Religion & Law

Nuremberg or Dachau?? Another Leftist Assault on Freedom and the First Amendment

Posted on September 07, 2006
The Left is always searching for a justification to exclude faith from the public square. One recent attempt asserts as follows: certain legal and policy positions can only be advanced because of religious rationales; therefore, to enforce such polices would be to violate the "establishment clause" of the First Amendment...

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Requires Porn in the Library? Fat Chance

Posted on September 06, 2006
Reportedly, a legal counsel for the Sacramento, California Public Library Board has actually interpreted CIPA to require that porn be available on library computers! This is like saying that the Hyde Amendment actually requires poor people to abort. ...

A New Form of Judicial Activism Against Marriage by Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III?

Posted on September 05, 2006
Arguably, had the people of our nation used the amendment power more liberally over the decades, the courts would have felt less pressure/less freedom to change the law through new interpretations of constitutional texts. ...(read more)

Georgetown University: What's NOT at Stake

Posted on September 05, 2006
This is Not a Battle of Catholics Versus Evangelicals...(read more)

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Do EPA Regulations on CO2 Emissions Violate the Establishment Clause?

Posted on September 05, 2006
A brief filed by the National Council of Churches in a Supreme Court case involving a battle over whether the Environmental Protection Agency should regulate carbon dioxide emission points out a deficient and troubling argument made by leftwing activists about the Establishment Clause...

Metamorphosing from ABCs to Gender Fluidity

Posted on September 05, 2006
Two private schools in California--no surprise--have decided to undergo a "gender-neutral metamorphosis." Apparently, this means that the staff must be sensitive to and accommodate the "gender identity" of their young elementary students; after all, the school is seeing more and more "children who are gender-fluid...

ACLU and Planned Parenthood Rebuke Colorado Congressman for Speaking Out Against Abortion Genocide in the Black Community

Posted on August 31, 2006
According to this 9News Report, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains and the ACLU of Colorado have rebuked Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez.  Speaking out against abortion, Beauprez indicated that 70% of black babies are being aborted...

Alan Sears: The Curious Case of NEA Priorities

Posted on August 25, 2006
ADF President and General Counsel, Alan Sears, has a commentary on Townhall today titled "The Curious Case of NEA Priorities."  It is generating a lot of comments....(read more)

Religion and Growth of Government

Posted on August 24, 2006
. . . believers came to realize they?d made a ?devil?s bargain? when they decided to more or less ?leave aside their beliefs when entering the public debate.? ...(read more)

Being Pro-Life Requires Support for Marriage Protection

Posted on August 24, 2006
Bob Casey, Jr., running against Senator Rick Santorum, cannot have it both ways . . . if one is serious about ending abortion in this country, one must support . . . efforts to protect marriage . . . ...(read more)

Raising Our Kids: Leftist Ambitions in the Education Process

Posted on August 23, 2006
It is difficult to overstate the extent of leftist ambitions in the education process. ...(read more)

David French: A Tech Professor's Embarrassing Op-Ed

Posted on August 21, 2006
On Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution opened its op-ed pages to competing pieces discussing the Alliance Defense Fund?s free-speech victory. The plaintiffs, Ruth Malhotra and Orit Sklar, wrote a clear defense of free speech on public campuses while Tech professor Phil McKnight answered with a defense of censorship so intellectually dishonest as to be embarrassing ...

Not So Fast HRC! Compassion Does Not Require Marriage Redefinition or Imitations

Posted on August 17, 2006
President Bush today signed H. R. 4, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 . . . HRC's press release repeatedly refers to "gay couples" and "domestic partners" as gaining important protections for retirement funds through these new provisions. One would have thought that the same President who forcefully called for a constitutional amendment protecting the unique legal status of marriage from redefinition had suddenly converted to championing federal recognition of same-sex relationships...

Duh!!! Boys and Girls are Different

Posted on August 17, 2006
Naturally, NOW is upset, but it's hard to discern its real objection to women being segregated from the "evil gender" of men and thereby out-performing them. Just as abortion harms women, so does a co-ed learning environment. NOW supports both. Hmmm ...

Beyond Marriage Redefinition: A Free Society

Posted on August 17, 2006
"ABOLISH THE FAMILY" declares the 1848 Communist Manifesto for this is necessary to abolish free society. With this in mind, every American should view efforts to redefine family with great apprehension. Could it really be mere coincidence that the ACLU, a leader in the effort to redefine family, also has close historic ties to communism? ...

Western Civilization Reembraces Slavery: New Slavers Promise Elixirs to the Well Heeled

Posted on August 08, 2006
If you thought we eradicated slavery at the end of the nineteenth century, think again. Western Civilization has reembraced slavery. But this time the slavers don't sail the ocean making deliveries to wealthy plantation owners, they lurk in sterile science labs promising new "elixirs" to the "well-heeled" in exchange for government hand-outs...

Redefining Marriage by Redefining Good and Evil

Posted on August 07, 2006
Prof. Chai R. Feldblum of the Georgetown Law Center has prepared this paper (43 pages, pdf) as part of the Moral Values Project. A few excerpts . . ....(read more)

Vermont Supreme Court Rules Ex-Lesbian Partner has Joint Custody of Child, Despite Virgina Courts

Posted on August 04, 2006
The Boston Herald has the AP report on the ruling. Additional coverage is available through Google News. The text of the opinion is here: Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, 2006 VT 78 (Aug. 4, 2006).  Liberty Counsel has issued this press release indicating that the case begins a showdown between the states over same sex unions...

Heartbreakingly Naive

Posted on July 31, 2006
That is the title of David French's response on the National Review Phi Beta Cons Blog to this NY Times article published yesterday: Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock....(read more)

Commentaries by Glen Lavy, ADF's Senior Vice President for Marriage Litigation, in Wake of Washington Marriage Ruling

Posted on July 28, 2006
Glen has these commentaries in the wake of Washington's marriage ruling . . . ...(read more)

Universities Quick to Defend Leftists in the Name of Tolerance While Silencing Others

Posted on July 24, 2006
Isn't it interesting how universities are so quick to defend leftists in the name of "academic freedom" but to silence other ideas they deem offensive in the name of "tolerance" and "inclusiveness"? ...(read more)

Campus Diversity and Associational Androgyny

Posted on July 21, 2006
It seems like a no brainer: Universities seek to foster diversity by recognizing various student interest groups . . . each group gets to determine the qualifications of its membership, including its leaders. But, not so for the Christian groups. You see, the Christian groups, the Universities insist, "discriminate" on the basis of ...

Congress Votes: Who Supported Marriage? Who Voted to Force Taxpayers to Fund Slaughter of the Unborn

Posted on July 19, 2006
Links to the vote roll call from yesterday's votes in Congress are below. Many of the same Republican Senators who touted federalism when voting against the Federal Marriage Amendment had no problem voting to force taxpayers to fund the slaughter of the unborn ...

The Relationship Between Religion and Human Rights

Posted on July 17, 2006
An interesting discussion over at the Mirror of Justice blog discusses this interesting question. Here is a link and excerpt to a post . . . ...(read more)

Today's ADF Alliance Alert Online.

Posted on July 17, 2006
It is available here.  The Alert is a daily compilation of news and commentary relevant to the mission of the Alliance Defense Fund....(read more)

New York Decision Keeps Traditional Definition of Marriage in Play

Posted on July 17, 2006
That is the title of the latest article by ADF President Alan Sears published on Intellectual Conservative....(read more)

Politics and Religion???

Posted on July 17, 2006
This is a moral nation, and we want it to be a moral nation again." Three guesses who said this: (a) Jerry Falwell; (b) Pat Robertson; (c) George W. Bush; or (d) none of the above? ...(read more)

Legal Blogs Acknowledge Potential Federal Impact of Today's 8th Circuit Marriage Ruling

Posted on July 14, 2006
In an earlier post, we copied some of the relevant language from today's 8th Circuit opinion that addresses marriage definition under federal law.  Lyle Denniston has a post over at SCOTUS Blog that also acknowledges the potential federal impact of this ruling...

"Gay Rights vs. Religious Rights?"

Posted on July 14, 2006
ADF Attorney David French has this post over at the National Review Phi Beta Cons blog. ...(read more)

8th Circuit Restores Nebraska Marriage Amendment

Posted on July 14, 2006
The AP story by Kevin O'Hanlon is available on Yahoo. Additional coverage is available on Google News. Hat tip to How Appealing for providing the link to the opinion: Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, No. 05-2604 (8th Cir. July 14, 2006). Some significant language in this opinon addresses the federal status of marriage: ...

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