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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Some Maryland lawmakers testify in support of marriage redefinition

Posted on February 29, 2008
"More than a dozen state lawmakers testified yesterday in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland, an unusual show of legislative support even as it is unclear if proponents will be able to muster the votes for passage this year."

Colorado Catholic Conference Does Not Support Personhood Amendment

Posted on February 29, 2008
We commend the goal of this effort to end abortion. Individual Catholics may certainly choose to work for its passage. At the same time, we recognize that other people committed to the sanctity of life have raised serious questions about this specific amendment?s timing and content.

Kosovo?s Albanian Minority Argues Draft Constitution Infringes Their Religious Rights

Posted on February 29, 2008
"While Article 58 provides that "the Republic of Kosovo shall promote the preservation of the cultural and religious heritage of all communities," the report argues that "any Albanian wishing to worship as Orthodox will be forced to define themself as Serb...

Caving to leftist and Islamic groups? Air Force Academy plans new panel

Posted on February 29, 2008
The problem - speakers at an earlier panel claimed they abandoned terrorism and Islam to convert to Christianity.

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Utah: Trafficking bill resurrected

Posted on February 29, 2008
"A bill to create state felony penalties for human trafficking and smuggling is back after it was derailed by a Senate panel on Wednesday."

Reform Jewish Leader Applauds President Bush on Combating Human Trafficking

Posted on February 29, 2008
"The President's strong leadership on confronting on human trafficking at home and abroad is to be applauded."

Senate Committee Passes Bill to Support Babies with Disabilities

Posted on February 29, 2008
"A U.S. Senate committee has unanimously passed the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (S. 1810), which will provide up-to-date information to families who receive adverse genetic diagnoses during pregnancy."

French "Playboy President" is the scourge of European secularism

Posted on February 29, 2008
"French President Nicholas Sarkozy is an unlikely scourge of European secularism: He is on his third marriage and has been called the 'playboy president' by his critics."

ACLU Targeting Boy Scouts

Posted on February 29, 2008
"Furthermore, the exclusion based on sexual orientation is a false claim. The scouts are against overt sexual conduct or statement by anyone ? homosexual or heterosexual."

Alaska: ACLU wants church property tax exemption erased

Posted on February 29, 2008
"The ACLU wants Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan to throw out a 2006 state law exempting church-owned religious teachers' housing from property taxes . . . "

ACLU President argues against censorship of promoters of sexual content

Posted on February 29, 2008
Holly Foster reports from Hamilton College: "Noting that new forms of media have "always triggered calls for censorship," in which the most censored type of expression "has always been sexual expression," Strossen argued against recent attempts by the federal government to regulate the Internet ...

Civil unions bill introduced in Illinois

Posted on February 29, 2008
"State Sen. David Koehler is proposing legislation that would legalize civil unions in Illinois and entitle unmarried couples - including those of the same sex - to the same protections and benefits currently afforded to traditional married couples."

Nebraska Home-schools: personal choice vs. government authoritarianism

Posted on February 29, 2008
"Her bill would require home-school students to take state-mandated tests or have their schoolwork assessed by an outside evaluator. If students' progress falls short academically, they would be sent to public or private schools."

Desmond Tutu to accept LGBT award in San Francisco

Posted on February 29, 2008
He will be appearing at IGLHRC's A Celebration of Courage event in San Francisco on April 8th to accept the OUTSPOKEN Award "in honour of the unprecedented impact of his leadership as a human rights advocate."

Is religion a constitutionally legitimate basis of lawmaking?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Michael Perry, professor of law at Emory Law School, writes at the Immanent Frame: In a recent essay I asked what the establishment clause should be understood to forbid in the context of lawmaking. I concluded that the answer to the question whether the establishment clause should be understood to ban laws for which the only [...

William J. Federer: Jesus and Muhammad

Posted on February 29, 2008
"If a computer acts up, the technician resets it to the default settings it had when it left the factory. If followers of a religion act up, one should examine the default settings the religion had when it left its founder . . . "

Bill in Congress: restricts federal judicial jurisdiction over state pornography laws

Posted on February 29, 2008
"The Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act of 2008 would not allow federal courts to take up cases that question whether any states' pornography laws are constitutional."

Richard John Neuhaus: Religious Freedom Upside Down

Posted on February 29, 2008
. . . both in theory and in lived experience, religious freedom in America was secured?and is today sustained?by religious conviction . . .

The Role of Contracts in Society & Marriage

Posted on February 29, 2008
"Market Contracts and Marriage Contracts....are they the same?"

Porn operators lose again

Posted on February 29, 2008
Florida appeals court upholds ruling in favor of HOA in ADF-supported case against men running porn Web site from home

Voter?s guide for Wisconsin Supreme Court election - marriage at stake

Posted on February 29, 2008
. . . this election could be key to the future of marriage in Wisconsin . . .

Obama: If elected promises to use the "bully pulpit" to promote the H-Agenda

Posted on February 29, 2008
As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws," he wrote.

Chris Stovall: "Solving the Paradox: Education, Religion, and the New Classical Schooling"

Posted on February 29, 2008
". . . an expanded contemporary version of the classical liberal education best achieves that worthy purpose, because it includes robust discussion regarding (rather than indoctrination in) the religious beliefs and systems that give the context necessary for accurate understanding of many of the great ideas and works of literature, politics, philosophy, the arts, and more ...

The future of marriage: State laws and religious laws cannot co-exist . . . can they?

Posted on February 29, 2008
"What forms of marriage should citizens be able to choose, and what forms of religious marriage law should government be required to respect?"

Feds admit vaccine ?aggravated? autism

Posted on February 29, 2008
"The concession was made by U.S. Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler and other Justice Department officials on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the defendant in all vaccine court cases."

ADF finds more problems at AZ school district - literature distribution policies

Posted on February 28, 2008
. . . the updated complaint adds the school district?s literature distribution policy to the unconstitutional restrictions on student free speech named in the original complaint . . .

Big Firms Could Take Biggest Hit in 2008 - Caution is the Word

Posted on February 28, 2008
"Three law firms reported revenues of above $2 billion in 2007."

A special Planned Parenthood fund to exterminate black babies?

Posted on February 28, 2008
Boise Weekly links to the YouTube Video: Why Planned Parenthood Has a Problem Today. The Family Research Council addresses the video and links to a transcript in today’s Washington update. Share This

Bob Skolrood (1928-2008): Founder of the National Legal Foundation

Posted on February 28, 2008
"With the help of televangelist the Rev. Pat Robertson, lawyer Bob Skolrood co-founded the National Legal Foundation in 1985 to defend the rights of Christians from government discrimination."

Bible study groups in California Capitol dispute: Jesus good teacher versus Savior

Posted on February 28, 2008
Religion Clause blog reports on "a rather nasty competition" here. The apparent central issue causing division: The fellowship group makes everyone feel okay, no matter what spiritual direction they are coming from. They are made to feel okay about their rejection of salvation in Christ alone ...

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