Religion & Law

The new marriage gap: Does education predict conjugal success?

Posted on October 19, 2010
Christine Whelan writing at The Huffington Post: "Educated young adults are marrying and thriving in their unions, while those with less education are more likely to cohabit, less likely to ever marry and more likely to divorce if they do wed. The latest data to support this argument comes from the Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends project analysis of 60 years of Census data released last week, which finds that college-educated young adults are slightly more likely to marry by age 30 and significantly more likely to marry by age 40...

VA: Abortion protest causes ?distraction? at Bedford school

Posted on October 19, 2010
WDBJ: "20 students showed up at Liberty High School with tape over their mouths. The group was demonstrating against abortion. When the principal learned what was happening, the protesters were asked to remove their tape."

Pro-life group targets 42 Democrats

Posted on October 19, 2010
Yahoo (AP): "An anti-abortion rights group spending heavily to influence the midterm elections is targeting 42 House Democrats in a $1 million mail campaign aimed at turning them out of Congress. The Susan B. Anthony List, focused on electing women who oppose abortion rights, is sending mailings to more than 2 million like-minded voters spotlighting Democrats' records on abortion...

Lincoln University (PA) professor calls for Israel?s destruction

Posted on October 19, 2010
CBN: "'We must stand united to defeat, to destroy, to dismantle Israel--if possible by peaceful means,' Kaukab Siddique said. 'Perhaps, like Saladin, we will give them enough food and water to travel back to the lands from where they came to occupy other people...

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Federalist Society white paper on the CA Supreme Court

Posted on October 19, 2010
Jeremy B. Rosen, Thomas F. Gede, Federalist Society: "With Chief Justice George?s imminent retirement and replacement by California Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and the high likelihood that the Governor who is elected this November may have the ability to appoint a majority of the court during his or her term in office, this is a unique opportunity to consider the work, impact, and role of the California Supreme Court...

Why do foreigners keep losing money from US T-bonds? Are foreign governments manipulating?

Posted on October 19, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "Foreigners keep buying Treasury bonds, despite their low yields and the falling dollar. Are foreign governments deliberately manipulating the exchange rate?"

Houston pro-life advocates plan another rally against new abortion biz

Posted on October 19, 2010
LifeNews: "The massive new abortion business Planned Parenthood opened in southeast Houston will face another large rally in opposition next week. Houston pro-life organizations are coming together on October 23 for an educational and inspirational event called Unite for Life...

OH: Pregnant girlfriend forced to abortion clinic; 6 counts for accused

Posted on October 19, 2010
NBC 4: "A local man is indicted on six counts after he is accused of kidnapping the mother of his unborn baby and forcing her to go to an abortion clinic at gunpoint."

The face that changes everything: babies who survive abortion

Posted on October 19, 2010
"With the filing of a lawsuit in the baby Shanice case, the issue of babies born alive after an attempted abortion is once again in the spotlight . . . After she scheduled the abortion, Williams was given medication to dilate her cervix. She arrived at the clinic the next day...

Paper: Homosexual Assault in the Military

Posted on October 19, 2010
Family Research Council published this paper by Peter Sprigg earlier this year. | Related LifesiteNews report: Former Brazilian Soldiers Say they Were Forced to Have Sex with Homosexual Superior

Pro-Life Group Asks Federal Court To Stop The Ohio ?Speech Police?

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Susan B. Anthony List (?SBA?) filed a federal lawsuit yesterday asking the court to stop Ohio?s investigation of whether it made a ?false statement? about a candidate for Congress until the court can decide whether the law they were charged under is constitutional.

Barred Chinese leaders send greetings to Lausanne Congress

Posted on October 19, 2010
Christian Today: "In an emotional evening, participants of the Lausanne Congress heard the song that Chinese leaders barred from travelling had planned to sing and the Scripture verses that they picked out for their presentation."

Northern Ireland: Row as First Minister Peter Robinson attacks Catholic schools

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Iona Institute: "Catholic school principals have attacked First Minister Peter Robinson after he said Catholic schools foster a type of 'apartheid' and that State funding of such schools should end . . . Citing the need to cut costs, Mr Robinson had claimed it was 'absurd' to allow different education sectors, and he urged the creation of a single body to oversee all schools, the Irish Times reports...

Federal judge rejects stay request on DADT injunction

Posted on October 19, 2010
International Business Times: "Judge Virginia Phillips of California's federal court rejected the U.S. government's request to stay her injunction, Monday, a move which is likely to prompt the government to turn to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or even the Supreme Court to overturn her ruling...

Democrat says he?s heard Pelosi won?t run again for Speaker

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Hill: "Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) said that not only would he not back Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker again, but also that he'd heard she would not seek another term in that position."

Charities: Donations fall by record amount for top nonprofits

Posted on October 19, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "A new ranking of the 400 biggest U.S. charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended ? the worst decline in 20 years since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began keeping a tally...

Preparation for marriage: A stable job, adequate financial resources

Posted on October 19, 2010
". . . necessary for a happy and lasting marriage: a stable job, adequate financial resources, and homemaking or housekeeping. Today the current socioeconomic situation in the United States makes the issues of a stable job and adequate financial resources exceptionally difficult for young people today...

NY: Chefs Speak Out Against Looming Salt Ban

Posted on October 19, 2010
Eyeblast.tv (video): The good people over at My Food. My Choice! went out and interviewed some of the best chefs in New York City on looming salt bans . . .

Bahrain: Legal and social acceptance of polygamy destabilizing families

Posted on October 19, 2010
Suad Hamada writing at The WIP: "Although polygamy is not widespread in Bahrain - according to official statistics only 4% of the male population here are polygamists - the open option for men is a major concern of Bahraini women who are mistreated by husbands who threaten to marry other women and have the power to do so by law...

On law schools and employment data: Is the ABA the answer?

Posted on October 19, 2010
WSJ Law Blog: "The president of the American Bar Association, Steve Zack, told a gathering of law school deans and professors last week that the organization is considering requiring law schools to disclose cost and employment statistics to all accepted law school applicants...

Fraud found rampant in Afghan vote, quarter of ballots to be disqualified

Posted on October 18, 2010
Maria Abi-Habib writing in The Wall Street Journal [full text via Google News]: "Widespread incidents of fraud in Afghan elections last month included armed men stuffing ballot boxes, observers said, in a vote Western officials said will lead to the disqualification of as much as a quarter of the ballots cast...

Court: San Diego wronged firefighters

Posted on October 18, 2010
OneNewsNow: "'[The court found] that they had been sexually harassed by the city's compelling them to take part in a so-called "gay pride" parade -- and they said essentially the city of San Diego did not have a right to force these firefighters to take part,' [ADF Attorney Joe Infranco] summarizes...

Christianity: First line of Defense for the West?

Posted on October 18, 2010
Abraham H. Miller writing at Pajamas Media: "So, my intolerant, leftist friends, here is an inescapable reality to consider: no one stopped the spread of a virulent, hateful ideology with nothing. No one is going to charge a machine gun nest in the name of multiculturalism ...

Dutch Muslims want anti-Islam lawmaker convicted

Posted on October 18, 2010
Boston.com (AP): "Muslim witnesses said Monday that a Dutch lawmaker's anti-Islamic comments had led to attacks and intimidation, and they pleaded with judges to convict him and give him a symbolic fine of one euro ($1.40)."

NC: New Hanover commissioners support sectarian prayer in General Assembly

Posted on October 18, 2010
Wilmington Star News / Cape Fear Watchdogs: "Now the New Hanover County commissioners have weighed in, approving a resolution to reverse House Speaker Joe Hackney?s 'ban' on sectarian prayers to open the legislative proceedings."

LifeNews.com Pro-Life 2010 Congressional Election Guide

Posted on October 18, 2010
LifeNews: "LifeNews.com is pleased to present you with this comprehensive pro-life voting guide for the 2010 congressional elections. What follows is a list of both national and state-by-state information linking to you endorsements and voting information from pro-life and pro-family groups...

Justice Alito will not attend State of the Union address

Posted on October 18, 2010
Washington Post: "When Supreme Court justices enter the House of Representatives in their black robes for the president's next State of the Union address, Samuel Alito does not plan to be among them. The justice said the annual speech to Congress has become very political and awkward for the justices, who he says are expected to sit 'like the proverbial potted plant...

Health care abortion provision places Dems in crosshairs

Posted on October 18, 2010
Fox News: "No issue was more pivotal in the health care reform debate than abortion . . . That's why anti-abortion activists are using the health care vote to as campaign fodder against these Democrats. In many cases, pro-life groups assert that these lawmakers sold out their principles on abortion to pass the health care law...

Pro-life students nationwide take vow of silence tomorrow to highlight abortion

Posted on October 18, 2010
LifeNews: "Tens of thousands of pro-life students in high schools, middle schools and colleges and universities across the country will take a vow of silence tomorrow. They will refuse to speak to their friends and teachers because they are representing the voices of millions of unborn children killed in abortions ...

Deal Hudson: Why it?s absurd to deny Obama?s health care bill contains abortion funding

Posted on October 18, 2010
Deal Hudson writing at LifeNews: "The evidence supporting the SBA List is undeniable. In addition to the witness of Driehaus himself (and Stupak), there are the multiple provisions of the legislation itself that authorize the funding of abortions. The best summary is found in the affidavit submitted for last week's meeting of the Ohio Elections Commission by Douglas Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life...

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