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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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David French, Erik Stanley, Joe Infranco, and Jim Campbell on the Hugh Hewitt Show: ADF cases, initiatives, and projects

Posted on July 19, 2010
David French, Erik Stanley, Joe Infranco, and Jim Campbell appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss some of ADF?s latest initiatives. | MP3 32:24 mins | www.adfonhugh.org

Jordan Lorence and Kenneth Howell on Ave Maria Radio with Al Kresta: The firing of Ken Howell

Posted on July 19, 2010
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared on Ave Maria Radio with Al Kresta to discuss Dr. Howell's firing by the University of Illinois. | MP3 42:37 mins

Buying Venezuela?s press with U.S. tax dollars

Posted on July 19, 2010
Huffington Post: "The U.S. State Department is secretly funneling millions of dollars to Latin American journalists, according to documents obtained in June under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). ... Thus far, only documents pertaining to Venezuela have been released...

Chilean Chamber of Deputies condemns Spain for ?despicable? new abortion law

Posted on July 19, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The Chilean Chamber of Deputies has issued a ringing condemnation of Spain's new abortion law, which removes all penalties for abortions up to the 14th week of gestation and permits adolescent girls to obtain abortions without their parents? consent...

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Examining internet filtering policies and practices to increase student technological learning opportunities

Posted on July 19, 2010
EducationNews.org: "The purpose of this paper is to encourage a change regarding the current direction and execution of the federal and state regulations regarding Internet filtering by: 1) loosening current Internet filtering; and 2) increasing the dialogue with and education of students regarding students? developed digital behavior...

Judge extends order blocking Okla. abortion law

Posted on July 19, 2010
Associated Press: "A judge has issued an injunction extending a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of an Oklahoma law that would require women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and hear a description of the fetus."

Poll: D.C. elites a world apart

Posted on July 19, 2010
Politico: "In their opinions on policy and politicians ranging from President Barack Obama to Sarah Palin, elites in Washington have a strikingly divergent outlook from the rest of the nation, according to a new POLITICO poll released Monday."

Obama job for Specter?s Kagan vote?

Posted on July 16, 2010
"Specter seemed not particularly impressed with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, whose nomination as solicitor general Specter opposed last year. This week, he announced support for her Supreme Court nomination."

Middle Tennessee city divided over proposed Islamic center

Posted on July 16, 2010
CNN (includes video): "In Islam, a mosque means 'We have conquered this country,'" one man told CNN affiliate WTVF. "And where are they? They're in the center of Tennessee. They're going to say, 'We have conquered Tennessee.'"

Alliance Defense Fund Demands that University of Illinois Immediately Reinstate Professor Fired For Teaching Facts about Catholic Doctrine on Homosexual Behavior in Class About Catholic Doctrine

Posted on July 16, 2010
CNSNews: "We are gravely disappointed that the University would succumb to such a ?heckler?s veto,? jettison principles of academic freedom, and violate Dr. Howell?s First Amendment freedoms.� And we insist that he be reinstated to his teaching position immediately," the letter said...

Matt Bowman on the Georgene Rice Show: Protecting pro-life pharmacists in Washington state

Posted on July 16, 2010
ADF attorney Matt Bowman appeared on the Georgene Rice Show to discuss this: Patients? health, pharmacists? conscience protected in Wash., court agrees to halt trial. | MP3 11 mins

Jordan Lorence on the Drew Mariani Show: Ill. Prof. fired for teaching Catholic position against homosexual behavior

Posted on July 16, 2010
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared on the Drew Mariani Show to discuss Ill. Prof. fired for teaching Catholic position against homosexual behavior | MP3 24:55 mins

Police: No Praying Allowed in Front of US Supreme Court Building

Posted on July 16, 2010
Bob Ellis writing at Dakota Voice: "Some days (too many days) my heart just aches for how upside-down and off course our nation has become. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) says Maureen Rigo, a Christian private school teacher, went to the U.S. Supreme Court with her students...

Aiken, SC: Defining a generic prayer

Posted on July 16, 2010
NBCAugusta.com: "For us to do a prayer, I think it should refer to a higher power and that's what other government entities like Congress use. 'As long as we don't focus on a specific region or religious figure we're legally okay,' Moore said."

Thomas More Society to Pursue Further Discovery from Notre Dame Officials in Criminal Trespass Cases Against the ?ND88?

Posted on July 16, 2010
Christian Newswire: "The deposition of the former Director of Residential Life, whose job included the direct supervision of the campus police and the protest policies on campus, intends to reveal whether pro-gay rights and anti-military protesters were treated more leniently than the ND88 in the University's reaction to the different groups' protesting activities...

Tea party groups choose to stand mute on same-sex marriage ruling

Posted on July 16, 2010
Washington Post: "The silence is by design, activists with the loosely affiliated movement said, because it is held together by an exclusive focus on fiscal matters and its avoidance of divisive social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Privately, though, many said they back the decision because it emphasizes the legal philosophy of states' rights...

Christians Narrowly Escape Flying Bullets in Pakistan

Posted on July 16, 2010
Christian Post (Compass Direct News): "Suspected Islamic extremists fired bullets into the car of a Christian evangelist with impunity last month, while in another Punjab Province town stray gunfire led to two Christians being falsely accused of murder...

EU wants bigger U.N. role

Posted on July 16, 2010
UPI: "But the plan would allow European Council President Herman Van Rompuy the privilege of addressing the General Assembly like heads of state. The EU would also be able to submit resolutions and amendments, to reply and to make points of order."

Is a Patient Who Believes ?Jesus Would Save [Me]? Competent to Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment?

Posted on July 16, 2010
Eugene Volokh writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: " . . . how are courts to determine whether the adult is mentally competent, especially when the refusal of treatment seems to be motivated by the person?s belief that God will save her and thus she won?t actually die? That?s the issue in In re Matter of J...

Kagan?s Role in Blocking Partial-Birth Ban Exposed

Posted on July 16, 2010
Human Events: "Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, met yesterday with Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL) to discuss evidence of Supreme Court Elena Kagan's central role in defeating a ban on partial-birth abortion ...

Switzerland: Muslims protest in Cardiff against ?anti-Islam laws?

Posted on July 16, 2010
BBC: "Saturday's protest was to highlight what they believe is an 'ideological attack' on Islam. Organiser Muhammad Abu Yaffir said: 'Muslims feel very strongly about these laws being introduced across Europe'."

Paralysed man blinked to stay alive as life support machine was about to be turned off

Posted on July 16, 2010
Daily Mail: "It is a decision no parent ever wants to make. But as the Rudd family watched their 43-year-old son lying paralysed and comatose on a life support machine, they came to a terrible conclusion. Recalling a conversation where Richard told them he wouldn't want to be trapped in a useless body, his relatives agreed it was time to let him go...

S.Korean legalises euthanasia for terminally ill

Posted on July 16, 2010
AFP: "South Korean doctors will be allowed to remove life support from terminally ill patients after confirming their wish to die, under new medical guidelines on mercy killing, officials said Wednesday."

Funded IVF treatment leaves nurses and potential patients with questions

Posted on July 16, 2010
CTV.ca: "One day after Health Minister Yves Bolduc's announcement Quebec will fund in-vitro fertilization treatment, the reproductive centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital has been flooded with phone calls from prospective parents. The provincial government announced Tuesday it would foot the bill for three IVF treatments for Quebec women as of Aug...

Corvino: Did the state create marriage?

Posted on July 16, 2010
John Corvino writes at 365Gay.com: Among the responses was a statement from Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Kentucky, chair of the U.S. Bishops? Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage. 'Marriage exists prior to the state and is not open to redefinition by the state,? Kurtz said...

Bishop killed in Russia?s Dagestan

Posted on July 16, 2010
AP: "Officials in Russia's violent, largely Muslim republic of Dagestan say a Christian bishop has been shot to death by unknown attackers."

Rasmussen: 23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the Governed

Posted on July 16, 2010
Rasmussen: ". . . national telephone survey finds that just 23% of voters nationwide believe the federal government today has the consent of the governed. Sixty-two percent (62%) say it does not, and 15% are not sure . . . "

Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Mass Marriage Problems

Posted on July 16, 2010
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr. writes at Townhall: "Same-sex marriage activists repeatedly declare that their victory is 'inevitable.' These declarations remind me of the threats youthful bullies made in my community when I was growing up. Taunting, jeering, and name-calling were all apart of their reign of intimidation...

?Can teacher give Catholic view on gays??

Posted on July 16, 2010
UPI: "Howell is being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative group in Arizona that defends religious freedom. 'The context is pretty clear. ? He was trying to give clarity to what the Catholic position is,' Jordan Lorence, a lawyer with the fund, said...

Chuck Colson: ?Faith in the Military: Chaplains and Alliance Defense Fund?

Posted on July 16, 2010
Chuck Colson writes at Crosswalk (Breakpoint): "As you know, I am devoting my remaining years of ministry to equipping Christians to live out, defend, and apply their faith?their Christian worldview?in all areas of life. And that's why I am deeply committed to movements?like-minded Christian organizations working together...

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