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National Right to Life endorses McCain

Posted on April 08, 2008
ational Right to Life's board of directors passed a resolution saying it is encouraging pro-lifers to support McCain, describing the Arizona senator as having a consistent congressional record in opposing abortion.

Paper: The Effect of Religion On The Politics and Jurisprudence of Abstinence Education

Posted on April 08, 2008
In our recently released paper, we explore the effect of religion on the politics and jurisprudence of abstinence education in the context of the contemporary culture war between red and blue state values.

ACLU reviews allegation of spanking by juvenile officer, who did so at mom?s request

Posted on April 08, 2008
It was recently reported in the Arkansas Times that the Arkansas Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union was looking into allegations that juvenile probation officer William Hall had spanked probationers with a belt and wooden paddle.

FRC: ENDA the Line for Workplace Protections?

Posted on April 08, 2008
. . . the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would mandate that employers accept gays and lesbians into the workplace regardless of the organization's moral beliefs . . .

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NY: Ithaca no registered same-sex domestic partnerships

Posted on April 08, 2008
The registry has been available for less than a month and though no couples have registered yet, Billings said that in the two days after an announcement of the registry ran in the town newsletter, the town clerk's office fielded ?at least four calls...

Spotlight on Jay Sekulow: Abortion is a civil rights issue for the unborn

Posted on April 08, 2008
I agree with Sekulow's observations about Dr. King and the civil rights of the unborn. If only those ultrasound pictures could show fetuses holding tiny signs that read "I AM A CHILD."

Florida sexual orientation discrimination measure passes Senate Committee

Posted on April 08, 2008
"Legislation that would prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment, housing and public accommodations throughout Florida passed a key Senate committee on Tuesday."

Israeli Court Hears Lesbian In Vitro Case

Posted on April 08, 2008
One woman supplied the egg, an anonymous donor contributed the sperm, and the woman's same-sex partner bore the baby after being implanted with the fertilized egg. But, does that automatically make both women the baby's joint mothers?

Fla. church accused of campaign violations

Posted on April 08, 2008
Staff members of Tampa Bay's largest church were directed two years ago to make $500 contributions to the campaign of Gov. Charlie Crist, a television network has charged.

AZ legislator launches petition drive to ban sexual orientation discrimination

Posted on April 08, 2008
"A state legislator started a petition drive Friday to forbid all employers from discriminating against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals."

OH: UA library accused of religious discrimination

Posted on April 08, 2008
Library officials counter that the group was not barred from using the library meeting space to discuss religion or any other topic. But library policy prohibits prayer and singing as "inherent elements of religious service." . . .

Canadian Study Says Get Court Review of Polygamy Ban Before Prosecutions

Posted on April 08, 2008
Religion Clause blog reports: “Echoing a 2007 report by a special prosecutor, yesterday Vancouver lawyer Leonard Doust recommended to the Attorney General of the Canadian province of British Columbia that before prosecuting members of the polygamist FLDS colony in Bountiful, B...

Kmiec: ?Women?s Work?: Why the Law Should Intervene to Protect Families, By Protecting Those Who Choose to Both Work and Parent

Posted on April 08, 2008
. . . it came as little surprise when a recent Canadian study by Jean E. Wallace and Marisa C. Young proved, among other things, that women attorneys with children rack up fewer billable hours than women attorneys without children.

Texas: FLDS Church challenges search warrant in polygamist raid at holy site

Posted on April 08, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: Attorneys for the FLDS Church have filed papers challenging the continuing execution of the search warrant at the group’s YFZ Ranch near San Angelo, Texas. Some 401 children have been removed from the ranch and placed into temporary state custody ...

Expert: ?We?re brainwashing our children? about global warming

Posted on April 08, 2008
The USA Today Weather Guys Blog reports: William Gray, the well-known Colorado State University hurricane forecaster, routinely uses the annual National Hurricane Conference as a platform to bash global warming. In a statement to Florida Today, Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus ? and “a mild form of McCarthyism has developed [...

Welsh magistrate under investigation, said homosexuality associated with pedophilia

Posted on April 08, 2008
A British magistrate has agreed to a suspension from judiciary duties and is under investigation after he said on a radio programme that homosexuality is associated with paedophilia.

1 Year of Legal Abortion in Mexico: 6400 Legal Abortions, 22 Injuries, 8 Dead Mothers

Posted on April 08, 2008
According to Provida, 6,400 abortions have been performed in Mexico since abortion's legalization in the Federal District in April 2007. 22 women have been injured and 8 have died as a result of abortion treatments since then

British Pro-Life Group Sues Google for Rejecting Ad on Abortion, Christianity

Posted on April 08, 2008
"At this time, Google policy does not permit the advertisement of web sites that contain 'abortion and religion-related content'," Google emailed the Christian Institute about why it wouldn't run the ad . . .

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Again Says Abortion Right Nonexistent

Posted on April 08, 2008
Scalia said a legal right to an abortion is not found in the document that guides our judicial process.

Planned Parenthood kills record number of babies, Kansas hearing delayed

Posted on April 08, 2008
?Every time there gets to be a point of legal scrutiny, somebody ? an elected official, a judge ? steps in to allow that veil of secrecy to remain around these abortion clinics? . . .

Protests showing the results of abortion draw Duluth Central students? ire

Posted on April 08, 2008
Some members of the Central High School community are upset over the weekly presence of anti-abortion protesters who carry signs bearing graphic images of aborted fetuses at the school?s exit on Central Entrance

Becket Fund to defend Santeria at 5th Circuit

Posted on April 08, 2008
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty represents Jose Merced, a Santeria priest. Merced is seeking the right to practice his religion, which includes animal sacrifice in Euless, Texas.

Conservatism, Christianity, and the Revitalization of Europe

Posted on April 08, 2008
We live in a secular, by which I do not mean a neutral, society. No society can be neutral with respect to religion, for public appeal either may or may not be made to religious principles. If?in the Western world?all discussion must be limited to maxims drawn from non-Christian sources, secularism is enthroned.

AFA refutes McDonald?s e-mails to citizens regarding its alliance with the homosexual agenda

Posted on April 08, 2008
AFA said in response, "We are not telling McDonald's who they can hire to work for the company, nor are we demanding that they stop serving Big Macs to homosexual customers.

Public starting to catch on to Casino industry?s scam

Posted on April 08, 2008
Citizen Link has published this article: Casino Industry on the Losing End in Two States.� It reports: ?Since 2004, there have been 10 states that have gone to the ballot box in statewide referendums and voted ?No? to either bringing casinos in or expanding the number of casinos within their communities,” ...

9th Circuit Chief to Pepperdine audience: First Amendment jurisprudence is obsolete

Posted on April 08, 2008
Quoting Pepperdine law prof. Roger P. Alford’s post on Opinio Juris,� Legal Blog Watch reports: “Kozinski argued that today we live in an age when whistleblowers are unknowable, documents are leaked without consequence, blogger journalists are anonymous and judgment proof, and the mainstream media is in financial peril...

Defaults and Choices in the Marriage Contract: How to Increase Autonomy, Encourage Discussion, and Circumvent Constitutional Constraints

Posted on April 08, 2008
This Comment explores how states may provide couples a choice of terms to include in their marriage contract. The potential benefits include premarital information disclosure, increased individual autonomy, and the ability to achieve policy goals that might otherwise conflict with constitutional jurisprudence.

?Our Agnostic Constitution?

Posted on April 08, 2008
Drawing a comparison with personal agnosticism, this Essay contends that, similar to a person who both believes and doubts at different cognitive levels, the political community too can affirm particular beliefs (on religious issues, for example) at one jurisdictional or juridical level while remaining noncommittal on other, more constitutive levels.

Phyllis Schlafly: Violent Video Games Held to be Free Speech

Posted on April 08, 2008
Phyllis Schlafly has this commentary on Townhall. She begins: Extremely violent video games have become the dangerous obsession of a significant portion of our youth, and several towns and states have passed ordinances intended to prevent minors from buying or viewing them...

Smarter Women Marry?

Posted on April 08, 2008
The NCPA Policy Digest reports on a new study: It’s long been assumed that more educated women are less traditional and more financially independent and are therefore less likely to need to or want to marry, says researcher Genevieve Heard. This assumption has been borne out in the data for a long time...

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