Religion & Law

?Ultimate battle for gay marriage supporters: their fellow Americans?

Posted on August 09, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "There is, however, a constitutional context in which the views of California citizens (and citizens of every state) may be very relevant to the right to marry. It is a circumstance in which a right declared fundamental by the United States Supreme Court may be submitted to a vote...

Australian candidate: ?Marriage is not okay for gays?

Posted on August 09, 2010
The Queensland Times: "An Ipswich political hopeful fighting for the seat of Blair says he will fight for gay marriage to remain illegal in Australia. Family First candidate for Blair Joshua Olyslagers, who is running in his first election, said marriage as an institution between a man and woman should be preserved...

Connecticut AG calls for Craigslist to shut adult section

Posted on August 09, 2010
The Inquirer: "Online Classified Ads Network Craigslist is facing a call for it to shut down its adult section from Connecticut's attorney general after claims were made that the online service is used to advertise child sex trafficking."

Pro-life group presses Christie administration to support N.J. license plate

Posted on August 09, 2010
NorthJersey.com: "An anti-abortion group wants Governor Christie to drop the state?s opposition to proposed specialty license plates that bear the slogan 'Choose life.' The New York-based Children First Foundation has been fighting the State of New Jersey in federal court since the Motor Vehicle Commission rejected its initial plate design seven years ago...

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Glenn Greenwald: Marriage and the role of the state

Posted on August 09, 2010
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/09/marriage/index.html

Sens. Coburn, Hatch introduce bill to extend restrictions on federal abortion funding

Posted on August 09, 2010
Medical News Today: "On Thursday, Republican Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) introduced a bill, 'Excluding Abortion Coverage from Health Reform Act,' that would prohibit any health insurance plan, public or private, that receives federal subsidies from covering abortion services, The Hill's "Healthwatch' reports...

David French: Evangelicals and their ?made-up ideas?

Posted on August 09, 2010
ADF Attorney David French writing at Phi Beta Cons: "Evidence shows that academics have disdain for evangelicals. Evidence also shows that students at secular colleges tend to abandon both their faith and their faith practices. There is also absolutely no doubt that the campus has become quite decadent ...

Rep. Waters charged on three ethics counts

Posted on August 09, 2010
The Hill: "The House ethics committee said Monday it has charged Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) with three counts of violating House rules and the federal ethics code."

Pro-life leaders encourage movement: We will fight abortion despite Kagan

Posted on August 09, 2010
LifeNews: "Two pro-life leaders have written a new editorial in the Washington Times designed to give encouragement to pro-life advocates who are distraught by last week's Senate confirmation of pro-abortion activist Elena Kagan to join the pro-abortion majority on the Supreme Court...

David Boies? remarks at the ABA?s annual meeting in San Francisco ? Prop 8 ruling

Posted on August 09, 2010
The Federalist Society's Barwatch Bulletin for Sunday, August 8, 2010: "David Boies, who served as lead counsel for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election challenge, delivered the keynote address at the Opening Assembly on Saturday. Boies is currently serving on the legal team challenging Proposition 8 in California...

MA: Abortion protesters follow doctor to Haverhill

Posted on August 09, 2010
The Haverhill Gazette: "A women's health clinic that provides family planning and abortion services has relocated from Methuen to Haverhill. Already the Groveland Street practice of Dr. Marcus Gordon has attracted the attention of Operation Rescue, a protest group that also pickets at North Shore Women's Health Center in Lynn, Gordon's other practice...

Brazil police charge soccer player Bruno for killing girlfriend refusing abortion

Posted on August 09, 2010
LifeNews: "Brazilian police have charged one of the country?s biggest soccer stars with planning the murder of 25-year-old student Eliza Samudio, his pregnant girlfriend who refused an abortion. Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza is the captain and goal-keeper of the Rio de Janeiro team Flamengo...

Details from inside Kagan?s swearing-in

Posted on August 09, 2010
Fox News: "In an ornate courthouse conference room full of family and special guests including five justices, Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 100th Associate Justice in Supreme Court history. Kagan, 50, did not say anything except for the words of the oath that was administered by Chief Justice John Roberts whom Kagan now supplants as the court's youngest member ...

CO: Norton wins Americans United for Life nod

Posted on August 09, 2010
Politico: "The nation?s oldest anti-abortion group is lending its first-ever political endorsement to Colorado Senate candidate Jane Norton less than a week before the Republican primary. The president of Americans United for Life said the group chose to back Norton for her work defunding Planned Parenthood while she was lieutenant governor...

Christian charity to stay in Afghanistan despite murders

Posted on August 09, 2010
Alliance Defense Fund: "A Christian charity said Monday it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the brutal murders last week of 10 members of its medical aid team, six of them Americans."

Video ? Alliance Defense Fund Weekly Update ? 2010 August 9

Posted on August 09, 2010
ADF?s Weekly Update is on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q32QWZhrivg

Liberty Counsel: Supreme Court weighs tax credits for donations to nonprofit schools in Arizona

Posted on August 09, 2010
Liberty Counsel Press Release: "Liberty Counsel filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Kathleen M. Winn. The case involves parents that challenged an Arizona school choice law that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits to taxpayers who make contributions to independent organizations, which in turn grant scholarships to attend private schools...

Pimps force Mexican women into prostitution in US

Posted on August 09, 2010
Associated Press: "In this impoverished town in central Mexico, a sinister trade has taken root: entire extended families exploit desperation and lure hundreds of unsuspecting young Mexican women to the United States to force them into prostitution."

Video: Jim Campbell and Austin Nimocks discuss Prop 8 ruling

Posted on August 06, 2010
On 3TV Jim Campbell discusses the ruling's potential impact on Arizona. | Austin R. Nimocks on CNN.

Australia: Churches push same-sex adoption ban

Posted on August 06, 2010
Sydney Morning Herald: "The main adoption agency for infants in Sydney, Anglicare, has written to state MPs urging them to vote against a bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt when it is debated in Parliament later this month . . . Last year, a Legislative Council committee recommended by a narrow margin that same-sex couples be allowed to adopt...

Jordan Lorence discusses Prop 8 decision on KPAM 860 and BBC Radio Scotland

Posted on August 06, 2010
Jordan Lorence on KPAM 860 with Bob Miller - MP3 3:44 | Jordan on BBC Radio Scotland - MP3 4:57 mins.

ACLU to Obama: ?Now is the time to lead on marriage fairness?

Posted on August 06, 2010
ACLU: "Wednesday's landmark decision by U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker striking down California's Proposition 8 as an unconstitutional violation of the rights of gay and lesbian couples provided President Obama and his administration with the perfect opportunity to finally embrace fairness in marriage...

David Boaz: Reagan-appointed judge strikes down same-sex ?marriage? ban

Posted on August 06, 2010
Cato @ Liberty: "Judge Walker was first appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, at the recommendation of Attorney General Edwin Meese III (now the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation) ...

Daniel Blomberg: Mounting religious liberty concerns in DADT attack grow with new revelations from active-duty chaplain

Posted on August 06, 2010
" . . . a recent account from an active-duty U.S. chaplain working with one of those militaries shows religious liberty will not fare well in the face of normalized homosexual conduct."

LA Times: Proposition 8 ruling changes the debate over same-sex ?marriage? forever

Posted on August 06, 2010
Los Angeles Times editorial: "We strenuously hope that Walker's decision will be upheld by the high court. But no matter what happens, the trial in San Francisco delivered an unforgettable lesson in what Proposition 8 and same-sex marriage really mean...

Utah Senate candidate Angle supports pulpit freedom, rejects same-sex adoption

Posted on August 06, 2010
Associated Press: "Republican Sharron Angle believes the clergy should be allowed to endorse candidates from the pulpit and opposes laws allowing gays to adopt children, according to a questionnaire by the Nevada Senate hopeful that was obtained by The Associated Press...

?Uganda: Anti-gay bill stalls?

Posted on August 06, 2010
Global Post: "Uganda's 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill,' which raised a worldwide uproar over its death penalty for gay sex, has stalled in parliamentary committee and it is unlikely to be passed in the current session, according to gay activists here."

New campaign demanding ?gay? Prop 8 judge be booted

Posted on August 06, 2010
WorldNetDaily: "Officials with the Alliance Defense Fund said the decision is radical. 'Its impact could be devastating to marriage and the democratic process,' said Senior Counsel [Brian Raum]. 'It's not radical for more than seven million Cailfornians to protect marriage as they've always known it...

ADF attorneys discuss the Cal. Prop. 8 marriage decision on radio

Posted on August 06, 2010
Austin R. Nimocks on the Vicki McKenna Show - MP3 16:39 mins | Austin with Kitty O'Neal on KFBK - MP3 5:21 mins | Austin on the Dave Ross Show - MP3 7:30 mins | Jim Campbell on the Janet Mefferd Show - MP3 18:15 mins | Doug Napier on AFR Focal Point with Bryan Fischer - MP3 21:55 mins | Jim Campbell with Chris Daniels on KMJ - MP3 14:54 | Austin with Pat Morrison on KPCC Southern Cal...

Senate gets ?a little weird?, Franken apologizes

Posted on August 06, 2010
Politico: "When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) laid out his opposition to Elena Kagan?s Supreme Court nomination, someone in the chamber appeared to be moving around in his chair, gasping and rolling his eyes. It was Al Franken . . . Republicans have accused Reid of trying to bypass the committee process, shield his party from tough votes and centralize power in the majority leader?s office at the expense of the Senate...

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