Religion & Law

World Bank issues its 1st yuan bonds in Hong Kong

Posted on January 05, 2011
"The World Bank is issuing its first bonds denominated in China's yuan in Hong Kong, joining a growing number of borrowers tapping the new debt market as Beijing gradually promotes of its tightly controlled currency abroad."

HHS outlines repercussions of repealing healthcare reform

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Hill: "As Republicans eye a vote next week to repeal the new healthcare reform law, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will unveil a detailed outline of national and state-by-state repercussions if repeal succeeds."

Rep. Mary Bono Mack: The federal pat-down of the Internet

Posted on January 05, 2011
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) writing at The Hill: "Federal regulation of the Internet, also known as network neutrality, has been seen as the holy grail for the media regulation obsessed left-wing special interest groups like Moveon.org, Free Press and George Soros's Open Society Institute for the latter half of the past decade ...

Conservative lawmakers decry GOP rules with ?Washington-style gimmicks?

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Hill: "Jordan, joined by GOP Reps. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Tom Graves (Ga.) and Scott Garrett (N.J.), said the new rules package contained 'Washington-style gimmicks' that appropriators could use to recoup funds they?d cut elsewhere."

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?Cut and grow? is new mantra of incoming House GOP majority

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Hill: "House Republicans pledged to run 'a cut-and-grow majority' in the 112th Congress that begins Wednesday, arguing they can expand the economy while reducing government spending."

Appeals court turns to state for advice in Prop 8 case

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Christian Post: "'Politicians should not be able to nullify a democratic act of the people by refusing their duty to defend it,' [ADF Attorney Jim Campbell] said in a statement. 'The people of California have the right to be defended, and thus the official proponents of Proposition 8 must have standing to defend that law...

Calif. war memorial cross unconstitutional, court rules

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Christian Post: "The Circuit Court?s three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that the memorial cross at Mt. Soledad violates the U.S. Constitution . . . 'It?s tragic that the court chose a twisted and tired interpretation of the First Amendment over the common-sense idea that the families of fallen American troops should be allowed to honor these heroes as they choose,' [ADF Attorney Joe Infranco] expressed in a statement following yesterday?s ruling...

Obama renominates more than 40 judicial candidates

Posted on January 05, 2011
Sam Stein writing at The Huffington Post: "Faced with the prospect of increasingly lengthy court vacancies, the White House on Wednesday formally renominated more than 40 judicial candidates whose possible appointments were left in limbo during the last congressional session...

Egypt and the destruction of churches: Strategic implications

Posted on January 05, 2011
George Friedman writing at Stratfor Global Intelligence: "Attacks against Christians are not uncommon in the Islamic world, driven by local issues and groups, and it is unclear whether these latest attacks were simply coincidental and do not raise the threat to a new level or whether they indicate the existence of a new, coordinated, international initiative...

Iran arrests Christians, says they?re hard-liners

Posted on January 05, 2011
Boston.com (AP): "Iranian state television said Wednesday that leaders of the country's Christian minority have been arrested and accused of spreading a hard-line version of their faith."

Wisconsin: Feisty Supreme Court justice race expected in Spring

Posted on January 05, 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Highly contested races are on tap for the spring election, including what already is shaping up to be a potentially heated battle for state Supreme Court justice."

Brent Bozell: War on Christians in the Mideast

Posted on January 05, 2011
Brent Bozell writing at CNSNews: "While [Katie Couric] crinkles her face that anyone could march peacefully to oppose a mega-mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, here?s what does not upset Couric or her colleagues: Christians getting slaughtered and maimed in the Middle East by radical Islamists during the Christmas season...

AFA to CPAC: Homosexuality is not a conservative value

Posted on January 05, 2011
Bryan Fischer writing at Renew America: "However, AFA made a deliberate choice not to participate last year because of CPAC's decision to allow an aggressive and radical homosexual organization, GOProud, to serve as a sponsor of the event. Because CPAC has continued its association with GOProud again this year, AFA has once again chosen not to participate...

Democrats consider ways to move judicial nominees

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Blog of Legal Times: "Senators spent little time during the past two years focusing on lower-court nominees for the federal judiciary. But as they convened today for the start of the 112th Congress, Senate Democrats have the issue on their minds."

NH House GOP wants Dem. worker to forfeit seat

Posted on January 05, 2011
Boston.com (AP): "In rare move, House Republicans voted Wednesday to investigate unseating a Manchester representative because he is the executive director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party."

Vander Plaats plans 99 county tour targeting remaining judges

Posted on January 05, 2011
Iowa Independent: "Bob Vander Plaats, a three-time GOP gubernatorial candidate who now leads the latest reincarnation of the Iowa Family Policy Center?s political action arm ? The Family Leader ? said that 'as a basketball coach, he was always interested in momentum' and 'knew it was important' to 'capture on that momentum and seize on that momentum, if you hoped to win the basketball game...

Ireland: Medical Council clarifies its stance on abortion after EU ruling

Posted on January 05, 2011
Irish Medical Times: "Following the recent European Court of Human Rights ruling, the Medical Council has clarified its position in relation to abortion. Doctors should undertake a full assess­ment of any 'real and substantial risk to the life (as distinct from the health) of the mother...

MS: When life begins to be decided at polls

Posted on January 05, 2011
WLBT: "Backers of a ballot initiative to determine when life begins say the road to overturning Roe versus Wade will come through Mississippi. Anti-abortion and anti-cloning supporters held a rally at the State Capitol Tuesday to kick off a campaign to push for passage of the initiative...

The coming fight over birthright citizenship

Posted on January 05, 2011
Fed Soc blog: "State legislators from several states, including some in Arizona, are forming a coalition to pass legislation to discourage this practice. One possibility these legislators have mentioned is to pass a law creating two types of birth certificates in their states, one for children of citizens and the other for children of illegal immigrants...

AG: Other states? same-sex ?marriages? valid in NM

Posted on January 05, 2011
"The marriage of gay couples from other states and countries where it is allowed can be legally recognized in New Mexico, the Attorney General's Office said in a legal opinion issued Tuesday."

CA: Moratorium on adult businesses in Lake Forest

Posted on January 05, 2011
Orange County Register: "City Council on Tuesday established a temporary moratorium on adult businesses while it evaluates if and where these businesses could be located in the eastern part of the city, following a recent rezoning of about 800 acres of land ? once under the flight path of the El Toro MCAS ? from business-park to residential and commercial...

The Hill: Pro-life groups mobilize for fight over healthcare reform

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Hill: "The Susan B. Anthony List on Wednesday announced that it is mobilizing its 280,000 grassroots activists to pressure lawmakers to vote for repeal when it comes up for a House vote next Wednesday. The organization is also pressing the 112th Congress to pass two of its legislative priorities...

Kincaid: DADT repeal not a done deal

Posted on January 05, 2011
OneNewsNow: "Cliff Kincaid, president of America's Survival and editor of Accuracy in Media, recently wrote a column for the Worldview Times that points out an almost ignored section of the legislation that will temporarily halt the celebrations of homosexual activists who are bent on imposing their lifestyle on the armed forces...

Ohio city blocks Christian school?s property rights

Posted on January 05, 2011
Charisma: "Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of Tree of Life Christian Schools against city of Upper Arlington. The lawsuit challenges a zoning regulation that prohibits schools within the zone but permits daycare facilities and many other similar uses ...

John Culhane: Analysis of [yesterday's] Prop 8 ruling

Posted on January 05, 2011
John Culhane, Professor of Law at Widener University, writing at 365Gay.com: "Second, it?s very clear now that the panelists really want to answer the monumental constitutional issue put before them. They have just made it much harder for the Supreme Court to dodge the question on the basis of standing, as would have been likelier had the judges simply ruled ? one way or the other ? on standing...

10th Circuit stays order to remove roadside crosses

Posted on January 05, 2011
KSL: "The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stay an order that would have required Utah to remove 14 large roadside crosses that commemorate fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers . . . [Byron Babione], an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing the UHPA in the lawsuit, said the organization supported the request for a stay filed by the Utah Attorney General's Office 'We are certainly appealing, especially since we got two strong dissents on the rehearing denial,' Babione said...

FRC calls Mt. Soledad cross ruling an affront to religious liberty, American tradition

Posted on January 05, 2011
Family Research Council: "Family Research Council (FRC) today called on the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to take up the Mt. Soledad Cross case, Trunk v. San Diego. Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Mt. Soledad war memorial is unconstitutional...

Pentagon lagged on pursuing child porn cases

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Boston Globe: "The Pentagon?s investigation of defense and intelligence employees who downloaded child pornography is being criticized in Congress after the Department of Defense acknowledged that its investigators failed to check thoroughly whether its employees were on a list of suspected porn viewers...

Iowa: House GOP plans to debate bill based on Nebraska abortion law

Posted on January 05, 2011
Des Moines Register: "House Republicans intend to debate a bill that would restrict abortions at the point when a fetus purportedly can feel pain, the incoming House majority leader said Tuesday."

AFSP panel publishes recommendations on LGBT suicide and suicide risk

Posted on January 05, 2011
AFSP: "A panel of 26 leading researchers, clinicians, educators and policy experts have released a comprehensive report on the prevalence and underlying causes of suicidal behavior in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adolescents and adults. The report will be published as the lead article in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of Homosexuality...

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