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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Germany strips Egyptian imam of asylum rights over hate speech

Posted on March 11, 2011
Europe News: "An Egyptian-born imam lost a court fight Wednesday to stave off his expulsion from Germany after he was accused of preaching hatred towards Christians and Jews."

Atheist group threatens Cheboygan Senior Center over mealtime prayer

Posted on March 11, 2011
CheboyganNews.com: A group that advocates for the separation of church and state has objected to a reported mealtime prayer that takes place at the Cheboygan Senior Center.

7th day of Christians protests in Egypt

Posted on March 11, 2011
CNN: "Thousands of Christian Copts in Cairo protested outside the offices of the Egyptian state broadcaster, witnesses said on Friday. It was the seventh day."

Colo. civil unions measure clears second Senate committee

Posted on March 11, 2011
KDVR.com: "On Thursday morning, with far less fanfare, the measure cleared its second legislative hurdle, passing out of the Senate Finance Committee on a 5-4 party-line vote."

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WA mom beheads her premature baby

Posted on March 11, 2011
Seattle Weekly: "An autopsy had been performed on the child that showed he was alive when he was decapitated. The fact that he was born only 21 weeks into his development will not matter in terms of criminal charges, Meyer says."

New York State Bar Association Urges Congress To Protect Legal Services For The Poor

Posted on March 11, 2011
Readmedia: "In February, the House voted to slash the LSC budget by $70 million, or 18 percent. Because the Senate rejected this cut, negotiations now are taking place."

Study says parental divorce is strongest predictor of early death

Posted on March 11, 2011
At the Wall Street Journal, Laura Landro has this report: How to Keep Going and Going. It begins: What can 1,500 Americans born a century ago, most of them long dead, tell us about the secret to a long life? Plenty, according to Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R...

Christie yanks nomination of N.J. assemblyman as Superior Court judge

Posted on March 11, 2011
NJ.com: "One week. That's how long Michael Patrick Carroll lasted as a Superior Court nominee. Gov. Chris Christie, who has previously gone to the mat with Democrats to battle for his choices, quietly yanked the Republican assemblyman's nomination to become a judge today...

Creeping socialism — coming to a school near you

Posted on March 11, 2011
One News Now: A Christian educator says a recent investigation into how socialism is creeping into public school curriculum is another wake-up call for parents to be vigilant when it comes to their child's education.

Iowa House passes collective bargaining bill

Posted on March 11, 2011
AP on Boston Globe: "The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is not expected to pass. Republicans who support the bill control the House, while Democrats have a majority in the Senate."

“On evangelical campuses, rumblings of gay acceptance”

Posted on March 11, 2011
The Christian Century: As Gushee puts it, evangelicals -- but especially younger evangelicals who have little taste or patience for the political battles of their parents' generation -- are looking for a course correction. "We can't have the name of Jesus certainly associated with hatred or contempt for homosexuals," Gushee said...

Blurring Sexual Boundaries: No fixed borders for sexual identity, means no fixed rules for sexual expression

Posted on March 11, 2011
Douglas Farrow at First Things: The definition of gender-related discrimination and of "hate crimes" is becoming ever more imaginative on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel. Witness, for example, Bill H1728 in the state of Massachusetts, An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes, or its Canadian counterpart, Bill C-389...

Obama Admin Accused of Ignoring Hyde Amdt on Abortion Funding

Posted on March 11, 2011
LifeNews: A pro-life group that uncovered how the University of North Carolina was requiring students to pay for abortions under a student health care plan says the Obama administration may be ignoring the Hyde Amendment.

Obama Nominates Abortion Advocate for Federal Appeals Court

Posted on March 11, 2011
LifeNews: "President Barack Obama has nominated a pro-abortion former Kansas state attorney general to serve on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, setting up another battle over abortion and a top judicial pick."

Is the Defense of Marriage Act Constitutional? Perkins v. Salmonese

Posted on March 11, 2011
U.S. News and World Report carries opposing pieces by Tony Perkins of Family Research Council and Joe Salmonese of the Human Rights Campaign.

UK: There should be room for Christians and homosexuals in a truly tolerant society

Posted on March 11, 2011
Christian Today: The application of law has moved far beyond non-discrimination and tolerance to the effective enforcement of a particular morality.

UK: The number of cases involving Christians falling foul of the prevailing orthodoxy on homosexuality is growing steadily

Posted on March 11, 2011
Peter Saunders writes at his blog: David Cameron, by his comments yesterday about homosexuality, demonstrates that he does not understand what true tolerance actually is.

UK: “These judges want to destroy our core moral values. We simply can’t let them succeed”

Posted on March 11, 2011
The judges think it is wise and humane to assert that there is no hierarchy of values, and that all creeds are equal. But this is both absurd and nihilistic. Some values will always trump others.'

Iowa House debates bill limiting public union bargaining

Posted on March 10, 2011
Reuters: "The Iowa House began debate of a controversial labor bill on Wednesday that Republicans say makes common sense changes to Iowa's labor rules, while Democrats say it will "gut" the state's collective bargaining law."

NH Panel puts off decision on Planned Parenthood

Posted on March 10, 2011
UnionLeader.com: House committee on Wednesday put off until next year a decision on whether to block state funds from going to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. A subcommittee last week voted unanimously to kill the bill, HB 228.

AFC Praises Passage of D.C. Scholarship Bill from Key Committee

Posted on March 10, 2011
The American Federation for Children (AFC) today applauded the advancement of the bill to reauthorize the highly-successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program by a U.S. House of Representatives Committee.

DC parents plead for voucher program

Posted on March 10, 2011
One News Now: "Members of a U.S. House subcommittee have heard testimony from students and parents urging them to reauthorize the school voucher program in the nation's capital."

Second battle looms if Md. lawmakers pass same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on March 10, 2011
"The state Constitution allows citizens to petition just-passed laws to the ballot if they collect enough voter signatures."

LaBarbera: Schools Can Stop Bullying without Promoting Homosexuality or Gender Confusion

Posted on March 10, 2011
Christian Newswire: Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (www.aftah.org), warned that a White House "Bullying Prevention Summit" today may promote a pro-homosexuality agenda in schools in the guise of stopping cruelty between students.

Deportation Controversy After DC Same Sex ?Marriage?

Posted on March 10, 2011
WUSA9.com (includes video): The men maintained if they were a married straight couple, Echegoyen, a U.S. citizen, could sponsor his spouse for U.S. residency. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) bans the federal government from recognizing same sex union for immigration.

Oklahoma House passes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

Posted on March 10, 2011
Reuters: "The bill passed 94-2 without debate and will now go to the state Senate, said state Representative Pam Peterson, who sponsored the bill."

Oregon Legislature considers at least three abortion-related bills

Posted on March 10, 2011
Oregon Live: "Only one, House Bill 3512, has been scheduled for committee action. It would make abortions illegal in Oregon after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in medical emergencies."

Italian Crucifix Case Judgment Reached

Posted on March 10, 2011
ADF attorney Roger Kiska writes at Turtle Bay and Beyond: "The European Court announced today to participating parties in the Lautsi v. Italy case (also known as the Italian crucifix case) that the Grand Chamber had reached a judgment on February 16 and that the judgment will be announced in public by the Grand Chamber on March 18 in Strasbourg ...

SD: $14,500 in abortion defense fund

Posted on March 10, 2011
Argus Leader: "The fund has become an issue as the Legislature debated a bill that would increase the waiting period for an abortion, and opponents questioned whether South Dakota could afford to pay for a legal challenge."

?Did George Orwell write Maryland?s gay-marriage bill??

Posted on March 10, 2011
Stella Morabito writes at the Washington Examiner: "There?s much restlessness in Annapolis now as the House of Delegates readies itself for a very close vote on legalizing same sex marriage. Part of the opposition?s disquiet may come from the Orwellian language of the bill itself...

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