Religion & Law

Christian Converts In Egypt Face New Hurdles To Recognition

Posted on March 28, 2008
. . . he has asked Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality of Egypt's civil law that grants citizens the right to convert. He argues that the law conflicts with Chap. One, Art. 2 of Egypt's Constitution that says Islamic jurisprudence is the main source of legislation ...

The Teaching Law Firm

Posted on March 28, 2008
The Voire Dire blog has this post discussing proposed revisions of the third year law school curriculum.  This follows on the heels of a recent announcement by Washington & Lee Law School that emphasizes practical legal skills training. Share This

Pro-Abortion Law Firm Wants United Nations Cmte to Make Countries Back Abortion

Posted on March 28, 2008
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) just released a new and updated version of their ?signature? document that uses the non-binding recommendations of UN committees to argue that sovereign nations must legalize abortion as part of their international legal obligations.

UN chief condemns anti-Islam film, Instapundit and Volokh disagree

Posted on March 28, 2008
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a controversial film on Islam made by a Dutch politician, calling it "offensively anti-Islamic".

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Lambda Legal files brief in Iowa marriage litigation

Posted on March 28, 2008
The AP reports: Lambda Legal is a New York-based group that filed the arguments in a lawsuit on behalf of six gay and lesbian couples in Iowa who were denied marriage licenses, as well as three of the couples’ children. Lambda Legal maintains that the ban denies gay and lesbian couples the constitutionally guaranteed right to liberty [...

Study: ?Living together? before marriage a statistical risk

Posted on March 28, 2008
. . . 67 percent of cohabitating couples eventually divorce, compared to 45 percent for all first marriages, reports Baptist Press.

Muslim Militants Free Filipino Catholic School Teacher after Ransom

Posted on March 28, 2008
. . . guerrillas released Omar Taup after his family paid a ransom of 200,000 pesos (US$4,880).

Americans United asks NY town to be ?prayer police?

Posted on March 28, 2008
"A liberal special-interest group based in Washington, DC, is asking the town of Greece, New York, to dictate to its citizens what is acceptable speech for starting prayers in the town council's monthly meetings."

909 British Babies Born and Survive Under 24-Week Legal Age Limit for Abortion

Posted on March 28, 2008
Meanwhile, Britain's foremost pro-life group, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) maintains that politically, efforts to lower the age limit for abortion would backfire, leaving virtually no restrictions on early term abortions . ...

Legal Maneuvers In Russia Undercut Pastor?s Suit Against Orthodox Bishop

Posted on March 28, 2008
Forum 18 this week reported on the latest in a series of legal maneuvers against a United Methodist church in the western Russian city of Smolensk.

NY appeals court vacates order that held there is no duty to recognize foreign same-sex ?marriages?

Posted on March 28, 2008
Unfortunately, the appellate division also vacated the lower ruling which held that the district had no duty to recognize the Canadian same-sex "marriage."

UK: Muslims To Outnumber Catholic Worshippers by 2020

Posted on March 28, 2008
Based on a study by Christian Research, mosque-going Muslims in England and Wales would reach 683,000 by 2020, outnumbering Catholic churchgoers who would number 679,000 by that time.

Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Makes $1 Billion Profit for First Time

Posted on March 28, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: A new annual report from Planned Parenthood shows the nation’s largest abortion business has made over $1 billion in profit for the first time in its history. The [...]

Creepy Widget From Huffington Post - Who?s donating to who in the election?

Posted on March 28, 2008
The Law Librarian Blog comments on this widget by the Huffington post that allows you to see who is donating to who. “Plug in a person’s name, a zip code, a profession, or an employer, and you can retrieve all the individual federal political donations that cross the $200 threshold by each person’s name with address [...

Planned Parenthood triples funds to influence elections

Posted on March 28, 2008
The amount allocated for political races is triple what the organization has spent in past elections.

Muslim nations condemn Dutch Koran film

Posted on March 28, 2008
Dutch Muslim leaders appealed for calm and called on Muslims worldwide not to target Dutch interests.

The Grinding Battle with Circumstance: Charter Schools and the Potential of School-Based Collective Bargaining.

Posted on March 28, 2008
The National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia provides a link to a paper by Jonathan Gyurko titled: The Grinding Battle with Circumstance: Charter Schools and the Potential of School-Based Collective Bargaining. The abstract reports: Despite its teacher union origins as a vehicle for teacher-led, bottom-up innovation and early bi-partisan support, the charter [...

Islam?s ?Public Enemy #1?: A Coptic priest

Posted on March 28, 2008
. . . Though he is little known in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria Botros ? named Islam?s ?Public Enemy #1? by the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid ? has been making waves in the Islamic world.

Virginia: Mothers? ?other? men linked to child abuse

Posted on March 28, 2008
While statistics from the local Department of Children and Families indicate natural mothers and fathers are to blame in the majority of child deaths caused by abuse and neglect, cases involving the mother?s paramour were almost all violent.

Grove City Conference: History of church-state relations

Posted on March 28, 2008
The Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College is advertising a conference to be held on April 10 & 11 titled: Church and State 2008: A History of Church-State Relations and a Look at Where Value Voters will Turn in 2008. More details are available on the web site...

TX: Case of 12-year-old dancer prompts call for ordinance change

Posted on March 28, 2008
Dallas city officials are looking into ways to revise an ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses after it was reported that employing someone under the age of 18 isn't enough to shut down a strip club.

Student Speech Rights in the Digital Age

Posted on March 28, 2008
This Article takes a close look at all of the various justifications for limiting juvenile speech rights and concludes that none of them supports granting schools broad authority to limiting student speech in the digital media, even with respect to violent or harassing expression.

An investigation of Justice Scalia?s statutory interpretation

Posted on March 28, 2008
Justice Scalia entirely suspends textualism in about a quarter of the cases in the study's sample, because he is interpreting a statute that he believes grants the courts common law authority. Second, when Justice Scalia engages in textual analysis, more often than not his presumption that the ordinary meaning of words governs statutory meaning is overcome.

Two Florida lawmakers seek homosexual adoption

Posted on March 28, 2008
Two Florida Lawmakers are trying again to pass legislation that would allow gay people to adopt children. Sen. Nan Rich has proposed a law that would allow a judge to decide whether gay adoption would be in the best interest for a child. Rep. Mary Brandenburg is sponsoring the bill in the House.

WA: Same-Sex Wedding Expo to be Held in Seattle

Posted on March 28, 2008
Rainbow Wedding Network has chosen Seattle as the newest location for the company's upcoming GLBTQ Wedding & Family Expo and Rally for Equality.

Mike Johnson: the 9th Circuit Ten Commandments ruling

Posted on March 28, 2008
ADF attorney Mike Johnson was interviewed on the Thor Tolo show on 820 KGNW.com yesterday. The mp3 audio recording of the interview is here. It runs just over 11 minutes. The interview discusses the recent 9th Circuit ruling that upheld a Ten Commandments monument display in Everett, Washington...

CDC Makes It Official?HIV Infections Up 48% Nationwide

Posted on March 28, 2008
The CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report that was quietly released earlier this week, shows a ?catastrophic? 48% increase in US HIV infections between the years 2005 and 2006.

Various groups for and against homeschooling to file in Cal. case

Posted on March 28, 2008
WorldNetDaily provides this update on the California home school case.  The report  indicates: . . . The new order confirms the court is expanding its decision far beyond a single juvenile case to include an assessment of all state laws and opinions regarding homeschooling, as well as an evaluation of whether the state provisions follow the [...

Violence against Christians escalates in Sri Lanka

Posted on March 27, 2008
. . . the violence is in direct response to the number of Christian conversions.

Italian pro-life leader pledges ban on RU-486

Posted on March 27, 2008
CWNews reports: “An Italian pro-life campaigner has vowed that if he becomes the country’s health minister, he will block the sale of the abortion pill RU-486 . . . Giuliano Ferrara– who is also editor of Il Foglio newspaper, said that he thinks his party will be able to reach an agreement with the People [...

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