Religion & Law

Male prostitute killed Uganda gay activist: police

Posted on February 03, 2011
AFP: "A Ugandan gay rights activist was killed after reneging on an agreement to pay for sex, the country's police chief told journalists Thursday."

Ohio Pro-Life Legislators Introduce Three Abortion Bills

Posted on February 02, 2011
LifeNews: "Today, pro-life legislator in both chambers put forward bills that will ban late term abortions, exclude Ohio from abortion coverage in the new federal health care law and strengthen parental consent rights in Ohio."

Planned Parenthood?s Incoherent Response to Sex Trafficking Sting Video

Posted on February 02, 2011
John McCormack writes at the Weekly Standard: "It's like, you know, she's still entitled to care without mom knowin' . . . " says Woodruff. As shocking as Woodruff's words may be, they're actually a concise summary of the New Jersey Supreme Court's 2004 ruling that invalidated the state's parental consent law...

Schlafly: People should challenge aggressive judges

Posted on February 02, 2011
One News Now: "One pro-family activist is warning that U.S. judges are seeking supremacy over the branches of government and over the will of the people, but she says Americans can do something about it."

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ND Bill would require mandatory marriage counseling for those seeking a divorce

Posted on February 02, 2011
WDAY.com: "It's a bill starting to get a lot of attention in the North Dakota legislature: The debate over divorce. A group of North Dakota Republicans wants to require couples wanting to get a divorce wait one year and go through mandatory marriage counseling...

SD lesbians denied licenses in married names

Posted on February 02, 2011
KCAUTV.com: "Two Sioux Falls women who were legally married in Iowa are petitioning to change their names after the state of South Dakota refused to issue them driver's licenses in their married names."

USA Today: ?Analysis: Controversy looms again for Nat. Prayer Breakfast?

Posted on February 02, 2011
USA Today: "When the prayer breakfast convenes again on Thursday (Feb. 3), they'll be back, this time charging that some of the evangelical supporters of the prayer breakfast have blood on their hands. Last year's protests were fueled by a proposed law in Uganda calling for life sentences for people convicted of homosexual activity ...

AZ Republican lawmaker: Ban abortions sought because of race or sex

Posted on February 02, 2011
AZ Capitol Times: "If a state lawmaker has his way, women seeking abortions in Arizona would be required to sign documents saying they?re not terminating a pregnancy because of the fetus? race or sex."

Bill would let Mass. taxpayers opt out on abortion

Posted on February 02, 2011
Boston Herald: "A Massachusetts anti-abortion group proposed legislation today that would allow individual taxpayers to opt out of paying for publicly-funded abortions in the state."

Republican State Sen. Kittleman to support Maryland marriage redefinition bill

Posted on February 02, 2011
ExploreHoward.com: "West County Republican State Sen. Allan Kittleman (District 9) announced Wednesday that he no longer plans to introduce legislation that will allow civil unions for all couples, including same-sex couples, but instead plans to support a gay marriage bill that was introduced in the Senate...

Taxpayers Stuck With Legal Bill for State Officials Ignoring Gosnell

Posted on February 02, 2011
LifeNews: "Fox 29 indicates Pennsylvania state records it obtained show taxpayers forked over $100,000 in legal bills for attorneys for the state officials the grand jury subpoenaed. The local prosecutors in the case grilled the state officials and they were entitled to legal representation, but chose to accept public attorneys paid for at public expense...

If the US Supreme Court isn?t bound by the Constitution, should lower courts be bound by the Supreme Court?

Posted on February 02, 2011
"When interpreting the scope of federal power, then, you need to decide what you will follow: The original meaning or case precedents. As I read Judge Vinson?s opinion, he mixes the two."

Look to Sweden for School Choice

Posted on February 02, 2011
NCPA Policy Digest: "In 1993, Sweden introduced a system of school vouchers inspired by the ideas of American economists Milton and Rose Friedman. Sweden designed its voucher system to follow the Friedmans' advice to keep it universal and simple. The answer was a system where funding follows the student regardless of their parents' income, says Odd Eiken, former state secretary of schools in Sweden...

Rebecca Hagelin: Culture Challenge of the Week: Child Pornography on TV

Posted on February 02, 2011
Rebecca Hagelin writes at Townhall:  "To appear nude on TV, for starters. Danny?s mother had a few qualms, apparently, about her son starring in a teen drama rife with explicit sexual scenes, drug abuse and alcohol. But, Danny assured her, it?s just a ?job,? and besides, he?s ?superstoked? about it...

Michelle Malkin: A Christian Business in the Left?s Crosshairs

Posted on February 02, 2011
"Over the past month, several progressive activist blogs have waged an ugly war against Chick-fil-A. The company's alleged atrocity: One of its independent outlets in Pennsylvania donated some sandwiches and brownies to a marriage seminar run by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, which happens to oppose same-sex marriage...

Iowa marriage amendment debate moves forward

Posted on February 02, 2011
Des Moines Register: "This is not a debate about taking rights away from anyone," said Rep. Greg Forristall, R-Macedonia. "This is a debate about whether a right exists. The Legislature and the Supreme Court disagree, so we're going to the people to let them decide...

D.C. Judicial Commission Recommends Three Lawyers for Appeals Court

Posted on February 02, 2011
Blog of the Legal Times: "The District of Columbia's judicial nomination commission today recommended to the White House three Washington lawyers who are vying to fill a vacancy on the D.C. Court of Appeals. The commission recommended Corinne Ann Beckwith, Todd Kim and Walter Smith Jr...

Obama?s Lawyer Previews New Push to Confirm Judges

Posted on February 02, 2011
Blog of the Legal Times: "In a rare public appearance, White House Counsel Robert Bauer pleaded today for senators to allow confirmation votes on more of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees."

Critics say top-rated Chinese education system has a flaw

Posted on February 02, 2011
USA Today: "What the Chinese are very good at doing is achieving short-term goals," says Jiang Xueqin, deputy principal of Peking University High School, affiliated with Beijing's Peking University, known as the "Harvard" of China. "They're good at copying things, not creating them...

Vulnerable Senate Dems under pressure to vote yes on repeal

Posted on February 02, 2011
The Hill: "The Tea Party group FreedomWorks is calling on activists to flood the office phones of Sens. Nelson, Tester, Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jim Webb (D-Va.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N...

Virginia House OKs Proposed Amendments On Prayer and Funding for Military Chaplains

Posted on February 02, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "The Virginia House of Representatives yesterday passed two proposed state constitutional amendments dealing with religion . . . HJ 593 and HJ 614 . . . "

Suit Challenges School?s Ban On Religious Songs From Talent Show

Posted on February 02, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "Alliance Defense Fund issued a press release announcing filing of the lawsuit."

Mitch Daniels Promotes Abortion Truce Again in New Interview

Posted on February 02, 2011
LifeNews: "Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has promoted a ?truce? on abortion and social issues again in a new interview that will surely cause him problems with pro-life voters should he decide to see the Republican nomination for president."

Muslims seek change in their Hollywood story

Posted on February 02, 2011
AP: "After years of watching Muslims portrayed as terrorists in mainstream TV and movies, an advocacy group hopes to change that image by grooming a crop of aspiring Muslim screenwriters who can bring their stories - and perspective - to Hollywood."

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review parental consent law after challenge

Posted on February 02, 2011
LifeSite News: Defending the law are the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorneys, along with Americans United for Life and ADF-allied attorney Randall Wenger, who submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at the end of December...

Cali School Bans Christian Student?s Talent

Posted on February 02, 2011
Charisma (includes photo of David Cortman): Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday against Los Angeles Unified School District officials on behalf of the student. ?Christian students shouldn?t be censored at public elementary schools because of their beliefs,? says ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman...

School officials in Chatsworth tell fifth-grader his talent show number has too much Jesus; parents suing

Posted on February 02, 2011
Contra Costa Times: Christian attorneys who advocate for religious freedom, filed suit late last week against Los Angeles Unified on behalf of the unidentified boy. "What this boils down to is that our client, like other students, wanted to be allowed to (perform) to a song about love and dancing...

Who is Lila Rose?

Posted on February 02, 2011
Media Matters: “The Alliance Defence Fund, a Christian legal group, has given her free legal advice; she is receiving support from the Washington, D.C.-based CRC Public Relations, a conservative PR firm that played a role in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign that targeted Democrat John F...

Lawsuit pending over Montgomery County?s restrictions on pregnancy centers

Posted on February 02, 2011
Gazette.net: "The Baltimore case, though, is rather directly on point and should make it clear that the Montgomery County law also is unconstitutional," said Casey Mattox, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund. The Alliance Defense Fund, based in Washington, D...

WA: City Council likes prayer model

Posted on February 02, 2011
Yakima-Herald.com: "Banking on free legal help in the event of a lawsuit, the Yakima City Council has taken an important step toward formalizing a policy that protects its practice of public prayer. With little comment, the council agreed Tuesday to adopt a model policy offered by the Alliance Defense Fund, a group of lawyers whose stated goal is to defend freedom of religious expression...

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