Religion & Law

Nebraska: ACLU Promises Fight on Immigration Vote

Posted on June 22, 2010
Action3News: "The law attempts to ban undocumented immigrants from renting or being employed in the Nebraska town."

Is Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan an Ex-Gay?

Posted on June 22, 2010
PFOX: "There is, however, another possibility. Could it be that Kagan is ex-gay? That would explain the White House insistence on Kagan's heterosexuality and Kagan's silence about her past sexual preference."

As Missouri weighs curbs on clubs, opponents stress it?s a job in tough times

Posted on June 22, 2010
Wall Street Journal: "Last month, the Republican-controlled legislature passed one of the nation's toughest state laws aimed at strip clubs and other adult-entertainment venues. It would ban nude dancing and the serving of alcohol in adult cabarets, force strip clubs to close at midnight and forbid seminude dancers to touch patrons...

?Gay Men Only??

Posted on June 22, 2010
"The claim that the gender of parents doesn?t matter is a crucial argument for same sex marriage advocates . . . "

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Healthcare, abortion, and the call of conscience

Posted on June 22, 2010
Christopher O. Tollefsen writing at Public Discourse: "While there is a clear danger that pro-lifers will not have available to them health-care plans that cover all their most important needs (an injustice to pro-lifers), there should be no danger that pro-lifers will be forced to pay into the abortion pool, or forced to allow their dollars to be used for abortions...

WA: Vancouver City Council to vote on free speech gatherings

Posted on June 22, 2010
The Columbian: "Citizen and politician passions were first stirred several months ago, when city staff presented a new comprehensive special-events ordinance that would cover policy and procedure for all city events, including parades, block parties and other large gatherings...

Israeli court overturns ultra-Orthodox jail sentences

Posted on June 22, 2010
BBC: "Israel's supreme court has overturned jail terms given to a group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish mothers for disobeying a court order on school integration. They had refused to let their daughters attend school with girls from a different Jewish background...

MI: Two crosses taken down within a day of each other

Posted on June 22, 2010
Grand Haven Tribune: "Two church crosses are being taken down this week in Spring Lake ? but it is not a sign that the village is any less religious or spiritual. ... Officials with C3 Exchange, formerly Christ Community Church, announced last month they would be taking down the cross on the bell tower as the group will undergo a series of changes...

EU votes for non-stunned meat labelling

Posted on June 22, 2010
Farmers Weekly Interactive: "All poultry meat may eventually carry a label displaying the method of slaughter as well as the country of origin after draft legislation was passed in the EU parliament. ... In some religious practices such as Jewish (Shechita) and Muslim (Halal) slaughter, animals must be killed without stunning...

Austin R. Nimocks on Live from Criswell: The Prop 8 trial

Posted on June 22, 2010
ADF Attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on Live from Criswell with guest host Penna Dexter to discuss the Proposition 8 trial. | MP3 12:35 | ADFmedia.org Perry v. Schwarzenegger resource page

Jordan Lorence: The trial on marriage in California already took place?with the voters

Posted on June 22, 2010
ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence writing at TownHall: "The trial over the California constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman already took place where it should have?among the voters of California during the fall of 2008 when they debated its merits and decided to approve it...

?Community College still limits students free speech on gay marriage!?

Posted on June 22, 2010
Evangelical Examiner: "Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have sent Kingsborough Community College (KCC) officials a letter Monday calling upon them to end an unconstitutional policy that allows a faculty adviser to cancel a student organization?s event and silence its message by simply not showing up for the event...

Christian deportation ?sets dangerous precedent?

Posted on June 22, 2010
OneNewsNow: "The recent mass deportation of Christians from Morocco is getting the attention of lawmakers in Washington, DC. ... Roger Kiska with the Alliance Defense Fund attended the hearing and points out that many people are now watching the situation...

Religious liberty sees victories in Louisiana and Massachusetts

Posted on June 22, 2010
CitizenLink: "The Louisiana Legislature has passed in its final hours of session the 'Preservation of Religious Freedom Act' [which] declares that the 'free exercise of religion is a fundamental right of the highest order in this state' and that states and local governments must not burden an individual's exercise of religion...

Obama?s Father?s Day Proclamation highlights homosexual debate

Posted on June 22, 2010
CitizenLink: "'Nurturing families come in many forms,' Obama said, 'and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a stepfather, a grandfather, or caring guardian.' ... 'No matter how much they may love a child, two fathers do not create a mother,' [Austin R...

Pension rules allow educators to double dip

Posted on June 22, 2010
NCPA: "A taxpayer-funded state pension system encourages career teachers and administrators to retire in their 50s, tap the fund and return to work, says the Columbus Dispatch. If the educators don't retire at that relatively young age after 30 years of service, they are likely to receive far less income in both their working careers and retirement...

Center for Reproductive Rights: Legal Analysis of Solicitor General Elena Kagan?s Record on Abortion Rights

Posted on June 22, 2010
The fifteen page report is accessible here.

Obama slowly puts his mark on federal courts

Posted on June 22, 2010
MSNBC: "Most cases never reach the Supreme Court, so appeals judges are crucial."

Court Upholds Texas Rejection of Graduate Program In Creation Science

Posted on June 22, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "In Institute for Creation Research Graduate School v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, (WD TX, June 18, 2010), a Texas federal district court upheld the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's refusal to grant the Institute of Creation Research Graduate School a certificate of authority to offer a Master of Science degree with a major in Science Education ...

Michigan High Court Rejects Catholic School?s Zoning Appeal

Posted on June 22, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "In Shepherd Montessori Center Milan v. Ann Arbor Charter Township, (MI Sup. Ct., June 18, 2010), the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a Catholic school's claim that the denial of its zoning variance request amounted to an infringement of its equal protection rights...

Steep increases in Individual Health Insurance Premiums

Posted on June 22, 2010
ABC: "People who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium hikes that far exceed increases in premiums for employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation."

Utah court says e-signatures acceptable for ballot petitions

Posted on June 22, 2010
CNN: "Voters in Utah can now go online and sign a petition to qualify candidates for public office, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday."

Obama promises to push on ?gay rights? issues

Posted on June 22, 2010
"President Barack Obama is promising gay rights activists he'll keep pushing for action on their priorities including benefits for same-sex partners and repealing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on gays in the military."

CNN conducts sympathetic interview of another homosexual teen activist

Posted on June 22, 2010
NewsBusters: "On Tuesday's Newsroom, CNN's Brooke Baldwin brought on another teenaged homosexual activist for a sympathetic interview to help promote their upcoming one-sided documentary, 'Gary and Tony Have a Baby.' Baldwin prompted Constance McMillen to give advice to 'other teens who are suffering in silence...

White House to appeal ruling against drilling ban

Posted on June 22, 2010
Associated Press: "Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the White House intends to immediately appeal a federal judge's ruling against a moratorium on new deepwater drilling." | Related: Judge block Gulf offshore drilling moratorium

FL: Charter school gives city a Friday deadline to grant approval

Posted on June 22, 2010
Miami Herald: "Somerset Academy has given the city a Friday deadline to issue a certificate of use for a proposed 675-student charter school at University Baptist Church or 'Somerset will pursue all available remedies,' the school's attorney wrote in a letter last week to City Attorney Elizabeth Hernandez...

?Gay men?s bilateral brains better at remembering faces: York U study?

Posted on June 22, 2010
Science Blog: "The study, published in the journal, Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, examined the influence of gender, sexual orientation and whether we?re right-or-left-handed on our ability to recognize faces. It found that when memorizing and discriminating between faces, homosexual men show patterns of bilaterality ? the usage of both sides of the brain ? similar to heterosexual women...

Pro-lifers pressure Planned Parenthood over funding

Posted on June 22, 2010
CBN: "Planned Parenthood is being pressured to answer questions about how much taxpayer funding it receives and and how that money is spent."

?NY bill would allow married gay couples to file jointly?

Posted on June 22, 2010
On Top Mag ("gay advocacy website"): "Legislation introduced by openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell would allow married gay and lesbian couples to file joint state tax returns. While lawmakers rejected a bill that would have legalized gay marriage in the nation's third most populous state last year, New York is moving ahead in recognizing legal gay marriages performed outside its borders...

Argentina: Same-sex ?marriage? debate continues in Senate

Posted on June 22, 2010
Buenos Aires Herald: "The Upper House began a new phase in its debate on the same-sex marriage, this time with psychologists and psychiatrists being the ones exposing their viewpoints. The General Legislation Committee is officially discussing the draft which aims at amending the Civil Code to allow gay couples to get married...

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