Religion & Law

New AEI Book: Religion and the American Future

Posted on April 02, 2008
This book explores the enduring strength of religion in American life. Faith and religious observance are not obsolete or incompatible with modern society; on the contrary, the religious principles that guided the Founders continue to bind the nation and justify human endeavor.

Glen Lavy discusses the Cal. marriage litigation on the Inga Barks show

Posted on April 02, 2008
On March 3rd shortly after oral arguments before the Cal. Supreme Court, ADF attorney Glen Lavy appeared on the Inga Barks show on KMJ-AM 580 to discuss the California marriage litigation. The mp3 file runs just over 9 minutes. Related ADF update. Share This

Church pursues felony over anointing with oil in protest of homosexual festival

Posted on April 02, 2008
A United Church of Christ congregation in upstate New York is pursuing a felony criminal mischief charge against a Christian who allegedly protested a homosexual festival by anointing its church building with cooking or baking oil.

Jonah Goldberg: Jesus Fish and the Evolution of Religious Bigotry

Posted on April 02, 2008
Me? I keep thinking about Jesus fish . . . In America, these fish appear mostly on cars. Recently, however, it seems Jesus fish have become outnumbered by Darwin fish.

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John Stossel: Threat to Homeschooling

Posted on April 02, 2008
But why is education the business of government? It's taken for granted that the state is every child's ultimate parent, but there's no justification for that in a free society. Parents may not be perfect -- some are pretty bad -- but a cold, faceless bureaucracy is no better.

N.Y. Judges may bring suit to force pay raise

Posted on April 02, 2008
Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye's attorney on Monday outlined her possible suit to force lawmakers and the governor to break the salary impasse . . .

What Human Rights Law Obscures: Global Sex-Trafficking and the Demand for Children

Posted on April 02, 2008
I will examine what recent legal initiatives--international and domestic--in the realm of human trafficking have achieved. It is my contention that these initiatives have, perversely, made it particularly difficult to encourage a genuine public reaction to the phenomenon of child sex trafficking, precisely because of an insistence that there be a unitary definition of human trafficking as the ?new slavery...

Cal. School District Complies With Demand To Allow Christian Club Announcements

Posted on April 02, 2008
fter much resistance, the Carmel United School District has agreed to allow Child Evangelism Fellowship of California (CEF) to distribute flyers to students announcing its Good News Clubs.

The Dignity of Sex

Posted on April 02, 2008
In the context of constitutional protection for certain sexual practices on dignity grounds, constitutional courts have dignified some practices, thereby degrading others and producing a sexual hierarchy. This is not inherently bad, but the specific hierarchy should be highlighted and evaluated for its desirability.

California: local districts ignore home school ruling

Posted on April 02, 2008
he district is following directions from Jack O'Connell, state superintendent of public instruction, who said in an announcement last week that there is no legal basis for the ruling, and that all parents still have the right to make the best educational choice for their children.

U.S. Judge considers resigning after DUI/cross-dressing incident

Posted on April 02, 2008
The arrest had caused an uproar, not only because a member of the judiciary had been accused of a crime, but because, as his lawyer confirmed yesterday, US Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Somma was wearing a woman's dress when he was involved in the car accident that triggered the charges.

U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings Under Attack

Posted on April 02, 2008
Despite US News ranking method changes only 39 schools have been ranked 30 or better during this 14-year period . . . Some sort of general US News "echo chamber" effect in play?"

WSJ Book Review: Fatal Misconception - Population Control

Posted on April 02, 2008
In 1940, the noted New York University sociologist Henry Pratt Fairchild claimed that eugenics and birth control were "two great movements" that "have drawn so close together as to be almost indistinguishable." In 1950, Sanger said that Hitler's eugenic policies should not be used as an excuse to stop sterilizing people who are "dysgenic of body and mind...

European Funding of Gender Selective Abortions Must End

Posted on April 01, 2008
One could sense in the European Chamber that when Deputies concentrated their speeches on the 60 million women killed because of their gender, many feminists were visibly and deeply disturbed . . .

Over 50 Pastors Will Rally to support Oklahoma Politician Pilloried for Speaking Against Homosexuality

Posted on April 01, 2008
At noon tomorrow various pro-family and groups and individual Christians will join over 50 pastors at the State Capitol in Okalahoma City to rally in her support.

U.S. DOJ: N.Y. churches entitled to equal treatment by schools

Posted on April 01, 2008
U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in support of churches seeking to rent public buildings on the same terms and conditions as other community groups.

Americans U. for Sep. of Church and State blasts Louisiana Academic Freedom proposal

Posted on April 01, 2008
According to Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "Implying that evolution is in dispute in scientific circles only does a disservice to students."

America for Sale: Islamic financiers pay the piper, who will call the tunes?

Posted on April 01, 2008
The one who pays the piper calls the tune, goes the saying. Considering the strategic purchases of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and the traps built into shari'a financing, the U.S. . . . may soon be dancing to . . an Islamic tune.

FoxNews Report: Non-Muslims Deserve to Be Punished

Posted on April 01, 2008
"Because non-Muslims are never innocent, they are guilty of denying Allah and his prophet," the Imam says, according to the report. "If you don't believe me, here is the legal authority, the top Muslim lawyer of Britain."

Kansas Health Dept. Won?t Turn Over Abortion Records in Planned Parenthood Probe

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is refusing to turn over abortion records a district attorney needs to determine if a Planned Parenthood business has done illegal abortions.

Connecticut: Knife Fight at Strip Club

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Hartford Courant reports: “A strip club knife fight left one man injured and led to his arrest and the arrest of his friend over the weekend, police said.” Share This

Euthanize the kids and old folks, Belgian proposes

Posted on April 01, 2008
Not enough parents can euthanize their children and not enough people can perform physician-assisted suicide to satisfy some Belgium politicians.

Mike Johnson discusses Oregon marriage litigation and the Cal. Homeschool case with Victoria Taft

Posted on April 01, 2008
ADF attorney Mike Johnson discusses the litigation that seeks to restore the right of Oregon voters to decide the domestic partnership issue and the California home schooling ruling on Victoria Traft show on KPAM 860 radio in this 19 minute interview...

Iowa: Proposed Core Curriculum Impacts Private Education

Posted on April 01, 2008
Private school parents, teachers, and administrators are concerned about core curriculum legislation (SF 2216) being considered by the Iowa Legislature.

Public forums at heart of 2 cases

Posted on April 01, 2008
The city?s request for the full 10th Circuit to review the ruling failed by a 6-6 vote, with Judge Michael McConnell, a longtime expert on religion-clause jurisprudence, warning that ?every park in the country? with a Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial had been transformed into a public forum for monuments.

British team makes mixed human animal embryos

Posted on April 01, 2008
Embryos containing both human and animal material have been created in Britain for the first time, a month before the House of Commons is to vote on new laws to regulate the controversial research.

Lawyer Writes Christian Guide to Legal Issues, Advises Against Revenge

Posted on April 01, 2008
The ABA Journal reports: Christian lawyer Stephen Bloom has written a new book that advises litigants to ?rise above the mindset of greed and revenge so prevalent in the law.? The new book is The Believer’s Guide to Legal Issues, Legal Blog Watch reports...

French Assess Major Events of Past Century: Contraception at top

Posted on April 01, 2008
. . . 92% of French surveyed indicated that the legalization of contraception was one of the most important events of the century. Unfortunately, the report doesn't indicate why they think it was so important.

?17 briefs back gay marriage in Iowa?

Posted on April 01, 2008
UI faculty members are among a large number of Iowa-based individuals and organizations who will file at least 17 briefs this week with the Iowa Supreme Court on behalf of six same-sex couples seeking marriage in Iowa.

Canadian Pro-Abortion Censorship Continues, University of Calgary Students Hit

Posted on April 01, 2008
Groups have been told to disband, debates have been canceled and, now, students at the University of Calgary have been told to take down a pro-life display

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