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NJ Supreme Court strikes sign ordinance

Posted on February 05, 2009
State v. Wayne DeAngelo (A-73-07) Argued September 23, 2008 — Decided February 5, 2009 WALLACE, JR., J., writing for a unanimous Court. The Lawrence Township sign ordinance prohibits all but a few exempted signs, and it expressly prohibits ?balloon signs or other inflated signs (excepting grand opening signs) ...

Washington Post article: ?Obama Tries to Appease Both Sides of Abortion Debate?

Posted on February 05, 2009
Rob Stein writes in the Washington Post: “. . . In a series of moves, Obama is attempting to nudge the debate away from the morality and legality of abortion and toward a goal he hopes both sides can endorse: decreasing the number of women who terminate their pregnancies by addressing the reasons they might [...

Louisiana: ACLU sues for more religious TV programming at prison

Posted on February 05, 2009
AP: “The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana has filed lawsuits on behalf of a Catholic and a Muslim prisoner at the Louisiana State Penitentiary . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Charges Dropped Against BC Teacher Persecuted for Questioning Homosexuality

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “The British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) has dropped 12 charges against BC’s Dr. Chris Kempling accusing him of ‘conduct unbecoming a member’ of the College because he opposed the campaign to normalize homosexuality in public schools ...

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Vatican Official: Bishops Have no Choice But to Refuse Communion to Pro-Abort Politicians

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “. . . Archbishop Burke called ‘nonsense’ the accusation, regularly made by some bishops, that refusing Holy Communion ‘makes the Communion rail a [political] battle ground’. In fact, he said, the precise opposite is true...

Ben Stein ?Expelled? from University of Vermont

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “The University of Vermont has cancelled a speaking engagement by Ben Stein, the writer and actor whose film ‘Expelled’ has enraged the secularist academic community with his critical views on their strident devotion to the secularist Darwinian theory ...

European Court Rules Portugal Broke the Law by Blocking Abortion Boat

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Portuguese government broke the law in preventing the Dutch abortion boat from landing when it attempted to enter Portuguese territory in 2004, when abortion was against the law ...

Wyoming House Labor Committee Kills Bill Allowing Ultrasound Before Abortion

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeNews: “The Wyoming House Labor Committee on Wednesday night killed HB 151, legislation that would have allowed women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child prior [...]

Justice Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Surgery

Posted on February 05, 2009
"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman currently serving on the nation's highest court, underwent surgery Thursday for removal of a cancerous tumor from her pancreas . . . "

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Pro-Abortion Obama Justice Pick David Ogden

Posted on February 05, 2009
LifeNews: “Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a pro-abortion nominee President Barack Obama has put forward for Deputy Attorney General. The panel gave the okay to David Ogden even though pro-life groups opposed him because of his pro-abortion views...

Oath Requirement In Oregon Tax Form Violates Free Exercise Rights

Posted on February 05, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: “In Aslin v. Coos County Assessor, (OR Tax Ct., Jan. 13, 2009), a county tax assessor in Oregon refused to accept an unsigned personal property tax return from James Aslin . . . ” The Oregon Tax Court held, that since no alternative, the form violates the Oregon Constitution’s free exercise guarantees...

Georgia: Court Approves School District?s Settlement of Lawsuit by Christian Group

Posted on February 05, 2009
Liberty Counsel: “On Wednesday, a federal court approved a settlement of a lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Georgia (CEF) against Cobb County School District. The District had a discriminatory policy that denied equal access to religious groups ...

FRC Lecture: ?The Audacity Of Hype: Wasting Taxpayer Lives And Taxpayer Dollars - Embryonic Stem Cell Research?

Posted on February 05, 2009
FRC: “Thursday, February 12, at 11:00 am, Family Research Council will host a lecture by Dr. David Prentice on the scientific and ethical issues surrounding the current stem cell debate. President Barack Obama has pledged to spend federal money on embryonic stem cell research and the FDA has approved the first experiments using embryonic stem [...

White House to Bypass Commerce on Census

Posted on February 05, 2009
CQ Politics: The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House official. The decision came after black and Hispanic leaders raised questions about Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg ?s commitment to funding the census ...

?V. Gene Robinson to testify on bill allowing gay marriage in NH?

Posted on February 05, 2009
AP: “Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson is expected to testify today in favor of a bill allowing gay marriage in New Hampshire . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

New ?Blue Slip? Policy

Posted on February 05, 2009
CQ Politics: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy is being coy about whether he will keep honoring an informal committee tradition that would allow Republican senators to block some of President Obama’s judicial nominees quietly, without resorting to a filibuster ...

Iowa Supreme Court orders furlough for its employees

Posted on February 05, 2009
Des Moines Register: All court offices will be closed on Feb. 16, a federal holiday, to save the state money, court officials announced this morning. The Iowa Supreme Court issued an order closing all court offices, including clerk of district court offices and the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court on that date ...

New Hampshire: Homeschoolers under attack ? again!

Posted on February 05, 2009
WorldNetDaily: . . . Homeschoolers in recent months have weathered the turmoil of a California court opinion that appeared to ban the activity, and while the threat later was removed, proposals that would hinder parents who want to teach their own children remain pending ...

Utah: ?Defending an abortion ban would cost millions?

Posted on February 05, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune: “Plans for a new Utah challenge of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights has once again emerged as a wedge issue on Capitol Hill. Not least among the many arguments is the cost of such a venture ...

?Christian right challenges Obama?s Justice picks?

Posted on February 05, 2009
AP: . . . The criticism comes ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Thursday for David Ogden, Obama’s pick for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department. “Ogden has been an activist in the support of a right to pornography, a right of abortion and the rights of homosexuals,” said Patrick [...

Canadian child porn bust nets 31 arrests

Posted on February 05, 2009
The AP reports: “Ontario provincial police say they rescued two children and arrested 31 people in what they are calling the largest child pornography investigation in the province’s history . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Obama Nominates Porn Lawyer

Posted on February 05, 2009
The Bulletin: “President Barack Obama has nominated David Ogden to serve as the next Deputy Attorney General, a man who has represented Playboy and Penthouse, fought against requiring filters on library computers and successfully defended the right of pornographers to produce material with underage children ...

Should lesbian behavior be permitted in a San Antonio mall? The ACLU thinks so

Posted on February 05, 2009
New York Daily News: “Same sex couples who like to engage in PDAs while strolling through the mall better steer clear of San Antonio. A pair of smooching twentysomething female shoppers were arrested there at the Rolling Oaks Mall in December and now face criminal charges that range from trespassing to assaulting an officer of [...

DAG Nominee David Ogden and Knox v. United States?Part 1

Posted on February 05, 2009
Ed Whelan writes on the National Review Bench Memos Blog: “Among the many cases in which Deputy Attorney General nominee David Ogden has advocated the interests of the porn industry is a child-pornography case, Knox v. United States, that caused considerable embarrassment to the Clinton administration ...

Wyo., Ind., consider marriage amendments

Posted on February 05, 2009
Townhall carries this Baptist Press report by Michael Foust: [In Wyoming] ” . . . Vandeberghe estimates amendment supporters need to swing five votes in the House and three in the Senate to reach the two-thirds threshold. A December poll conducted for WyWatch, Focus on the Family Action and the Alliance Defense Fund showed 74 [...

City of Sacramento Takes Sides in Prop. 8 Battle, Urges Court to Overturn It

Posted on February 05, 2009
Pacific Justice Institute: “Despite hundreds of thousands of ‘yes’ votes from local residents in favor of traditional marriage, the Sacramento City Council voted 8-1 yesterday to add the city’s name to a legal brief urging the California Supreme Court to overturn Prop...

NY school district refuses to recognize Bible club, ADF attorneys file suit

Posted on February 05, 2009
?The Bible club is entitled to the same recognition and benefits as other student-led clubs on campus,? said ADF Litigation Counsel Joshua Bolinger. ?It is unconstitutional for school officials to deny students their First Amendment rights simply because they are religious...

Who determines ?marriage? in New York?

Posted on February 05, 2009
One News Now: “. . . ADF senior counsel Brian Raum . . . ‘Our position from the beginning has been that the legislature has the exclusive authority regarding the definition of marriage, and the definition of marriage in New York is clear — it’s between a man and a woman, and the highest court [...

Florida?s ACLU affiliate in Miami to cut staff nearly 20 percent

Posted on February 05, 2009
Miami Herald: “The Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is laying off close to 20 percent of its staff statewide in an effort to combat the effects of a dramatic drop in the contributions that fund its work . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Obama to create faith-based office

Posted on February 05, 2009
AP: Addressing the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama spoke of how faith has often been a divisive tool, responsible for war and prejudice. But, he said, “there is no religion whose central tenet is hate” and all religions teach people to love and care for one another...

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