Religion & Law

Cosby joins Boehner in drive for more school choice

Posted on January 24, 2011
Washington Times: "Count Bill Cosby as a big fan of school choice. With Congress and the White House gearing up for a major battle over the future of education policy, the comedian who famously criticized academic failings in the black community added his voice Wednesday to that of House Speaker John A...

Limbaugh: Obama must release birth certificate

Posted on January 24, 2011
NewsMax: "Top-rated talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Friday questioned why new Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has not gotten support from the White House in his efforts to resolve the doubts of so-called 'birthers' about Barack Obama?s place of birth."

Seymour Hersh on the Huffington Post: ?Military branch being run by ?Crusaders??

Posted on January 24, 2011
Huffington Post: "The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh alleged in a speech in Qatar that key branches of the U.S. military are being led by Christian fundamentalist 'crusaders' who are determined to 'turn mosques into cathedrals.'"

Academy critic calls for superintendent?s firing

Posted on January 24, 2011
Yahoo (AP): "Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein says the choice of Marine 1st Lt. Clebe McClary shows superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould is tilted toward evangelical Christianity and tolerates an environment where proselytizing is accepted...

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UK: ?Gay messages built into school maths lessons for children as young as four?

Posted on January 24, 2011
Daily Mail: "Young children are to be taught about homosexuality in their maths, geography, science and English lessons, it has emerged. As part of a Government-backed drive to 'celebrate the gay community,' maths problems could be introduced that involve gay characters ...

PA: State tuition voucher proposal on path fraught with questions

Posted on January 24, 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "The voucher proposal, announced last week by state Sens. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, and Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, would allow low-income students from 'persistently poorly performing' public schools to switch to other public or private schools -- and receive taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay their tuition...

UK: Government drug adviser under fire over views on ?gay lifestyle?

Posted on January 24, 2011
"The body that advises the government on its drugs policy faces fresh controversy after the appointment of an expert with controversial views on homosexuality and the role of religion in combating addiction. Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, a Manchester GP and member of the Maranatha Community, an inter-denominational Christian movement, was appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) last week...

Our forgotten Founder ? William Penn

Posted on January 24, 2011
Salena Zito writing at Townhall: "'William Penn is one of America?s great forgotten founders,' says Catherine Wilson, a Villanova University political scientist. 'His policies on religious toleration and political freedom were touted as some of the most welcoming throughout all the colonies...

UK Observer: ?Our secular society cannot afford to marginalize religious education?

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Observer editorial: "The freedom schoolchildren enjoy to study texts that are not scriptures is relatively new and hard won. Secular education is a modern invention and a thoroughly good one. There are still fanatics of all faiths who would prefer to see children drilled in rigid dogmas...

National School Choice Week is underway

Posted on January 24, 2011
Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "The first-ever National School Choice Week is underway! This week, January 23rd ? 29th, school choice advocates from across the country will host events and highlight the benefits of educational freedom."

Justin Dyer: Reckoning with Roe v. Wade

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Public Discourse: "On the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, our society still struggles to come to terms with what exactly is at stake in the abortion controversy. In its Roe decision, the Supreme Court repeatedly used the phrase 'potential life' to refer to the unborn, but that phrase has never really been adequate...

GM?s China sales pass US for first time in history

Posted on January 24, 2011
Yahoo: "General Motors Co. sold more cars and trucks in China last year than it did in the U.S., for the first time in the company's 102-year history."

Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia?s biggest airport

Posted on January 24, 2011
Reuters: "A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people at Russia's biggest airport, Moscow-Domodedovo, on Monday in an attack that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the north Caucasus region."

U.N. funding an early target for House Republicans

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Hill: "A key House Republican is quickly pressing forward with her goals to scale back U.S. funding for the United Nations."

Bradley Abramson on the Zeb Bell Show: The First Amendment and the Mt. Soledad Cross

Posted on January 24, 2011
ADF attorney Bradley Abramson appeared on the Zeb Bell Show. | MP3 audio 20:26 mins | ADF Media Information page: Truck v. City of San Diego

Matt Sharp on Everything Southeast Texas: Introduction to ADF

Posted on January 24, 2011
ADF attorney Matt Sharp appeared on Everything Southeast Texas with Brad Lewis. | MP3 audio 37:36 mins

Joe Infranco on the Janet Mefferd Show: The NH homeschool case

Posted on January 24, 2011
ADF attorney Joe Infranco appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show (1.6.2011) to discuss this: NH Supreme Court to hear arguments in case of home-schooled girl Thursday. | MP3 audio 17 mins

David French on the Hugh Hewitt Show: Vanderbilt?s abortion impositions on nurses

Posted on January 24, 2011
ADF attorney David French appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show (1.11.2011) to discuss this: Vanderbilt University abandons illegal policy that forced nursing residents to sign abortion pledge. | MP3 audio 7:44 mins

GOP leaders to president: Don?t pitch us on new spending

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Hill: "Republican leaders signaled Sunday that they won't go for President Obama's expected call for more federal spending in infrastructure, education and innovation initiatives in his State of the Union address."

China bank moves to buy U.S. branches

Posted on January 24, 2011
Wall Street Journal: "China's biggest bank signed an agreement that would make it the first Beijing-controlled financial institution to acquire retail bank branches in the U.S., though regulators could still block the deal."

Sask. Premier defends decision to force marriage commissioners perform ?gay marriages?

Posted on January 24, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "Saskatchewan?s Premier Brad Wall last week defended his government?s decision not to challenge a non-binding court ruling saying that marriage commissioners must 'marry' same-sex couples regardless of their religious views."

?Stop telling women abortion is dangerous? ? Abortion lobby to Macedonian gov?t

Posted on January 24, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "European abortion activists are annoyed with the tiny Balkan state of Macedonia for telling women that abortion is something that carries risks, and that they can do without."

64% ? Cohabitation a step toward marriage?

Posted on January 24, 2011
Yahoo: "Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds (64%) say they thought about it as a step toward marriage."

Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of man ?purporting to be a sex trafficker?

Posted on January 24, 2011
Boston.com (AP): "Planned Parenthood, a perennial protest target because of its role in providing abortions, has notified the FBI that at least 12 of its health centers were visited recently by a man purporting to be a sex trafficker but who may instead be part of an attempted ruse to entrap clinic employees...

N.J. Gov. Christie speaks out on sanctity of life on Roe anniversary

Posted on January 24, 2011
NorthJersey.com: "Every human being is one of God's creatures and deserves the love and respect that God gives to all of us," he told a crowd that filled the front of the steps to the State House and spilled over into a park across the street. "What we need to do each and every day is to live our lives in a way that encourages everyone to understand why this cause is so important," Christie said.

The heavy hand of nutrition czars

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Christian Science Monitor / Mises Economics Blog: "It is amazing that we live in a world where bureaucrats, whose interests are not aligned with the interests of the consumers, are given the power to make the decisions about our lifestyles and food product choices...

?Judge: Octomom?s doctor shouldn?t lose license?

Posted on January 24, 2011
CNSNews: "A California judge says Octomom Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor should be allowed to keep practicing medicine and that the state's move to revoke his license is too severe."

Iowa: Proposed marriage amendment clears initial hurdle

Posted on January 24, 2011
Radio Iowa: "A three-member panel in the Iowa House has approved a resolution that would let Iowans vote on a constitutional amendment that would make same-sex marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships illegal in Iowa."

Not just another brick in the walkway: Calif. high school forbids Christian pavers

Posted on January 24, 2011
ADF attorneys sue school board after women?s paid-for Bible message is prohibited

Rand Paul calls Roe v. Wade ruling a ?horrific? travesty

Posted on January 24, 2011
WSAZ: "U.S. Sen. Rand Paul marked the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision on abortion by calling it 'one of the most horrific judicial travesties in the history of our nation.'"

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