Religion & Law

China overtakes U.S. as biggest energy consumer

Posted on October 12, 2010
Reuters: "China has become the world's largest energy user, having overtaken the United States, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday."

Americans United Advises Churches To Reject Religious Right?s Pulpit Politicking Scheme

Posted on October 12, 2010
Secular Daily News: Lynn said pastors should be wary of schemes promulgated by the ADF and groups like it. He also vowed that Americans United will report any church that breaks the law to the IRS. ?The Alliance Defense Fund is asking pastors to take part in a reckless, dangerous and unethical scheme,? Lynn said...

CO: Abortion, Spending Opponents Join For Protest

Posted on October 12, 2010
CBS4Denver.com: "An interesting blend of activists are expected at the Colorado state Capitol to protest a common enemy ? the state voting guide to constitutional amendments."

Arizona immigration law: Judge denies bid to stop lawsuit

Posted on October 12, 2010
AZ Republic: "A federal judge has denied motions by Gov. Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the tough Arizona immigration law referred to as Senate Bill 1070...

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Center for American Progress: ?State Antigay Adoption Policies Need to Go?

Posted on October 12, 2010
Center for American Progress: "The Family Equality Council finds that only six states have laws or policies that expressly prohibit discrimination against gay and lesbian adoptions (California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, and New York)...

KY: Mayfield zoning board reconsiders mosque

Posted on October 12, 2010
Paducah Sun: "About 25 people waited while the board discussed a request by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kentucky to reconsider its Aug. 24 denial . . . "

Planned Parenthood pushes for covered contraception

Posted on October 12, 2010
Baltimore Sun: "Almost three quarters of people surveyed for Planned Parenthood Action Fund said that FDA-approved prescription contraception should be fully covered by insurance and not cost the user anything."

Top 10 countries for women: Global Gender Gap Index 2010

Posted on October 12, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "The World Economic Forum released its 2010 Global Gender Gap Report on Tuesday. The report, which indexed 134 countries this year, evaluates how much of the gender gap each country has eliminated through economic opportunity, health access, education, and political empowerment...

OR: Adult businesses upset Beaverton residents

Posted on October 12, 2010
KGW.com: "Some homeowners in the West Slope area of Beaverton have become increasingly upset over a growing number of adult entertainment businesses opening in their community."

?Clinton praises Serb police for gay parade?

Posted on October 12, 2010
AP: "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday praised Serbian police for protecting a weekend gay pride march from attacks, as prosecutors opened a criminal investigation against the leader of a far-right group for orchestrating the violent anti-gay protests...

?Victory Fund announces ?Ten Races to Watch??

Posted on October 12, 2010
Washington Blade: "On Monday, the Victory Fund identified the names of ten endorsed candidates in races that the organization believes could have a significant impact on LGBT community."

Abortion as a ?Human Right? a Corruption of International HR Agreements: John Smeaton

Posted on October 12, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The push in recent years to establish abortion as an international ?human right? flies in the face of international human rights law that springs from the natural law and the world?s response to the Nazi atrocities, John Smeaton, head of the UK?s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, told an international conference last week...

Is It Time for a Constitutional Convention?

Posted on October 12, 2010
Philip Klein writes at the American Spectator: "The Constitution has never been amended through a convention of the states, and this route remains controversial, with many conservatives fearing that the meeting would turn into a circus in the modern media age, and open the door to a wholesale rewriting of the nation's founding document...

US Supreme Court: Cert. Grant in 10th Amendment Case

Posted on October 12, 2010
Eugene Volokh reports at the Volokh Conspiracy: "Granted this morning, Bond v. United States. Question presented: 'Whether a criminal defendant convicted under a federal statute has standing to challenge her conviction on grounds that, as applied to her, the statute is beyond the federal government?s enumerated powers and inconsistent with the Tenth Amendment...

Court Says State Agency Can Ban Employee From Giving Faith-Based Counseling

Posted on October 12, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "In Moore v. Metropolitan Human Service District, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107997 (ED LA, Oct. 8, 2010), a Louisiana federal district court dismissed a Title VII religious discrimination claim brought by a social worker employed by a state agency that provides counseling for patients suffering from addictive disorders...

Komen for the Cure Donated $7.5M to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz in 2009

Posted on October 12, 2010
LifeNews: "October is the month for breast cancer awareness, but it's difficult for pro-life advocates to lend their support to one of the primary organizations involved in the fight against breast cancer because it has provided contributions to the Planned parenthood abortion business...

NYC Council: New Bill Would Set Strict Disclosure Requirements for Crisis-Pregnancy Centers

Posted on October 12, 2010
"The City Council plans to unveil legislation Tuesday that would establish strict disclosure requirements for crisis-pregnancy centers, some of which, abortion-rights advocates charge, deceive women into believing theyre full-serve reproductive health facilities by masking their antiabortion agenda...

Gates Foundation Aims to Put The .Edu in Education ? Web?s #1 Source for K12 and Higher Education News and Commentary ? EducationNews.org        

Posted on October 12, 2010
Education News: According to Bill Gates, it might be the future of education, or at least a piece of it. Online learning, to many, is still a mystery, and so the Gates Foundation announced today that it's committing $20 million to develop online learning opportunities -- in hopes that taking (and fostering) virtual action will boost America's sagging college graduation rate...

Students for Life of America to Host National Conference Before March for Life

Posted on October 12, 2010
LifeNews: "It will feature speakers such as Scott Klusendorf, Alveda King, David French from the Alliance Defense Fund, David Bereit from 40 Days for Life, Peggy Hartshorn from Heartbeat International, Georgette Forney from Silent No More, Jason Jones from iamwholelife...

Origins of Charter Schools Timeline

Posted on October 12, 2010
Education News: "Asking 'Where did chartering start?' is like asking where a river starts. You have to go upstream, where you probably will find no single source, but several little streams flowing together. We've prepared this timeline to trace some of the key milestones...

?An advocate for equal rights?

Posted on October 12, 2010
Lake County Record-Bee: "I am writing you to address Prop. 8 for same-sex marriage. I feel it's important to ban Prop. 8 in California so that gays and lesbians may have equal rights, just like everyone else. America has built itself on freedom and the freedom of choice...

The Unraveling Of ObamaCare

Posted on October 12, 2010
NCPA Policy Digest: "Thirty companies and organizations get waivers from the new health care overhaul because otherwise they'd have to raise rates or drop coverage.  The president said neither would happen.  Hey, where's our waiver? asks Investor's Business Daily (IBD) ...

The World from Berlin: Germany?s Integration Debate Takes a Turn for the Worse

Posted on October 12, 2010
Spiegel Online: "The debate over Muslims in Germany has flared up again after Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer said Germany doesn't need any more Turkish or Arabic immigrants because they don't integrate as well as others. Commentators say he has damaged government efforts to calm the debate...

Dennis Prager: God, Liberals and Liberty

Posted on October 12, 2010
Dennis Prager writes at Townhall: "America's anomalous religiosity is very much worth celebrating -- not because it leads to affluence, but because it is indispensible to liberty. Had Blow made a liberty chart rather than an affluence chart, he might have noted that the freest country in the world -- for 234 years -- the United States of America, has also been the most God-centered...

Phyllis Schlafly: Marriage Is the Key to Spending Cuts

Posted on October 12, 2010
"The crux of this problem and its costs is that a lack of marriage causes poverty. The poverty rate for single parents with children is 36.5 percent, while it is only 6.4 percent for married couples with children."

Law School Is Obamaland?s Boot Camp

Posted on October 12, 2010
Rasmussen Report: "Even though America is fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, members of President Obama's Cabinet are three times more likely to have attended law school than boot camp."

?Texas lawmaker seeks role in appeal of gay marriage ruling?

Posted on October 12, 2010
Statesman.com: "Tauro has yet to rule on Smith?s motions, filed Oct. 5 by the Alliance Defense Fund, an organization of Christian lawyers active in religious liberty, family and marriage issues."

IL: Christian song is a ?go? for talent show

Posted on October 12, 2010
One News Now: "The girls wanted to perform in the talent show at their intermediate school outside the Windy City, but Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver says they ran into a problem when the school caught wind that they wanted to sing a song with Christian lyrics...

Confronting media bias re: threat of Islam

Posted on October 12, 2010
One News Now: "Gary Bauer of American Values was invited to take part in a town hall meeting moderated by ABC This Week host, Christiane Amanpour. The theme of the program was "Holy War: Should America fear Islam," but Bauer says the audience was clearly packed with pro-Muslim sympathizers...

Liberal agenda pushing LGBT issue in KS

Posted on October 12, 2010
One News Now: "Kansas college town has presented an ordinance that is believed to seek the most extreme measures in the nation to defend its 'lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender' citizens . . . The Kansas Family Policy Council has secured an attorney through the Alliance Defense Fund who will present to the city the possible litigation challenges such a discrimination ordinance could create ...

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