Religion & Law

Frank Gaffney: On ?bashing? Muslims

Posted on August 03, 2010
Frank Gaffney writing at Townhall: "In fact, it is not 'bashing' all Muslims if one points out that the comprehensive doctrine to which some of them adhere is a threat to our liberties, our government and our way of life. Objectively, that is the case; a global theocracy - the end-state commanded by Shariah - administering a severely repressive, even barbaric criminal code aimed at enforcing submission by Muslims and non-Muslims alike is incompatible with the U...

California: ?Place your bet, help the debt?

Posted on August 03, 2010
NBC San Diego: "According to Whittier Law School professor I. Nelson Rose, legal sports betting could bring California about $1 billion annually. That's a big number (see first paragraph). Wright's committee has a bill on hold that would legalize Internet poker...

ADF defends AZ tax credit program

Posted on August 03, 2010
OneNewsNow: "The high court has agreed to hear the case, and in the opening brief, Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorneys made two essential arguments. 'One of those is that the plaintiffs do not have a constitutional injury . . . [David Cortman] goes on to report that the second argument his firm presented was 'that this is a neutral constitutional program that allows taxpayers to decide what private 501(c)(3) organizations they want to donate to voluntarily to then support private schools that are both religious and non-religious...

WV: Planners deny opening for ?adults only? store

Posted on August 03, 2010
Charleston Gazette: "Kanawha County officials are trying to stop a man from opening what they say is an 'adults only' store in Jefferson . . . 'I carry posters that you can sell to 6-year-olds,' he said. 'I carry condoms that you can sell to 6-year-olds...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

African-Americans for charter schools

Posted on August 03, 2010
Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West in the Wall Street Journal, "African-Americans for Charter Schools" [full text via Google]: "Support for charters among African Americans rose to 49% in 2009, up from 42% in 2008. This year it leapt upward to no less than 64%...

Cal Thomas: Gingrich properly sounded the alarm about radical Islam in the U.S.

Posted on August 03, 2010
Cal Thomas writing at Townhall: "Radical Islamists are here. Who else besides Newt Gingrich and too few others will sound the call? Who else has the power to do something while they still can?"

Another victory on the road to repeal of healthcare law

Posted on August 03, 2010
Conn Carroll writing at The Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "In the first substantive legal ruling on President Barack Obama?s health regulation law, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson held that the Commonwealth of Virginia raised a valid substantive theory to challenge Obamacare and that its democratically passed Virginia Health Care Freedom Act provided it standing to challenge the federal individual mandate...

University reinstates professor terminated for teaching Catholic doctrine on homosexuality

Posted on August 03, 2010
CNSNews: "'The University has corrected, for the time being, its academic freedom violation by not just suspending the decision to terminate him, but by bringing him back to the classroom,' ADF senior counsel [David French] told CNSNews.com. 'It's a huge win for academic freedom...

Leased property off limits to GA church

Posted on August 03, 2010
OneNewsNow: "ADF Senior Counsel [Kevin Theriot] explains that his firm is arguing the zoning law violates the Constitution and is pointing out that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act prohibits zoning officials from singling out churches...

Ginsburg says no plans to leave Supreme Court

Posted on August 03, 2010
Boston.com (AP): "After a period of dramatic change at the Supreme Court and in her personal life, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is looking forward to being one of three women on the high court for the foreseeable future."

Video of Sen. Sessions on the Floor: If you believe judges should interpret not make law, don?t vote for Kagan

Posted on August 03, 2010
"In an impassioned floor speech today, Sen. Sessions gave an overview of the issues that will be a focus of this week's floor debate on Elena Kagan's nomination."

Teach my child that, and you?ll be sorry ? sex indoctrination

Posted on August 03, 2010
Dr. Miriam Grossman, via the Ruth Institute Blog: "Who came up with the notion that it?s necessary to teach the world?s children about high risk sex acts their parents never heard of? The usual suspects: Planned Parenthood and the Sexuality Education and Information Council of the United States (SEICUS, a private organization)...

TX ? Lawyers: Transgendered marriage was legal

Posted on August 03, 2010
UPI: "Lawyers for a transgendered Texas woman say they have proof her late husband knew she was born a man when they married." | Fox News: Transgender Widow in Texas Says E-mail Proves Husband Knew About Sex Change

Senators offer same-sex ?marriage? bill in conservative Chile, but left and right predict failure

Posted on August 03, 2010
Brandon Sun: "Two leftist senators introduced a bill to legalize gay marriage Tuesday, drawing predictions from colleagues on both the left and right that the measure has little chance of approval in conservative Chile."

David French on the Mark Larson Show: Calling all conservative college students ? its time to oppose censorship

Posted on August 03, 2010
ADF attorney David French appeared on the Mark Larson Show to discuss the climate of censorship in American universities and what college students can do about it. | MP3 5:10 mins | SpeakUpMovement.org

David Hacker on Relevant Radio, the Drew Mariani Show: Catholic professor reinstated at university

Posted on August 03, 2010
ADF attorney David Hacker appeared on Relevant Radio, the Drew Mariani Show, to discuss this: Fired U of I professor vindicated, will again be allowed to teach Catholicism class. | MP3 16:44 mins

Joel Oster on the Jody Hice Show: Ending Religious Discrimination at Government Facilities

Posted on August 03, 2010
ADF attorney Joel Oster appeared on the Jody Hice Show to discuss ADF efforts to end religious discrimination at government facilities. | MP3 15:51 mins | ADF press release: ADF seeks to end religious discrimination policies at more than 750 government-run facilities

After dispute, Mormon temple will be built in Philly

Posted on August 03, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer: "After months of uncertainty as the city threatened to seize the land, construction of a $70 million Mormon temple near Logan Square will not only proceed but will help make the Parkway 'one of the most incredible boulevards anywhere in the world,' Mayor Nutter said Monday...

Hugh Hewitt: The Ground Zero mosque ? why or why not?

Posted on August 03, 2010
"There has got to be one rule, and that one rule may not in the American constitutional tradition discriminate between faiths . . . I do not believe the Ground Zero mosque should be built"

Are university campuses hostile to religious views?

Posted on August 03, 2010
NPR: "Contrary to the stereotype that most scientists are atheists, [Elaine Howard Ecklund] says, nearly half of them say they are religious. But when she did follow up interviews, she found they practice a 'closeted faith.' 'They just do not want to bring up that they are religious in an academic discussion...

ACLU challenges U.S. death warrant for Muslim cleric

Posted on August 03, 2010
Reuters: "The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union said they agreed to pursue the case in July at the request of the father of Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric born in New Mexico. U.S. authorities have tied Nasser al-Awlaki's son to the failed bombing attempt of a U...

Sen. Voinovich (R-Ohio) opposes Kagan

Posted on August 03, 2010
Blog of LegalTimes: "Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said today that he will vote against confirming Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, attacking her as unqualified and out-of-touch."

The West must engage, not demonize, Turkey

Posted on August 03, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "Turkey is a member of a select geopolitical club: rising democracies. This club encompasses not only Turkey, but also India, Brazil, Indonesia, and South Africa. Their emergence is a crucial ? but untold ? development of the 21st century...

Ban the burqa

Posted on August 03, 2010
"Let?s be perfectly frank. These bans are outrages against religious freedom and freedom of expression . . . And yet the burqa must be banned . . . If Europe does not stand up now against veiling . . . there will be many cities in Europe where no unveiled woman will walk comfortably or safely...

SC: Woodruff City Council to vote on prayer policy tonight

Posted on August 03, 2010
Spartanburg Herald-Journal: "The Woodruff City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. today to discuss and take action on a prayer policy for council meetings . . . Woodruff's prayer policy was drafted by city officials, local attorneys and those with the Alliance Defense Fund ? a Christian organization...

Christian, Jewish group condemn ?Koran Burning? Day

Posted on August 03, 2010
CBN News: "'It sounds like the proposed Koran burning is rooted in revenge,' said Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals. 'Yet the Bible says that Christians should "make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else" (1 Thess...

AK: ACLU sues over same-sex property taxes

Posted on August 03, 2010
MSNBC: "The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the way property taxes are assessed for households headed by same-sex couples." | ACLU Press Release [Google Viewer]

Calif. high court upholds affirmative action ban

Posted on August 03, 2010
Associated Press: "California's high court on Monday upheld the state's 14-year-old law barring preferential treatment of women and minorities in public school admissions, government hiring and contracting." | Coral Construction, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, No...

9/11 memorial pledged as part of mosque plan

Posted on August 03, 2010
Wall Street Journal: "On the eve of expected city approval of a mosque and Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero, backers of the project are pledging to include a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks as part of an effort to allay opponents' complaints that the mosque's location is insensitive...

Obama?s abortion imperialism

Posted on August 03, 2010
Daniel Allott writing at The American Spectator: "The Obama administration's attempts to impose abortion abroad [have] been unethical. Its attempts to do so in Obama's father's homeland may also be illegal . . . Obama's abortion imperialism may have its greatest impact in Kenya, where the administration has spent millions to promote ratification of a national constitution that would radically liberalize the country's abortion laws...

Bloggers, promote your law blog by nominating your blog for inclusion in USLaw.com's Law Blog Directory and RSS Reader. Benefits described.