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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Arizona Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Revived!

Posted on April 09, 2008
Today, the House Natural Resources and Public Safety Committee approved SB 1048 by a vote of 6-3, which presents another opportunity to ban partial-birth abortion in Arizona. This new bill addresses the two concerns the Governor identified in her veto letter ...

ADF to appeal ASU pro-life speech case to 9th Circuit

Posted on April 09, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Tuesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of an Arizona State University pro-life club in a lawsuit challenging unlawful restrictions on their speech.

ADF to appeal N.M. commission?s ruling against Christian photographer

Posted on April 09, 2008
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will appeal a ruling by the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission Wednesday because of its ?stunning disregard? for the First Amendment.

Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act Trumps Tort Claims Act

Posted on April 09, 2008
Religion Clause blog reports on the ruling in Shrum v. City of Coweta, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27930 (ED OK, March 28, 2008). Visit Site » Share This

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Affidavit In FLDS Child-Custody Proceedings Released By Court

Posted on April 09, 2008
Religion Clause links to several reports and the full text of the search warrant in the raid on the FLDS ranch in Texas. Visit Site » Share This

Canada: Panel may rule if sex practices protected by religious freedom

Posted on April 09, 2008
A Canadian man who claims he was discriminated against as a pagan who practices a form of sadomasochism will get to take his complaint to a human rights tribunal.

Clergyman Debates Australian High Court Justice Over Homosexuality

Posted on April 09, 2008
In an ABC Radio interview last year, Kirby said that the Anglican and Catholic archbishops had made it difficult for people to adopt a more tolerant attitude toward gays. In a letter to Kirby, Rev. Lane denounced him for calling himself a Christian Anglican while living in an openly gay relationship.

British Pro-Life Groups Challenge Scientists? Hybrid Human Cloning Licenses

Posted on April 09, 2008
wo British pro-life groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the two licenses awarded by the government to scientists allowing them to create hybrid human clones.

NM: Photographers Denied the Freedom To Choose What They Photograph

Posted on April 09, 2008
Elane refused to photograph Vanessa Willock's same-sex commitment ceremonies, and just today the New Mexico Human Rights Commission held that this violated state antidiscrimination law. Elane has been ordered to pay over $6600 . . .

6th Circuit amends ruling on nominal damages claim in student speech case

Posted on April 09, 2008
The 6th Circuit has reversed a portion of its earlier ruling in favor of a student who sued the Board of Education of Boyd County for suppressing his speech opposing homosexuality.

Americans United for Life releases ?Defending Life 2008 State by State Legal Guide?

Posted on April 09, 2008
Americans United for Life has issued the 2008 State by State Legal Guide to Abortion, Bioethics, and the End of Life. AUL released this email update making the announcement: ____________________ AUL Releases Defending Life 2008 on Capitol Hill On April 3, 2008, Congressional Representatives Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) hosted AUL on Capitol Hill as [...

Mixed 3rd Circuit Title VII ruling: Christian teacher objected to school?s libation ceremonies

Posted on April 09, 2008
In an action involving a teacher who was allegedly terminated from her employment based on her refusal to participate in a religions "libations" ceremony, judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint is affirmed in part and reversed in part.

BC Teacher persecuted for opposition to homosexual agenda refuses to be marginalized as 2nd class citizen

Posted on April 09, 2008
. . The British Columbia College of Teachers won a court decision against me in 2006 for "conduct unbecoming a member." The reason: Between 1997 and 2000, I wrote several letters to newspapers, outlining research data related to homosexual behaviour, and what position major world religions take on the matter.

Google faces court for ban on religious abortion ads

Posted on April 09, 2008
The Christian Institute reports: Internet giant, Google, is facing legal action in British courts because it will not allow adverts for websites which contain “abortion and religious-related content”. The well-known search engine blocked a pro-life ad for The Christian Institute’s website, christian...

Michael Medved: Americans Are Right To Resist An Atheist As President

Posted on April 09, 2008
An atheist may be a good person, a good politician, a good family man (or woman), and even a good patriot, but a publicly proclaimed non-believer as president would, for three reasons, be bad for the country . . .

There Are Only Two Kinds of Law Schools

Posted on April 09, 2008
. . . But do the numbers really matter? Put a different way, will it change your life to claw a few more rungs up the rankings ladder? . . .

NY Bar report: A ?Balanced Life? Is Increasingly Rare for Lawyers

Posted on April 09, 2008
. . . being an attorney is an ever-more demanding profession in which practitioners are finding less time for families or for the citizenship activities that have been the traditional obligation of lawyers.

The Folly of ?Family Friendly? Tax Policy

Posted on April 09, 2008
. . . conservatives should focus on family-oriented tax credits for rearing children, education and health care . . . This could be a recipe for stagnation . . .

Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments about grand jury?s bid for abortion provider?s records

Posted on April 09, 2008
Do repeat investigations of abortion provider George Tiller amount to harassment? And if not, should a grand jury investigating the Wichita doctor get access to patient medical records?

Florida Supreme Court questions charges filed against judge?s opinion

Posted on April 09, 2008
The Florida Supreme Court has asked a judicial panel to explain why it filed ethics charges, apparently for the first time in the state's history, against a judge because of what he wrote in an opinion.

?Plain Language Textualism: Some Personal Predilections are More Equal than Others?

Posted on April 09, 2008
This Article concludes, however, that plain language textualism actually ensconces the personal predilections of those who rely on it.

Legalizing ?gay marriage? will spark lawsuits against churches

Posted on April 09, 2008
The experience of legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, and of civil unions elsewhere, cannot be ignored. It shows that, even with the best of intentions, legalizing same-sex marriage will seriously undermine the religious freedom citizens have enjoyed since the founding.

US and European NGOs Arrive in Kosovo: ADF Attorney on the Team

Posted on April 09, 2008
A team of legal and human rights experts arrives in Pristina, Kosovo this week to meet with top government officials and religious leaders about the draft constitution . . .

Sri Lanka: Violence against Christians back in fashion

Posted on April 09, 2008
In its latest International Report on Religious Freedom on Sri Lanka, the U.S. State Department cites reports of "more than 300 attacks" against Christians over the last four years with "several dozen confirmed by the U.S. Embassy." . . .

Under pressure, Bush ?calling on? China to improve human rights

Posted on April 09, 2008
Raymond Arroyo questioned the President actively about religious freedom in the Middle East and China coupled with persecution of Christians. The President purported to recognize the problems . . .

Teacher breaks wall of silence at state?s Muslim public school

Posted on April 09, 2008
It shares the headquarters building of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, whose mission is "establishing Islam in Minnesota." The building also houses a mosque. TIZA's executive director, Asad Zaman, is a Muslim imam, or religious leader, and its sponsor is an organization called Islamic Relief.

Zogby: 70% Believe IOC Was Wrong to Award Olympic Games to China

Posted on April 08, 2008
Zogby International reports: As thousands of pro-Tibet protesters cut short the Olympic torch relay Monday in Paris, a new Zogby Interactive poll finds 70% of likely voters believe the International Olympic Committee was wrong to award this year?s summer Olympic Games to China because of its poor record on human rights...

Many Attorneys Struggle Financially, as Paychecks Fatten for a Few

Posted on April 08, 2008
The ABA Journal reports: . . . And, increasingly, in the law as in other fields, attorneys must choose between working harder for less money, at a job that perhaps isn’t what they anticipated or would have wished to pursue when they opted to attend law school, or finding a way to cut costs in order [...

Is Anti-Transgender Discrimination Sex Discrimination?

Posted on April 08, 2008
Leonard Link reports: Yet another court has now confronted the question in yet another venue.� On April 3, U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas, denying cross-motions for summary judgment, kept alive a sex discrimination claim brought by Lambda Legal on behalf of Izza Lopez, a/k/a Raul Lopez, Jr...

Pro-Family Leaders Worldwide Back Romania?s Efforts to Ban Gay ?Marriage?

Posted on April 08, 2008
The Christian Post reports: In an act of international solidarity to defend the institution of marriage, over 100 pro-family leaders from around the world signed a petition this week to defend efforts in Romania to outlaw same-sex ?marriage.? ?We applaud the Romanian people for taking this courageous step in defense of a divinely ordained institution which predates [...

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