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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Criminal crackdown targeting Christians: ?Biggest danger is to religious conscience of business owners?

Posted on June 17, 2008
Bob Unruh reports on WorldNetDaily about various threats to Christians in North America. He begins: When a Christian pastor in Canada wrote a commentary on the Bible’s perspective on homosexuality, a government commission ordered him to renounce his faith and apologize...

Law Schools Growing, But Jobs Aren?t

Posted on June 17, 2008
The AP reports: The United States last week became the world’s first nation of 200 accredited law schools, as the American Bar Association gave provisional approval to two North Carolina institutions . . . The 150,000 students enrolled in law schools last year were an all-time high...

Arizona State Senate Approves Revised Ban on Partial-Birth Abortions

Posted on June 17, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: On Monday, the Arizona Senate approved a revised partial-birth abortion ban that takes into consideration the problems pro-abortion Gov. Janet Napolitano had with an earlier version she vetoed. The bill needs a final approval from the Arizona House before it goes to the governor ...

The Great Seduction: Financial Decadence

Posted on June 17, 2008
David Brook has this commentary on the NY Times: The United States has been an affluent nation since its founding. But the country was, by and large, not corrupted by wealth. For centuries, it remained industrious, ambitious and frugal. Over the past 30 years, much of that has been shredded...

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N.Y. policy illegally honoring outside same-sex ?marriages? contested

Posted on June 17, 2008
n defense of marriage in New York, attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed their opening brief in a New York appellate court Monday to prevent officials from illegally recognizing same-sex ?marriages? conducted outside the state.

Louisiana Legislature Passes Science Education Act

Posted on June 17, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports on and links to the legislation. “The bill provides that the state board of education shall, upon request from a local school board, assist schools in promoting “critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and objective discussion of scientific theories being studied including, but not limited to, evolution, the origins of [...

?ROE V. WADE? Plaintiff Makes National Pro-Life TV Ad

Posted on June 17, 2008
Catholic Online reports: Norma McCorvey appears in her first-ever TV commercial speaking out against abortion, and denouncing her role as ?Jane Roe?, the plaintiff in the supreme court case Roe v. Wade, which paved the way for so called ?legal? abortion in America (http://www...

Marc D. Stern: ?Will gay rights trample religious freedom??

Posted on June 17, 2008
"If past rulings are any guide, it is religious rights that are likely to be "obliterated" by an emerging popular majority supporting same-sex relationships -- and it seems unlikely that the California courts will intervene. That's a shame."

East Coast panel to oversee misconduct probe of 9th Circuit Chief

Posted on June 17, 2008
How Appealing links here and here to numerous reports discussing the situation. It appears the 3rd Circuit will head up the investigation. Visit Site » Share This

Marriage definition depends on nature and function

Posted on June 17, 2008
William Rusher has this commentary on Townhall. He writes: On Monday, June 16, San Francisco began implementing the ruling of the California Supreme Court authorizing same-sex marriages in the state. Meanwhile a state constitutional amendment negating the ruling is heading for the ballot in November and seems likely to pass...

Man fined for preaching at the Liberty Bell

Posted on June 16, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: “A man arrested for preaching on a public sidewalk too close to the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia has been declared guilty of violating federal law.” Visit Site » Share This

Multiple factors involved in sexual orientation: New study

Posted on June 16, 2008
The Warren Throckmorton Blog reports: “A new study released online with Archives of Sexual Behavior and via press release today propose a relatively small role for family attitudes in the direction of sexual attraction, with more of the explanation being factors not shared by siblings...

Nevada?s AG is uncertain whether polygamy is illegal?

Posted on June 16, 2008
"We do know that polygamy is practiced in Nevada. Whether or not it's criminal is a different story," she said . . .

Race, Sexual Orientation, and Religious Liberty

Posted on June 16, 2008
Thomas Berg has this post on the Mirror of Justice blog covering more commentary on the coming conflict between religious freedom and the homosexual agenda. Visit Site » Share This

Indiana Supreme Court reverses conviction, upholds parental right to spank

Posted on June 16, 2008
. . . The Indiana Supreme Court reversed the conviction. The court agreed with lower courts that the "legal authority" defense recognized by an Indiana statute covered reasonable corporal punishment of a minor, and tried to clarify the scope of the defense ...

Swiss make move against Muslim prayer towers

Posted on June 16, 2008
The AP reports on OneNewsNow.com: “Swiss nationalists say they have enough signatures to force a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of Muslim call-to-prayer towers next to mosques.” Visit Site » Share This

Researchers Issue Report on Human Trafficking

Posted on June 16, 2008
Newswise reports: A team of researchers at Northeastern University?s Institute on Race and Justice, in collaboration with Arizona State University and Sam Houston State University, has issued a report about the incidence of and response to human trafficking in the United States ...

Jordan Lorence on NPR: ?Gay rights? - Churches should be shaking in their boots

Posted on June 16, 2008
NPR talks with Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, and Chai Feldblum, law professor at Georgetown University about the battle between equal rights and American ideals of religious freedom.

ACLU Hosts Weeklong Online Symposium On LGBT Pride

Posted on June 16, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release: In celebration of LGBT Pride, several of the nation’s top lesbian gay bisexual transgender writers, leaders and supporters will participate in an online symposium beginning today on the ACLU Blog of Rights (http://blog...

ACLJ Files Opening Brief in Supreme Court ?Monumental? First Amendment Case; At Issue: Protecting Nation?s Heritage Displayed in America?s Cities

Posted on June 16, 2008
ACLJ has issued this report that begins: The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today filed in the Supreme Court of the United States the ACLJ?s opening brief, containing its written legal arguments, on behalf of a Utah city, in a case that could affect local governments across the country...

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim

Posted on June 16, 2008
The IsraelInsider reports: “Apparently the Obamas of Kenya have been reading those scurrilous emails to which Barack likes to refer, because they have no doubt — contrary to the claims of the Obama campaign, that the presidential candidate was raised a Moslem...

Will women sell their eggs? Researchers want the right to buy them

Posted on June 16, 2008
Daniel McConchie reports on the Americans United for Life Blog. He writes: Having found that women are generally uninterested in going through a risky procurement procedure so scientists can use their eggs for cloning and embryonic stem cell research experiments, researchers are now calling for a repeal of state laws that currently ban financial payments [...

?Daddy Track? is a Major Concern for Male Law Grads, Study Says

Posted on June 16, 2008
The ABA Journal reports that male law students are as concerned about balancing family/career demands as female students. Visit Site » Share This

British MP Applauds 400 Million Missing Chinese, no MP objected

Posted on June 16, 2008
Hilary White reports on LifeSiteNews.com: “During a debate on the government’s climate change bill, a government MP gave high praise to the Chinese programs aimed at stopping population growth as an environmental measure. Barry Gardiner, the Labour MP for Brent North, praised the efforts of the communist Chinese government that have resulted in the loss [...

Alberta?s Conservative Government Sought Conviction of Christian Pastor for ?Hate Speech?

Posted on June 16, 2008
John Jalsevac has this report on LifeSiteNews.com. He writes: Social conservatives across Canada are up in arms over the recent ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against Christian pastor Steve Boissoin, who was accused of propogating “hate speech” by writing a letter to the editor of the Red Deer Advocate outlining his [...

Despite Attempts to Explain it Away, Human Life Begins at Conception Not Birth

Posted on June 16, 2008
LifeNews.com carries this article by Dr. Paul A. Byrne: . . . A proposed amendment to the state constitution of Colorado states, “The terms ‘person’ or ‘persons’ shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization...

?Douglas Kmiec Continues False Claim That Barack Obama Opposes Abortion?

Posted on June 16, 2008
Unless her choice affirms life that is not my Catholic view, and I told him so. But disagreement or not, it is abundantly clear from our conversation that Obama shares a common aspiration to reduce the incidence of abortion.

Virginia: USCIRF continues to challenge Saudi texts at Islamic academy

Posted on June 16, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: “Last week (June 11) the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a long press release indicating that Arabic-language textbooks used at a Saudi government school in Northern Virginia, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA), still contain a number of passages that incite religious intolerance and violence...

Iraqi told to divorce on of his wives to stay in Denmark

Posted on June 16, 2008
Russia Today reports: “An Iraqi man living in Denmark has been told that if he doesn’t divorce one of his two wives, he will have to leave the country. The unnamed interpreter worked with Danish forces in Iraq before going to Denmark to escape the horrors of war...

Pro-Life Drugstores Market Beliefs

Posted on June 16, 2008
The pharmacy is one of a small but growing number of drugstores around the country that have become the latest front in a conflict pitting patients' rights against those of health-care workers who assert a "right of conscience" to refuse to provide care or products that they find objectionable.

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