Religion & Law

Why multiculture will always fail

Posted on April 01, 2011
Dr. Nicolai Sennels at Europe News: As a psychologist who has had hundreds of immigrants as clients, my conclusion is that the multicultural society will always fail because it is contrary to the fundamental psychological principles that are needed for building healthy communities...

Sweden targets religious prejudice

Posted on April 01, 2011
TheLocal.se: Sweden's government has announced plans to chart the extent of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the country, as it attempts to counteract the spread of intolerance towards minorities.

Florida House Panel OKs Bill to Cut Abortion Funds in Obamacare

Posted on April 01, 2011
LifeNews: A Florida state House committee is following the lead of the state Senate, where a committee has also approved legislation that would remove abortion funding from the Obamacare health care law.

Breastfeeding women viewed as less intelligent: studies

Posted on April 01, 2011
ParentCentral.ca: Montana State University researchers already knew past studies had found a bias against mothers generally, called ?paternalistic prejudice.?

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?Disparities: Illness More Prevalent Among Older Gay Adults?

Posted on April 01, 2011
NY Times: Older lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California are more likely to suffer from chronic physical and mental health problems than their heterosexual counterparts, a new analysis has found . . . The research brief was based on data from the California Health Interview Survey ...

?DADT? could be history by end of summer, Pentagon says

Posted on April 01, 2011
Stars and Stripes: "Gay members of the armed forces could serve openly and keep their jobs legally by the end of the summer, Pentagon officials told Congress on Friday."

Boehner: Government shutdown would end up costing more money

Posted on April 01, 2011
Washington Post: "House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) declined to speculate Friday on whether the government might be forced to shut down next week if Congress and the White House fail to hammer out a budget deal. But he said that if a shutdown were to occur, it would end up costing the government more money than it would save...

Australia: Catholic school St Columban?s College bans gay ?cure? seminar

Posted on April 01, 2011
Herald Sun: The decision by St Columban's College at Caboolture in Queensland to allow controversial Christian group Miracle Christian Center to use its facilities was met with outrage by students and triggered an online protest.

Homosexual and atheist propaganda aligning more frequently to attack Christianity

Posted on April 01, 2011
In a post titled, The face of homosexual anti-Catholicism to come, Fr. Z's Blog documents how Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami wrote an article defending the traditional definition of marriage. The piece was met with this response: Just to be clear, Archbishop Wenski believes that a virgin gave birth to a deity who was nailed to a piece of wood to save us from the wrath of his father; and who rose from the dead, floated in the air, and ascended through a magic portal to heaven...

Indiana House passes major pro-life abortion overhaul

Posted on April 01, 2011
LifeSiteNews: HB 1210 includes numerous provisions, including a reduction of the legal limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks based on ?substantial medical evidence? showing that an unborn child can experience excruciating pain from an abortion at that age.

Mexican senate votes to abolish penalties for adultery

Posted on April 01, 2011
LifeSiteNews: The Mexican Senate last week abolished all criminal penalties for adultery in a 69-0 vote.

Landmark EU Decision Against Stem Cell Patents

Posted on April 01, 2011
. . . the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that stem cell procedures that require the destruction or modification of a human embryo cannot be patented . . .

Canadian polygamy trial weighs religious rights

Posted on April 01, 2011
Reuters: "Religious rights are being weighed against those of women and children in a landmark Canadian court case deciding if the country's long-standing law against polygamy should be struck down."

The puzzle of intolerant tolerance

Posted on April 01, 2011
MercatorNet: "One of the most puzzling features of contemporary Western society is that governments are prepared to act intolerantly in the name of tolerance. Australian sociologist Michael Casey explains how this has come about."

When Christianity Offends

Posted on April 01, 2011
Jeff Buchanan of Exodus International at Charisma: Some may say that losing an iPhone app for Exodus International isn?t that big a deal -- just like it wasn?t a big deal when Apple banned the Manhattan Declaration app! But it?s not just about apps. It?s about freedom of speech, the ability to participate in the marketplace of ideas...

Two UN staff beheaded and eight others murdered in protest against U.S. pastor who burnt Koran

Posted on April 01, 2011
Daily Mail: Ten United Nations staff were murdered - two by beheading - after extremists stormed their compound in northern Afghanistan today. Protesters broke into UN offices in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after a demonstration against Koran burnings in the U...

UK: Anger as schools ban Gideon Bibles to avoid upsetting other faiths

Posted on April 01, 2011
Daily Mail: Schools have banned Christians from handing out Bibles to avoid angering other faiths. The Gideons have become famed for handing out signature red Bibles to young children during school assemblies. But they have been told to stay away from some classes because it may spark complaints from different faiths.

Tea Party: Sen. Scott Brown threw us ?under the bus

Posted on April 01, 2011
Washington Times: "Memo to Scott Brown. If you think budget cuts 'disproportionately affect low income families and seniors,' what do you think is going to happen when we have an economic collapse?" Phillips writes.

Joe Infranco on Catholic Radio of San Diego with Charles LiMandri: ADF background and litigation

Posted on April 01, 2011
ADF attorney Joe Infranco appeared on Catholic Radio of San Diego with ADF allied attorney Charles LiMandri. | MP3 audio 47:17 mins

Senate vote may end Obama?s climate change ambitions

Posted on April 01, 2011
Guardian: Four proposals seek to ban or limit US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Kevin Theriot on Radio: Defending National Day of Prayer Proclamations

Posted on April 01, 2011
ADF attorney Kevin Theriot appeared on radio to discuss this: ADF encourages governors to ignore activist groups, observe 2011 National Day of Prayer. | Hugh Hewitt Show, MP3 audio 5:53 mins | Janet Mefferd Show, MP3 audio 18:50 mins

Jordan Lorence on Point of View Radio: Threats to Religious Freedom in America

Posted on April 01, 2011
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence on Point of View Radio with Penna Dexter. | MP3 audio 30:24 mins

Chuck Colson: Unfit to Foster: Truth Costs Christian Couple

Posted on April 01, 2011
Chuck Colson writes at Crosswalk: But London?s High Court has just ruled that the Johnses are unfit to foster. The reason: The Johnses are devout Christians, and their views about homosexuality may harm the children in their care . . . These things are happening in a country founded on the principle that citizens should be allowed to hold whatever beliefs they want, regardless of what their fellow citizens think of them...

ADF encourages governors to ignore activist groups, observe 2011 National Day of Prayer

Posted on April 01, 2011
Sonoran News: ?America?s founders participated in public prayer activities; public officials today should be able to do the same,? said ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot. ?Local observances of the National Day of Prayer are constitutional and appropriate, particularly since the event simply provides all Americans an opportunity to pray voluntarily according to their own faith ? and does not promote any particular religion or form of religious observance...

?Colorado Civil Unions Foes Warn Of ?AIDS Tax,? End Of Civilization?

Posted on April 01, 2011
On Top Magazine: ?Douglas Napier of the Alliance Defense Fund led the formal opposition against the bill and maintained that civil unions would likely lead to same-sex marriage, despite a 2006 voter-approved constitutional amendment that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman,? Volsky wrote...

?Ex-CDC counselor in legal fight over gay woman?

Posted on April 01, 2011
Bradenton.com: Attorney Jim Campbell said she was instructed to tell the client she didn't have the experience to handle the case, even though she had extensive background in helping clients with relationship issues. "She was targeted for mistreatment based on her religious beliefs," said Campbell, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative religious rights organization that took the case...

Conservatives Renew Political Charges Against Holder, DOJ

Posted on April 01, 2011
MainJustice.com: Nimocks, who is senior legal counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian nonprofit organization, focused his disapproval of the DOJ on its announcement last month that it would no longer defend the 1996 law that restricts the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman...

Group sends governors National Day of Prayer letter

Posted on April 01, 2011
News.ok.com: The Alliance Defense Fund has sent letters to governors across the country to encourage them to observe and participate in the 60th annual National Day of Prayer on May 5. In a news release this week, defense fund leaders said the letter also encourages governors to resist the demands of activist groups that claim the tradition is unlawful...

Ken Blackwell: Blocking a UN Threat ? Convention on the Rights of the Child

Posted on April 01, 2011
Ken Blackwell writes at Townhall: Do elections matter? You bet they do! Until last November, there was a real threat that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) would be ratified by a liberal U.S. Senate majority. And we?re still not out of the woods on this one...

Welsh girls as young as 13 to get morning-after pill for free

Posted on April 01, 2011
AP: Women and girls as young as 13 in Wales can get the morning-after pill free without a prescription from pharmacies, beginning Friday. The legal age of consent for sex in Britain is 16 . . .

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