Religion & Law

Professor in talks to return to Newman Center

Posted on August 04, 2010
The News-Gazette: "[David Hacker], a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Foundation representing the professor, said he didn't know the status of the Newman negotiations. 'He hasn't made a decision yet on the University of Illinois offer, but we fully expect he'll teaching in the classroom in the fall,' Hacker said...

Supporters, opponents await Prop 8 ruling

Posted on August 04, 2010
CBN News: "A federal judge is expected to deliver his ruling Wednesday in the trial of Proposition 8, California's amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman . . . 'The 7 million voters in California voted for Prop 8, they made a reasonable, legitimate public policy decision that the Constitution permits, and that the federal judge should just defer to their decision,' said [Jordan Lorence], an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund...

ADF takes influential position at U.N.

Posted on August 04, 2010
OneNewsNow: "'[It] means that we become players with all of the draft committees on conventions and treaties, from things like the international criminal court statutes to things potentially like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, where we as legal experts can come in and provide input on the things that we feel are important,' [ADF Attorney Roger Kiska] explains...

ADF: American Bar Association can?t speak for all American lawyers on same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on August 04, 2010
"Attorneys associated with the Alliance Defense Fund and National Lawyers Association point out that about three-quarters of American lawyers don?t even belong to the ABA, and many actively work to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman...

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SC: Woodruff council approves prayer policy

Posted on August 04, 2010
Spartanburg Herald-Journal: "City Council voted unanimously and without discussion Tuesday night to formalize a prayer policy that officials here say is consistent with state law and won't exclude people who have different beliefs than the person offering the invocation at public meetings ...

In wake of court ruling, Southeastern Louisiana U. nixes security fee for outside speakers

Posted on August 04, 2010
The Chronicle of Higher Education: "The Alliance Defense Fund was pleased with the panel's opinion regarding the security fee but plans to ask the full appellate court to re-examine the other parts of Mr. Sonnier's appeal. The three-judge panel should have considered not whether Southeastern Louisiana's policy could be valid in some circumstances but whether its restrictive provisions were narrowly tailored to meet the university's interests, said [Nathan W...

Keyes files complaint against Kagan for ?conspiracy to defraud Supreme Court?

Posted on August 04, 2010
Renew America: "Recently, we received the following message from Alan Keyes' national pro-life organization ? Declaration Alliance ? appealing for support of a criminal complaint filed by DA and Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch alleging that Elena Kagan defrauded the Supreme Court by altering a scientific report on partial-birth abortion when she was an attorney for President Bill Clinton...

Missouri voters overwhelmingly reject ObamaCare in Prop C vote

Posted on August 04, 2010
"With most of the vote counted, Proposition C was winning by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1. The measure, which seeks to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law, includes a provision that would change how insurance companies that go out of business in Missouri liquidate their assets...

California Prop 8 ruling expected between 1-3 pm today

Posted on August 04, 2010
The Court has issued a notice on this information page.

Hearing scheduled on question of stay in Cal. Prop 8 marriage case

Posted on August 04, 2010
The order is here.

Justice Department?s ?new strategy? to curb sexual exploitation of children ignores adult pornography

Posted on August 04, 2010
Christian News Wire: MIM President Robert Peters commented: 'Strangely missing from Attorney General Holder's "comprehensive threat assessment of dangers facing children" online is the proliferation of hardcore adult pornography which is contributing to sexual exploitation of children in variety of ways...

40 billionaires pledge to donate half their wealth

Posted on August 04, 2010
Breitbart (AP): "Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity."

ADF: Defenders of marriage in Calif. will appeal dangerous federal ruling

Posted on August 04, 2010
?In America, we should respect and uphold the right of a free people to make policy choices through the democratic process--especially ones that do nothing more than uphold the definition of marriage that has existed since the foundation of the country and beyond,? said ADF Senior Counsel Brian Raum.

Angle: Democrats want to ?make government our God?

Posted on August 04, 2010
Associated Press: "Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle says her campaign is 'a war' with Democrats in Washington who are trying to 'make government our God.'"

New Jersey Democrats want to override Christie veto of Planned Parenthood $

Posted on August 04, 2010
LifeNews: "Democrats in the state legislature kicked off a campaign to override a veto Governor Christ Christie issued to prevent $7.5 million in state taxpayer funds from going to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. When the state currently faces an $11 billion deficit, Christ said the funding doesn't make sense...

Planned Parenthood endorsements: All Democrats

Posted on August 04, 2010
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "[S]upport for legalized abortion and birth control -- including controversial 'Morning After' drugs -- has become a Democratic Party litmus test . . . Hence, the list of candidates endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes in Washington should come as no surprise - but its uniformity is still eye-opening ...

Charges dropped against man arrested while praying outside Chicago abortion clinic

Posted on August 04, 2010
Fox News: "A clerk at the Cook County Court confirmed Wednesday that the case against Joe Holland -- a 25-year-old graduate student arrested while praying the rosary outside a Planned Parenthood facility -- had been dropped. The case gained widespread attention after it was reported by FoxNews...

ProtectMarriage.com: Defenders of Traditional Marriage to Appeal Federal Ruling Invalidating Proposition 8

Posted on August 04, 2010
?It is disturbing that the trial court, in order to strike down Prop 8, has literally accused the majority of California voters of having ill and discriminatory intent when casting their votes for Prop 8."

Schwarzenegger: Statement on Proposition 8 ruling

Posted on August 04, 2010
"For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves."

Developments in same-sex ?marriage? law

Posted on August 04, 2010
FindLaw: "In the traditional definition, a family consists of two or more adults living together and raising and caring for children. But this all inclusive definition has historically never included gay and lesbian couples, which has led to a passionate same sex marriage debate that has raged for many decades...

Institute warns Mexicans of same-sex adoption?s negative impact

Posted on August 04, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "The Mexican Institute of Sexual Orientation (MISO) recently launched a campaign to inform the public of the negative consequences of adoption by same-sex couples. The initiative comes as the nation's Supreme Court is deciding whether or not to uphold a law allowing the practice in Mexico City...

Hearing held in Baltimore crisis pregnancy center case

Posted on August 04, 2010
Center for Reproductive Rights: "This afternoon, a hearing took place in the City of Baltimore's and Center for Reproductive Rights' case defending a first-in-the-nation ordinance that demands truth in advertising from limited service pregnancy centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers...

Chile: Bishop defends marriage, says laws must stem from reason

Posted on August 04, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "This week, Auxiliary Bishop Fernando Chomali of Santiago spoke up in defense of marriage and remarked that all laws must be founded in reason, according to the truth about man."

Majority of senators back Kagan on eve of vote

Posted on August 04, 2010
Breitbart (AP): "At least 51 senators have announced they will back Kagan in the vote expected Thursday."

Century-old tower marks Mayflower?s first landing

Posted on August 04, 2010
Associated Press: "Soaring more than 250 feet above picturesque Provincetown Harbor at the very tip of Cape Cod is the nation's tallest all-granite structure, a 100-year-old monument at the place where the Mayflower initially dropped anchor after its perilous journey from England...

Map: Your per capita share of state debts

Posted on August 04, 2010
CNN Money (click for map): "States are taking on more debt to cover their budget shortfalls and pay for infrastructure projects. Debt levels per person are also on the rise."

MO: Prop C passes overwhelmingly, voters reject ObamaCare

Posted on August 04, 2010
STLToday.com: "Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March...

Complaint filed to disbar Kagan for falsifying partial-birth abortion testimony

Posted on August 04, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The leader of a public interest law group has filed a complaint before the U.S. Supreme Court at the behest of pro-life organization Declaration Alliance, asking that the high court disbar Elena Kagan for falsifying testimony regarding the Clinton-era partial-birth abortion ban attempt...

The APA?s biased paper on same-sex attraction and therapy

Posted on August 04, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The debate over therapy for same-sex attraction (SSA) and gender identity disorder (GID) has been going on for years. Recently, the APA put out a paper designed to resolve the issue. However, the introduction of the APA?s Task Force Report on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation defines the parameters for the discussion in such a way that the defenders of therapy for SSA and GID are positioned in the worst possible light...

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

Posted on August 04, 2010
cnet / Privacy Inc: "The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse. This follows an earlier disclosure (PDF) by the TSA that it requires all airport body scanners it purchases to be able to store and transmit images for 'testing, training, and evaluation purposes...

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