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More business owners ask that parents control their kids ? or don?t bring them

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: In businesses and offices around Seattle, more and more signs are asking people to supervise their young children — or leave them at home. To some, it seems like reasonable boundary setting. To others, it smacks of anti-child attitudes, especially in an age when parents are more likely to tote children everywhere [...

Huffington Post: The ?Great Commission? and Iraq

Posted on June 05, 2008
". . . But, the truth is that Iraq is crawling with missionaries and evangelists, both civilian and military, who show little or no regard for laws or military regulations. Why? Because the "Great Commission" from Matthew 28:19 . . ."

The Possible Failure of ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell,? in the Armed Services

Posted on June 05, 2008
Paul Weyrich has this commentary on Townhall that begins: “Today staff of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee will meet with the staff of the Center for Military Readiness. This is believed to be the opening salvo in an effort to repeal the 1993 law which relates to eligibility for military service...

Marriage Law Digest May 2008

Posted on June 05, 2008
May’s Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan, is now available at http://www.marriagedebate.com/pdf/MarriageLawDigest.May2008.pdf The digest includes short summaries of marriage-related cases and law review articles from the past month. It is published on the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy website...

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Texas Raids Prompt Renewed Calls for CPS Reform

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Pacific Justice Institute has issued this press release. It reports: . . . But while national attention has focused on the bizarre events in Texas, attorneys across the nation insist that abuses of power by many states’ child protective services - referred to collectively as CPS - are all too common, and little [...

Obama has promised Planned Parenthood he would overturn state abortion restrictions?

Posted on June 05, 2008
The first thing I will do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.? -- Senator and Presidential Candidate Barack Obama July 17, 2007, Address to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Ratification of Lisbon Treaty would not affect Ireland?s constitutional position on abortion

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Irish Examiner reports: ?This means Ireland?s constitutional position on abortion would not be affected by the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.? The commission also explained that, if the treaty were passed, Ireland would still retain total control over the protection and improvement of human healthcare, industry, culture, tourism, education, sport and some other [...

Louisiana Senate Approves Ban on Taxpayer Funding of Human Cloning

Posted on June 05, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The Louisiana Senate, on Tuesday, voted unanimously to approve legislation that bans state taxpayer funding of human cloning. The bill prohibits using any state funds on either reproductive or research-based human cloning and the Senate vote follows a 90-9 vote in the House in April...

Teens are sending nude photos via cell phone

Posted on June 05, 2008
Many of these pictures are falling into the wrong hands - or worse, everyone's hands, via the Internet - and leading to criminal charges.

Yale University President Compares Pro-Lifers to Extremists After Abortion Flap

Posted on June 05, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Yale University is in the news again after an art student generated national controversy with her project that supposedly included video footage of multiple self-abortions. Now, the president of the Ivy League school is accused of comparing pro-life advocates to Saudi Arabia extremists...

UN climate chief: Fuel tax cut a bad idea for environment

Posted on June 05, 2008
The AP reports: “The top U.N. climate official says cutting fuel taxes in the face of rising oil prices would counteract efforts to fight global warming.” Visit Site » Share This

UN General Assembly tackles human trafficking

Posted on June 05, 2008
The UN News Centre reports: Global and regional pacts must be put into action if the world is to tackle the scourge of human trafficking, a $32 billion annual industry, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today in New York. Despite United Nations-backed agreements and initiatives, ?there remains a vast gulf between the letter of the law [...

China-Based Law School Will Be First to Make Bid for ABA Accreditation

Posted on June 05, 2008
Leigh Jones reports on the National Law Journal: Peking University School of Transnational Law wants to become the first foreign law school accredited by the American Bar Association . . . The ABA standards do not limit accreditation to U.S. law schools only, the spokeswoman said ...

Volunteer Pastor Is ?Professional? Under California Sex Abuse Law

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In People v. Bautista, (CA Ct. App., June 3, 2008), a California appellate court held that a lay pastor could be convicted under a California Penal Code Sec. 289(d) that outlaws sexual penetration of a victim who was not aware of the essential characteristics of the act because of the [...

Jordan Summons Danes In Effort To Create International Blasphemy Law

Posted on June 05, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: “Jordan’s Public Prosecutor has summoned Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and the editors of ten Danish newspapers to appear in Jordan to answer charges of blasphemy and threatening the national peace because of an offensive cartoon of Muhammad reprinted in Danish newspapers earlier this year...

Texas: Principal has new job after ?Islam 101? controversy

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Houston Chronicle reports: The Friendswood Junior High principal who outraged some parents by allowing an Islamic group to make a 40-minute presentation to students last month is now off the job. In a two-sentence statement sent late Wednesday, the school district said Robin Lowe “has accepted another administrative position effective immediately...

Answering tough questions raised by Calif. ruling

Posted on June 05, 2008
The Washington Blade carries this article discussing the ramification of the Cal. marriage ruling and its impact on religious freedom.� It indicates: . . . Could churches in time risk their tax-exempt status by refusing to marry gays? That remains to be seen and will likely result in a steady stream of court battles...

Conn. video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim, Police Chief shocked

Posted on June 05, 2008
The AP reports: Police released chilling surveillance video of a hit-and-run accident in hopes of catching the unidientified driver who ran down a 78-year-old pedestrian, paralyzing him, and to show the callousness of bystanders who did nothing to help ...

Failure to impose any sentence of imprisonment on man convicted of possessing child pornography survives deferential appellate review, Fifth Circuit holds

Posted on June 05, 2008
How Appealing links to the ruling: U.S. v. Rowan, No. 05-30536 (5th Cir., June 5, 2008). Visit Site » Share This

Digest of coverage of the Cal. Supreme Court?s refusal to stay its marriage ruling

Posted on June 05, 2008
“Gay couples cheer California high court ruling” http://www.abc3340.com/news/stories/0608/525854.html Associated Press The California Supreme Court’s announcement Wednesday cleared the final hurdle for same-sex couples in the nation’s most populous state to wed beginning June 17, when state officials have said counties must start issuing new gender-neutral marriage licenses...

Lesbians kissing at Seattle ballgame ignite uproar

Posted on June 05, 2008
"Certain individuals have not yet caught up. Those people see a gay or lesbian couple and they stare or say something," said Josh Friedes of Equal Rights Washington . . .

Does the Constitution Permit Government to Favor Religion over Nonreligion? Justice Scalia Says Yes

Posted on June 05, 2008
Michael Dorf has this commentary on Findlaw. He writes: Speaking over the past weekend at the annual dinner of an Orthodox Jewish group, Agudath Israel of America, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia claimed that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment should not be construed to forbid government from favoring ?religion over nonreligion...

A ?Culture? of Inverted Sexuality

Posted on June 05, 2008
If heterosexual people cannot take on the responsibilities implied by heterosexuality, how can they ask the homosexually inclined person to take on the burden of his struggle for chastity?

Virginia Court of Appeals Hands Down Victory for Parental Rights

Posted on June 05, 2008
In a victory for parents' rights, the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a 3-0 decision rejecting the so-called "de facto" or "psychological" parent doctrine. In Stadter v. Siperko the court refused to grant visitation to a former same-sex partner over the objections of the child?s biological mother.

Jon Henke: The Online Right

Posted on June 05, 2008
Why does the Right side of the blogoshere have less traffic, a smaller audience, than the Left side of the blogosphere?

FL: Town may loosen rules governing strip clubs

Posted on June 05, 2008
The town has only one strip club on University Drive near Interstate 595. The proposal would cut the required distance between sex clubs and residential neighborhoods, churches, schools and playgrounds from 1,000 feet to 450 feet.

McCain Might Choose Moderate Court Justices, Forecasts Novak

Posted on June 04, 2008
CNSNews reports: . . . Novak, the featured speaker at the event, predicted that the GOP will lose four seats in the Senate. As a result, said Novak, a President McCain will be “strongly tempted” to refrain from selecting a Supreme Court nominee such as Chief Justice John Roberts or Associate Justice Samuel Alito...

Abortion Center in Illinois Hit With Second Botched Abortion Lawsuit in Weeks

Posted on June 04, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: The Hope Clinic for Women located in the Illinois side of border of St. Louis, is the subject of the second botched abortion lawsuit in six months. In this new case, a young woman says the abortion center failed to do a complete abortion and left part of her unborn child inside of [...

Virginia Supremes to Rule on Lisa Miller Case

Posted on June 04, 2008
Concerned Women for America reports: . . . Our friends at Liberty Counsel, the attorneys representing Lisa and Isabella, have just informed us that the Virginia Supreme Court may very well rule on the Miller case as soon as this Friday, June 6 . . . The Virginia Supreme Court must decide whether it will [...

Our Own Oil Cartel: Congress

Posted on June 04, 2008
Terence P. Jeffrey has this commentary on CNSNews. He writes: The U.S. government knows where it can get its hands on more untapped petroleum than exists in the proven reserves of Iran or Iraq, which have 136 billion barrels and 115 billion barrels, respectively...

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