Religion & Law

China, Russia quit dollar

Posted on November 24, 2010
China Daily: "China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies for bilateral trade, Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday."

New York Times: Our Constitutional Court

Posted on November 24, 2010
New York Times: "The Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case ranks with the woeful economy, the Tea Party and other forces that brought about tumultuous change in the recent elections. The case may prove more significant in the evolution of the court?s role in American law ...

Pro-LGBT school film called demeaning to Black families

Posted on November 24, 2010
Pacific Justice Institute: "A heated controversy in this Bay Area city over mandatory pro-gay curricula for all students has taken an unexpected twist that is leaving gay activists and the ACLU scrambling to explain why a film shown to elementary students portrays African-American families in a negative light...

Cairo police clash with Christian rioters, 1 dead

Posted on November 24, 2010
Associated Press: "Hundreds of Christians smashed cars and windows and tried to assault a municipal building in Cairo Wednesday after police violently stopped the construction of a church that left one person dead and underscored Egypt's sectarian tensions...

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Anglican conservatives reject global unity plan

Posted on November 24, 2010
Associated Press: "Leaders of conservative Anglicans on Wednesday rejected a proposed covenant to hold their global communion together just as the Church of England gave preliminary approval to the plan."

Vatican denounces China for bishop ordination

Posted on November 24, 2010
Associated Press: "The Vatican on Wednesday denounced China for ordaining a bishop without papal consent, accusing the government-backed church of gravely damaging the faith and warning that the bishop risked excommunication." Vatican Information Service: Communique on Episcopal Ordination in Chengde, China

Attorneys advise King residents to focus their anger in the right direction

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Stokes News: "[Joseph Infranco] with the Alliance Defense Fund backed the policy with strong words: 'I understand how angry you feel. This is an emotional issue, but the events in King are not isolated . . . It wasn't your councilmen who began this...

Thanksgiving History and Proclamations Archives

Posted on November 24, 2010
Celebrating Thanksgiving in America by David Barton (2008) posted at Wallbuilders.  It outlines the history of Thanksgiving in America with citations. Continental Congress Proclamation (1777) (Wallbuilders) Archive of Continental Congress Thanksgiving Proclamations (1777-1784) (Pilgrim Hall Museum) George Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation (1789) (Wallbuilders) Archive of Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations (Pilgrim Hall Museum) Governor Thomas Jefferson’s Proclamation Appointing [...

ADF Alliance Alert Publication Schedule

Posted on November 24, 2010
The ADF Alliance Alert Daily Categorical Email Digest will not be distributed on Nov. 25th and 26th in recognition of Thanksgiving.

Mike Pence presses for de-funding Planned Parenthood, abortion biz upset

Posted on November 24, 2010
Reports show that Planned Parenthood, America?s largest abortion provider, receives nearly one-third of its $1 billion annual budget from the federal government. And it?s about to get worse . . .

NJ legislature OKs bill to restore Planned Parenthood funding; veto expected

Posted on November 24, 2010
LifeNews: "The state Assembly approved a pair of bills to restore the funding pro-life Gov. Chris Christie revoked for financial reasons. However, the passage of the bills came seven votes shy of what is needed to override another expected gubernatorial veto...

Lawyer says polygamy laws unconstitutional, persecute Bountiful, B.C.

Posted on November 24, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press: "A lawyer at the court case on Canada's polygamy laws says the prohibition against multiple marriage is unconstitutional and persecutes the residents of a small B.C. town that celebrates practice."

Full-body scanners popping up at courthouses

Posted on November 24, 2010
"People heading to court to testify, get a restraining order, pay a ticket or answer criminal charges could also face a full-body scan at courthouses."

New HIV survey finds 18 per cent of ?gay? men in Vancouver have the disease

Posted on November 24, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press: "The first-ever study of HIV rates among gay men in Vancouver has found 18 per cent of those surveyed have the disease and most of them are on anti-HIV medications."

Iowa: Even with Democrat help, slim chance of Senate vote on marriage

Posted on November 24, 2010
Iowa Independent: "But even with Democrats likely facing a slim 26-24 majority next session, it?s unlikely the GOP could bring a marriage bill to the floor for a vote."

CDC: STDs on rise especially among men engaging in homosexual behavior

Posted on November 24, 2010
WHEC: "A report on sexually transmitted diseases reveals gonorrhea rates are down in the U.S. while Chlamydia and syphilis are on the rise." Report is here.

Conservatives, libertarians can unite on defunding Planned Parenthood

Posted on November 24, 2010
Robert Morrison writing at LifeNews: "Greg claimed to be a 'militant' Libertarian ('I'm pro-choice on everything'). He amended that slightly to say, non-violent Libertarian. Then he went on to say that while he supported much of what Planned Parenthood does, he agrees that it should be de-funded...

London warns British Muslims on Sharia in schools

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Christian Century: "The British government has warned a network of Islamic schools in the wake of a BBC investigation that claims extremist Shariah law is being taught to thousands of Muslim students."

CEDAW should promote women, human rights, not abortion

Posted on November 24, 2010
Bill Saunders writing at LifeNews: "The distortion of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is one example where the abortion lobby?s efforts have seen success . . . the UN committee charged with offering guidance on the obligations incumbent upon nations that have ratified CEDAW has repeatedly used the treaty to advance an abortion agenda...

Polygamy laws aimed at men, court told

Posted on November 24, 2010
CBC: "Canada's prohibition against polygamy does not criminalize women who have multiple husbands, a lawyer for the British Columbia government said Tuesday. Craig Jones told court the law was intended to only prohibit men from marrying multiple women...

Kamala Harris wins Calif. attorney general race

Posted on November 24, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: "San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris will be California's next attorney general, after her Republican opponent conceded today - a full three weeks after the Nov. 2 election."

Air Force: Not so fast on lesbian?s reinstatement

Posted on November 24, 2010
Associated Press: "The Air Force said Wednesday a lesbian flight nurse discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell' must prove she is still qualified and pass a medical exam before it will consider reinstating her."

Polygamy leads to expulsion of boys, teen pregnancies and early sexualizing of girls, argues Crown

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Globe and Mail: "Canada?s law against polygamy should be upheld to protect society from ill effects that include the expulsion of young men from polygamous communities, a lawyer representing the federal government said in her opening statements. Such expulsions can be a potentially destabilizing element to society and comes along with other harms associated with polygamy, such as teen pregnancies and early sexualizing of girls...

Gloom, anger spreads as European economies teeter

Posted on November 24, 2010
Associated Press: "Anger and fear about Europe's seemingly unstoppable debt crisis coursed through the continent Wednesday. Striking workers shut down much of Portugal, Ireland proposed its deepest budget cuts in history and seething Italian and British students clashed with police over education cuts...

Michael Medved: Does the Tea Party really want GOP to drop social issues?

Posted on November 24, 2010
Michael Medved writing at Townhall: "With or without the current urgings of some Tea Party and gay rights personnel, Republicans should continue to emphasize the economic concerns and small government priorities that brought them their victories earlier this month...

Va. Muslim inmate case settled

Posted on November 24, 2010
Washington Post: "Virginia has settled a lawsuit filed by a Muslim inmate who claimed the prisons system violated his rights by refusing him an Islamic newspaper and religious programs. Red Onion State Prison inmate Kelvin Brown, 37, sued the warden and other prison officials after numerous issues of the weekly Islamic newspaper The Final Call were banned beginning in 2009...

Lawyer says Duke police have no power because Duke is religious institution

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Herald-Sun: "A Durham defense lawyer has asked a judge to throw out a driving-while-impaired charge against one of his clients because he contends the Duke University Police Department for church-state-separation reasons can?t legally arrest anyone...

Europe, immigration, and Merkel?s Christian values

Posted on November 24, 2010
Samuel Gregg writing at the Action Institute Power Blog: "Since the 1950s, many European Christians have gradually reduced their Christian faith to a vacuous humanitarianism worthy of the best EU-funded NGO. One difficulty with 'liberal Christianity' (or whatever's left of it) is that it isn't especially interested in affirming any Christian values that go beyond sentimental platitudes about tolerance and equality which are routinely emptied of any specific Christian content...

West Chester, PA: Chamber, ?nontheist? group offer to help with Chesco holiday displays

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Mercury: "The head of the local Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that her organization is prepared to work with the Chester County commissioners to insure that the traditional holiday tree that serves as a backdrop to the chamber's annual Old Fashioned Christmas celebration will be located at the county's Historic Courthouse again this year...

Ross Douthat: On Will Saletan?s abortion compromise

Posted on November 24, 2010
Ross Douthat writing in the New York Times / Evaluations: "The problem with the abortion debate in America isn't that the anti-abortion side won?t ever consider making compromises or taking half a loaf. It?s that the structure of constitutional law is tilted so egregiously toward abortion-on-demand that any plausible compromise is a non-starter...

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