Religion & Law

Nazi persecution of homosexuals explored at Holocaust museum

Posted on March 17, 2008
Via Washington Blade: “You could substitute the word homosexual and put in any minority group and see a story of how easy it is to persecute somebody who is outside of the norms of the society,” said curator Edward J. Phillips, also acting director of the museum’s division of exhibitions...

Feds target ?sex tourists?

Posted on March 17, 2008
Via UPI: Authorities say since 2003 they have charged more than 70 alleged offenders attempting to go overseas for underage sex in such places as Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines and Costa Rica. Share This

Robert Knight: Media Silence on the Myth of ?Safe Sex?

Posted on March 17, 2008
A Townhall article by Robert Knight of the Culture and Media Institute: Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that one in four American teen girls and half of all black teen girls?half!?have at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD)...

Idaho Planned Parenthood apologizes for response to racist donor call

Posted on March 17, 2008
Sandra Forester reports on the Idaho Statesman: Planned Parenthood of Idaho officials apologized Wednesday for what they called an employee’s “serious mistake” in encouraging a donation aimed at aborting black babies. They also criticized The Advocate, a right-to-life student magazine at the University of California-Los Angeles, for trying to discredit Planned Parenthood employees in seven states in [...

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WA: Homosexual couples increasing in ?conservative? areas

Posted on March 17, 2008
An article by Mike Bailey of The Columbian: But as laws evolve for same-sex relationships in Washington, gay couples in Clark County say there?s been little change in their everyday reality. Some say they?ve discovered Clark County?s attitudes toward same-sex couples were more accepting than they had guessed years ago...

NYT: ?Gay Couples Say Civil Unions Aren?t Enough?

Posted on March 17, 2008
A New York Times article by Alison Leigh Cowan: Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex couples to marry, and Vermont, New Hampshire and New Jersey have civil unions, while California and Oregon have domestic partnerships that provide similar benefits to civil unions...

Is the High Class Call Girl a Myth?

Posted on March 17, 2008
The pictures are typical cleavage and legs, but the advertising text includes vague references to the girls? successful careers and great personalities. The reality, though, turns out to be just a bit different.

Teachers union backs Md. slots measure

Posted on March 17, 2008
Tom LoBianco reports on the Washington Times: The union representing the state’s teachers announced yesterday that it had voted to support passage of a November referendum on legalizing slot machines. “The referendum establishes an Education Trust Fund and dedicates half of future proceeds to our public schools...

How St. Patrick changed history

Posted on March 17, 2008
William J. Federer has this worthy commentary on WorldNetDaily. Share This

Va. Supreme Court Justice Agee nominated to the 4th Circuit

Posted on March 17, 2008
. . . In an about-face, President George W. Bush on Thursday nominated Virginia Supreme Court Justice G. Steven Agee to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Spitzer Fall Renews Prostitution ?Debate?

Posted on March 17, 2008
The spectacular fall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have been the ultimate form of public humiliation over a prostitute, but it also renewed the debate over how cities should deal with the world's oldest profession.

Reid, White House to discuss deal on nominations

Posted on March 13, 2008
The White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will make a last-ditch attempt Thursday to resolve an impasse over executive branch nominations, but prospects for reaching an accord appear murky.

Washington expands domestic partner benefits

Posted on March 13, 2008
Domestic partners will be granted more than 170 of the benefits and responsibilities given to married couples under a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Three Church Property Rights Cases Appealed to the Supreme Court

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Becket Fund has issued this press release discussing three petitions for cert. pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in RLUIPA case. Share This

STD Data Come as No Surprise, Area Teenagers Say

Posted on March 13, 2008
Elizabeth Alderman, adolescent specialist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, was astounded by a federal report this week showing that two out of five teenage girls who have had sex have experienced at least one sexually transmitted infection.

Spokane-area school system sued over ban on religious meetings

Posted on March 13, 2008
They claim five students, including the girl, were barred from meeting for religious discussion and prayer in a room where other students could gather for nonreligious purposes.

Kidnapped archbishop found dead in Iraq

Posted on March 13, 2008
A Christian archbishop kidnapped in northern Iraq last month has been found dead . . .

European Court: Greece Violated Religious Rights of Bar Applicant

Posted on March 13, 2008
Religion Clause blog reports that the European Court of Human Rights ruled last month that Greece violated the European Convention on Human Rights when it insisted that a bar applicant  sign a document indicating that he is not an Orthodox Christian before he was permitted to make a solemn declaration instead of taking a religious [...

Texas: School district to modify Bible class

Posted on March 13, 2008
"This is a great victory for ECISD and the community," Hiram Sasser, Liberty Legal's director of litigation, said in a statement.

Swedes almost wiped out prostitution by prosecuting men who buy sex

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Swedes stopped punishing the prostitutes - and instead criminalised the men who buy sex.

CWA Interviews HSLDA?s Michael Smith: Homeschooling under attack around the country

Posted on March 13, 2008
The interview is just under 9 minutes in duration and is accessible here. Share This

Wisconsin College Newspapers Refuse to Run Pro-Abstinence Ads

Posted on March 13, 2008
Three Wisconsin college newspapers ? the Marquette University Tribune, the UW-Stout Stoutonia and the UW-La Crosse Racquet ? reportedly have rejected an advertisement promoting abstinence . . .

Gary Bauer to address the Family Policy Council of WV - March 28

Posted on March 13, 2008
"Veteran family advocate and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer will address the Family Policy Council of West Virginia?s first annual ?Policy and Outlook? dinner on Friday, March 28, at the Edgewood Country Club, 1600 Edgewood Dr., in Charleston...

Church in Spain will fight abortion despite election results

Posted on March 13, 2008
?We are not against democracy, we are for it,? he said. Whoever denies the right to life is against democracy and leads society towards disaster? . . .

Family advocate may withdraw proposal placed before Ford Motor

Posted on March 13, 2008
Shareholder Tom Strobhar says the 2007 resolution requested that Ford Motor amend its equal employment opportunity policy to exclude any reference to privacy issues related to sexual orientation and activities, and remove itself from corporate support of such issues.

UK Amendment: Made it a Criminal Offence to Link Homosexuality to Paedophilia

Posted on March 13, 2008
A bill in the House of Lords that proposed to make it a crime to draw any connection between homosexuality and paedophilia, has been ruled unnecessary and dropped.

Minnesota: Hearing on sexually oriented businesses draws big crowd

Posted on March 13, 2008
The city is proposing changing the zoning in some areas of the Hastings Business and Industrial Park to allow ?adult use? businesses, which includes things like strip clubs and adult bookstores.

The Intriguing Federalist Future of Reproductive Rights

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Intriguing Federalist Future of Reproductive Rights Scott A. Moss and Douglas M. Raines, (March 11, 2008) Boston University Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 175, 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1105111 As the decline of Roe v. Wade inspires renewed efforts to restrict federal constitutional abortion rights, the serious shortcomings of abortion rights advocates’ strategies for preserving such [...

Rick Garnett: Can There Really Be ?Free Speech? in Public Schools?

Posted on March 13, 2008
Richard W. Garnett, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 12, 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1104722 The Supreme Court’s decision in Morse v. Frederick leaves unresolved many interesting and difficult problems about the authority of public-school officials to regulate public-school students’ speech...

8th Circuit Argument on Blaine Amendments

Posted on March 13, 2008
The case of Pucket v. Rounds concerns the right of the Pucket children to be bused from their rural home to a Lutheran elementary school. The state refused citing South Dakota's Blaine Amendments.

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