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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Protestant Chinese "house church" leaders sentenced en masse

Posted on February 21, 2008
CWNews reports on the en mass sentencing of 21 Protestant Chinese church leaders. They were sentenced to labor camps for periods ranging from 15 months to 3 years. Share This

United Kingdom: Cardinal calls on faithful to battle embryo research bill

Posted on February 21, 2008
"England's top Catholic prelate has encouraged the faithful to voice their opposition to legislation that would expand the scope of legal research on human embryos."

Massachusetts AG backs 35 foot abortion clinic buffer zone in court

Posted on February 21, 2008
ADF allied attorney: "I'm not aware of one of this magnitude anywhere. I am confident the court will find the buffer zone unconstitutional."

Pope outlines St. Augustine?s answer to secularism

Posted on February 21, 2008
"He suggested that the work deserves a fresh examination, since it provides answers to questions about the role of the Church in a secular society . ."

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Patrick Trueman: Legal system favors female sexual predators

Posted on February 21, 2008
"The lenient sentence handed down to a female teacher who sexually abused five male students is proof of a double standard in America's legal system, says prominent pro-family attorney Pat Trueman."

NY Catholic Bishops? video blasts Spitzer?s abortion proposals

Posted on February 21, 2008
"New York's Catholic bishops have put a video on YouTube attacking legislation advanced by Gov. Spitzer that they charge would make abortions 'virtually immune to state regulation."

Muslim student groups debate whether to accept non-Muslims

Posted on February 21, 2008
The intense debate over whether organizations for Muslim students should be inclusive or strict is playing out on college campuses across the United States, where there are now more than 200 Muslim Students Association chapters.

David Cortman: Newdow?s Pending Challenge to "Under God"

Posted on February 21, 2008
"ADF attorney David Cortman appears on the Bob Dutko show to discuss Michael Newdow's latest challenge to the pledge of allegiance."

N.J. Gov. to sign bill redefining marriage after the election?

Posted on February 20, 2008
Devon Williams reports on Citizen Link: "He caters to homosexual activists but wants to avoid angering the majority of his state. Gov. Jon Corzine wants to give New Jersey homosexuals the right to ‘marry,’ but he has said he will wait until after the fall elections to sign any bill into law...

Family First: Nebraska bill to ban cloning advances

Posted on February 20, 2008
Family First reports: "The Unicameral’s Judiciary Committee today advanced a bill which would place a public ban on human cloning. LB 606 would prohibit the use of public funds and facilities 1) to destroy existing human embryos and 2) create cloned human embryos for use in research...

South Dakota bill to regulate sexually oriented business advances

Posted on February 20, 2008
The bill won a unanimous vote in the Senate local government committee according to this report on the Argus Leader by Terry Woster (2.20.2008). "The bill, which has passed the House, would require such businesses to be at least a quarter-mile from homes, schools and playgrounds and would limit the hours of overnight operation...

Florida Officials Under Fire Over "Anti-Muslim" Film, Promoting Christianity

Posted on February 20, 2008
"In the four years that our Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been fighting this invasion of fundamentalist Christianity in the US military absolutely nothing has been as surreal as this event. . ."

4th Circuit being pushed left in nominee fight

Posted on February 20, 2008
A judicial standoff between President Bush and Senate Democrats is slowly nudging a traditionally conservative appeals court to the left, intensifying an election-year argument over the future of the judiciary.

Preemption-Mania at the Supreme Court: 4 New opinions today

Posted on February 20, 2008
Carolyn Elefant reports on the Legal Blog Watch: "The Supreme Court released five opinions today, four of which in one way or another deal with federal-state preemption." For links to opinions, transcripts, commentary and more see this post on the How Appealing blog...

ADF: Religious expression rights restored to Oklahoma City workers

Posted on February 20, 2008
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have secured a settlement with Oklahoma City officials that will allow city employees to exercise their constitutional right to religious expression at their workplace.

Kline accuses Morrison of overlooking abortion clinic red flags

Posted on February 20, 2008
"Morrison said Kline?s allegations were 'not true' and declined to comment further."

Palestinian Christians living in constant fear

Posted on February 20, 2008
There are only some 3,500 Christians, mostly Greek Orthodox, in Gaza. Over the past two years, al-Qaeda-affiliated groups have claimed responsibility for attacks against Christian figures and institutions with the stated goal of driving Christians out of Gaza.

Algeria: Catholic priest gets 1 year suspended sentence for proselytism

Posted on February 20, 2008
AFP reports on the Peninsula (2.20.2008): "A court in northwestern Algeria has convicted a French Roman Catholic priest for proselytism, and given him a suspended jail sentence of one year, the archbishop of Algiers said yesterday." Share This

Presidential Appointments Project: A strategy to pack government with homosexuals

Posted on February 20, 2008
The Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute, the Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Stonewall Democrats have formed The Presidential Appointments Project.

Sick of threats, Connecticut homeschoolers demand bill on leaving public schools

Posted on February 20, 2008
Threatened with child neglect investigations Connecticut homeschoolers are fed up and demand legislative action.

Complaints after pro-lifers focus video on Liberty U. stickers at Planned Parenthood

Posted on February 20, 2008
"Twice this month Lynchburg police have received complaints about pro-life demonstrators videotaping women entering the Planned Parenthood clinic on Langhorne Road. Planned Parenthood . . . called the behavior 'intimidating and harassing.'"

Fed. judge rules for Washington pro-life pharmacists in "morning after pill" dispute

Posted on February 20, 2008
Pharmacists and drug-store owners in Washington can still refuse to sell the "morning-after pill" if they have religious objections to the emergency contraceptives, a federal judge has ruled.

Catholics for Obama? Douglas W. Kmiec rebutted on Ignatius blog

Posted on February 20, 2008
A few days ago Pepperdine law professor Douglas W. Kmiec argued that Catholics might be thinking about voting for Obama over McCain. Today, Carl Olson rebukes Kmiec in this post . . .

Supreme Court allows Daytona Beach nudity law to stand

Posted on February 20, 2008
The court refused a request by Lollipops Gentleman's Club on Grandview Avenue to review the city's nudity and adult business zoning laws.

Metadata footprints? Watch out Lawyers!

Posted on February 20, 2008
State bar ethics committees, facing numerous requests for guidance from lawyers, increasingly are examining the ghostly footprints of electronic metadata -- often with widely varying results . . .

Texas: City Council reverses zoning decision, church can open

Posted on February 20, 2008
After Liberty Legal Institute intervened, it appears the Duncanville city council has reversed it decision to prevent Templo Bautista Nueva Jerusalen from operating a church.

Robert Knight: Sex Education Veers the Wrong Way

Posted on February 20, 2008
Warning there is some explicit language in this article -- the same stuff that is being recommended to train kids.

U.S. School Districts covering up sex scandals

Posted on February 20, 2008
In the agreements, district officials promise not to tell potential employers of the teacher's past misconduct.

Wisconsin: polls say 74% of Republican voters are pro-life

Posted on February 20, 2008
The Life News report begins (2.20.2008): "Exit polling data from the Tuesday primary in Wisconsin shows the Badger State is like most others in that a strong majority of Republican voters take a pro-life stance on abortion. With Wisconsin in the mix, the number of states with a pro-life Republican majority jumps to 17 out [...

Obama fares better than Hilary with pro-lifers?

Posted on February 20, 2008
Current polling data shows Obama faring better among pr-life voters than Hillary Clinton, though both strongly support abortion.

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