Religion & Law

Montgomery must alter pregnancy centers law, judge rules

Posted on March 18, 2011
Gazette.net: Matt Bowman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, said he believed the pregnancy center would prevail. "We will show that the county has no facts to justify the idea that any signs are needed except the ideological complaints of abortion activists," he said...

Court Rejects Mother?s Religious Home-School

Posted on March 18, 2011
BeliefNet: "The lower court held the Christian faith of this mother and daughter against them," said Simmons, who is affiliated with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. "Unfortunately, the Supreme Court bypassed this issue and wrote this off as a `parent versus parent' issue without recognizing the very real underlying threat to religious liberty...

A Day of Dialogue : Teens, Let?s Talk about Keeping it Real and Getting it Right

Posted on March 18, 2011
Current-Movie-Reviews.com: "The Day of Dialogue is scheduled for April 18, 2011 on high school campuses across America . . . Countering the Silence, the Day of Truth began in 2005. The Alliance Defense Fund launched the event with the goal of supporting students of faith who wanted to peacefully engage in a free exchange of ideas and respectfully share a Biblical perspective when issues like homosexuality are brought up and celebrated in their public school...

Attorney: Court ?got the message? in home-schooling case

Posted on March 18, 2011
One News Now: "Although we were disappointed with the outcome, we think at least the [New Hampshire] Supreme Court got the message and did not say anything in the decision in any way that would harm either home schooling or the religious considerations of a parent in schooling their children," he explains...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

Joe Infranco on the Georgene Rice Show: NH Supreme Court home schooling ruling

Posted on March 18, 2011
ADF attorney Joe Infranco appeared on the George Rice Show to discuss this: NH Supreme Court sidesteps critical religious liberty issue in homeschooler case. | MP3 audio 11:31 mins

?Eggsploitation? reveals egg donor dangers

Posted on March 18, 2011
Baptist Press: "The fertility industry has a dirty secret -- young women are being coerced into selling their eggs despite the severe health risks and the lack of laws protecting them, according to a recently released movie from the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network...

Sex-selection abortion harming society, India?s president warns

Posted on March 18, 2011
Catholic Culture: "Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the president of India and the first woman to hold the office, has expressed grave concern over reports of a steady decline in the number of young women in the country."

Canada: Florist refuses to outfit same-sex couple?s wedding

Posted on March 18, 2011
CBC: "A florist in Riverview, N.B., is refusing to provide wedding flowers to a same-sex couple, according to the event's planner."

ICANN grants .xxx but delays opening domain gates

Posted on March 18, 2011
"The group in charge of Internet addresses on Friday opened the door for websites ending with ".xxx" but delayed deciding whether to open the floodgates for other suffixes."

Proposed Italian law bans starvation and dehydration of terminal patients

Posted on March 18, 2011
LifeSiteNews: The Italian Chamber of Deputies has begun to debate a new bill that would prohibit the starvation and dehydration of patients, even if they have completed a ?living will? authorizing it, according to the French bioethics website Genethique and Italian media sources.

Report examines persecution of Church in 33 nations

Posted on March 18, 2011
Catholic Culture: Aid to the Church in Need has issued its 2011 report on the persecution of Christians worldwide. | Report: Persecuted and Forgotten? (Aid to the Church in Need)

Iraqi Bishop: Christians read to claim right to exist

Posted on March 18, 2011
Zenit: It is said that one of the Islamic fundamentalists who assassinated Father Ragheed Ganni in 2007 screamed to his victim before killing him, "I told you to close the church. ... Why are you still here?"

Croatian Catholics Protest Christianophobia: Religion Teacher Sued for Comments on Homosexuality

Posted on March 18, 2011
Zenit: The lesbian group, Kontra, filed a lawsuit against Jelena Mudrovcic for allegedly stating that "homosexuality is a sickness."

Female soldiers? suicide rate triples when at war

Posted on March 18, 2011
USA Today: "The suicide rate for female soldiers triples when they go to war, according to the first round of preliminary data from an Army study."

Choosing Between Your Faith and Your Education: AZ HB 2565

Posted on March 18, 2011
Deborah Sheasby writes at the Center for Arizona Policy Foundations Blog (includes video): "These incidents are occurring across the country, including right here in Arizona. That?s why CAP is supporting HB 2565, which ensures that universities and community colleges do not infringe on the rights of students to practice their sincerely held religious beliefs...

Opinion: Latinos Upset Obama Doesn?t Want to Defend Marriage

Posted on March 18, 2011
Alfonso Aguilar writes at Fox News: Fifty-six percent of Latinos, according to a recent Pew Hispanic Center study, believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

European court upholds Italy?s right to display crucifixes in classroom

Posted on March 18, 2011
Christian Today: Legal counsel Roger Kiska, of the Alliance Defense Fund, was present at the court when the ruling was passed down today. He welcomed the decision: ?The European Court of Human Rights shouldn?t overstep its authority and force a member nation to abandon traditions and beliefs that it has a sovereign right to protect if it so chooses...

Crucifixes in Italy?s classrooms ok says European Court of Human Rights

Posted on March 18, 2011
LifeSiteNews: A top attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which had been actively involved in the case, today emphasized just how much was at stake in the case. ?A loss in this case would have meant, in essence, that it would be illegal under the European Convention on Human Rights to have religious symbols in any state institution anywhere in Europe,? said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska, who was present at the court when the decision was issued...

Oklahoma House Votes Against Destruction of Embryonic Humans

Posted on March 18, 2011
LifeNews: "The Oklahoma House has passed a bill that would prohibit human embryo destruction for experiments, by a vote of 86 votes in favor and 8 votes opposed."

Georgia Senate Passes Bill that Protects Women

Posted on March 17, 2011
Christian Newswire: "Georgia Right to Life celebrates the passage of SB 210 Wednesday from the Senate to the House for further consideration. Entitled The Women's Private Right of Action Bill, it provides a woman access to financial recovery for illegal abortions and improves compliance with existing abortion laws, among other things...

Trump says he has doubts about Obama?s birth place

Posted on March 17, 2011
CNN: ?Let me tell you, I?m a really smart guy. I was a really good student at the best school in the country. The reason I have a little doubt, just a little, is because he grew up and nobody knew him,? Trump said in the interview that aired Thursday...

MD: Montgomery lawmakers hopeful for same-sex bill next year

Posted on March 17, 2011
"The interim between sessions will give advocates a chance to win over the last one or two votes needed to gain the 71-member majority in the House."

Ark. Supreme Court hears Act 1 arguments

Posted on March 17, 2011
Ark. Times: Leslie Peacock is on hand for the Arkansas Supreme Court arguments in the case challenging the initiated act that prohibits adoptions and foster parenting by cohabiting couples. It was passed to keep children out of the homes of same-sex partners, who are prohibited from marriage in Arkansas, but also applies to heterosexual couples who are unmarried.

New Hampshire High Court Upholds Public Schooling Over Home Schooling In Parental Dispute

Posted on March 17, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "Alliance Defense Fund issued a press release on the decision."

Kansas: Sexually oriented business bill falter in GOP led Senate

Posted on March 17, 2011
Topeka Capitol Journal: "The Senate Republican leadership won't invite a vote on a bill dramatically escalating state regulation of adult entertainment businesses in Kansas, the chamber's president said Thursday. Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said the House-passed bill had not been warmly received because it would likely force closure of many of the targeted businesses...

Probing the connection between marital status, satisfaction and happiness

Posted on March 17, 2011
SunHerald.com: Are we happier because we are married? Is there an association between marital status, satisfaction and happiness? The 15-year study of over 24,000 people from Germany from 1984 through 1995 showed that after the initial positive reaction to marriage, people go back to their prior normal levels of satisfaction and happiness...

TIME: Why Letting Grown Children Move Back Home Isn?t So Bad

Posted on March 17, 2011
TIME: "Today, the road to adulthood is much longer and more arduous than it was thirty years ago," said study author Teresa Swartz in a statement describing the study, which appeared in the Journal of Marriage and Family."

Moral Relativism Challenged by Acclaimed Natural Law Scholar

Posted on March 17, 2011
Christian Newswire: In a new and revised edition of his groundbreaking work, "What We Can't Not Know", Professor J. Budziszewski challenges the modern assumption that moral truth is obscure or even unattainable. With clear, logical arguments he rehabilitates the natural law tradition, restoring confidence in a moral code based upon human nature.

Feds sue Calif. over Sikh inmate beard punishment

Posted on March 17, 2011
CorrectionsOne.com: Sukhjinder Basra has said that officers told him he violated a rule prohibiting inmates from growing facial hair longer than a half inch

Mo. House backs late-term abortion restrictions

Posted on March 17, 2011
MSNBC: "The Missouri House has passed legislation imposing restrictions on late-term abortions and criminal penalties for doctors who do not abide by new standards."

Bloggers, promote your law blog by nominating your blog for inclusion in USLaw.com's Law Blog Directory and RSS Reader. Benefits described.