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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Arizona Senate Committee Approves Ban on Nurses, Non-Doctors Doing Abortions

Posted on April 03, 2008
An Arizona Senate committee signed off on a House-approved bill that would have the state join most others in prohibiting nurses and other non-physicians from doing abortions.

Right to Life Group Files Complaint with Ontario Human Rights Commission

Posted on April 03, 2008
amilton Right to Life has taken the city of Hamilton to task for pulling a series of pro-life advertisements from its bus shelters.

Boehner: ?We are going to gain seats this year?

Posted on April 03, 2008
"House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) predicted Thursday that Republicans will pick up seats in the 2008 election despite a slew of GOP retirements and the Democrats? significant fundraising advantage."

Chesapeake officials: Keep your religion out of our public park

Posted on April 03, 2008
ADF filed a federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a Christian group barred from displaying a cross in a Chesapeake public park.

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ADF defends Md. voters? right to be heard on gender identity law

Posted on April 03, 2008
The Alliance Defense Fund filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland court to allow voters to defend a petition being challenged by advocates of homosexual behavior even though the signatures have already been certified.

Italian doctors investigated for refusing to prescribe morning-after pill

Posted on April 03, 2008
A local health official told ANSA that he would question both doctors, explaining: "Their behavior could be against the code of conduct."

India: Christians Concerned As Rajasthan State Seeks To Ban Conversions Anew

Posted on April 03, 2008
The renewed attempt by Rajasthan state's pro-Hindu government to ban religious conversions is worrying Christian representatives.

Report: Sexual Orientation a Factor in DOJ Attorney-Hiring Practices

Posted on April 03, 2008
Now, according to a recent report from NPR, the DOJ?s inspector general, Glenn Fine, during the course of his investigation into the U.S. Attorney mess began investigating a related topic: Whether a career attorney in the department, Leslie Hagen, was dismissed from her job because of rumors that she?s a lesbian ...

Study: 1/2 of students in large city public schools don?t graduate

Posted on April 02, 2008
Voice of America has the report here. It indicates: A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America’s largest cities finish high school.� The report notes higher rates of graduation — more than seventy percent — in areas surrounding the cities...

Illinois: Why the taxman may be visiting strip clubs

Posted on April 02, 2008
Humorously dubbed the "pole tax" by some political observers, the $2-per-person admission charge targeting the state's 120 strip clubs has a serious goal -- helping financially ailing rape-crisis centers across Illinois . .

UK: ?Muslims? fury forces schools to shelve anti-homophobia storybooks for 5-year-olds?

Posted on April 02, 2008
Two primary schools have withdrawn storybooks about same-sex relationships after objections from Muslim parents.

College Abstinence Clubs Springing Up

Posted on April 02, 2008
Abstinence clubs are common at high schools but few college campuses have them. That may be changing.

1,000 back Okla. lawmaker who opposes homosexual conduct

Posted on April 02, 2008
More than 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday in support of a state legislator who has been widely criticized for anti-gay remarks caught in a YouTube audio clip.

U.S. House votes to triple global AIDS funding to more than $50B

Posted on April 02, 2008
About $41 billion of the $50 billion over five years would be devoted to AIDS, significantly expanding a program credited with saving more than 1 million lives in Africa alone in the largest U.S. investment ever against a single disease.

OneNewsNow reports: Jordan Lorence v. Michael Newdow debate

Posted on April 02, 2008
But Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) senior counsel Jordan Lorence argues Newdow is reading into the Constitution what he wishes it said. "When [the Establishment Clause in] the Constitution says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,' that had clear context," the attorney explains.

New book by Judge Posner: How Judges Think

Posted on April 02, 2008
How Appealing reports and links to several posts discussing Judge Posner’s new book: How Judges Think Share This

A Cowgirl Rides the Circuits: Retired Justice Sandra Day O?Connor puts her brand on federal appellate courts

Posted on April 02, 2008
About a month before oral arguments in a key establishment clause case last year, Anthony R. Picarello Jr. opened the e-mail listing the names of the judges he would be facing on a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He could scarcely believe his eyes.

ADF: Mo. court should not grant ?annulment? between two women

Posted on April 02, 2008
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday on behalf of a state senator, contending a Missouri court cannot grant annulment to two women since their ?marriage? is not recognized under state law.

ADF attorneys appear on TV to discuss censorship of Wisconsin student?s religious art

Posted on April 02, 2008
ADF attorneys defend Wis. high school student facing religious discrimination and appear in numerous media outlets to discuss the case.

Huck Finn and all the NARAL talking points

Posted on April 02, 2008
He writes: "Ellen Goodman loyally works all the NARAL talking points into her pre-march column."

Cow-human cross embryo lives three days

Posted on April 02, 2008
HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled "monstrous" by opponents.

Kansans deserve to know whether Kline has the goods on Planned Parenthood

Posted on April 02, 2008
Does Phill Kline have the goods on Planned Parenthood or not? Kansans deserve an answer after all the time, money and hype that?s gone into the case.

Mike Johnson on the Mike Corley Show: Litigation update

Posted on April 02, 2008
ADF attorney Mike Johnson appears on the Mike Corley Show to discuss various cases currently pending around the country including the California home school ruling. The mp3 file is here. It runs just over 12 minutes. Share This

Jordan Lorence on Michael Reagan show: Why should heterosexuals care about marriage redefinition?

Posted on April 02, 2008
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence discussed the Cal. marriage litigation shortly after the hearing in early March on the Michael Reagan show. The mp3 file is here and runs just under 12 minutes. Related post. Share This

ADF lawsuit challenges speech restrictions at U. of Maryland

Posted on April 02, 2008
The ADF Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the University of Maryland-Baltimore County?s speech zone and speech code policies on behalf of a student pro-life group.

ACLU fails in lengthy attack on Baptist children?s home

Posted on April 02, 2008
After a 10-year legal battle, a federal judge has dismissed an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against a home providing social services for at-risk children. The lawsuit claimed the home, Sunrise Children?s Services, should not receive partial expense reimbursements from the government for its needy youth programs because of the home?s religious affiliation.

Sharia: Islam?s Warden

Posted on April 02, 2008
To be sure, we must understand why Sharia is the life-force of Islam, and why Islam must impose (by force, if needed) Sharia to the entire world. Once we grasp this tenet, then we can understand how and why myriad specific Sharia laws affect lives.