Religion & Law

Audit calls for improved nuclear-plant security after al Qaida found in NJ

Posted on October 04, 2010
Wall Street Journal: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should be given better access to criminal databases and foreign-travel histories to try to keep terrorists from getting jobs inside U.S. nuclear-power plants, federal auditors said in a report Monday...

The argument over pregnancy and why it matters

Posted on October 04, 2010
Christopher O. Tollefsen writing at Public Discourse: "Some liberals define the term as meaning the period from implantation of an embryo in a mother?s womb forward . . . [A] better strategy might be to accept the liberal definition of pregnancy, but reject the conclusions that purportedly follow from it...

Rise of the Neo-Anabaptists

Posted on October 04, 2010
Mark Tooley writing at The American Spectator: "Traditional Anabaptists, such as the Mennonites, foreswore military service and public office while not contesting the civil state's responsibilities, including armed force. But the new neo-Anabaptist movement is more aggressive, demanding that all Christians, and society, including the state, bend to pacifism...

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Posted on October 01, 2010
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?Gay couples seek to defend Wisconsin domestic partner law?

Posted on October 01, 2010
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (AP): "A gay rights group and five gay couples are hoping to defend Wisconsin's domestic partner registry against a legal challenge. Fair Wisconsin and the couples filed a motion Friday asking to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Wisconsin Family Action in August...

?The Ivy League?s big gay admission?

Posted on October 01, 2010
"Gays are the new blue-chip recruits . . . elite colleges have begun to target and woo gay students to their ivory towers."

Teachers unions still powerful election force

Posted on October 01, 2010
Sarah Longwell writing at Townhall: "The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) reminded us just how much power teachers unions still have by pouring more than a million dollars into the Washington, D.C., mayoral campaign. Spent on organizing efforts and advertising campaigns, this money was crucial in turning the race around for a candidate who is far friendlier to the teachers unions, far more antagonistic to school chancellor and darling of the reform set Michelle Rhee, and far less likely to pursue reforms than his predecessor...

White House meets with Senator to plan DADT repeal after election

Posted on October 01, 2010
The Advocate: "The White House may make one last-ditch effort this year to push through the defense authorization bill that houses a 'don?t ask, don?t tell' repeal measure during the period following the midterms . . . The White House is beating back criticism for not being more engaged during last week?s unsuccessful vote to advance the legislation before Congress recessed for the midterm election...

Pelosi: DADT ?will be gone by the end of the year?

Posted on October 01, 2010
Metro Weekly: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was optimistic about the end of the military's ban on gay and lesbian service, saying on Wednesday night, '[DADT] will be gone by the end of the year. It will just be a sad memory.' This, she said, despite last week's vote in the Senate against bringing the bill containing repeal language to the floor for debate...

Mona Charen: It?s the marriage rate, stupid

Posted on October 01, 2010
Mona Charen writing at Townhall: "'Given the scope of the recent recession, many more couples are likely to choose cohabitation over marriage in the coming years,' Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau told The Associated Press. Mather may be correct, but if so, Americans are choosing exactly the wrong way to weather hard times because marriage is one of the surest ways to escape poverty...

NOM gets opportunity to refile suit challenging RI limits on election advertising

Posted on October 01, 2010
Boston.com (AP): "A federal judge has given an anti-gay marriage group until next week to refile a lawsuit that seeks the right to run ads in the governor's race without complying with campaign finance laws."

Dobson: Federal abortion ban unlikely

Posted on October 01, 2010
OneNewsNow: "Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman emeritus of Focus on the Family, says he does not think abortion will be completely banned in the U.S. -- but he is willing to settle for less. 'I would be willing to settle for each state making a decision, and we'll fight that out in the state legislatures in 50 states...

FFRF statement on religious engraving case at Capitol

Posted on October 01, 2010
Freedom From Religion Foundation: "'FFRF will soldier on' in challenging the religiously-motivated engraving of ?In God We Trust? and the religious Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center, the Freedom From Religion Foundation announced today...

Spanish gov?t imposes ?100,000 for ?anti-homosexuality? ads?

Posted on October 01, 2010
Eugene Volokh writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "This apparently happened in July, but I only heard about it a few weeks ago. Here is part of a summary from an advocacy group, the European Centre for Law and Justice: . . . 'The media group was fined 100,000 Euros for airing a promotional advertisement in defense of traditional family...

9th Circuit backs Alaska?s judicial selection process

Posted on October 01, 2010
Courthouse News Service: "The 9th Circuit tossed a lawsuit challenging Alaska's practice of appointing only attorneys as state judges through a merit-selection process in which attorneys play a significant role." Kirk v. Carpeneti, No. 09-35860 (9th Cir...

Schwarzenegger signs bill to reduce marijuana penalties

Posted on October 01, 2010
Salem-News.com: "I am signing Senate Bill 1449. This bill changes the crime of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor punishable only by a $100 fine to an infraction punishable by a $100 fine. Under existing law, jail time cannot be imposed, probation cannot be ordered, nor can the base fine exceed $100 for someone convicted of this crime...

FL: Vernon city attorney: Prayer dispute does not involve city

Posted on October 01, 2010
The News Herald: "Vernon City Attorney Kerry Adkison said Thursday that he would recommend to the Vernon City Council that the city have no involvement in a dispute between an assistant coach for a Vernon peewee football team and the Holmes County Peewee Football Association...

NJ: Point Pleasant Beach agrees to replace prayer with moment of silence at start of council meetings

Posted on October 01, 2010
NJ.com: "For now, a moment of silence will replace the Lord's Prayer at the start of council meetings in a Jersey shore town."

Freedom of conscience under attack by EU ?Equalities? initiatives

Posted on October 01, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The European Union?s proposed Equal Treatment Directive overturns centuries of legal philosophy of justice and will restrict legally guaranteed rights of freedom of conscience, says Sophia Kuby of European Dignity Watch, a pro-life and pro-family NGO working at the European level...

Homosexual agenda safe in UK Labour Party under Miliband

Posted on October 01, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Already dubbed 'Red Ed' by the media, Edward Miliband, the newly elected leader of Britain?s Labour Party, has indicated his intention of continuing the anti-family and anti-life policies established for the party under former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown...

Amnesty International demands decriminalization of abortion throughout Latin America

Posted on October 01, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "'All regulations should be repealed that sanction or permit the imprisonment of women and children who seek or obtain an abortion under any circumstance,' said Amnesty International (AI) through its affiliate in Asunción, Paraguay."

Albert Mohler: Divorce, the scandal of the Evangelical conscience

Posted on October 01, 2010
"The real scandal is the fact that evangelical Protestants divorce at rates at least as high as the rest of the public . . . this creates a significant credibility crisis when evangelicals then rise to speak in defense of marriage."

Kristof?s error: Population control is an easy, but wrong solution

Posted on October 01, 2010
Bryan Clowes, Research Manager, Human Life International, writing at LifeSiteNews: "The ultimate objective of the population controllers is not to ensure the widespread availability of contraception, but the worldwide availability of abortion . . . Today, the most powerful population control groups in the world are quite frank about their desire to legalize abortion worldwide ...

Cal. Supreme Court considers constitutionality of tuition preferences for resident illegal immigrants over nonresident U.S. citizens

Posted on October 01, 2010
Fresno Bee: "For the first time in eight years, the California Supreme Court is coming to Fresno -- and it's bringing along a high-profile case that could affect college students across the country . . . The court will hear arguments in eight cases over two days...

CDC: Two more U.S. women have died from using RU 486 abortion drug

Posted on October 01, 2010
LifeNews: "The Centers for Disease Control has reported that two more women in the United States than previously thought have died from using the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug. The news comes just days after the 10-year anniversary of the FDA's approval of the abortion drug...

A bid to not mix welfare, gambling

Posted on October 01, 2010
USA Today: "Welfare recipients have long been banned from using their benefits for alcohol and tobacco. Some state lawmakers are eyeing the vice of gambling, a move some advocates for the poor see as unnecessary and unfair. Michigan legislators are debating a ban on using public assistance debit cards at ATMs in casinos...

Q&A Series with Dr. Wayne Grudem ?Politics according to the Bible? Question 1: Why did you write the book?

Posted on October 01, 2010
Via Speak Up Movement / Church: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aaNQkJFGJU

New UN report admits data faulty on claims of women dying in illegal abortions

Posted on October 01, 2010
LifeNews: "The new maternal health report endorses a UN strategy that recommends 'safe' abortion services and family planning alongside antenatal care and skilled attendants at birth. That strategy was based on previous UN reports that said 536,000 women died yearly from pregnancy-related causes, 78,000 from illegal abortion...

U.S. Apologizes For Syphilis Experiments In Guatemala

Posted on October 01, 2010
U.S. Department of State: "Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela and the Director of the National Institutes for Health, Dr. Francis Collins, will brief the media on the U.S. Public Health Service STD Inoculation Study of 1946-1948 in a teleconference call on Friday, October 1, at 11:15 a...

Philippine tour guide?s protest offends Catholics

Posted on October 01, 2010
Associated Press: "Government prosecutors on Friday charged a popular Manila artist and tour guide with offending Roman Catholics after he disrupted Mass at the capital's main cathedral to protest the clergy's opposition to contraception."

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