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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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ACLU Sues Over Failed Privately-Run Alternative School In Atlanta

Posted on March 11, 2008
"In a case with national implications, the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed a class action lawsuit today against the Atlanta Independent School System (AISS) and Community Education Partners (CEP) for violating students? constitutional right to an adequate public education...

Washington & Lee to Put 3rd-Year Students to Work

Posted on March 11, 2008
?There is the notion that a continual, doctrinal Socratic method of instruction may not be the only way to go.?

Christian Persecuted: Refused to Photograph Homosexual ?Commitment Ceremony?

Posted on March 11, 2008
Said [Jordan] Lorence, ?If you give government the right to punish people for having a different opinion than the prevailing secular orthodoxy, you?re saying whoever controls government can suppress dissent. I think we embrace that idea at our peril.?

Memphis Council Wrangles With Strip Club Ordinance

Posted on March 11, 2008
The ordinance now in place would ban strip clubs from serving beer. The measure the council is considering after a three-month delay would let the clubs stay in the bar business.

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Keith Fournier: Marriage under Assault at the California Supreme Court

Posted on March 11, 2008
There can be no such thing as ?marriage? between two same sex people engaging in sexual acts, even if they engage in such acts only with one another and for a protracted period of time.

CA: Lawsuit Against Teacher?s Anti-Christian Remarks Goes to Trial

Posted on March 11, 2008
A federal judge denied on Monday a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against a history teacher for making repeated disparaging remarks about Christians during class.

NC: Man vows to open porn shop: Owner responds to protests

Posted on March 11, 2008
A Rocky Mount man, responding to recent public protest, affirmed his commitment before town leaders Monday to open a pornography shop in downtown Tarboro.

Illinois: Rules on "adult" displays OK?d

Posted on March 11, 2008
Under the new rules, adult products must be restricted to areas of the store not in plain view of the public or to children younger than 18.

NPR: Home Schooling Sparks Credential Debate

Posted on March 11, 2008
Parents who home-school their children need a teaching credential, according to a recent appellate court ruling in California. What does the ruling mean for those who home-school more than 1 million American children?

Florida: Ben Stein weighs in on evolution fight

Posted on March 11, 2008
In the latest evolution battle, pop-culture figure Ben Stein will show his new documentary challenging mainstream science mainstream science to Florida lawmakers Wednesday as they consider legislation that makes it easier for teachers to question Darwin's theory in science classes.

NRB: Religious Freedom Attacked, the Grassley Investigation

Posted on March 11, 2008
Ben Bull, chief counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund: "Because it is a witch hunt and they will not stop with these handful of ministries. This is only the beginning." . . .

WI: Referendum Communication Restrictions Challenged

Posted on March 11, 2008
A lawsuit was filed late yesterday in federal court in Wisconsin challenging state laws that restrict communications regarding local referendums.

Ken Blackwell: Empowering Families

Posted on March 11, 2008
. . If governors and legislatures want to expand public preschool, they should be mindful of the mistakes of the past. Instead of ceding more authority and tax dollars to entrenched educational bureaucracies and teachers? unions, parent empowerment and education choice programs should be considered.

Pro-family advocate commends FTC for fining porn ?spammers?

Posted on March 11, 2008
A pro-family activist is commending the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for fining an adult web site more than $410,000 for sending obscene emails to unsuspecting recipients . . .

Clerk Applicants Who Know Immigration Law

Posted on March 11, 2008
Eugene Volokh comments on the Volokh Conspiracy: Several circuits, I know, get lots of immigration cases. (This 2006 item reports that immigration cases made up 40% of the Ninth Circuit’s caseload; I imagine that many of these cases would get handled by staff attorneys, but many end up in the clerks’ hands...

Michigan: Police raid church to stop worship music ? TMLC files suit

Posted on March 11, 2008
The lawsuit was prompted by the series of police incursions into the church and threats by the Township prosecutor to raid the church every time music was heard coming from it.

KS Supreme Court strikes down funeral picketing law

Posted on March 11, 2008
The Kansas Supreme Court today declared the state?s funeral picketing ban invalid, citing legislative legal maneuvering as the reason.

8th Cir.: Wife?s consent overrode husband?s refusal in warrantless child porn computer search

Posted on March 11, 2008
. . . husband refused to allow police to search his computer for child pornography. Police then went to husband's home and asked his wife for permission. She consented. The majority ruled that her consent was sufficient.

1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease

Posted on March 11, 2008
At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

Human Slavery in our Time: Its not just ?over there.?

Posted on March 11, 2008
U.S. State Department figures show that in 2004 . . . there were only about 3,000 successful convictions of criminals worldwide . . . With more than 80 women being smuggled into Britain alone each week for the sex trade, this lack of action should make us all very angry.

Canadian TV Station Yanks Ex-homosexual Ad for "Discrimination"

Posted on March 11, 2008
Canadian Television (CTV) has pulled an ad that claims it is possible to leave the homosexual lifestyle, sponsored by a Christian advocacy group, Life Productions, after the station received numerous complaints from pro-homosexual activists.

Flinch! Ford finally bends, homosexual boycott over

Posted on March 11, 2008
The American Family Association says it's suspending its two-year boycott of Ford, noting the auto giant has met the conditions of the original agreement between AFA and Ford from 2005.

United Nations Status of Women Committee Removes Pro-Abortion Language

Posted on March 11, 2008
"Final negotiations for the final document of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) ended as the sun rose on Saturday morning. Pro-life efforts helped keep the controversial term "sexual and reproductive health and rights" out of the main document...

China: Prosperity and one child policy contribute to increased depression and suicide

Posted on March 11, 2008
Zhou Dongfeng, the deputy director of Peking University's Institute of Mental Health, includes the one-child policy among the causes of stress. As a result of this policy, he says, "people's ability to communicate with others has dropped.

Canada?s York University Reschedules Abortion Debate After Student Censorship

Posted on March 11, 2008
LifeNews reports: York University has rescheduled a debate over abortion after student government leaders engaged in alleged censorship by canceling the first forum. The second attempt at holding the debate appears to have been made possible by the college’s administration...

The most sweeping pro-abortion bill ever proposed in Illinois

Posted on March 11, 2008
Catholic Citizens of Illinois reports that HB-5615, the "Reproductive Justice and Access Act" heads for floor vote. Share This

UK: Labour?s Catholic MPs will vote in embryo bill

Posted on March 11, 2008
Backbenchers said they were furious with Geoff Hoon, the Labour Chief Whip, who offered them a deal to stay away from the vote on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, rather than follow their consciences and vote against the Government.

Criminalizing Home Schoolers: Public schools aren?t the answer to abuse

Posted on March 11, 2008
"Public schools are not a solution to the problem of child abuse," says Leslie Buchanan, president of the HomeSchool Association of California.

Indonesia: Fears growing over local laws inspired by sharia

Posted on March 11, 2008
Muslims and religious minorities in Indonesia are raising their voices against the spread of local laws inspired by sharia, and denouncing the inaction of the central government, which in spite of its promises is doing nothing concrete to confront the phenomenon.

Government policies run counter to increasing evidence: dads matter

Posted on March 10, 2008
In spite of the convincing amount of evidence, the study observed: ?Unfortunately, current institutional policies in most countries do not support the increased involvement of fathers in child rearing.? . . .

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