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Human trafficking may be on the rise in North Carolina

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Charlotte Observer reports: “Human trafficking, which a Union County woman was charged with over the weekend, appears to be a growing problem in North Carolina, say experts who track such cases.” Visit Site » Share This

Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against Georgia General Assembly Officials for Firing Transgender Woman

Posted on July 22, 2008
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “Today Lambda Legal announced a federal lawsuit against Georgia General Assembly officials on behalf of Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health [...

Video: Why Not Homosexual ?Marriage??

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Blog of the Family Council of West Virginia links to a Focus on the Family video answering the question. Baptist Press also linked to the DVD and provided contact information to purchase it. Visit Site » Share This

Philippines Catholics to rally against government population policy

Posted on July 22, 2008
CNA News reports: Thousands of Catholic faithful are expected to attend a prayer rally and march at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Friday in protest of a proposed population policy. Some policy provisions would permit government funding for artificial birth control, while others would fully fund tubal ligations and vasectomies...

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Washington Post?s Senseless Editorial on Religious Hiring

Posted on July 22, 2008
Casey Mattox has this post on the CLS Blog: In the Washington Post’s editorial today, titled “Faith-Based Obama,” (behind subscription), the Post finds that Obama’s recent speech on the faith-based initiative and his plan to retain it while stripping religious organizations of their right to hire those who agree with their beliefs is a “sensible balance...

Hillary Clinton Opposes Bush Plan to Protect Pro-Life Doctors on Abortion

Posted on July 22, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Senator Hillary Clinton says she will try to stop a new proposal from the Bush administration that would protect pro-life doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from [...]

Florida: Grants enable Manatee Planned Parenthood center

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Bradenton Herald reports: “The first Planned Parenthood health center has opened in Manatee County thanks in part to three grants totaling more than $1.3 million.” Visit Site » Share This

3rd Circuit: Child Online Protection Act facially violates First and Fifth Amendments

Posted on July 22, 2008
COPA provides for civil and criminal penalties ? including up to six months imprisonment ? for anyone who knowingly posts ?material that is harmful to minors? on the Web ?for commercial purposes.?

Saudi textbooks: A Textbook Case of Intolerance

Posted on July 22, 2008
Anne Applebaum has this article on Slate. She provides this multiple-choice example from a recent edition of a fourth-grade Saudi textbook: Q. Is belief true in the following instances: a) A man prays but hates those who are virtuous. b) A man professes that [...

Sliding Toward Polyamory

Posted on July 22, 2008
Bill Muehlenberg has this post on his blog. It begins: Polyamory has gone big time. There are magazines and journals devoted to it, societies founded to further it, conferences held around the world to discuss it, and countless organisations in existence to promote and defend it...

Hadley Arkes - Marriage: The Crisis without Statecraft

Posted on July 22, 2008
"McCain does not see the spot on the horizon, perhaps because he does not really see why marriage may be as important as war in determining our character as a people, in shaping the terms on which life is begotten and nurtured, and offspring turned into citizens...

Indian state cracks down on sex-selection clinics

Posted on July 22, 2008
CWNews reports: “Health authorities in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state in India closed down a dozen prenatal diagnostic centers last week after the centers were found to be engaged in conducting illegal sex-determination tests.” Visit Site » Share This

Growing Christian Presence in the Persian Gulf

Posted on July 22, 2008
Newsweek reports: “Bahrain’s new hospitality shows that attitudes are changing. And the explanation lies in demographics. The kingdom and its neighbors are hosts to booming new Christian populations, thanks to the region’s insatiable hunger for guest workers...

ADF achieving results internationally

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Alliance Defense Fund has been actively involved in several recent international legal situations to protect families worldwide and protect America from the effects of poor international legal decisions.

With the Spanish Parliament Poised to Extend ?Human Rights? to Great Apes, What are the Implications for Human Beings and Other Animals?

Posted on July 22, 2008
Cornell Law Professor Sherry F. Colb has this article in Findlaw. She concludes: That said, I am happy for the Spanish primates, just as I would be for any small group of animals (human or nonhuman) whose suffering at our hands is finally recognized as the wrong that it is...

Dems hold hearing seeking repeal of ?Don?t ask, don?t tell?

Posted on July 22, 2008
"Democrats in Congress hope to ignite a drive to reverse the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Wednesday with the first hearing on the subject since 1993 . . . "

Chuck Colson: What?s the Matter With Canada?

Posted on July 22, 2008
Chuck Colson has this report on Townhall. He concludes: “Make no mistake. If Canadians do not stand up for their religious and free speech rights, they will soon be gone. And so will ours. For what happens in the beautiful country to the north of us often affects our so-called ‘enlightened elites’ in the United [...

Suit Challenges Illinois Grant To Help Rebuild Historic Church

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Chicago last week, atheist activist Rob Sherman filed a state court lawsuit against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and other state officials challenging a $1 million state grant to help rebuild Chicago’s historic Pilgrim Baptist Church...

Senate Judiciary Hearing on ?Crimes Associated with Polygamy?

Posted on July 22, 2008
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Commentary: Why Splitting a Summer Isn?t a Good Idea

Posted on July 22, 2008
Lynne Traverse reports in the American Lawyer: “Even after 25 years as a law firm recruiter, I’m still surprised when a summer associate decides to split a summer between two law firms. No matter how much law school and law firm career professionals advise against this, the conventional wisdom among 2Ls that a split summer [...

Erik Stanley on Jerry Johnson Live with Penna Dexter: Gus Booth and ADF?s Pulpit Initiative

Posted on July 22, 2008
ADF attorney Erik Stanley and Pastor Gus Booth appeared on Jerry Johnson Live with Penna Dexter to discuss ADF’s Pulpit Initiative.� Due to length the show has been placed in two separate files. ADF Attorney Erik Stanley: The mp3 file is here and it runs just over 10 minutes...

SD: Planned Parenthood Sioux Falls was closed this morning

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Voices Carry Blog reports: It was anything but a typical Monday morning at South Dakota’s only abortuary. (Today was compliance day.) Five women arrived for appointments and found the doors were closed and locked . . . You’ll recall that today Planned Parenthood in South Dakota had to start complying with the 8th Circuit Court [...

Pro-Life Judges and Judicial Bypass Cases

Posted on July 22, 2008
Eric Parker Babbs, Pro-Life Judges and Judicial Bypass Cases, 22 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 473 (2008) (An excerpt is below. To view the full text, please use Westlaw, Lexis, a law library or alternative source.) This Note examines a “moral/formal” dilemma in judging...

Two Conceptions of Judicial Integrity: Traditional and Perfectionist Approaches to Issues of Morality and Social Justice

Posted on July 22, 2008
Evelyn Keyes, Two Conceptions of Judicial Integrity: Traditional and Perfectionist Approaches to Issues of Morality and Social Justice, 22 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 233 (2008) (An excerpt is below. To view the full text, please use Westlaw, Lexis, a law library or alternative source...

Supreme Court to hear indecency case

Posted on July 22, 2008
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear. . . an appeal by the Federal Communications Commission seeking to regain the power to ban the use of any single vulgar word on radio and TV broadcasts (FCC v. Fox Television, et al., 07-582).

Terminally Ill Patients Do Not Have a Fundament Right to Access Investigational Medications

Posted on July 22, 2008
Kristal Ozmun,Terminall Ill Patients Do Not Have a Fundamental Due Process Right of Access to Investigational Medications That Have Passed Only Phase 1 of the FDA’s Comprehensive Drug Regulation Scheme — Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v...

Louisiana seeks child rape death penalty rehearing

Posted on July 22, 2008
SCOTUS Blog reports: “The state of Louisiana on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling a month ago striking down the death penalty for the crime of child rape. The rehearing petition, citing an omission in the Court?s opinion of any mention of a federal law on that issue, was filed late Monday [...

UK Video: Repent Bishop Robinson!

Posted on July 21, 2008
BBC: "Openly gay US bishop Gene Robinson was forced to halt a sermon at a London church after being heckled. As Bishop Robinson began his sermon a member of the congregation repeatedly called him a 'heretic' and said 'repent, repent, repent'."

Islamists Launch PR ?War? Against Western Values

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Daily Express reports: “The organisation, which Tony Blair wanted to ban in Britain, has planned a summer PR campaign against Western ‘attacks’ on the religion.” Visit Site » Share This

?Acceptance of Gay People in Military Grows Dramatically?

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Washington Post reports: “Seventy-five percent of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said gay people who are open about their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, up from 62 percent in early 2001 and 44 percent in 1993...

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