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UK: Force public bodies to promote ?gay rights?

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Christian Institute reports: “Public bodies like schools, the police, and local councils should be forced by law to promote ?gay rights?, says Britain?s leading homosexual lobby group. Homosexual-only shortlists for Parliamentary candidates should also be permitted, Stonewall says...

San Francisco Chronicle: Parents should have the right to choose homeschooling

Posted on June 27, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle has posted this editorial arguing that parents should have the right to choose homeschooling. Visit Site » Share This

Personhood Amendment fails to qualify for Montana ballot

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Missoulian reports: Opponents of an proposed constitutional amendment to ban abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a ?person? announced Tuesday the measure has failed to gain enough support to qualify for the November ballot. Constitutional Initiative 100 would have changed the constitution to define a ?person? as a fertilized egg and conferred to them [...

Polls Highlight American Views on Homosexuality

Posted on June 27, 2008
The North Carolina Family Council has this post commenting on a recent Gallup poll regarding American views on homosexuality. Visit Site » Share This

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Virginia: Strip-club owner sentenced to 60 days on sex charges

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Richmond Times Dispatch reports: “Moore escaped having to face trial on two felony charges for filming sex with a 17-year-old girl. Had he been convicted of producing child pornography as originally charged, he would have faced a prison term of at least three years...

Govt urged to legalise sex industry in South Africa

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Herald Online reports: “A GROUND-BREAKING study on sex work and human trafficking in Cape Town, authored by Chandr� Gould, of Hoekwil near George, was launched last night with a critical thinking forum that aims to encourage legalisation of the industry ...

Massachusetts: ?Adult entertainment license sought in Mendon?

Posted on June 27, 2008
Milford Daily News: “The selectmen’s office yesterday received another application for adult entertainment, this time from a business within the new adult entertainment overlay district.” Visit Site » Share This

Illinois: Christian leaders protest United Way connection to Planned Parenthood

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Journal Start reports: “A letter signed by more than two dozen Christian leaders from five central Illinois counties was delivered to the Heart of Illinois United Way on Thursday, asking the funding organization to cut ties with Planned Parenthood of Illinois...

Florida: School board to pay $325,000 in legal fees to ACLU

Posted on June 27, 2008
Mysuncoast.com reports: “The Holmes County School Board must pay $325,000 in legal fees to the ACLU because a Ponce De Leon High School student won a lawsuit against the district earlier this year.” Visit Site » Share This

ACLU To Open New South Carolina Office

Posted on June 27, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release that begins: “The American Civil Liberties Union will announce the opening of its new South Carolina Office July 2 at a press conference and ceremonial ribbon-cutting that will include Charleston Mayor Joe Riley and a host of other political and community leaders...

Michael Medved: ?Marital Intercourse: Uniquely Intimate, Uniquely Significant?

Posted on June 27, 2008
Michael Medved has this post on his Townhall Blog. He writes: “Society and law rightly give unique weight to this one form of physical contact, and pay less attention to other forms of affection or pleasure.” Visit Site » Share This

8th Circuit: S.D. can enforce women?s ?right to know? abortion law

Posted on June 27, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled 7?4 Friday to lift an injunction against a South Dakota informed consent abortion law. The law requires abortionists to inform women about the nature of abortion and the risks involved before they elect to terminate their pre-born child?s life.

Lesbian couples make up large majority of Calif. ?gay marriages?

Posted on June 27, 2008
Michael Foust reports on the Baptist Press: California’s “gay marriages” appear to be following trends in other states, where lesbian couples are far more likely than homosexual men to legalize their relationships. The Sacramento Bee reported that a sampling of marriage licenses in Sacramento County showed 60 percent were obtained by lesbian couples, 40 percent by [...

International conference eyes fight on ?homophobia?

Posted on June 27, 2008
The increasing OSCE focus on homosexual issues echoes an increasingly vocal campaign at the United Nations (UN).

Colorado: Atheist group may look at Mesa County prayer next

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Grand Junction Press has this report on the continuing controversy atheists are raising over city council prayers.� The report quotes ADF attorney Mike Johnson: A deity can be mentioned, however, ?as long as you involve a wide pool of clergy,? Mike Johnson, an Alliance Defense Fund lawyer examining the local situation, told a reporter for [...

Congressional transgender hearings

Posted on June 27, 2008
NJ.com reports on the hearings and include this excerpt: . . . Some employers would have trouble accommodating transgender employees because of their own religious objections and other employees’ privacy concerns in restrooms, said Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian group...

?Obama?s wife says he?ll fight for gay equality?

Posted on June 27, 2008
The AP reports: “Barack Obama will fight for equal rights for gays just as he fought to help working-class families overcome poverty, the Democratic presidential hopeful’s wife told a gay Democratic group Thursday.” Visit Site » Share This

Islamic Agreements in American Courts

Posted on June 27, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing enforcement of religious contracts in American Courts. He begins: An interesting dispute litigated in a Texas appellate court (partial dissent here) having to do with “a Mahr[, which] is an Islamic religious custom whereby the husband contracts to give the wife a sum of money, either [...

?Supreme Court Adopts Individual Rights Interpretation of the Ninth Amendment?

Posted on June 27, 2008
"Buried in Justice Scalia's exegesis on the Second Amendment is a wonderful gift to those of us who study and care about the Ninth Amendment . . . "

McCain announces support for the California Protection of Marriage initiative

Posted on June 27, 2008
United States Senator John McCain today announced his support for the California Protection of Marriage initiative on the state?s November ballot, leaders of the ProtectMarriage.com campaign announced.

The Consequences of No: The Irish Referendum and the Treaty of Lisbon

Posted on June 27, 2008
This paper examines the legal consequences of the Irish 'no' vote in the 12 June, 2008 referendum on a Constitutional amendment permitting ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Forceful Minimalism, Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., and the Prudence of ?Not Doing?

Posted on June 27, 2008
This Note builds on prior scholarship that advocates for judicial minimalism by arguing that Hein's plurality opinion demonstrates judicial minimalism succeeding in practice.

George Will: Shining a Supreme Light on the Candidates

Posted on June 27, 2008
George Will has this commentary on Townhall discussing yesterday’s First (Campaign Finance) and Second (DC Gun control) Amendment rulings.� He begins: Two of Thursday’s Supreme Court rulings — both decided 5-4, and with the same alignment of justices — concerned the Constitution’s first two amendments...

David Limbaugh: Evolving Standards of Indecency

Posted on June 27, 2008
David Limbaugh writes on Townhall: The Supreme Court’s barring of the death penalty for child rapists in Kennedy v. Louisiana underscores the hazards in the court’s abandonment of moral absolutes in favor of “evolving standards of decency” and the court’s unbridled arrogance in substituting its subjective judgment for the legislatively enacted will of the people ...

Georgetown Law Prof: Scalia?s 2nd Amendment opinion is the finest example of ?original public meaning? jurisprudence ever

Posted on June 27, 2008
Georgetown Law Prof. Randy E. Barnett has a commentary in the Wall Street Journal titled: News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says. He writes: Justice Scalia’s opinion is exemplary for the way it was reasoned. It will be studied by law professors and students for years to come...

Jeremiah G. Dys: In defense of democracy and marriage

Posted on June 27, 2008
Jeremiah G. Dys, President of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, offers this rebuttal to a recent editorial in the Charleston Gazette. He writes: The Charleston Gazette’s characterization of the democratic process in action as, “a clever ploy: using prejudice against gays to reap … votes” (Gazette, “Storm” 6/13/08) insults democracy...

Monogamous same-sex adultery

Posted on June 27, 2008
David Benkof has this commentary in the San Francisco Chronicle. He writes: I argue against same-sex marriage in part because I think the gay and lesbian community barely understands marriage, particularly the part about fidelity . . . But my concern is not about the extent of extramarital sex in each community...

Gideon Bible Distribution Case Briefed at the Federal Court of Appeals

Posted on June 27, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release indicating: “Liberty Counsel filed its Initial Brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of an equal access policy of the South Iron School District (”District”) that permits the Gideons to distribute Bibles in the same manner other non-religious organizations are permitted to distribute secular literature...

Beware: Increasing porn on the iPhone, but parental controls available

Posted on June 27, 2008
Jeff Johnson reports on OneNewsNow.com: . . . As much as half of some pornographer’s online traffic now comes from iPhone users attracted to the improved image quality available from the high-speed digital networks the device uses . . . The second-generation iPhone includes parental controls that can be used to block pornography...

?Court?s refusal to rule kills same-sex petition plan: Oregon voters wanted to make decision on new privileges for homosexuals?

Posted on June 27, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports on voter efforts to repeal Oregon domestic partnerships.� ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks is quoted in the report. Related post: Oregon: Voters may still weigh in on marriage counterfeits Visit Site » Share This

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