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International Court of Justice demands Texas stay execution of Mexican murderers

Posted on July 16, 2008
"The U.N.'s highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to stay the executions of five Mexicans on Texas death row pending review of their cases."

HIV/AIDS among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Posted on July 16, 2008
The report in yesterday’s ADF Alliance Alert on increasing syphilus rates among men with same-sex partners prompted a reader to forward these reports to us: 1. HIV resurges in men who have sex with men Cases climb 12 percent among group of U.S. boys and men ages 13 to 24 updated 2:39 p...

Seventh Circuit rejects Commerce Clause challenge to federal conviction for intrastate manufacture of child pornography

Posted on July 16, 2008
In rejecting the challenge, the court of appeals cited observed: "We therefore join our sister circuits in rejecting the Commerce Clause challenge to the application of the statute to intrastate child pornography."

Senate Threatens to Lifts Ban on HIV/AIDS Infected Immigrants

Posted on July 16, 2008
Right Side News reports: “Last Friday, the U.S. Senate voted on a cloture motion to proceed to debate the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which includes a provision that would repeal the long-standing ban on individuals infected with the HIV/AIDS virus from visiting or immigrating to the United States...

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What Would Harry Potter Say About Bong Hits 4 Jesus?

Posted on July 16, 2008
What Would Harry Potter Say About Bong Hits 4 Jesus? Morse v. Frederick and the Democratic Implications of Using In Loco Parentis to Subordinate Tinker and Curtail Student Speech Andrea Kayne Kaufman, 32 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 461 (2008) (An excerpt is below...

Toward a More Transformative Approach: The Limits of Transgender Formal Equality

Posted on July 16, 2008
This paper will specifically address the means by which rights-based approaches to transgender advocacy risk undermining its transformative possibilities and will draw from cross-cultural engagement to suggest alternate ways the legal system might be used to dismantle harmful sex/gender norms.

Pro-Life Judges and Judicial Bypass Cases

Posted on July 16, 2008
This Note examines a ?moral/formal? dilemma in judging. It addresses the legal and moral situation of a judge who believes abortion is morally wrong when the law requires that judge to order permission for a minor to have an abortion without her parents' notice or consent.

Bill Seeks To Help Nonprofits On Fuel; Mileage Allowance Of The IRS Is Focus

Posted on July 16, 2008
The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy carries this article from the Baltimore Sun that reports: . . . the senators introduced the Fair Deal for Volunteers Act that would allow the Internal Revenue Service to adjust tax-deduction rates for volunteers who use their own cars...

Ga. counselor fired for honoring professional, ethical obligations

Posted on July 16, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of a licensed counselor who was fired after referring a person seeking counsel with a same-sex relationship to a colleague.

David Brooks: Behavioral Genetics not so promising

Posted on July 16, 2008
David Brooks has this piece in the NY Times. He writes: . . . There seems to be a general feeling, as a Hastings Center working group put it, that ?behavioral genetics will never explain as much of human behavior as was once promised.? Studies designed to link specific genes to behavior have failed to find [...

California Home-Schoolers Applaud Decision

Posted on July 15, 2008
Citizen Link reports: A California family-court judge has dismissed the case that led a higher court to call for a statewide ban on most forms of home schooling. Home-school advocates are hopeful the decision will influence the 2nd District Court of Appeals, which ruled Feb...

San Jose mayor under fire over marriage issue

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Mercury News reports: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, a social conservative in the liberal Bay Area, is trying to walk a careful line on gay marriage: opposed to same-sex marriage but not ready to declare his position on a constitutional amendment that would ban it...

6th Circuit: Is Military Newspaper a Nonpublic Forum?

Posted on July 15, 2008
Jonathan Adler has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing a 6th Circuit case, Bryan v. Gates,� which considers the question of whether a military newspaper is a public forum. Visit Site » Share This

?McCain assailed for opposing gay adoption?

Posted on July 15, 2008
The AP reports: “Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...

British woman eliminates embryos for one cancer-free child

Posted on July 15, 2008
Tom Strode reports on the Faith and Family site: “London woman is carrying Great Britain?s first baby guaranteed not to inherit breast cancer, but she had to eliminate several of her other embryonic offspring to do so.” Visit Site » Share This

Kansas: Timeline of Injustice in Planned Parenthood Inquiry

Posted on July 15, 2008
Concerned Women for America reports: “Time is running out on the statute of limitations for charges brought against Planned Parenthood of Overland Park, Kansas, for performing illegal late-term abortions and then falsifying documents to prove otherwise...

3rd Circuit: OKs restrictions on protest by Repent America members at ?PhillyPride? event

Posted on July 15, 2008
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld restrictions placed on the movements of members of Repent America in their protest of a Philadelphia PrideFest event.

Proposed DHHS rule would protect conscience rights

Posted on July 15, 2008
Greg Baylor reports on the CLS Center Blog: The New York Times reports that Bush Administration will reportedly propose a rule protecting the consciences of health care providers who, for moral and religious reasons, decline to participate in abortion...

?H&R Block to Give $100 Coupon or Free Tax Software to Gay Couples Barred from Online Tax Service After ACLU Letter?

Posted on July 15, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release: “After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, H&R Block has agreed to give $100 coupons or free TaxCut software to all gay couples who incurred additional costs because they were barred from using the company’s online tax service, TaxCut Online...

Ohio ACLU local board member: Public library patrons should be left alone

Posted on July 15, 2008
John Moss, a board member of his local ACLU chapter, has this article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer arguing against one public libraries efforts to prevent patrons from viewing obscenity on library computers. Visit Site » Share This

Internet Service Providers Move Against Child Pornography

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Christian Post reports: “Pat Truman, special counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, said that the recent move by AT&T and AOL was a major milestone, and would help to spur other providers to join the bandwagon in combating child pornography...

Freedom from Homosexuality: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Change?

Posted on July 15, 2008
Jeff Johnston has this article in Citizen Link.� He writes: . . . Both inside and outside these organizations, there was ? and continues to be ? much discussion about what “change” means. Does it mean that someone who has experienced same-sex attractions never has these feelings or temptations again? Does change just mean that a [...

Mass. Senate votes to let nonresidents enter same sex ?marriages?

Posted on July 15, 2008
"The Massachusetts Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state, a law that critics say was originally aimed at interracial marriages."

Punjab: underage Christian sisters kidnapped and forced to marry Muslims

Posted on July 15, 2008
AsiaNews.it reports: “The uncle of the victims launches an appeal for justice. He denounces a climate of silence and complicity on the part of the provincial government and the police, who are afraid of retaliation or episodes of violence. The support of Catholic associations, which are fighting to have the girls returned home...

Sunday Shopping Banned in Croatia

Posted on July 15, 2008
The AP reports on ABC: “The Croatian parliament has passed a law forcing shops to close on Sundays in a concession to the Roman Catholic church.” Visit Site » Share This

UK: Sex infection cases increase by 6%

Posted on July 15, 2008
The AP reports: “There has been a 6% increase in the number of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) newly diagnosed in the UK, figures showed.” Visit Site » Share This

Syphilis on rise among men with same-sex partners

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Chicago Tribune reports: “The trend is significant because health experts believe Internet hookups are helping to fuel a syphilis epidemic among men with same-sex partners.” Visit Site » Share This

What do ?ape rights? mean for human rights?

Posted on July 15, 2008
Via Rob Vischer at Mirror of Justice, and in connection with a previous post, a few more links relating to Spain’s recent decision to “grant limited rights to apes” follow: What?s Next in the Law? The Unalienable Rights of Chimps NYT, Adam Cohen, 7...

Phillipines: Anti-birth bills under fire

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Cebu Daily News reports: “A prayer rally in Cebu City yesterday was a street-level follow-up to moves by Philippine bishops to head off pending Congress bills on population control and reproductive health, which they said would harm family life...

Catholic Bishops speak out on NC School ?Bullying Bill?

Posted on July 15, 2008
The statement by the NC Catholic Bishops is here (pdf). Visit Site » Share This

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