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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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5K rejected Minn. Senate ballots get another look

Posted on February 04, 2009
One News Now: “The judges in Minnesota’s Senate election trial threw Republican Norm Coleman a lifeline on Tuesday, opening the door to adding nearly 5,000 rejected absentee ballots to a race that Democrat Al Franken leads by just 225 votes...

?Adultery? service targets married Texans

Posted on February 04, 2009
One News Now: “A dating service is targeting its advertising at married people — encouraging them to commit adultery . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Obama?s Delay on Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research Raises Questions

Posted on February 04, 2009
LifeNews: “To hear Barack Obama on the campaign tail, President Bush’s refusal to force taxpayers to fund life-destroying embryonic stem cell research was standing in the way of helping [...]

Wisconsin: Groups coalesce around fight to block second-trimester abortion service

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Capital Times: Just when local anti-abortion groups were wondering how they’d stay relevant with Democrats now in control of the Statehouse and White House, along comes Madison Surgery Center’s proposal to offer second-trimester abortions...

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Congressional Dems chide the Pope

Posted on February 04, 2009
20090203 - A Liberal Plot against the Pope? Several Italian religious journalists (including Rodari, for Il Riformista, Tornielli, for Il Giornale) are reporting today on a dossier circulating within the Vatican which could reveal that a plot was planned for several months to embarrass the Pope in the “Williamson affair” ...

New Tell-Three campaign proselytizes for same sex ?marriage?

Posted on February 04, 2009
The ACLU has issued this press release: New Web Campaign, Tell-Three.org, Encourages People to Talk About What it Means to be LGBT Join the Impact has partnered with other national LGBT groups to develop a web based public education campaign, www.tell-three...

Boxer Says House Will ?Follow the Science? on Global Warming Legislation

Posted on February 04, 2009
CNSNews: “Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the committee chair, told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday that Democrats on the committee are writing a global warming bill that she says will not only preserve the environment, but also help remedy the nation?s economic problems ...

Democrats Have Mixed Opinions on Borrowing Money From China to Pay for Stimulus

Posted on February 04, 2009
CNSNews: “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that he is concerned about the fact that�much�of the money�that will�be used for�the $800-billion-plus stimulus�bill under�consideration�in Congress must�be borrowed from foreign sources, including the Peoples Republic of China...

Missouri Baptist Convention Loses Attempt To Regain Conference Center

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention v. Windermere Baptist Conference Center, (MO App., Feb. 3, 2009), a Missouri appellate court rejected attempts by the Missouri Baptist Convention to regain control of the valuable Windermere Baptist Conference Center that broke away from the Convention (along with 4 other institutions) [...

Alan Sears: A Bad Month for Children

Posted on February 04, 2009
Alan Sears, ADF President and General Counsel, has this commentary on Townhall that begins: By almost any measurement, January wasn?t a very good month for children. As much as activists and politicians love to repeat the mantra that ?children are our future,? the hard truth is that they seek to use all three branches of government [...

Fed. Court enjoins Indiana time release for religion

Posted on February 04, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: “In H.S. v. Huntington County Community School Corporation, (ND IN, Feb. 3, 2009), an Indiana federal magistrate judge recommended that a preliminary injunction be granted in a challenge to a released time program at a Huntington, Indiana elementary school ...

Court Affirms IRS Has Misdelegated Church Summons Authority

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In United States v. Living Word Christian Center, (D MN, Jan. 30, 2009 . . . the court agreed that ‘an ‘appropriate high-level Treasury official’ has not made the necessary ‘reasonable belief’ determination required by Congress [in IRC Sec...

Will New SG Lead to Sharp Turn at the Supreme Court?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Tony Mauro writes at the Legal Times: “High court experts say Elena Kagan is unlikely to roll back government positions in cases already under way . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Class Breaks in Tokyo More Suited for Children

Posted on February 04, 2009
Erin Irving writes at EdNews: Much is expected of Japanese students, but still, apparently the idea of expecting children to sit all day with only five-minute breaks in between classes is archaic and ridiculous. Japanese schools have learned that children focus better when they are intermittently allowed to run off their energy throughout the day?their international [...

China: Human embryos cloned in Shandong

Posted on February 04, 2009
The China Daily: “A research team at the Shandong Stem Cell Engineering Research Center has successfully cloned five human blastulas from 135 eggs on experiment, according to a press conference jointly held by the research center and a hospital in Yantai on Monday ...

20% of Oregon?s same-sex couples opt for union, 70% are lesbians

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Oregonian: Some 2,600 Oregon same-sex couples — about one in five — have registered for domestic partnerships since the civil unions became legal a year ago this week. An analysis by The Oregonian shows that nearly half of the registered couples live in Multnomah County, 70 percent are women and three have gone to court to [...

?Gay activistis map strategy?

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Fresno Bee: There’s a party mood at the nation’s largest gathering of gay activists after the inauguration of President Barack Obama . . . Some 2,000 members of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force erupted in whoops and applause whenever the president was mentioned, with the group’s head quipping that the name “Obama” will make [...

Obama?s choice for #2 spot at Justice worries conservatives

Posted on February 04, 2009
One News Now: A conservative legal scholar is raising red flags about President Obama’s pick for deputy attorney general — namely his reliance on foreign law to interpret the U.S. Constitution. Heritage Foundation fellow Steven Groves is urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to ask Deputy Attorney General-nominee David W...

U.S. Supreme Court justice shows confidence, combativeness at West Palm Beach forum

Posted on February 04, 2009
Orlando Sun-Sentinel reports: In a half-hour speech, he described the division on the nation’s highest court ? not between liberal and conservative ? but how the justices view the U.S. Constitution . . . is speech centered on two main schools of thought on constitutional law: “originalists” who try to read the Constitution as the original framers [...

Republicans staking early claim in 2010 Senate cycle

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Hill: Following two cycles in which the party found itself perpetually on defense, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is giving early indications it intends to lambaste Democrats in a much more aggressive fashion in the 2010 cycle...

Florida: Sen. Martinez opens door to early exit, but not soon

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Hill: “Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) on Tuesday opened the door to resigning his seat before his term ends in 2010, but insisted he won?t be leaving anytime soon . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

South Dakota: Committee Urges Schools to ?Recruit? Homeschoolers to Fix Budget

Posted on February 04, 2009
HSLDA reports: “A committee of the Rapid City School Board wants to fix the system?s broken budget by recruiting homeschoolers . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Wyoming committee approves marriage amendment

Posted on February 04, 2009
The House Judiciary Committee voted 5-4 for the joint resolution . . . If the bill gains two-thirds support in the House and Senate and the governor's approval, the people of Wyoming will vote on it.

?Obama names lesbian as associate counsel?

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Washington Blade: “Alison Nathan, who until recently was a fellow at New York University?s law school and a visiting assistant professor at Fordham?s law school, was chosen for the role.” Visit Site » Share This

Conference: How Feminist Legal Theory is Changing the Law

Posted on February 04, 2009
The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009. The conference will bring together law students, legal academics, practitioners and activists to explore the concrete ways in which feminist legal theory is (or is not) changing the law...

Michigan: ?Subcommittee on gay-rights ordinance to meet Friday?

Posted on February 04, 2009
A subcommittee formed to study a possible compromise in the city of Kalamazoo's recently rescinded gay-rights ordinance will conduct its first meeting Friday.

Wyoming: Natrona County OKs strip club permits

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Natrona County Commission on Tuesday approved the necessary measures to allow Chevron Global Power Co. to build an 11-turbine wind farm on the Texaco property near Evansville north of the North Platte River. The commissioners also renewed liquor licenses for the controversial strip clubs Northern Dreams and Cowboys.

NY: Nassau lawsuit targets Queens strip club billboard

Posted on February 04, 2009
Reaching across the county border, Nassau County has filed suit against a strip club in Queens, arguing that the club's risque billboards featuring a nearly naked woman are a public nuisance and should be removed.

Ben Stein gets the boot over Expelled?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Apparently the choice of media personality Ben Stein to be the commencement speaker at the University of Vermont generated such a brouhaha that Ben Stein bowed out. ON Monday, the UVM President Dan Fogel announced that Stein, whom Fogel had initially invited to come, would not be the speaker after all...

North Carolina: Budget may eliminate state abortion fund

Posted on February 04, 2009
Proposed budget cuts submitted to Governor Bev Perdue by agency officials include a complete elimination of the State Abortion Fund. As North Carolina lawmakers face a potential budget shortfall of $2 billion, the Governor directed agencies to find ways to cut seven percent of their budgets...

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