Religion & Law

India Officials Catch Doctor Engaged in Sex-Selection Abortion, Faces Jail

Posted on June 20, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Officials in India continue to work overtime to try to stop the practice of female infanticides and sex-selection abortions that have ravaged the nation’s male-female ratio. Yesterday, in a town near New Delhi, a team of officials caught a doctor in the middle of a sex-selection abortion...

California Planned Parenthood Spends 700K Against Parental Notice on Abortion

Posted on June 20, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “As it has done in past years, Planned Parenthood abortion businesses in California are willing to shell out some of their abortion profits to make sure they can leave parents in the dark about teen abortions. They are, once again, spending heavily to defeat a parental notification measure...

Pastors Challenge Law, Endorse Candidates From Pulpit

Posted on June 20, 2008
"Churches have constitutional rights and special status by virtue of being churches. This isn't about political speech, it is about religious speech. The Bible and scripture applies to every aspect of life, including who we elect."

New transgender policy at New York juvenile jails

Posted on June 20, 2008
The AP reports: Transgender youth in New York’s juvenile detention centers are now allowed to wear whatever uniform they choose, be called by whatever name they want and ask for special housing under a new anti-discrimination policy drawing praise from advocacy groups...

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San Diego reverses course after too many employees choose to opt-out of same-sex ceremonies

Posted on June 20, 2008
At least 14 employees in the San Diego County Clerk's Office raised religious objections to performing gay wedding ceremonies but were told by their boss they couldn't pick and choose between marriage applicants.

Conservative Anglicans to announce schism

Posted on June 20, 2008
CWNews reports: “Conservative Anglican prelates, meeting in Israel next week in an alternative to the Lambeth Conference, will announce that they can no longer remain in communion with the Church of England, the London Daily Telegraph reports.” Visit Site » Share This

Pennsylvania Labor Bill Would Cover Lay Teachers In Religious Schools

Posted on June 20, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Pennsylvania last week, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski introduced HB 2626 to extend coverage of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act to lay teachers and other lay employees in religious schools.” Visit Site » Share This

Turning the iPhone into the xxxPhone

Posted on June 20, 2008
Time.com reports: Several leading porn players are prepping for iPhone 2.0 . . . many porn consumers access adult materials on their iPhones while traveling, because they’re wary of using company-issued laptops or public computers to access adult entertainment...

Court order stops Grand Rapids ordinance from prohibiting spontaneous Christian speech

Posted on June 20, 2008
After a negotiated settlement, Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys secured a court order Thursday barring the city of Grand Rapids from preventing a group of Christians from publicly expressing a religious message at a city park.

6th Circuit reverses dismissal of lawsuit against Ohio?s Miami University

Posted on June 20, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled in favor of Alliance Defense Fund attorneys in a free speech case in which a Christian man was barred from exercising his First Amendment rights on campus.

Oregon: Voters may still weigh in on marriage counterfeits

Posted on June 20, 2008
While advocates of homosexual behavior are doing all they can to suppress voter participation, ADF is working overtime to ensure that voters decide whether marriage counterfeits will be permitted in Oregon.

Cohabitation, Marriage and Well-Being

Posted on June 20, 2008
The latest edition of iMapp Marriage News references this paper by David Popenoe of the National Marriage Project. He writes: . . . In this brief analysis, drawing on the best and latest empirical data, I shall review the reasons for the swift rise of non-marital cohabitation, discuss its practice in a number of advanced Western [...

Canada: Court overturns father?s grounding of 12-year-old

Posted on June 20, 2008
AFP reports that a Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girls’ grounding imposed by her father. Reportedly: The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting “inappropriate” pictures of herself online using [...

NY: ADF attorney available to media following hearing in same-sex ?marriage? recognition lawsuit on Monday

Posted on June 20, 2008
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4567 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY June 20, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorney available to media following hearing in same-sex ?marriage? recognition lawsuit Appellate hearing in ongoing lawsuit against Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano WHO: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Brian Raum WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in Godfrey v...

Monday: ADF attorneys available to media following hearing in crucial Calif. homeschooling case

Posted on June 20, 2008
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4566 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY June 20, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorneys available to media following hearing in crucial Calif...

Your beliefs are going to be called ?hatred?

Posted on June 20, 2008
"This is what it looks like when courts decide to marginalize a religious belief. It leads to the gradual exile of religious belief from any part of life other than that which is within your head."

Canada?s Human Rights Tribunals

Posted on June 20, 2008
The National Post discusses the Mark Steyn case and concludes: “Mounting a defence of hate charges before the B. C. Human Rights Tribunal is virtually impossible.” Visit Site » Share This

Young Baptist preachers chart different courses

Posted on June 20, 2008
The AP reports: . . . The nation’s largest Protestant denomination is at a crossroads. After five decades of growth, membership fell last year and baptisms are dropping at an even faster clip. A growing number of Baptists see the apparent lack of relevancy, and they blame not secular America and liberals but themselves for the [...

Termination and Eviction Over Art With a Scripture Reference Results in Federal Lawsuit

Posted on June 20, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release. It reports: Today, a couple who worked and lived at Thornwood Terrace Apartments in Lake City, Florida, a government-subsidized facility owned and operated by The Hallmark Companies and Hallmark Management, is filing suit in federal court against Hallmark after they were terminated and evicted for displaying artwork referencing a [...

Christian Science Monitor: ?Gay marriage: a new bind for church groups?

Posted on June 20, 2008
The Christian Science Monitor reports: As gay marriage gains wider legal footing, scholars anticipate a flood of such conscientious objector cases. A key flash point will be religiously affiliated organizations that serve the public, such as hospitals, schools, and adoption agencies, and hold beliefs opposed to gay marriage ...

365Gay.com: ?Pressure Mounting On NJ Lawmakers To Legalize Gay Marriage?

Posted on June 20, 2008
365Gay.com reports: “LGBT rights activists are stepping up their pressure on New Jersey lawmakers to take up legislation that would convert the state’s civil unions law to provide for marriage . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Supreme Court voids California union law

Posted on June 20, 2008
The LA Times reports: In a defeat for the union movement, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a first-in-the-nation law adopted in California that would have barred companies from speaking out against unions if they received state funds. The justices in a 7-2 decision said the state measure conflicts with the free-speech zone created by federal [...

U.N. Terminology Legitimizes Prostitution

Posted on June 20, 2008
Citizen Link reports that at a recent UN HIV/AIDS meeting most members of the U.N. referred to prostitutes as ?commercial sex workers.?  Apparently, this is part of a larger UN campaign to legitimatize various forms of sexual behavior. Visit Site » Share This

Democrats Keep Judicial Nominees in Holding Pattern

Posted on June 20, 2008
Citizen Link reports: “Conservative lawmakers and family advocates gathered in Washington, D.C., today in support of Judge Robert Conrad, who was nominated to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court in July 2007 and has been waiting for a vote ever since.” Visit Site » Share This

The Jewish Daily Forward: ?Religious Right Gears Up To Push Political Choices From the Pulpit?

Posted on June 20, 2008
The Jewish Daily Forward has this article discussing ADF’s Pulpit Project. It reports: The Alliance Defense Fund ? a legal outfit launched by James Dobson and other prominent conservatives in the mid-1990s ? has recruited 50 pastors to deliver sermons in September that will include direct endorsements of political candidates...

Is Justice Scalia writing the 2nd Amendment opinion?

Posted on June 20, 2008
SCOTUS blog has released its latest edition of StatPack which provides some great information on the statuts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings this term. The blog post speculates that Justice Scalia is probably writing the opinion in the pending 2nd amendment case, D...

Massachusetts: Gloucester Teens Had Pact To Get Pregnant

Posted on June 19, 2008
WBZTV.com reports: There’s a stunning twist to the sudden rise in teen pregnancies at Gloucester High School. Seventeen students there are expecting and many of them became that way on purpose . . . Time Magazine first reported that nearly half of the girls confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies [...

World Congress of Families Gravely Concerned About OAS ?Sexual-Orientation/Gender Identity? Resolution

Posted on June 19, 2008
The World Congress of Families has issued this press release on the Christian Newswire. It begins: World Congress of Families Global Coordinator Larry Jacobs expressed “grave concern” over a recent resolution passed by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning perceived human rights violations based on so-called sexual orientation and [...

Legal memo on D.C. marriage redefinition being held until after the election?

Posted on June 19, 2008
The Washington Blade reports: Spagnoletti, who is gay, drafted the opinion for former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, who refused to release the memo . . . Anonymous sources have told the Blade the opinion states same-sex marriages would be recognized under D...

Glen Lavy: In Kosovo, Some Meddling Midwives Threaten a New Birth of Freedom

Posted on June 19, 2008
ADF attorney has this commentary on Townhall. He writes: . . . The constitution approved by Kosovo?s Parliament without debate on April 9 is a distinct improvement on earlier drafts, and to the casual observer, the document is replete with explicit references to the civil rights and personal liberties cherished by free peoples all over [...

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