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Pro-Life Members of European Parliament Intervene on Abortion in Lithuania

Posted on June 09, 2008
Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute reports on LifeNews.com: A group of 100 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) has intervened with the government of Lithuania [...]

Australia Study: 70 Percent of Women Seeking Abortions Used Contraception

Posted on June 09, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Abortion advocates say the use of contraception is an excellent way to reduce the number of abortions and have demanded that taxpayers fund more contraception efforts. [...]

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Posted on June 09, 2008
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Can judicial candidates air their politics? Lawsuit filed to challenge Arizona Bar?s ethics rules

Posted on June 09, 2008
The Arizona Republic reports: A Mohave County lawyer and minister has become part of a national movement to expand free-speech rights for judicial candidates by targeting rules that he says prevent candidates from announcing their views. Randolph Wolfson says in a U...

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Is Florida case a Terri Schiavo repeat?

Posted on June 09, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: . . . One pro-life attorney in Florida hopes the case in which he is now involved will not be a repeat of the Schiavo case in any of those respects.�Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Joseph Radowicz is representing the mother of Karen Webber...

Charles Haynes: Pastors, politics and the wink-wink rule

Posted on June 09, 2008
Charles Haynes has this article on the First Amendment Center discussing ADF’s Pulpit Project and IRS rules. He writes: It isn?t clear to me, however, why banning partisan politics from the pulpit is required by the First Amendment. The establishment clause, after all, limits government ? not religious groups...

Colorado: Prayer?s presence, exclusion divisive

Posted on June 09, 2008
The GJ Sentinel reports: In Grand Junction?s case, members of Western Colorado Atheists and Free Thinkers say they are challenging not the reciting of an invocation, but how it is done. The group contends prayers offered by religious figures, who are picked on a rotating basis by the Grand Junction Ministerial Alliance, often contain references to [...

N.Y. homosexuals plan to dash to altar by way of Calif.

Posted on June 09, 2008
USA Today reports:� “. . . More than 12,000 same-sex couples from New York are expected to marry in California within the next three years, says a report today by UCLA’s Williams Institute, which studies sexual orientation issues . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

?Some California Gay Couples Delay Weddings Due To Ballot Measure?

Posted on June 09, 2008
Lisa Leff reports on the AP: . . . Now that California’s highest court has held that two men may be legally married starting later this month, friends want to know when the Los Angeles [same-sex] couple plan to take their relationship to the next level...

KY: AG Conway Announces New Cybercrimes Division

Posted on June 09, 2008
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the creation of a new investigative division dedicated to cybercrimes and outlined the reorganization of his office to streamline priority operations while addressing budget cuts.

Mayor reneges on settlement, Ill. church?s renovation project in limbo

Posted on June 07, 2008
ADF-allied attorney shocked as mayor vetoes settlement he previously approved, church left with thousands of dollars in expenses.

Canadian City Backpedals on Decision to Censor Pro-life Bus-shelter Ads

Posted on June 06, 2008
John Jalsevac reports on LifeSiteNews.com: The city of Hamilton, Ontario, has announced that it will be revising its rules�so as�to allow pro-life advertisements to be displayed in city bus shelters and other similar city-owned advertising spots. The decision signals a dramatic shift in policy for the city, which pulled a pro-life ad campaign in January, calling [...

Looking in the eyes of a billion aborted babies

Posted on June 06, 2008
Pewsitter.com reports: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) doesn?t seem to be the panacea for birth for those wanting a baby. If this bursts your bubble, then maybe you?re uninformed. ?In Vitro? specifically means in a test tube, or Petri dish. Typically a number of eggs are ?harvested? from a woman, put in an artificial environment, fertilized [...

Disease-free designer babies with DNA from three parents ?could be here within three years?

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Daily Mail reports: Designer babies with three parents could be born in Britain within three years. The controversial technique screens an embryo created by a man and a woman for incurable genetic diseases. Any defective DNA is then replaced with that from another woman - effectively giving the baby two mothers and a father...

Five Myths about No-Fault Divorce

Posted on June 06, 2008
Stephen Baskerville has this report on InsideCatholic.com. He writes: Almost four decades after the “no-fault” divorce revolution began in California, misconceptions abound. Even the many books about divorce, including myriad self-help manuals, are full of inaccurate and misleading information...

Quarter of Canadians don?t believe in any god, poll says

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Globe and Mail reports: Fewer than three-quarters of Canadians believe in a god, suggests a new Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey. “Religion in Canada today is not a particularly divisive subject and tolerance levels for different beliefs are high,” said Harris-Decima president Bruce Anderson...

Australian bishops concerned about decriminalization of abortion

Posted on June 06, 2008
But the Law is a great educator and if the Law approves something then people gradually accept a new understanding of what is right and what is wrong.

Poll of Mostly Younger Voters Finds Abortion 4th Most Important Political Issue

Posted on June 06, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A poll of mostly younger voters finds abortion is the fourth most important political issue in the upcoming presidential election. Conducted at the end of May, more than 20,000 Virgin Mobile USA customers responded to a survey with several questions about the upcoming presidential election...

Doug Kmiec: Down at the Tavern ? Debating Liberty, Equality and Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on June 06, 2008
Doug Kmiec, Pepperdine law professor, has this article on Slate in which he discusses his recent Federalist Society debate with Dale Carpenter, U. of Minn. law professor, on the topic of marriage. Visit Site » Share This

Texas governor suggests sect may want to move on

Posted on June 06, 2008
The AP reports: Gov. Rick Perry hinted Thursday that members of a polygamist sect whose children were recently returned amid a botched sex-abuse investigation should pack their bags, a newspaper reported . . . “If you are going to conduct yourself that way, we are going to prosecute you,” Perry said...

California: Clerk went to great lengths to get out of same-sex ceremonies

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Backersfield Californian reports: “Kern County Auditor-Controller-County Clerk Ann Barnett repeatedly tried to avoid licensing and performing marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples, interviews and e-mails obtained by The Californian show.” Visit Site » Share This

Will California marriage redefinition impact Arizona?

Posted on June 06, 2008
The AP reports: The reality is that same-sex couples know that the California change has no legal effect in Arizona, said Equality Arizona spokesman Sam Holdren. “They may go for the emotion effect, the spiritual effect of it.” . . . “I think we’re going to see a lot of creative lawyers with a lot of [...

Gary Bauer: The Aftershocks of Marriage Redefinition: Part II

Posted on June 06, 2008
Gary Bauer has this commentary on Human Events in which he interviews ADF attorney Glen Lavy. Bauer writes: So why push the same-sex ?marriage? forward when the voters may reject it? To start a legal avalanche. Lavy said, ?We anticipate that there would be a lot of litigation around the country demanding recognition of those [...

Is sex necessary for reproduction?

Posted on June 06, 2008
"It is going to be, 'Sex is just for fun,' " Hughes will tell a crowd. "In vitro fertilization is going to be for making your children."

Texas Judge Sued for Offering Paddling in Courtroom

Posted on June 06, 2008
The AP reports: A South Texas justice of the peace will find himself in another judge’s courtroom this morning, likely grateful that one — unlike his own — contains no wooden paddles. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Gustavo Garza is being sued by the parents of a 15-year-old girl whose stepfather was given the choice [...

Florida federal jurors convict sex film producer on obscenity charges

Posted on June 06, 2008
Twelve federal jurors drew the line Thursday for Tampa Bay area residents, saying the graphic and violent films of a Hollywood pornographer are unacceptable in their community.

Virginia Supreme Court: Vermont ruling stands in lesbian custody case

Posted on June 06, 2008
"The Virginia Supreme Court says that a Vermont court's ruling should stand in a child visitation dispute between two former lesbian partners." The Vermont court ruled that the non-biological former lesbian partner has custody rights in opposition to the wishes of the natural mother.

?$45 trillion needed to combat global warming?

Posted on June 06, 2008
The AP reports: The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday. The report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency envisions a “energy revolution” that would [...

MTV fined $484,500 by U.K. regulator

Posted on June 06, 2008
(Warning: report contains foul language) Variety.com reports: MTV Networks Europe has been fined a total of �255,000 ($484,500) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for “widespread and persistent” breaches of its broadcasting code by four of its channels...

SG/FCC Brief in the Bono/Cher/Nicole Hilton Indecency Case

Posted on June 06, 2008
SCOTUS blog links to and reports on the filing of briefs in the above referenced case. Warning foul language is at issue in the case and used in the post. Visit Site » Share This

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