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World Mag: No more defense

Posted on February 24, 2011
World Magazine: "When Congress enacts laws on behalf of the American people, the American people have the right to expect them to be defended when they?re challenged," said Senior Legal Counsel Austin Nimocks of the Alliance Defense Fund. ?How the attorney general?s constitutional duty to protect and defend the laws of the United States becomes optional is a great mystery...

Blog of the Legal Times: DOJ won?t defend Defense of Marriage Act

Posted on February 24, 2011
Marcia Coyle at the Blog of the Legal Times: "A spokeswoman for Smith said his lawyers would need to review the cases pending in the 2nd Circuit before making any decision to try to intervene. Representing Smith in the 1st Circuit were three lawyers from the conservative Alliance Defense Fund, including senior counsel Brian Raum, and a solo practitioner from Salem, Mass...

GLAD Lawyer Expects Members Of Congress To Defend DOMA In Court

Posted on February 24, 2011
TPM: The Alliance Defense Fund, which asked a federal court for permission for Rep. Smith to serve as an intervenor-defendant in the DOMA cases in the past, issued a statement Wednesday that said it "will not waver in its ongoing defense of marriage nationwide...

Obama Fails to Defend Traditional Marriage

Posted on February 24, 2011
Charisma Online: ?Marriage is a unifying issue in America. The federal Defense of Marriage Act reflects the reality that 90 percent of states protect marriage and that the citizens in those states believe in marriage as a union only between one man and one woman,? says Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin R...

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WY: Court rejects lawmakers? brief in divorce case

Posted on February 24, 2011
TriValleyCentral.com (AP): The court on Wednesday denied a request from 13 lawmakers, including House Speaker Ed Buchanan, R-Torrington, to file a ?friend of the court? brief. The lawmakers were represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian civil rights group that has litigated against same-sex marriage in California.

WY: Court rejects lawmakers? brief in divorce case

Posted on February 24, 2011
KSWT.com (AP): "The lawmakers were represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian civil rights group that has litigated against same-sex marriage in California."

Q&A: What Obama?s DOMA decision means & why it is significant

Posted on February 24, 2011
Michael Foust writes at Baptist Press: aptist Press asked Austin R. Nimocks, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund -- a Christian legal group -- to explain the importance of the Justice Department's decision. Following is a transcript: ...

ADF statement in response to DOJ letter on Defense of Marriage Act

Posted on February 24, 2011
SonoranNews.com: [full text of ADF press release]

Government will no longer defend DOMA

Posted on February 24, 2011
WTEN.com (Albany, NY): Those against gay marriage, like the Alliance Defense Fund, reacted to this news by saying, "90 percent of states protect marriage and that the citizens in those states believe in marriage as a union only between one man and one woman...

Michael Barone: Public Unions Force Taxpayers to Fund Dems

Posted on February 24, 2011
Michael Barone writes at Rasmussen Reports: Enormous contributions, yes -- to the Democratic Party and the Obama campaign. Unions, most of whose members are public employees, gave Democrats some $400 million in the 2008 election cycle. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the biggest public employee union, gave Democrats $90 million in the 2010 cycle.

?Not going to defend marriage?

Posted on February 24, 2011
Cal. Catholic Daily: In response to a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice informing the speaker of the House that the DOJ and President Obama will no longer defend a key component of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the Alliance Defense Fund is issuing the following statement from ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R...

MN: Church?s construction lawsuit on solid ground

Posted on February 24, 2011
One News Now: Joel Oster, an ADF attorney, summarizes what happened in 2009 that brought on the legal action now.�"[The church] worked with city officials to make sure their building plans complied with the code," he explains, "but when the application was submitted to the town council, the city of Medina responded by placing a moratorium stopping all church buildings within the city...

PA: ACLU targets Chick-fil-A practice

Posted on February 24, 2011
The Daily Collegian: "Penn State ACLU President Brian Flowers said Chick-fil-A?s corporate values and sponsorship of programs that outwardly advocate against same-sex marriage run counter to Penn State?s principles of equal rights."

Idaho Senate votes to curtail teacher?s union

Posted on February 24, 2011
Reuters: "By a 20-15 vote, the Idaho Senate on Thursday approved legislation that curtails collective bargaining by public school teachers."

Virginia Senate OKs Bill Cracking Down on Abortion Centers

Posted on February 24, 2011
LifeNews: "The Virginia state Senate has signed off on a bill the state House revived that would crack down on abortion businesses in the state and ensure they are following better health and safety standards."

Another gross example of the repression of Christianity in Turkey

Posted on February 24, 2011
Catholic Herald: "Briefly, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recip Erdogan, has put his weight behind attempts to crush a small Christian community and to seize an important part of its assets. Though there are now only a few thousand Syro-Orthodox Christians left, they are still in occupation of one of the oldest monasteries anywhere in the world...

Irish Labour Party suffers political downturn for abortion support

Posted on February 24, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "For the past week, the Irish Labour Party has become increasingly panicked, as it sees its support in the polls inexorably continue on a downward drift . . . Then the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the ABC case - and it said that Ireland would have to legalise abortion...

SC: 11 charter schools closer to getting $25 million

Posted on February 24, 2011
Herald Online: "Members of the S.C. House's budget-writing committee voted Wednesday night to give the schools, organized under the state's charter school district, $25million in state money in the budget year that starts July 1."

New pro-life bill filed in Kentucky House

Posted on February 24, 2011
Courier-Journal.com: "On Tuesday Rep. Tim Moore, R-Elizabethtown, filed as a proposed amendment to a nursing home bill language to require a patient seeking an abortion to get face-to-face counseling in advance. It also requires a physician to advise a patient of the right to view an ultrasound beforehand...

New poll shows support for same-sex marriage

Posted on February 24, 2011
Iona Institute: "A new poll in The Irish Independent today shows a clear majority of the public are in favour of same-sex marriage. Sixty-one percent say they back ?State recognition of same-sex marriages?, with 27 percent opposed. However, this support is likely to be very soft and would change rapidly in a referendum campaign...

Hawaii: ?Both sides see same-sex marriage in future?

Posted on February 24, 2011
Honolulu Star Advertiser: "Final approval of a proposal to legalize civil unions is a step closer to same-sex marriage in Hawaii, supporters say."

Maryland Senate prepares for vote on marriage redefinition

Posted on February 24, 2011
Delmarva Now: "Senators voted 25-22 Wednesday to advance the bill to a final vote."

?Same-Sex Marriage Backed by Majority of New Yorkers?, Quinnipiac Poll Finds

Posted on February 24, 2011
DNAInfo.com: Across New York State, voters said they would support same-sex marriage laws 54 to 39 percent, with both New York City and upstate voters favoring the move. "Everyone supports same-sex marriage, except Republicans and senior citizens," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a statement.

TX: Group launches site to shift debate on school funding

Posted on February 24, 2011
Statesman.com: "Today the small-government group Texans for Fiscal Responsibility will seek to shift the debate over the state?s education budget (dominated in recent weeks by stories about teacher layoffs), launching a website called�Protect the Classroom...

Hawaii?s Governor Signs Civil Unions Into Law

Posted on February 24, 2011
CNSNews: "Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners."

Tennessee Legislators Push Anti-Shariah Bill

Posted on February 24, 2011
WTMA.com: "A new bill in the Tennessee legislature could make following Shariah, an Islamic code of conduct, a felony with 15 years in jail."

Mo. proposed 20-week cut-off for abortions meets praise, criticism

Posted on February 23, 2011
SE Missourian: "A proposed law to limit the use of late-term abortions in Missouri by recasting the definition of a viable unborn child met with both praise and criticism Tuesday at a Senate hearing."

Abusing the Voting Rights Act

Posted on February 23, 2011
Hans A. Von Spakovsky writes at National Review: Thanks to the Obama Justice Department, redistricting may touch off contentious court battles over the rule of law.

NOW: ?U.S. Catholic Bishops Major Force Behind War on Women Statement of NOW President Terry O?Neill?

Posted on February 23, 2011
NOW: "The collusion of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has led to an open declaration of war on the women of this country. The bishops have long sought to enshrine into law those policies of the Catholic Church that subordinate women...

Report Exonerating Kline Abortion Probe Concealed for Months

Posted on February 23, 2011
LifeNews: "As the hearings into bogus ethics charges filed against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline went into their second day, news surfaced showing a report exonerating Kline and his abortion probe of Planned Parenthood had been concealed for months...

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