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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Washington State schools to bus children to see Dalai Lama

Posted on April 11, 2008
But some Christian parents in the area are concerned their children will bused in to hear from the world-recognized Tibetan Buddhist leader . . . Hiram Sasser, the director of litigation with the Liberty Legal Institute, says there is no cause for concern -- at least legally ...

College Students Tour Nevada Brothel

Posted on April 11, 2008
mouri was one of a dozen Randolph College students who toured the Chicken Ranch, a legal bordello in the desert 60 miles outside Las Vegas. Thursday's class trip, which included seminars from the working girls, capped a course on American consumption and "the ideas that consume us...

?FFRF Halts Christian Vending at Madison VA?

Posted on April 11, 2008
Acting on a complaint from a patient at the Madison VA Hospital, the Freedom From Religion Foundation today protested the presence of Christian vendors setting up shop at the main entrance, through which every patient and employee must pass . . .

Taking Church by Eminent Domain Does Not Violate Florida?s RFRA

Posted on April 11, 2008
. . . a Florida state appellate court held that Broward County did not violate the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act when it took a church's property through eminent domain . . .

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9th Circuit Says Bald Eagle Protection Does Not Violate RFRA

Posted on April 11, 2008
In United States v. Vasquez-Ramos, (9th Cir., April 10, 2008), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to dismiss criminal charges under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) against two defendants who claimed their prosecution violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Clinton Strengthens Homosexual, Anti-religious Links with Endorsement by Elton John

Posted on April 11, 2008
"I'm amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country," said John. "And I say to hell with them .... I love you Hillary, I'll be there for you."

Kansas Officials Apologize to Driver of Truck With Abortion Images

Posted on April 11, 2008
Officials in Olathe, Kansas have apologized to the driver of a truck with graphic abortion images saying a police officer was wrong to threaten him with arrest for driving the truck in town. Ronald Brock was threatened with arrest and impoundment of his vehicle.

Shocking Youtube Video: Fr. Frank Pavone Demonstrates Dismemberment Abortion on Fetus Model

Posted on April 11, 2008
Fr. Frank Pavone, the well-known head of the US organisation, Priests for Life, has recently posted two videos to the internet video website YouTube in which he demonstrates in graphic detail exactly what happens to a child in a surgical abortion.

Pro-Life Senator: FDA Shouldn?t Allow Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trials

Posted on April 11, 2008
Sen. Sam Brownback, a leading pro-life advocate, is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to reject bids from two human cloning companies to start trials on humans with embryonic stem cells.

Ninth Circuit Denies Website Immunity in Housing Discrimination Suit

Posted on April 11, 2008
For Roommates.com, an apartment-sharing website, the price might be heavy, indeed. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just ruled that the site can't claim immunity from a housing discrimination suit based on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, largely based on the content of the drop-down menus the site employs during the user registration process ...

No Boy Left Behind? Single-Sex Education and the Essentialist Myth of Masculinity

Posted on April 11, 2008
The article concludes that schools that implement single-sex education must do so for reasons other than promoting an essentialized notion of masculinity and that the law must be vigilant in ensuring that schools' implementation not further reify dominant conceptions of what it means to be a boy.

Feds Indict Pornography Distributor

Posted on April 11, 2008
Pornography distributor John Stagliano and two of his companies were charged by a federal grand jury with multiple counts of selling and distributing obscene films to the public.

Possible First Law Against Coerced Abortions Now on the Books in Idaho

Posted on April 11, 2008
In what could possibly be the first of its kind in the nation, the governor of Idaho has signed a new law that helps prevent women from being pressured or coerced into having an abortion.

Senate approves Haynes nomination to the 5th Circuit in face of GOP threat to blockade the Senate

Posted on April 11, 2008
"The Senate has given Dallas lawyer Catharina Haynes its approval to serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."

Time running out in fight for embryos; case goes to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on April 11, 2008
"Had an embryo been in her womb, there would be no question of ordering it to be discarded," said Teresa Collett, a Minnesota law professor who is preparing Augusta Roman's petition to the high court.

Same Sex Marriage, Identity Processes, and the Kulturkampf: Why Federalism is Not the Main Event

Posted on April 11, 2008
The essay argues that the deep cultural division over marriage fundamentally is driven by disagreement over gender and sexual identity in individuals and gender and sexual identity as shared and replicated tradition.

Parental Attention Deficit Disorder

Posted on April 11, 2008
I argue that excellence in parenthood consists in a dual responsibility both to guide children toward the good life and to accept them as they are. I conclude that prenatal manipulation of healthy and normal characteristics in human offspring fails to balance the dispositional extremes of control and restraint to which many parents today are susceptible.

To Have and to Uphold: Marriage Regulation, Traditional Family Values Rhetoric, and the Politics of Preservation

Posted on April 11, 2008
This Article argues that countermovents intended to preserve existing status regimes speak in a common tongue. I begin by applying the antigay rhetorical framework identified by Bill Eskridge in his Article No Promo Homo: The Sedimentation of Antigay Rhetoric to the movement to ban same-sex marriage, using Ohio during the 2004 election as a case study.

Law Firms Help Clinics Get Students to Supreme Court

Posted on April 11, 2008
The clinics typically accept only second- and third-year students, who work on petitions for certiorari, merits briefs and amicus briefs. The students, generally, work with experienced Supreme Court litigators, who help run the clinics.

Google: religion is not ?factual? on abortion

Posted on April 10, 2008
. . . today Google UK's media office told newspapers: "We only allow ads that have factual information about abortion."

Dr. Laura: Marriage Matters

Posted on April 10, 2008
Dr. Laura comments: Shacking up, having babies out of wedlock as an entitlement for working women who don?t have the time or inclination to create a marriage, having babies out of wedlock because of irresponsible sexual behavior (and not considering adoption to a two-parent mom and dad)?all of these now-normalized behaviors reek of narcissism and indicate [...

Louisiana Panel Approves Bill Limiting Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funds

Posted on April 10, 2008
Louisiana House panel approved a bill on Wednesday that would limit state taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Florida: Man stabbed at bar beside strip club

Posted on April 10, 2008
"A 30-year-old man from Fort Myers was stabbed early Tuesday at Stogies, the bar adjacent to Emerald City strip club in Murdock."

Fate of Lord?s Prayer in Ontario legislature put to public consultation

Posted on April 10, 2008
"The Lord's Prayer and it's fate in the Ontario legislature set off a fresh round of debate Thursday after politicians quietly launched public consultation on whether the province should fall in line with other Canadian jurisdictions and strike the Christian tradition...

Rise in human trafficking largely unnoticed in Canada, experts say

Posted on April 10, 2008
Human traffickers peddle young girls to work as sex slaves in Canadian cities for as little as $2,000 - a situation most people believe only happens in foreign lands, activists say.

Arizona: New Marriage Amendment Bill Passes Committee!

Posted on April 10, 2008
The marriage amendment referendum got back on track in the House Judiciary Committee today by a vote of 6-4.

Jordan Lorence discusses the Elane photography case on the Dori Monson show

Posted on April 10, 2008
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence made this appearance with Dori Monson on Newstalk 710 KIRO to discuss the Elane New Mexico photography case. The mp3 file is here and runs just over 6 minutes. To see numerous posts regarding this case, click the New Mexico tag below...

Undermining Bible courses in Texas schools

Posted on April 10, 2008
Family News in Focus reports reports on efforts to undermine Bible courses in Texas public schools. It quotes, Jonathan Saenz is an attorney and legislative director for the Free Market Foundation: ?I think its absolutely clear that they want to scare people from taking this class they want to scare school districts from offering the [...

School Vouchers and Political Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Sweden.

Posted on April 10, 2008
Nevertheless, school vouchers have faced severe resistance in the United States?with no legislative success as a national education reform?but sporadic and limited state level developments can be observed. On the other hand, in the early 1990s the social democratic welfare state of Sweden adopted a universal public voucher scheme...

CWA: Parental Rights and Virginia?s Marriage Amendment at Risk

Posted on April 10, 2008
On Thursday, April 17, 2008, the Virginia Supreme Court will hear the Lisa Miller case.

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