Religion & Law

North Carolina 7th Graders to Learn About IUDs, Abortifacients, Condoms

Posted on June 09, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "North Carolina schools are preparing to implement the 'Healthy Youth Act,' signed on June 30, 2009 and set to take effect in the 2010-11 school year. It states that students from 7th to 9th grade should be taught 'about the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy...

?Adopted Children Reject Gay Adoption as ?Marriage? Legislation Advances in Argentina?

Posted on June 09, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "As homosexual 'marriage' legislation is being debated in the Argentinean senate, a group of adopted children is speaking out against adoption by gay couples, according to ACI Prensa. Speaking on Radio Cultura, a station in Buenos Aires, the teens said that children should have the same opportunity as they have had to grow up with a father and a mother ...

PTA turns down exhibitor request from ex-gay group

Posted on June 09, 2010
"The National Parent Teacher Association has denied a pro-family organization that advocates for the ex-gay community, Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays, the right to exhibit at the PTA's national convention, June 10-13, in Memphis, Tenn."

Interfaith marriages are rising fast, but they?re failing fast too

Posted on June 09, 2010
Washington Post: "According to the General Social Survey, 15 percent of U.S. households were mixed-faith in 1988. That number rose to 25 percent by 2006, and the increase shows no signs of slowing . . . But the effects on the marriages themselves can be tragic -- it is an open secret among academics that tsk-tsking grandmothers may be right...

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The Alien in the White House: The distance between the president and the people is beginning to be revealed.

Posted on June 09, 2010
Dorothy Rabinowtiz writes at WSJ: "A great part of America now understands that this president's sense of identification lies elsewhere, and is in profound ways unlike theirs. He is hard put to sound convincingly like the leader of the nation, because he is, at heart and by instinct, the voice mainly of his ideological class...

Split federal appeals court upholds ban on 10 Commandments displays in Ky.

Posted on June 09, 2010
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Wednesday in a 2-1 vote that the permanent injunction barring McCreary and Pulaski counties from posting the display can remain in place.

?Are Liberal Judges Really ?Judicial Activists???

Posted on June 09, 2010
Adam Cohen writes at Time: "Judicial activism" is the No. 1 conservative talking point on the law these days. Liberal judges, the argument goes, make law, while conservative judges simply apply the law as it is written. It's a phony claim. Conservative jurists are every bit as activist as liberal ones ...

Statement from USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month

Posted on June 09, 2010
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2010/ps100609.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2010 Press Office: 202-712-4320 Public Information: 202-712-4810 www.usaid.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 9, 2010 – Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator, made the following statement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month: As the Administrator of USAID, I am pleased to join President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in recognizing the month of [...

Ten foreign diplomats pressure Romania to change ?gay laws?

Posted on June 08, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Ten foreign diplomats, including ambassadors from the UK and U.S., signed a statement expressing 'support' and 'solidarity' with the Romanian homosexualist movement last month. The statement, which has been published on the website of the British Embassy in Bucharest, was issued May 20 to coincide with 'Gayfest,' the week-long annual festival organized by the national homosexualist lobby group...

HUD: Applicants must comply with state & local LGBT anti-discrimination laws

Posted on June 08, 2010
"For the first time in its history, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will require grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals ...

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace to be porn-free zone

Posted on June 08, 2010
Ars Technica: "Also published are the application certification requirements that applications must meet to be allowed in the Marketplace. Just as with the Windows Mobile Marketplace, no porn or sexually suggestive content is allowed. Microsoft is clearly seeking to avoid the controversy that Apple faced when it yanked porn from the store...

New Zealand: Jewish community upset at ban on kosher killing

Posted on June 08, 2010
The Dominion Post: "Kosher slaughter of animals, known as shechita, is a ritual where the blood drains from an animal's severed throat. The tradition is an oral law and a tenet for orthodox Jews. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry commercial animal slaughter code released last week makes the stunning of all animals before slaughter compulsory ? which contravenes shechita...

Paraguayan priests blast FIFA ban on faith gestures

Posted on June 08, 2010
AFP: "Almost 2,000 members of Paraguay's Association of Evangelical Priests (APEP) on Tuesday complained about what they see as FIFA's opposition to World Cup players making religious gestures."

Belgian school sacks teacher over burqa

Posted on June 08, 2010
Expatica: "A Belgian high school on Tuesday sacked a Muslim maths teacher after she insisted she would continue to wear the burqa while taking classes."

Egypt: Coptic church urges review of remarriage ruling

Posted on June 08, 2010
AFP: "Egypt's Coptic Orthodox pope on Tuesday urged a high court to review its decision to allow Coptic Christians to remarry following divorce, which is forbidden by the church. 'The decision must be reviewed, otherwise it would mean that Copts have been suffering and we are putting pressure on them through religion,' Pope Shenuda III said...

Chuck Colson: ?Not Like Everyone Else: Same-Sex Couples and Marriage?

Posted on June 08, 2010
Chuck Colson writes at Breakpoint: "Same-sex couples just want the right to be married like everyone else, or so the argument goes. They call it a civil right. You could hardly find a more innocuous argument, perfectly designed to appeal to all of us who believe in equal rights and fair play...

Daniel Blomberg on the Jody Hice Show: Religious freedom and normalization of homosexual behavior in the military

Posted on June 08, 2010
ADF attorney Daniel Blomberg appeared on the Jody Hice Show to discuss religious freedom and normalization homosexual behavior in the military.  | MP3 17:10 mins

Delaware legislation would offer benefits to same-sex partners of state employees

Posted on June 08, 2010
Sussex Countian: "A House committee approved legislation June 2 that would allow the same-sex domestic partners of state workers to purchase health insurance and receive some pension payments under Delaware?s employee benefits plans . . . " | HS 1 for HB 10

Iowa Poll: Republican primary voters want marriage on ballot

Posted on June 08, 2010
Des Moines Register: "More than three-quarters of Iowans planning to vote in Tuesday?s Republican primary say Iowans should have a chance to vote on changing the constitution specifically to ban gay marriage."

IRS: ?Gay Couples Get Equal Tax Treatment?

Posted on June 08, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that same-sex couples must be treated the same as heterosexual couples under a feature of California tax law. Advocates for the change say it is the first time the agency has acknowledged gay couples as a unit for tax purposes...

Religious Sect?s Suit Over Ten Commandments Monument Dismissed

Posted on June 08, 2010
Law.com: "A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, over a monument displaying the Ten Commandments. A religious sect called Summum wanted to erect a display of its Seven Aphorisms in the park where the Ten Commandments monument stands...

Albert Mohler: ?Is ?Ever After? Just Too Long? Marriage and Modernity?

Posted on June 08, 2010
Albert Mohler writes at Crosswalk: "Perhaps the marriage of Al and Tipper Gore may yet be saved. We must prayerfully hope that it might be so. But their announcement has revealed a break-up on an even larger scale ? the break-up of a cultural commitment to marriage as an enduring institution...

Jordan Lorence on the Hugh Hewitt Show: Church usage of public school facilities

Posted on June 08, 2010
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss church use of public school facilities including the Bronx Household of Faith case that has been litigated for over 15 years. | MP3 10 mins | ADF media information on Bronx Household of Faith v...

?God bless? to be banned in schools? Statute to require getting permission before speech limits can be adopted

Posted on June 08, 2010
WorldNetDaily: The state's new HB 31 reads, "District school boards, administrative personnel, and instructional personnel are prohibited from taking affirmative action, including, but not limited to, the entry into any agreement, that infringes or waives the rights or freedoms afforded to instructional personnel, school staff, or students by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, in the absence of the express written consent of any individual whose constitutional rights would be impacted by such infringement or waiver...

UK: Dozens of woman are having abortions following fertility treatment

Posted on June 08, 2010
Telegraph: "Data released under the Freedom of Information Act has shown that an average of 80 abortions are carried out in England and Wales a year on women who have undergone IVF treatment . . . Around 12,000 women give birth in Britain following fertility treatment and about 200,000 abortions are carried out a year in England...

?Sweden shows why we need to restrict Muslim immigration?

Posted on June 08, 2010
AFA Rightly Concerned Blog: "Since fundamental Islamic values are so directly odds with the values of the Christian West - values such as tolerance, religious freedom, freedom of speech, equal rights for women, etc. - devout Muslims simply cannot become good Americans...

Kagan Article Shows She May Use Motive Test to Strike Pro-Life Abortion Laws

Posted on June 08, 2010
LifeNews: "The slew of legal memos released by the Clinton presidential library provide enough proof to show Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is radically pro-abortion. But a law review article she wrote over a decade ago yield . . . "

God, science and philanthropy at the Templeton Foundation

Posted on June 08, 2010
Nathan Schneider writing in The Nation: "Like debates about religion broadly, debates about [The Templeton Foundation] often get mapped onto the culture wars in black and white, or red and blue. It doesn't help that the foundation is a longstanding donor to conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute ...

Sharing intelligent design gets Jet Propulsion Laboratory specialist demoted

Posted on June 08, 2010
"Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) reports that an allied attorney filed an amended complaint Monday in a lawsuit against Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on behalf of an employee demoted, silenced, harassed, and threatened with termination for discussing his beliefs with willing co-workers about intelligent design as a scientific theory of life?s origins ...

?Judge rules against former librarian in case involving anti-gay book?

Posted on June 08, 2010
The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Rejecting the arguments of the former librarian, Scott A. Savage, and the Alliance Defense Fund, which backed him, Judge William O. Bertelsman of U.S. District Court found no evidence that the university had violated the free-speech rights of Mr...

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