Religion & Law

Wisconsin Supreme Court Establishes Victory For Justice Gableman And The First Amendment

Posted on July 01, 2010
"Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 3-3 decision, held that a political advertisement run by successful Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Justice Michael Gableman did not violate the State?s rules of judicial ethics. The case, In re Gableman, involves a political advertisement Justice Gableman ran against his opponent in his 2008 campaign...

WSJ: The Supreme Court ?erodes freedom of association?

Posted on July 01, 2010
"The Supreme Court's 'Subsidies'" editorial by the Wall Street Journal, full text via Google News: "The Court's definition of 'state subsidies,' meanwhile, is especially pernicious. Government may 'own' the roads, but that doesn't mean it can say citizens can only drive if their associations meet government approval...

6th Circuit: Airline did not discriminate in firing Muslim for poor performance

Posted on July 01, 2010
Younis v. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., No. 08-6112 (6th Cir. June 30, 2010) | Google Viewer | Excerpt: "Younis, an Arab-American and Muslim, began working as a pilot for Pinnacle Airlines as a first officer in September 2002. He was promoted to captain in 2004...

Maggie Gallagher: How to spot a legal progressive

Posted on July 01, 2010
Maggie Gallagher writing at Townhall: "How can you spot a legal progressive? A legal progressive is someone who believes rights that are not stated in the Constitution, but inferred or extrapolated, should be given more weight than rights plainly enumerated...

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Nate Kellum on the Janet Mefferd Show: The effort to stop Evangelization at ?Pride Fest?

Posted on July 01, 2010
Nate Kellum appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss efforts to stop a Minnesota evangelist's witness at a "Pride Festival." | MP3 12:49 mins | ADF Media Information

N.M. can?t regulate activist groups, 10th Circuit says

Posted on July 01, 2010
"U.S. District Judge Judith Herrera, who is not related to the secretary of state, had ruled last August that the state?s threat to prosecute the Albuquerque groups for not registering as political committees under the state Campaign Reporting Act violated the constitutional rights of New Mexico Youth Organized and the SouthWest Organizing Project...

?The Supreme Court rightly holds that public law schools can deny affiliation and funding to religious groups that discriminate against gay students?

Posted on July 01, 2010
Marci A. Hamilton writing at FindLaw: "As the Court rightly recognized, this was not a case about compelled speech or belief, but rather a case about a regulation of conduct that is reasonable, legitimate, and related to the goal of the all-comers policy...

Frank Turek: Judicial activism vs. liberty

Posted on July 01, 2010
"My question for Ms. Kagan is this: What?s your standard? By what standard is [DADT] 'a moral injustice of the first order' and abortion a moral right?"

The banality of Elena: ?Don?t be surprised when . . . Kagan finds a constitutional right to gay marriage?

Posted on July 01, 2010
George Neumayr writing at The American Spectator: "Don't be surprised when the polished and polite Elena Kagan finds a constitutional right to gay marriage within the shadows and penumbras of Thurgood Marshall's Constitution. As the dean of Harvard Law School, she made it clear that she thinks homosexuals have an inalienable right to change the ethos of the United States military...

David French and Kelly Shackelford on Point of View Radio: Update on counseling student persecuted for opposing the homosexual agenda

Posted on July 01, 2010
ADF attorney David French appeared with Kelly Shackelford of the Liberty Institute on Point of View Radio to discuss the Julia Ward case. | MP3 8:27 mins

SCOTUSblog: Term?s final four decisions

Posted on July 01, 2010
SCOTUSblog: "The Court was cautious in more than one case on Monday. As I explained here, in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, the Court surprised many in holding that public universities can deny recognition and funding to student groups with exclusionary membership requirements...

The limitless power of the Obama-Kagan Congress

Posted on July 01, 2010
Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "Kagan has now testified that not only does she find the Founders? concept of ?unalienable Rights? irrelevant to Constitutional interpretation, but she also declined to say if the Constitution prevents Congress from telling Americans what to eat...

Reconciling religious freedom and anti-discrimination policies

Posted on July 01, 2010
John Culhane, Professor of Law, Widener University, writing at 365 Gay: "Imagine that you?re a member of a gay student group in college. You?ve just come out . . . and this is your one safe, comfortable space. One day, there are two new members in the group: Religious fundamentalists who have joined the group in a (doomed) effort to get the members to realize the error of their ways...

Where best to be poor?

Posted on July 01, 2010
National Center for Policy Analysis: "Forty-three percent of all poor households actually own their own homes; the average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio...

Casey Mattox on CBN News Video: CLS v. Martinez

Posted on July 01, 2010
ADF attorney Casey Mattox appeared on CBN News to discuss the CLS v. Martinez ruling. | MP4 1:44 mins

Kagan says Justices aren?t umpires in departure from Roberts

Posted on July 01, 2010
BusinessWeek: "Elena Kagan contrasted herself with the U.S. Supreme Court?s Republican appointees as she finished her Senate testimony, saying judges aren?t ?robotic? umpires and must interpret the Constitution with an eye toward changing conditions. ...

John Hancock: A neglected American hero

Posted on July 01, 2010
"Hancock has been overshadowed by many other founders."

In MA, a politically correct casino debate

Posted on July 01, 2010
Associated Press: "Massachusetts lawmakers enthralled with the lure of easy casino cash are having a tough time squaring the 24-hour world of smoke-filled, free-booze gambling haunts with the state's Puritan roots and high-minded liberal reputation."

Google says China partially blocks search service

Posted on July 01, 2010
Associated Press: "A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship. Mainland users were unable to use the search giant's 'suggest' feature, which offers possible results as they start to type a query, the company said...

China launches global 24-hour English TV news

Posted on July 01, 2010
Associated Press: "The news agency run by China's ruling Communist Party launched a global English-language television channel Thursday as part of efforts to expand its influence abroad."

MSU: No apologies for pastor?s graduation speech

Posted on July 01, 2010
Helena Independent Record (AP): "Montana State University's lawyer says MSU-Northern officials don't have to apologize for inviting a Christian pastor to give the invocation and benediction at the school's graduation in May. The ACLU of Montana had filed a complaint and asked for an apology ...

NPR discussion explores pre-Roe abortion rhetoric

Posted on July 01, 2010
Medical News Today: "In the 'Fresh Air' interview, Greenhouse discussed the emergence of 'right to choose' rhetoric and why medical and public health communities came to support legalization of abortion. 'It's natural to think of the cause of abortion reform as having been ...

Sweden charges 2 with attack on cartoonist?s home

Posted on July 01, 2010
Associated Press: "A Swedish prosecutor has charged two men with arson for the attempted attack on the home of an artist whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad infuriated some Muslims."

Homogenization and CLS v. Martinez

Posted on July 01, 2010
The Observatorium: "What?s the biggest bone of contention among progressive post-modernists? Bring together all their complaints and talking points and distill their essence. What you get is a hatred of non-permissive belief systems. What?s the biggest non-permissive belief system in the United States? Christianity...

Google to add pay to cover a tax for same-sex benefits

Posted on July 01, 2010
New York Times: "On Thursday, Google is going to begin covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits, largely to compensate them for an extra tax that heterosexual married couples do not pay...

Wisconsin and Hawaii latest marriage battlegrounds

Posted on July 01, 2010
Baptist Press: "Supporters of traditional marriage gained a big legal win at the Wisconsin Supreme Court June 30, although both sides in the nationwide struggle over marriage's definition now are watching Hawaii and California, two states where the next round of political and legal battles will take place...

?Doctor discovers possible ?cure? for lesbians/feminists?

Posted on July 01, 2010
365Gay: "Dr. Maria New, of Mount Sanai School of Medicine and Florida International University, is one of the few female pediatric endocrinologists and an established member of the National Academy of the Sciences. New is currently working on an experimental hormone that is thought to prevent lesbianism and put a stop to females that have 'abnormal' masculine tendencies, such as disinterest in babies, childrearing, and girl?s toys, or 'masculine' career preferences...

?HUD issues guidance on LGBT housing discrimination complaints?

Posted on July 01, 2010
"The new guidance treats gender identity discrimination most often faced by transgender persons as gender discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, and instructs HUD staff to inform individuals filing complaints about state and local agencies that have LGBT-inclusive discrimination laws...

UK: Male forced marriage on rise

Posted on July 01, 2010
UK Home Office: "The Forced Marriage Unit, run jointly by the Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (new window), received more than 220 emails and calls to its helpline about forced marriages involving male victims in 2009 ? up from 134 in 2008, an increase of 65 per cent...

CEDAW committee elections promise more of the same in abortion promotion

Posted on July 01, 2010
C-FAM: "Elections to fill openings for half of the 23 seats of the committee charged with monitoring compliance to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) were held at United Nations (UN) headquarters this week. ... The CEDAW committee's next session will take place in New York later this month and already the committee has sent written question on abortion to more than half of the countries scheduled to be reviewed...

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