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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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?Combat troops to get gay sensitivity training?

Posted on February 25, 2011
Washington Times: "Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, the top enlisted man in Afghanistan where 100,000 U.S. troops are deployed, said that the sessions on respecting gays? rights will go right down to the forward operating bases, where troops fight Taliban militants...

Islamists Suspected in Abduction of Christian Girl in Sudan

Posted on February 25, 2011
Charisma: "A Christian widow in north Sudan is agonizing over the kidnapping of her daughter eight months ago by suspected Islamic extremists in Khartoum."

China plans 45 new airports as travel booms

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "China plans to build at least 45 new airports in the next five years to serve booming travel, the top industry regulator said Thursday."

AP: ?Analysis: Obama shifts stance on gay marriage?

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "One way for President Barack Obama to win the future, it seems, is to have his administration stop defending a federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage."

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Licenses of Gosnell Abortion Biz Colleagues May be Yanked

Posted on February 24, 2011
LifeNews: "The attorney general of the state of Delaware wants the licenses of two abortion practitioners who were colleagues of embattled abortionist Kermit Gosnell yanked because they did not report problems associated with their colleague."

Marriage policy change: Questions and answers

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "The Obama administration announced it no longer will defend the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of gay marriage. Here, in question-and-answer form, is a look at the Defense of Marriage Act and the impact of the administration's policy reversal on this 15-year-old law ...

Wis. Assembly agrees to deal ending debate

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "Republicans and Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly have agreed to a deal that will limit further debate on a bill taking away collective bargaining rights for public workers and lead to a vote on the measure later Thursday."

Virginia: Senate set for abortion vote today

Posted on February 24, 2011
Richmond Times Dispatch: "Byron's amendments to Senate Bill 924 would classify any facility that performs five or more first-trimester abortions as a hospital, subject to regulation by the State Board of Health, a regulatory board whose members are appointed by the governor...

Threat of Prosecution Remains for Some Christians Freed in Iran

Posted on February 24, 2011
Christian Post: "Iranian authorities have released about half of the Christians arrested for their faith across the country in December and January, as well as one held in Shiraz since June, sources said."

LAUSD to recommend closing of charter school

Posted on February 24, 2011
LA Times: "Officials will recommend the rare closing of a Los Angeles charter school for poor academic performance, the L.A. Unified School District has confirmed. Cornerstone Prep, an elementary school in Florence . . . "

Report: Chechnya?s leader looking for 2nd wife

Posted on February 24, 2011
Washington Post: "The 34-year-old Ramzan Kadyrov, who rules Chechnya with an iron fist and imposes Islamic law in the southern province, told the mass market daily Komsomolskaya Pravda that he is "always on the lookout for a decent bride" but has not found the right woman yet...

Conservatives: Obama Disregarded His Duty with DOMA

Posted on February 24, 2011
Christian Post: Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin Nimocks said the administration is ?playing politics with marriage? and has left DOMA virtually defenseless. ?With the Department of Justice now refusing to defend any and all lawsuits against the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the federal definition of marriage has been placed in great legal peril,? he declared.

USA Today: ?Gay marriage advances: Overdue justice or moral chaos??

Posted on February 24, 2011
USA Today: The Alliance Defense Fund brands its coverage with a headline: "The Homosexual Agenda: The Principal Threat to Your Religious Freedom" - Their strategy is twofold: dilute moral values so that homosexual behavior is thought to be normal, natural, and good, while suppressing the religious and free speech rights of those who disagree...

Williston, ND: Strip club ordinance tabled again Ordinance would limit where new strip clubs could be located

Posted on February 24, 2011
Williston Herald: "An ordinance that would govern where adult entertainment businesses could be located was tabled a second time Tuesday by the Williston City Commission."

New Oklahoma bills aim to restrict or ban abortion

Posted on February 24, 2011
Tulsa World: "Several bills that would restrict or possibly ban abortion have been introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature, causing many advocates for women's reproductive rights to worry about the future of their services."

Appeals court to consider law crediting God for Kentucky?s security

Posted on February 24, 2011
Courier-Journal: "The Kentucky Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday morning in a challenge to a state law requiring that God be credited for Kentucky's security."

State troopers sent to find Wisconsin Democrats

Posted on February 24, 2011
Findlaw (AP): "Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to find at least one of the 14 Senate Democrats who have been on the run for eight days to delay a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all public employees...

Kansas House Okays Two Pro-Life Bills Limiting Abortions

Posted on February 24, 2011
LifeNews: "The Kansas state House passed two important pro-life bills today, the Abortion Reporting Accuracy & Parental Rights Act and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act."

Coalition of black churches blast Obama abandonment of DOMA

Posted on February 24, 2011
One News Now: "A coalition of 34,000 black churches is blasting President Barack Obama's decision to stop defending the federal law that bans recognition of gay marriage."

Do Presidents Have a Duty to Defend the Constitutionality of Laws they Believe to be Unconstitutional?

Posted on February 24, 2011
Ilya Somin writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: "I?m not a fan of either the Obama Administration or some of the legal arguments they have made in support of the claim that DOMA is unconstitutional. But I do think that they made the right call here. If a President genuinely believes that a federal statute is unconstitutional he has a duty not to defend it...

Federalist Society Podcast on the Government?s Duty to Defend the Law ? And A Few More Thoughts on the Decision Not to Defend DOMA

Posted on February 24, 2011
Orin Kerr writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: "The Federalist Society had an interesting podcast on the issue back in October that you can listen to here. It lasts 40 minutes, and it features Walter Dellinger, John Eastman, John Baker, and Dean Reuter."

Interesting Religion Cases at the Supreme Court?s Conference Tomorrow

Posted on February 24, 2011
John Elwood writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: "Cooke v. Tubra, 10?559 . . . presents the question whether the First Amendment bars a pastor?s defamation claim against the church that employed him when the claim is based entirely on statements made by church officials ...

San Francisco Chronicle: ?Same-sex marriage: Courts expected to heed Obama move?

Posted on February 24, 2011
Bob Egelko writes at the San Francisco Chronicle: "President Obama's decision Wednesday to stop defending a law banning federal marital benefits for same-sex couples will boost an array of court challenges to the measure, including two in the Bay Area by gay and lesbian government workers seeking insurance coverage for their spouses...

Goodwin Liu to Get Second Hearing

Posted on February 24, 2011
Blog of the Legal Times: "The Senate Judiciary Committee gave notice today that it will hold a second confirmation hearing for Liu . . . Obama nominated Liu a year ago to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit."

Greek Union Protest of Austerity Drive Erupts in Violence

Posted on February 24, 2011
NY Times: "Violent clashes between protesters and the police broke out here in the capital on Wednesday, as the two main labor unions staged the first general strike of the year against the government?s austerity drive, paralyzing public services and disrupting transportation...

Indiana governor calls public unions ?elite?

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose state Legislature is among those debating restrictions on collective bargaining, called public employee unions "the privileged elite" during a speech in Ohio."

Indiana GOP leader: House Dems aren?t coming back

Posted on February 24, 2011
AP: "The Indiana House has adjourned until next week after House Democrats declared they will not return to the Statehouse Thursday or Friday."

Jim Campbell on the Drew Mariani Show: Prop 8 Litigation update

Posted on February 24, 2011
ADF attorney Jim Campbell appeared on the Drew Mariani Show with Wendy Wiese to discuss the litigation. | MP3 audio 12:37 min

Justice Department to stop defending DOMA, [homosexual] groups respond

Posted on February 24, 2011
Lisa Keen writes at theWindy City Times: It is possible?just as happened in California?that some other entity might attempt to mount its own defense of DOMA in the pending cases. Last October, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, filed a motion in the two First Circuit cases, seeking to be named intervenor-defendant...

Obama, Holder contend homosexuality ?immutable?

Posted on February 24, 2011
World Net Daily: Austin Nimocks, a senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said the move raises a lot of questions. "One of the reasons we have a Constitution is to prevent opinions from getting in the way of duties. The American people have a right to expect their laws will be defended by the people whose responsibility it is to do so," he told WND...

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