Discuss Faith and Reason

Posted on April 15, 2008
. . . the Pope and the president will continue the discussions that they have been having about the role of faith and reason in advancing their shared goals . . .

UK: Scientists want embryos Bill to allow the ?ultimate incest?

Posted on April 15, 2008
Same sex couples could 'create' their own biological babies, and a person could even be both mother and father, if fertility scientists get the go ahead.

Oregon: ?Carlton rallies against nude dancing?

Posted on April 15, 2008
Citizens crowded into Carlton City Hall on Monday night to decry a local bar's plans to start offering nude dancing or other forms of adult entertainment . . .

Maoists poised to take power in Nepal

Posted on April 15, 2008
Barely two years out of the jungle, former Maoist guerrillas were poised on Monday to lead Nepal's new government, as initial election results signaled that voters had chosen to remove most of their veteran politicians from office and seek a radical break with the past.

Mike Huckabee announces new Political Action Committee April 15, 2008

Posted on April 15, 2008
HuckPac.com has issued this press release that begins: “Former Governor Mike Huckabee (AR) has started Huck PAC, a Political Action Committee to raise funds for Republican candidates and continue promoting the principles and ideas of conservative, smaller and more responsible government, it was announced today...

Proselytism gets Christian in Algeria two-year sentence

Posted on April 15, 2008
. . . a Christian man in Algeria was convicted for proselytism on April 2. Just last week, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence. It's just part of an ongoing crackdown on 26 of the 50 Protestant churches in Algeria, reports MNN.

India: 1,000 Dalit Christians Reconvert to Hinduism

Posted on April 15, 2008
The former Christian Dalits from the town of Tirunelveli were reconverted by the Hindu Monks Tamil Nadu Council, according to The Times of India . . . The HMK plans to re-convert another 20,000 Christians in Villupuram district in southern India, according to AsiaNews ...

NKoreans with religious ties face peril

Posted on April 15, 2008
The AP reports on the Boston Globe: A federal commission said Tuesday that North Korean refugees suspected of meeting with religious groups in China are often marked for harsh interrogation, torture and long detention without trial after Beijing forces them to return to the North...

Connecticut: Berlin, Adult Novelty Store Face Off In State Supreme Court

Posted on April 15, 2008
A court case sparked by the town's battle to keep an adult sex toy, video and "romance shop" from opening in a middle-class neighborhood played out Monday with dry legal arguments in state Supreme Court.

Transgender dispute stalls Florida sexual orientation discrimination bill

Posted on April 15, 2008
. . . many leaders and activists don't want the Florida Senate measure to pass because it doesn't contain language that would ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

WI: ?Hubub after gay teacher comes out? to 7th graders

Posted on April 15, 2008
A middle school principal says he made ??an error in judgment?? last week by not more fully discussing a teacher?s plan to tell seventh-grade students her sexual orientation during health classes.

Wisc. Governor OK?s aid for virtual schools

Posted on April 15, 2008
Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill Monday that ensures virtual schools qualify for state aid but caps enrollment and subjects those schools to a program audit.

?Some gay couples are having trouble obtaining divorces?

Posted on April 15, 2008
"Gay couples who still live in the state where they got hitched can split up with little difficulty; . . . But gay couples who have moved to another state are running into trouble . . . "

Borough says church can use park for National Day of Prayer

Posted on April 15, 2008
Westmoreland County borough will let a church use a public park for a National Day of Prayer observance after a Christian legal group [ie. ACLJ] threatened to sue if the church was denied equal access.

30-day sentence for child-porn collector labeled outrageous

Posted on April 15, 2008
OneNewsNow reports: Pro-family attorney Pat Trueman says it’s outrageous that a Pennsylvania college professor will spend only 30 days in jail after being sentenced on three counts of possessing child pornography . . . He argues that the college professor’s sentence endangers children...

3rd Circuit: Faculty participation in student-initiated prayer violates Establishment Clause

Posted on April 15, 2008
. . . we hold . . . a reasonable observer would conclude that Borden was Endorsing religion when he engaged in these acts.

Eugene Volokh: The Breadth of the New Mexico Human Rights Commission?s Rationale in Elane Photography

Posted on April 15, 2008
The New Mexico Human Rights Commission has released an opinion in the Elane Photography case. In this case, a lesbian couple sought to have their same sex “wedding” photographed. Elane Photography refused to photograph it based on religious objections...

AZ: Gilbert schools want off Day of Silence list

Posted on April 15, 2008
The schools' principals asked that MissionAmerica.com, a Christian group, remove the school names after pressure from the family members of some students . . .

Kansas Medical Board Bashed for Closing Probe on Abortion Practitioner

Posted on April 15, 2008
The Kansas state agency that regulates doctors is getting bashed from two state pro-life group that say it made the wrong decision to close a probe on an abortion practitioner.

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