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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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GOP ?gay-rights? group brings Donald Trump to conservative gathering

Posted on February 10, 2011
The Hill: "Real estate mogul Donald Trump is set to make a last-minute appearance at CPAC on Thursday afternoon, a stop orchestrated with the help of GOProud, the conservative-leaning gay-rights group that's the focus of a boycott from several leading conservative organizations ...

Senate Dem. Brochin confirms plan to vote for Md. marriage redefinition bill

Posted on February 10, 2011
With Brochin's support, there are now 21 senators who have said publicly they will vote for the same-sex marriage bill, which needs 24 votes for passage. Six other members have either said they are undecided or not announced their position." (see list in the article)

Lila Rose: The top six Planned Parenthood deceptions in response to our exposé

Posted on February 10, 2011
"Over the past week, Live Action has released six videos revealing Planned Parenthood?s willingness to aid and abet the sex traffickers of underage girls. Since the beginning of our release, Planned Parenthood has attacked our organization and attempted to discredit the growing evidence of institutional and rampant abuse cover up...

Arizona Committees Consider New Bills to Limit Abortions

Posted on February 10, 2011
LifeNews: "Two committees in the Arizona legislature considered bills on Wednesday to further limit abortions after the passage of a package of bills last legislative session."

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District of Columbia Planned Parenthood Caught Aiding Sex Trafficking

Posted on February 10, 2011
"Planned Parenthood abortion centers in three states have been caught on undercover video footage ignoring alleged sex traffickers and a new audio file Live Action released today adds a District of Columbia abortion clinic to the list."

HI: Governor will keep high court nominees secret

Posted on February 10, 2011
Star Advertiser: "Despite the opinion by the head of the state agency that administers Hawaii's open-records law, Gov. Neil Abercrombie will not release the names of candidates to the Hawaii Supreme Court."

Under Tea Party pressure, House panel scrambles for deeper cuts

Posted on February 10, 2011
The Hill: "Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) had intended to release on Thursday a bill cutting $32 billion from current spending levels and $74 billion from Obama?s 2011 budget request. He outlined some of the major cuts in the CR on Wednesday. "

?Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Definition of ?Public Charity??

Posted on February 10, 2011
How Appealing reports on the case in Mesivtah Eitz Chaim of Bobov, Inc. v. Pike County Board of Assessment Appeals, No. 16 MAP 2011

Methodist bishops seek doctrinal change on ?gay? clergy

Posted on February 10, 2011
One News Now: "Although they do not speak for the United Methodist Church (UMC), 33 retired bishops of the denomination are calling for the removal of its ban on homosexual clergy."

King: Use Vietnam Tactics to Defund Obamacare

Posted on February 10, 2011
Newsmax: We should follow the model of the appropriations bill that shut off the funding for the Vietnam War," King said at a town hall meeting in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night.

AZ Sen. Jon Kyl to announce retirement, source confirms

Posted on February 10, 2011
AZ Republic: "U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will announce Thursday morning that he will not seek a fourth term in 2012, a source has confirmed to The Arizona Republic."

Virginia Supreme Court Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr. dies at 55

Posted on February 10, 2011
Richmond Times Dispatch: "Leroy R. Hassell Sr., who rose from segregated Norfolk to become the first black chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court ? a role in which he pressed for a judiciary attuned to the disabled and dispossessed, died Wednesday at a Richmond-area hospital after a lengthy illness...

Victor David Hanson: Jerry Brown, a Modern Sisyphus

Posted on February 10, 2011
Victor David Hanson writes at Townhall: "Somehow, Jerry Brown must not only change the way Californians act, but also the strange way they now seem to think -- convincing the present generation to produce far more private wealth while consuming far fewer public funds...

Jeff Jacoby: No Room at the Table for the Muslim Brothers

Posted on February 10, 2011
Jeff Jacoby writes at Townhall: "Liberty and justice for all" does not require empowering even those who seek to do away with liberty and justice . . . The Brotherhood is the world's most influential Islamist organization, and Islamism -- the radical ideology that seeks the submission of all people to Islamic law -- is perhaps the most virulent antidemocratic force in the world today.

Title VII Claim By Seventh Day Adventist Against Police Department Rejected

Posted on February 10, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "In Morgan v. City and County of Denver, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11918 (D CO, Feb. 7, 2011), a Colorado federal district court approved a magistrate's recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141090, Dec. 29, 2010) and dismissed a Title VII religious discrimination claim brought by a Seventh Day Adventist against the Denver Police Department Records Bureau...

Goddess Worshipers and Tax Authorities Clash in an Upstate Town

Posted on February 10, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "Today's New York Times reports on the long legal battle in which a pagan religious group in the Catskill Mountains is seeking a tax exemption for its Phrygianum (religious convent). At issue is a former inn (Central House) that was the fictional home of Rip Van Winkle...

Heritage Foundation: Bernanke Helps Defuse ?Default?

Posted on February 10, 2011
Heritage Foundation Morning Bell: To remove any possible doubt regarding ?the full faith and credit of the United States,? Senator Pat Toomey (R?PA) and Representative Tom McClintock (R?CA) have introduced the Full Faith and Credit Act, which would make the payment of interest on the debt the top priority...

What the Muslim Brothers Want

Posted on February 10, 2011
NY Times: "As our nation heads toward liberty, however, we disagree with the claims that the only options in Egypt are a purely secular, liberal democracy or an authoritarian theocracy. Secular liberal democracy of the American and European variety, with its firm rejection of religion in public life, is not the exclusive model for a legitimate democracy...

??It?s not like they?re from outer space?: Testimony on same-sex marriage in Maryland?

Posted on February 10, 2011
TBD.com: Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund: ?The legislation before you is inconsistent with the purposes of Maryland?s marriage laws," the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based attorney testified. "Men and women still comprise the two great halves of humanity...

Taking Liberties: Taxing Church Attendance?

Posted on February 10, 2011
Fox News: Erik Stanley walked up Woodson Road in Mission, Kansas, surveying the church parking lot at St. Pius X Catholic Church. He said the government can tax your life and can tax your death, but they?re not supposed to tax your church. And that?s exactly what he said is happening in Mission...

RI: Same-sex marriage bill packs the halls

Posted on February 10, 2011
Providence Journal: NOM also flew in Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, the president of a NOM offshoot known as The Ruth Institute, who drew comparisons between the fight against abortion and the fight for the principle that children ?need a mother and father,? and lawyer Austin R...

CO woman waits to see if pill mix up harmed embryo

Posted on February 10, 2011
AP: "Doctors say the early stages of pregnancy are an especially bad time for a pharmacological mix-up where a woman prescribed antibiotics instead is given a powerful drug used in chemotherapy."

No new federal indictments for illegal adult porn in two years!

Posted on February 10, 2011
?The nation is flooded with illegal adult pornography in almost every medium which is providing fuel to the fire of child pornography, destruction of marriages and families, addiction of children and adults, and an increase in sex trafficking, yet the U...

UK lawmakers debate prisoners? right to vote

Posted on February 10, 2011
AP: The issue has enraged victims' groups and stirred up old grievances about the power of European courts to overrule Britain's elected lawmakers. Many British lawmakers are deeply opposed to changing a centuries-old law, and Prime Minister David Cameron has said it made him "physically ill to contemplate giving the vote to prisoners...

AP: Botswana politician defends ?anti-gay? comments

Posted on February 10, 2011
AP: In an interview this week with The Associated Press, he called homosexuality "a culture away from our culture."

French judges revolt, shut down courthouses

Posted on February 10, 2011
AP: "The French president's incautious comments about the suspect, and his complaints of incompetence in the legal system, have sparked a revolt among judges, prosecutors and lawyers. Protesting magistrates have shut down almost all the country's courthouses this week in the run-up to a protest march planned later Thursday...

NY Rep. Lee resigns after shirtless photo surfaces

Posted on February 10, 2011
AP: "Rep. Christopher Lee of western New York abruptly resigned with only a vague explanation of regret after a gossip website reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles to a woman he met on Craigslist...

Virginia asks Supreme Court to hear healthcare, argues nation in uncertainty

Posted on February 10, 2011
SCOTUS Blog: "Virginia asks the Court to gather up all of the health care law?s challenges from the federal appeals courts, and decide all of them in one omnibus proceeding dealing with every issue. The constitutional controversy has mired the nation in uncertainty, the state argues...

UK: Govt minister backs ?basic institution? of marriage

Posted on February 10, 2011
Christian Institute: Marriage is important and the Government wants to support the institution in the tax system, a senior Cabinet minister has said. Iain Duncan Smith praised marriage as a ?fundamental institution? and hit out at those in the political world who, over the years, ?frowned? at its mention...

Unionizing Airline Screeners Endangers National Security

Posted on February 10, 2011
Heritage Foundation: "The Obama Administration has decided that the government will engage in limited collective bargaining with airline security screeners. This decision will reduce the Transportation Security Administration?s (TSA) effectiveness. Collective bargaining impairs rewarding merit and raises the likelihood of illegal labor disputes...

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