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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Texas Supreme Court will hear strip-club fee case

Posted on February 12, 2010
"The legal dance over Texas' so-called 'pole tax,' a $5 entrance fee at strip clubs, is going before the state Supreme Court."

WV: House committee rejects marriage amendment

Posted on February 12, 2010
Forbes: "The House Constitutional Revision Committee voted 6-19 Wednesday to reject a GOP-led bid to force an anti-gay marriage proposal onto the agenda. The measure seeks to ask voters to amend the state constitution and define marriage as being between one man and one woman...

?Gay marriage battle endangering religious voices, LDS leader says?

Posted on February 12, 2010
Deseret News: "As the battle over same-sex marriage winds its way through the federal courts, the fundamental right to voice religious beliefs in political debates is seriously endangered, said Elder Lance B. Wickman."

?French to vote on internet censorship bill next week?

Posted on February 12, 2010
Download Squad: "Next Tuesday French lawmakers will vote on a bill dubbed 'Loppsi 2' that will give the authorities the power to force ISPs to block access to any web address . . . "

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Teen faces suspension over rosary beads

Posted on February 12, 2010
WABC: "The parents of a high school student from Rockland County are demanding answers after their ninth grader was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school."

Senate Confirms U.S. Attorney for D.C.

Posted on February 12, 2010
The Blog of the Legal Times: "Ronald Machen's nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia was among a group of nominations that the U.S. Senate confirmed late Thursday, just before senators headed out of town for a week-long recess."

New Study Undercuts Claims Abortion Reduces Maternal Mortality Numbers

Posted on February 12, 2010
LifeNews: "Preliminary findings by a prominent biomedical researcher examining the dramatic decrease in maternal mortality, over the past fifty years in the Latin American nation of Chile, appear to undercut claims by global abortion lobbyists that liberal abortion laws are necessary to reduce maternal mortality rates...

Catholic Theologians Say Spanish King Should Refuse to Sign Pro-Abortion Legislation

Posted on February 12, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Several Catholic theologians are stating publicly that the King of Spain can, and is even morally obligated, to refuse to give his consent to new legislation that would allow abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Madrid news service Religion en Libertad (Religion in Liberty)...

McGill Students Vote against Ban on Pro-Life Groups

Posted on February 12, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "On Wednesday the undergraduates at McGill University voted against a motion that would ban the current pro-life club, Choose Life, and any future pro-life club on campus . . . While this result prevents Choose Life from being permanently banned, the club is still suspended as a result of a motion SSMU voted in favor of on November 12th...

Top Democrat Confirms Reconciliation on Table to Push Pro-Abortion Health Care

Posted on February 12, 2010
LifeNews: "A top Senate Democrat confirmed today that Democrats are going to push ahead with the plan to use the controversial reconciliation process to push through the pro-abortion health care bill."

UC Irvine: Muslim students systematically disrupt Israeli Ambassador?s speech

Posted on February 12, 2010
"A group of students at UC Irvine, apparently all members of the Muslim Students Union , decided to try to stop the speech."

Tomorrow Youth Promote Sexual Purity on Seventh Annual Day of Purity

Posted on February 11, 2010
Liberty Counsel: "Tomorrow, young people in America and around the world are beginning Valentine?s celebrations by committing to sexual purity and encouraging their peers on the value of purity. This is the seventh annual Day of Purity, which helps educate youth to remain sexually pure until marriage ...

Virginia: ?Education groups criticize McDonnell?s charter schools plan?

Posted on February 11, 2010
Richmond Times Dispatch: "State education groups today called Gov. Bob McDonnell's initiative to loosen charter school laws part of a 'political agenda,' that would send precious education dollars to schools that are not needed in a time of drastic budget cuts...

Strip club bill advances in Missouri legislature

Posted on February 11, 2010
KC Star: "The legislation would ban nudity at strip clubs and force partly nude employees to stay 6 feet away from customers. It also would make strip clubs and adult video stores close by midnight and restrict the location of new adult entertainment businesses...

Family Policy Council of West Virginia calls for abstinence education

Posted on February 11, 2010
The Charleston Gazette: "The Family Policy Council of West Virginia issued a news release Wednesday saying that policies that help adolescents access birth control would lead to more teen sex."

Iowa Court of Appeals OKs strip club ruling

Posted on February 11, 2010
KETV: "The Iowa Court of Appeals will allow dancers to continue to perform at a controversial strip club."

Pro-family organizations denounce homosexual agenda in Chilean schools

Posted on February 11, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "Responding to a call by Archbishop Cristian Caro of Puerto Montt in Chile, numerous family organizations are urging a campaign to halt the distribution of pro-homosexual material in public schools."

Senate Majority Leader Takes Swipe at ABA

Posted on February 11, 2010
Blog of the Legal Times: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today criticized the American Bar Association's process for evaluating federal judicial nominees, saying the ABA should not penalize a nominee for not having prior experience on the bench...

Conservative Judicial Group Moves into Crisis Mode

Posted on February 11, 2010
Tony Mauro writes at The Blog of Legal Times: "The Judicial Confirmation Network, which has been a significant conservative voice in recent Supreme Court confirmation battles, is expanding its mission and adding urgency to its name: from now on, you can call it the Judicial Crisis Network...

Dems look to crack down on corporate political spending ahead of midterms

Posted on February 11, 2010
The Hill: "Democrats are hoping to fast-track a set of sweeping new campaign finance regulations to prevent the Supreme Court?s landmark Citizens United decision from affecting the November midterm elections."

?British Court Vindicate?s Hindu Man?s Right To Cremation on Funeral Pyre?

Posted on February 11, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "In�The Queen on the Appliation of Ghai v. Newcastle City Council, (Eng. & Wales Ct. App., Feb. 10, 2010), Britain's Court of Appeal upheld the right of a Hindu man to be cremated in England on a traditional funeral pyre according to his religious beliefs...

Both sides ask for ruling on Ark. adoption ban

Posted on February 11, 2010
Associated Press: "The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Arkansas Family Council on Wednesday filed motions for summary judgment with a Pulaski County judge."

American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia ? Natural Law

Posted on February 11, 2010
ISI's First Principles Web Journal has posted Russell Hittinger's entry on Natural Law in American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia: "Among conservatives, nothing discredited theories of natural rights more than the French Revolution, in which appeals to the 'rights of man' were used to overthrow the social, political, and ecclesiastical orders...

Evangelist challenges ban on leafleting near California courthouse

Posted on February 11, 2010
Religion Clause: "A federal lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles on Monday by a Christian evangelist challenging the breadth of a rule banning the distribution of leaflets and educational or counseling activities within 100 feet of any courthouse door. ....

?Anti-abortion group wants Pittsburgh legal fees?

Posted on February 11, 2010
phillyburbs.com (AP): "City Solicitor Dan Regan says the fees sought by the Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., are 'excessive' and is challenging the request."

NC: Moment of silence replaces prayer

Posted on February 11, 2010
OneNewsNow: "That allotted time at commissioners meetings will now be devoted to a moment of silence instead of prayer. Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is handling the case and cites the federal court's ruling. 'Any reference to a sectarian deity, specifically a reference to Jesus, in a public invocation is somehow inherently unconstitutional,' he reports...

D.C. marriage referendum rejected; appeal filed

Posted on February 11, 2010
Christian Post: "In addition to the appeal, attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a motion to keep a proposed law legalizing gay marriage from going into effect in March, the legal group reported Tuesday. 'The people of D.C. do not deserve to have a new definition of marriage imposed upon them without their consent,' said ADF Legal Counsel Timothy J...

Organization to announce offer to back Forsyth if it decides to appeal ruling

Posted on February 11, 2010
Winston-Salem Journal: "A local group supporting the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in a suit over public prayer said it would announce at 12:45 p.m. today an offer of financial support for appealing a recent court decision against the county ...

$360,000 in legal fees sought from Pittsburgh

Posted on February 11, 2010
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization that represents Mary Kathryn Brown in the case, wants about $244,000 for representing Brown in federal court and $115,000 for representing Brown before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

New Hampshire Bill Could Bring Homosexuality Lessons into the Classroom

Posted on February 11, 2010
Citizen Link: "Kevin Smith, executive director of Cornerstone Action, said House Bill 1523 mandates that all school districts insert the terms 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity and expression' into policies."

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