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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Montana: "Flathead Advocates for Decency" take aim at porn

Posted on February 19, 2008
A new citizens group has organized to fight pornography in the Flathead County. Their objective is to protect the community and its children from obscenity said Gail Tylor, President of Flathead Advocates for Decency.

ACLU opposes school in "Be Happy Not Gay" T-Shirt case

Posted on February 19, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union has joined a Naperville high school student in her fight to wear a T-shirt that expresses opposition to homosexuality on moral grounds.

Human Life Amendment debated in Georgia

Posted on February 19, 2008
The proposed amendment to the Georgia Constitution states that "the word 'person' applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function or condition of dependency, including unborn children at every state of their biological development, including fertilization...

Florida education officials to decide evolution standards Tuesday

Posted on February 19, 2008
Under the draft standards, "diversity and evolution of living organisms" is the big idea all students will be taught.

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Today at the Supreme Court: No New "Culture War" cases

Posted on February 19, 2008
The Court’s order list is here. SCOTUS blog mentions the four cases that the court accepted for cert. in today’s orders. It appears the court continues to avoid "culture war" issues. See, this earlier post: Jordan Lorence: Supreme Court 2007 Docket Lacks “Culture War” Cases...

Fidel Castro Resigns As Cuba?s President

Posted on February 19, 2008
An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.

ADF: Taxpayer funds for "domestic partnerships" violates Florida law

Posted on February 18, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent a legal memorandum to the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners Monday reminding officials that state law prohibits awarding taxpayer-funded benefits to so-called ?domestic partners.?

American Public "Health" Association Wants to lift partial-birth abortion ban

Posted on February 18, 2008
"Although the organization has existed for 136 years and receives a healthy sum of taxpayer dollars, this latest declaration is further proof that APHA's leadership is more interested in raw political advocacy than advances in public health."

Free Market Foundation Sues Texas Ethics Commission for Stifling Free Speech

Posted on February 18, 2008
The Free Market Foundation reports: "Today, Free Market Foundation is suing the Texas Ethics Commission for a stifling law that prevents any Texas citizen or group of citizens from speaking out on who should be Speaker of the Texas House." Share This

UN anti-crime head: more effort need in fight against human trafficking

Posted on February 18, 2008
The UN News Center reports (2.16.2008): "He also proposed the tracking and blocking of credit card payments for internet human trafficking transactions and codes of conduct to curb sex tourism." Share This

Few traffickers end up in Court in the Phillipines

Posted on February 18, 2008
Cherry Ann T. Lim reports on SunStar.com (2.18.2008): "Figures from the Department of Justice (DOJ) show that while 109 cases of human trafficking had been received and investigated from 2003-2005, only 22 cases had been filed." Share This

Former Norwegian Prime Minister: root statements in Christianity

Posted on February 18, 2008
Maria Mackay reports on Christian Today (2.18.2008): Bondevik told the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) . . . When we make statements on international issues and more generally political issues, let us all try and root them in Christian ethical values," he told the central committee, the WCC’s highest governing body...

Mohler Drops Bid for Baptist Presidency Ahead of Surgery

Posted on February 18, 2008
Audrey Barrick reports on the Christian Post (2.15.2008): "The Rev. Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., one of the country’s pre-eminent conservative evangelicals, announced he is dropping his bid to become president of the Southern Baptist Convention after a tumor was found in his colon...

UK evangelicals join Sharia law debate

Posted on February 18, 2008
"We want to use this as a spring-board to find a way forward for those in our, and other, faith communities who feel disenfranchised on matters of conscience by the changing meaning of what it is to be British . . ."

Inbred Muslims controversy ignited in the United Kingdom

Posted on February 18, 2008
"This time, the issue is people who marry their cousins . . ."

Younger Catholics becoming more liberal?

Posted on February 18, 2008
"Most revealing, however, is the divergence in views among younger Catholics with their parents and grandparents regarding abortion, homosexuality, and divorce . . . "

Huckabee refused to sign ?Acts of God? bill

Posted on February 18, 2008
Huckabee refused to sign the bill, complaining that referring to catastrophic storms as "acts of God" was incompatible with his personal faith.

CAF?s ?Darwin Day? Tribute

Posted on February 18, 2008
On many campuses in the past week, various groups gathered for a new celebration: Darwin Day.

Spain?s socialist social revolution hits roadblock: abortion

Posted on February 18, 2008
In Spain, it is harder to cut down a tree illegally than it is to commit an abortion . .

Muslim running for Congress, promotes his faith

Posted on February 18, 2008
AP writer Kevin Kusmer on the NC Times (2.14.2008): “A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics. Political newcomer Andre Carson is the Democratic nominee in a March 11 special [...

Richard Land: Abortion still divides Dems, GOP

Posted on February 18, 2008
Tom Strode reports in the Baptist Press: "Democratic candidates in this presidential election cycle have demonstrated a greater comfort level in discussing their religious beliefs, but they will not convince many "values voters" to support them as long as the political parties differ so strikingly on the abortion issue, Southern Baptist church-state specialist Richard Land [...

Anglican boycotts over bishop who practices homosexuality

Posted on February 18, 2008
"Leaders from five Anglican provinces said Friday they will boycott a once-a-decade world Anglican summit . . .

Albert Mohler: The Death Culture Strikes Again

Posted on February 18, 2008
Albert Mohler reports on: "A rise in suicide among the young seems to be tied to the emergence of on-line suicide sites that offer advice and encouragement to kill oneself. The Telegraph [London] reports that, as an example, one village in Wales has seen a significant spike in suicides among the young...

ADF helps Honolulu church evade eviction and $20k in fines

Posted on February 18, 2008
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have reached settlement with the city and county of Honolulu to prevent enforcement of a citation that threatened to evict a church from its facilities and levy nearly $20,000 in fines.

SD bill regulates sexually oriented businesses

Posted on February 18, 2008
The House voted 47-21 to pass a bill to restrict locations of sexually oriented businesses.

NY: "Family Video" to fight city over xxx vidoes

Posted on February 18, 2008
The city states the business is in violation of a municipal code that restricts sexually-oriented business to locations at least 500 feet from any residential dwelling . .

Review: Frank Beckwith?s new book, Defending Life

Posted on February 18, 2008
Beckwith argues forcefully that pro-choice advocates who offer such suggestions are practicing a subtle and patronizing intolerance that expects pro-lifers to act as if their "fundamental view of human life is false."

American Counseling Association violating its own standards

Posted on February 18, 2008
Warren Throckmorton discusses the situation (2.15.2008) on his blog and links to ADF’s press release (2.15.2008) on the topic. "In a 2006 Ethics Committee memorandum, the ACA condemned approaches to therapy which attempt to change sexual orientation...

Kansas fight for abortion records still unresolved

Posted on February 18, 2008
The 15 members of the grand jury will decide Wednesday if they are satisfied with partial disclosure by Planned Parenthood.

"Sex is a religious issue because it is deeply human"

Posted on February 18, 2008
"Sexuality is a religious issue. It is the most powerful human motivator after air and water for the human species."

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