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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Some Asian Americans Using Sex-Selection Abortions to Have Boys Over Girl

Posted on April 01, 2008
But a new report indicates the influx of immigrants to the United States has brought the grisly practice here and census data is beginning to show a slight gender imbalance as a result.

Planned Parenthood mobilizes opposition to parental notification at state Democratic Party convention

Posted on April 01, 2008
Before this weekend?s Democratic Party state convention in San Jose was barely under way, operatives of Planned Parenthood were circulating among delegates sounding the alarm that another parental notification initiative was about to qualify for the ballot.

Irish government readies proposal for same-sex unions

Posted on April 01, 2008
CWNews reports: The Irish government will soon introduce legislation giving same-sex couples most of the legal benefits of marriage, the Irish Times reports. The government is completing preparation of a Civil Partnership bill that will give homosexual couples the rights to pension, welfare, and tax benefits similar to those of married couples...

Kentucky Court Permanently Enjoins 10 Commandments Display

Posted on April 01, 2008
Religion Clause blog reports on the ruling and links to several other reports and resources: ACLU of Kentucky v. Grayson County, Kentucky, (WD KY, March 28, 2008), a Kentucky federal district court permanently enjoined a display of the Ten Commandments as part of a Foundations of American Law and Government Display in the Grayson County [...

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Death of Children After Prayer Alone Raises Homicide Prosecution Issues

Posted on April 01, 2008
Should parents who elect faith healing rather than traditional medical treatment for a child be criminally responsible if the child dies?

German Court Says Muslim Student Must Have In-School Place For Prayer

Posted on April 01, 2008
"Yesterday's Deutsche Welle reports that educators in Germany are hotly debating a March 10 decision by a Berlin administrative court which held that Diesterweg Upper School must provide a 14-year-old Muslim student with a place for his daily prayers...

Judgepedia: wiki devoted to ?all things judicial?

Posted on April 01, 2008
Alliance Alert readers should take note of Judgepedia.com, a developing wiki-based site devoted to "all things judicial" that allows anyone to contribute or edit articles. As more people contribute, the site should develop into a valuable resource for information about local judges and courts and serve as an excellent grounding reference for the wealth of niche legal blogs on the web.

Student Sues Wisconsin School After Getting a Zero for Religious Drawing

Posted on April 01, 2008
A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference.

NC: Judge Holds Lawyer in Contempt for Reading Maxim

Posted on April 01, 2008
Judge Kevin Eddinger (pictured) held lawyer Todd Paris in contempt after he saw him reading Maxim magazine with ?a female topless model? on the cover, according to the court order.

Wal-Mart execs ignore child?s exposure to pornography

Posted on April 01, 2008
Seven Year Old Girl Discerns What Wal-Mart Execs Apparently Do Not, Namely, the "model on the Front Cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine's Swimsuit Editions 'Isn't Wearing a Bathing Suit Top' (like the Emperor of old)

Teen puts stillborn fetus in airplane waste bin

Posted on April 01, 2008
A 14-year-old girl on a return flight from a middle-school trip delivered a stillborn fetus in the bathroom of an airplane and disposed of it in a waste bin, police said Monday.

Fundamental Rights and Other Interests - Should it Really Make a Difference?

Posted on April 01, 2008
The question is, however, whether the distinction we make between classic fundamental rights and other interests is always reasonable and if it is justifiable to attach far-reaching judicial consequences to the distinction.

How is America ?Divided by God??

Posted on April 01, 2008
I want to try to explain, still in a very broad brush way, and indulging in some amateur theology and armchair sociology, how basic differences about God might animate the political and legal controversies that we have been observing.

Federal Government Concedes Autistic Child Injured by Vaccines

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Vaccine Awakening blog has this post: Ever since the historic National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Reagan, federal health officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have fought most vaccine injury claims in the U...

Student-led ?Day of Truth? to be held April 28

Posted on April 01, 2008
Christian students at high schools nationwide will participate in the fourth annual ?Day of Truth? on April 28.

Islam: Compatible with Religious Freedom?

Posted on April 01, 2008
When someone converts to Islam, the religion the person left behind doesn?t issue threats or express fury. Only when someone converts from Islam to something else, or to unbelief, is there rage and proclamations that the convert is deserving of death.

Court Says No Standing To Challenge State Funds For Faith-Based Agency

Posted on April 01, 2008
A Kentucky federal district court dismissed on standing grounds a lawsuit by Kentucky state taxpayers claiming that the state violated the Establishment Clause by providing funding to Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children (KBHC).

Pelosi intervenes with Pentagon to transport lesbian Congresswoman?s domestic partner

Posted on April 01, 2008
Prior to the Easter recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to intervene with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in order to get Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin?s domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip . . .

Another Televangelist Responds To Sen. Grassley?s Information Request

Posted on March 31, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: “Today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that another of Grassley’s targets, Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, has agreed to cooperate.” Share This

Court dismisses Assoc. of Christian Schools challenge to U. of Cal. course requirements

Posted on March 31, 2008
The University of California has issued this press release. It begins: On March 28, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge S. James Otero dismissed constitutional challenges to the University of California?s policies for determining whether high school courses teach academic content and skills in a manner sufficient to meet the University?s a-g college preparation requirements...

U.S. House to Vote on Pro-Life Amendment to Indian Health Care Bill

Posted on March 31, 2008
The amendment language is based on the Hyde Amendment, which forbids federal funding of nearly all abortions. Indian health services are funded through the Interior Appropriations bill, which has never been subject to the Hyde Amendment.

ABC 20/20: Is There a ?Gay Gene??

Posted on March 31, 2008
ABC posts this report that begins: “It’s a medical mystery, one of the biggest debates of our time: Is there a gene that determines whether you’re gay or straight? Some scientists think so, saying sexual identity is mostly biological...

Africa Poised to Become Top Christian Continent

Posted on March 31, 2008
"The new face of Christianity will be the black woman," a renowned theologian told a Lexington audience Thursday.

Alabama: Court orders Scottsboro High to let same-sex couple attend prom

Posted on March 31, 2008
"Jackson County Circuit Judge John Graham today ordered the Scottsboro City Board of Education to allow a gay couple to attend Scottsboro High School's senior-junior prom tonight . . . "

AZ: Panel to vote on benefits for domestic partners

Posted on March 31, 2008
"A state oversight panel is expected to decide Tuesday morning whether to green-light a proposal that would expand state benefits to the domestic partners of state employees, gay or straight."

Gary McCaleb discuses Cal. Home School Case with Janet Parshall

Posted on March 31, 2008
Click here to listen to ADF attorney Gary McCaleb’s interview with Janet Parshall. The file is in mp3 format and runs 19 minutes. Share This

UK: Poll shows public is against embryos Bill

Posted on March 31, 2008
The majority of the public are against three crucial plans in the Government's controversial embryos Bill, a new poll reveals.

Tax on Texas strip clubs is unconstitutional, judge says

Posted on March 31, 2008
That?s the word Friday from Austin, where state District Judge Scott Jenkins ruled that the state's recent imposition of a $5-a-head tax on topless club patrons violates the U.S. Constitution. The state plans to appeal the ruling, officials said.

Ohio: Man Injured After Fight At Strip Club

Posted on March 31, 2008
whiotv.com reports: “A 34-year-old Springboro man was injured Friday evening after an altercation outside a strip club in Franklin, according to police.” Share This

RI: Fatal shooting outside Providence strip club

Posted on March 31, 2008
Eyewitness News WPRI reports: “Providence police are investigating an early morning shooting outside a strip club that killed a 21-year-old man.” Share This

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