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OK: Moore man sentenced to prison for molestation, child porn

Posted on January 23, 2009
A Moore man will serve a term of 17 years in prison, following his sentencing Thursday on charges of rape by instrumentation, lewd acts with a child and 12 counts of downloading child pornography from the Internet.

Ga. photographer held on child porn, meth charges

Posted on January 23, 2009
A photographer has been arrested in Winchester on child pornography and drug charges after a meeting with undercover investigators.

Portugal: Prime Minister opens the door to civil unions

Posted on January 23, 2009
Prime Minister Sócrates gained loud applause on Sunday on telling some 300 party members that he would propose the Socialists back gay civil marriage at the party congress next month.

IN: Ordinance regulating sex shops forthcoming in New Albany

Posted on January 23, 2009
One of the sticking points of the current ordinance is the amount charged for application and employee fees. A $5,000 toll is required for every performer at a live adult entertainment venue ? such as a strip club ? in the city.

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Dr. Dobson: ?Bundy Was Right? about Dangers of Pornography

Posted on January 23, 2009
?Sadly, Bundy was right,? Dr. Dobson said. ?Pornography has been found in the possession of almost every killer where sex was the motivation."

First Embryonic Stem-Cell Trial Gets Approval From the FDA

Posted on January 23, 2009
In a watershed moment for one of the most contentious areas of science and American politics, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for the first-ever human trial of a medical treatment derived from embryonic stem cells.

Incest and Eugenics

Posted on January 23, 2009
Does science support our laws against incest and cousin marriage? If so, does it also support other laws that would restrict sexual or procreative freedom in the name of genetic health?

Bailout recipients also major lobbyists

Posted on January 23, 2009
The Washington Times: “. . . A Washington Times review of lobbying disclosure reports found that 18 of the top 20 recipients of federal bailout money spent a combined $12.2 million lobbying the White House, the Treasury Department, Congress and federal agencies during the last quarter of 2008 ...

Robert P. George: ?A Diverse Bioethics Council??

Posted on January 23, 2009
Robert P. George writes on Public Discourse: “President Bush created a council that represented the range of viewpoints held by reasonable and responsible Americans on the most urgent and divisive bioethics questions facing the country. Will President Obama do the same?” Visit Site » Share This

Member of conservative Amish sect held in contempt of court

Posted on January 23, 2009
The Tribune-Democrat reports: “A member of the ultraconservative Swartzentruver Amish sect was held in contempt of court today by Judge Norman Krumencker for failing to bring school outhouses into compliance with municipal sewage laws . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

PJI Disputes Unions? Claims That Members Oppose Prop. 8

Posted on January 23, 2009
Pacific Justice Institute: “In recent court filings opposing Prop. 8, more than fifty unions claim to speak for their combined two million members in support of gay marriage. Attorneys for Pacific Justice Institute, who regularly counsel employees frustrated by far-left union positions, beg to differ...

Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III: Storming the 4th Circuit

Posted on January 23, 2009
. . . the 4th Circuit may be the best game in town. With the new numbers in the Senate, the temptation is there to go for an ideological makeover. Yet the tempting course would prove a misguided one . . .

Law firms gear up to defend right of conscience

Posted on January 23, 2009
WorldNetDaily: Planned Parenthood: Force doctors to do abortions Experts for the Alliance Defense Fund and Christian Legal Society are gearing up to defend three laws that allow medical professionals to follow their conscience and not participate in abortions...

Don?t do abortions, 29 legislators ask UW Hospital

Posted on January 23, 2009
Green Bay Press Gazette: Nearly one-quarter of Wisconsin lawmakers asked the University of Wisconsin Hospital today to back off a plan to provide late-term abortions at a private clinic . . . To create a situation in which the university would be affiliated with ending the lives of those babies is just appalling,? Sen...

1st Circuit rules case is time barred for Woods Hole biologist dismissed for rejecting evolution

Posted on January 23, 2009
Among other things, the court ruled that the Biologist failed to comply with the statute of limitations in his Title VII claim against the Institute. The ruling: Abraham v. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, No. 08-1655 (1st Cir. Jan. 22, 2009) Visit Site » Share This

MN: Court rejects Franken bid to stop recount lawsuit

Posted on January 23, 2009
AP: ” A three-judge panel has refused Democrat Al Franken’s request to block a lawsuit over the Minnesota Senate recount outcome.” Visit Site » Share This

NY Gov picks Gillibrand, leftwing Dems howl

Posted on January 23, 2009
The NY Post: “Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York’s junior senator, it was learned last night ...

Citigroup, Bank of America ?Nationalized? as U.S. Calls Shots

Posted on January 23, 2009
Bloomberg: The U.S. government?s decision to pledge billions of additional dollars with strings attached to Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. may be nationalization by another name, according to former bankers and regulators . . . ?When the Treasury tells a bank to pay a penny a share vs...

Obama to remove restrictions on abortion funding

Posted on January 23, 2009
"It will be today. He's going to make an executive order (lifting the global gag rule)," the official said . . .

Do Law Schools Forfeit Federal Income Tax Exemption When They Deny Military Recruiters Full Access to Career Services Programs? The Hypothetical Case of Yale University v. Commissioner

Posted on January 23, 2009
Buckles, Johnny Rex, Do Law Schools Forfeit Federal Income Tax Exemption When They Deny Military Recruiters Full Access to Career Services Programs? The Hypothetical Case of Yale University v. Commissioner (January 14, 2009). Arizona State Law Journal, 2009; U of Houston Law Center No...

The Problem with Polygamy

Posted on January 23, 2009
Polygamy is a hotly contested practice and open to widespread misunderstandings. This practice is defined as a relationship between either one husband and multiple wives or one wife and multiple husbands. Today, 'polygamy' almost exclusively takes the form of one husband with multiple wives...

Child Pornography?s Forgotten Victims

Posted on January 23, 2009
The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that possession of child pornography is not a victimless crime. It will illustrate the problem and explain the harm suffered by its victims. It will then trace factors that may have contributed to the perception that possession of child pornography is a victimless offense...

Day of Truth to be spearheaded by Exodus International

Posted on January 23, 2009
DayofTruth.org: The Alliance Defense Fund is transitioning its leadership of the Day of Truth initiative to Exodus International. Day of Truth was launched four years ago in response to GLSEN’s (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) “Day of Silence” national initiative...

What?s Left of the Constitution? March for Life and the Freedom of Choice Act

Posted on January 23, 2009
What?s Left of the Constitution? January 23, 2009 Watch the video at www.telladf.org/left ?What?s Left of the Constitution?? is a periodic news digest featuring Alliance Defense Fund legal analysis of proposals, policies, and trends advanced by the federal government...

Court turns away suit over Confederate flag shirts

Posted on January 23, 2009
AP: “A full federal appeals court won’t hear a lawsuit by three Tennessee students threatened with suspension if they wore Confederate flag T-shirts . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

What They Don?t Tell You about Stem Cells

Posted on January 23, 2009
Amanda Shaw writes on First Things: “. . . It goes without saying that there is no reasoned discussion of the ethical objections to the destruction of human embryos?all of which is now cast aside with a gasp of relief. But what strikes me most about these pieces of journalism is not the philosophical but [...

If we screen out autism we run the risk of losing genius, too

Posted on January 23, 2009
TimesOnline: . . . The evidence of Down’s syndrome suggests that very high numbers of mothers-to-be opt for an abortion if pre-natal tests show that their child has the condition. In America it is as a high as 90 per cent. In Britain, it is not so high and may be reversing - as knowledge grows, [...

?Evolution wins a round in Texas education debate?

Posted on January 23, 2009
The Scientific American: The Texas Board of Education has tentatively adopted new teaching standards that would make it more difficult to teach creationism in Lone Star state schools. Board members voted eight-to-seven last night to drop controversial language in the state’s curriculum that requires science teachers to discuss the ?strengths and weaknesses? of scientific theories ...

U.S. Tax Court Allows Taxpayer to Claim Same-Sex ?Friend? as Dependent

Posted on January 23, 2009
Leonard Link: “This one from last November 4 (2008) flew under the radar until it surfaced later in January on the blog of a tax law professor. It is not totally clear from the facts whether this Tax Court decision actually involves a same-sex intimate partner or merely a roommate situation...

Pro-life prayer rattles some in Kansas legislature

Posted on January 23, 2009
"We remember the over 53 million beautiful, innocent unborn children who have been legally exterminated in our land . . By Your grace, guide us to transform this culture of death into a culture of life and a civilization of love."

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