Religion & Law

Europe: ?Young gay men fuelling HIV epidemic, study warns?

Posted on September 07, 2010
Guardian: "The HIV epidemic in Europe, including the UK, is being fuelled by the risky behaviour of young gay men, according to research published today . . . Those infected are almost all white, male, gay and young, they say. These men also tend to have other sexual diseases, such as syphillis, which suggests that they are involved in unsafe sexual behaviour and are not using condoms...

Russian court backs ?gay community protest?

Posted on September 07, 2010
RT: "Russia's arbitration court has ruled that the decision to shut down a Moscow gay club was illegal."

Faeroese MP refuses to dine with Iceland?s PM for ?religious reasons?

Posted on September 07, 2010
The Reykjavik Grapevine: "Jenis, speaking to Icelandic radio, added furthermore that he would not dine with Jóhanna, because \'to do so would be to show acceptance of gay marriage, which is against the platform of the Centrist party.'"

ND Supreme Court: No vote on pharmacy measure

Posted on September 07, 2010
Grand Forks Herald: "The North Dakota Supreme Court refused Tuesday to order that a proposal to change the state's pharmacy ownership law be put on the November ballot, but a supporter of the change promised the fight would continue. The voter initiative sought to abolish North Dakota's requirement that most pharmacies in the state be owned by pharmacists...

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The separation of God from public life

Posted on September 07, 2010
Russell Shaw writing at The Catholic World Report: "The speech was then and remains today among the most important American political utterances of the 20th century . . . Fifty years after the Kennedy speech, his words deserve a close look to see whether they merit such criticism and, if so, why ...

U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds again

Posted on September 07, 2010
"A federal judge has denied a request by the Obama administration to allow it to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research while it defends President Barack Obama's executive order from a lawsuit alleging it violates federal law . . . "

CO: Personhood amendment has strong support this year

Posted on September 07, 2010
Greeley Tribune: "The bad news for Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), and their allies is that personhood proponents recently turned in more than 126,000 signatures to put the measure back on the ballot, this time as Amendment 62...

Wisconsin: Juneau Co. DA sued over ?sex education? related e-mail

Posted on September 07, 2010
Journal-Sentinel: "A liberal advocacy group is suing Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth, saying he did not produce an e-mail he was required to release under the state's open records law. One Wisconsin Now posted a copy of the lawsuit Tuesday that it was filing against Southworth, who drew criticism this spring when he told area schools teachers could be criminally prosecuted if they followed the state's new sex education curriculum...

Muslims will become majority in Europe, senior Vatican official warns

Posted on September 07, 2010
Telegraph: "Italian Father Piero Gheddo said that the low birth rate among indigenous Europeans combined with an unprecedented wave of Muslim immigrants with large families could see Europe becoming dominated by Islam in the space of a few generations...

UK: Law firms may be forced to publish diversity figures

Posted on September 07, 2010
Guardian: "The Legal Services Board (LSB), the body responsible for overseeing the regulation of lawyers in England and Wales, is mulling over plans that would require law firms and chambers to compile and publish comprehensive diversity information about their staff...

Abbas: We will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state

Posted on September 07, 2010
The Jerusalem Post: "Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told interviewers that he would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state, Israel Radio reported on Tuesday."

Sex for sale: Why Sweden punishes buyers

Posted on September 07, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: "At a time when some governments are trying ? and failing ? to combat sex trafficking by legalizing prostitution, Sweden?s innovative approach stands out as an exemplary model of lawmaking that reduces prostitution, penalizes men, and protects women ...

Missouri Planned Parenthood temporarily closes abortion center, just two open

Posted on September 07, 2010
LifeNews: "The Planned Parenthood abortion business has temporarily closed its abortion center in Columbia. That leaves just two functioning abortion businesses in Missouri, with another Planned Parenthood abortion center in St. Louis and the Women?s Care Gynecology abortion clinic in Bridgeton, a suburb near the airport...

Euthanasia hearings begin in Quebec

Posted on September 07, 2010
CTV Ottawa: "As public hearings on the controversial topic of dying with dignity get underway in Quebec, the chair of the committee expects debate to become emotional. Quebec Liberal MNA Geoff Kelley says it's been 17 years since B.C.'s Sue Rodriguez brought the issues of mercy killing to the fore, when she fought all the way to the Supreme Court for the right to kill herself...

Wisconsin: Biz groups sue state over union law

Posted on September 07, 2010
Courthouse News Service: "Two business groups claim that Wisconsin enacted an unconstitutional law that prohibits employers from 'conducting mandatory meetings with employees to communicate the employer's opinion about the advantages or disadvantages of joining or supporting a union...

Delaware Senate race splits Conservatives on strategy as polling data unveiled

Posted on September 07, 2010
LifeNews: "New polling data in the Delaware Senate race has conservatives split as to the better strategy. The poll finds pro-abortion Republican Rep. Mike Castle winning a potential matchup against pro-abortion Democratic candidate Chris Coons while pro-life GOP candidate Christine O?Donnell potentially loses to Coons...

Marcia Segelstein: Sex is everywhere

Posted on September 07, 2010
Marcia Segelstein writing at OneNewsNow: "It feels as though it's getting more and more difficult to escape the subject of sex. It's everywhere! . . . How did we get here? And how do we turn around?"

Battle royal over health care repeal if GOP wins

Posted on September 07, 2010
Breitbart (AP): "If you thought passing the health care overhaul was messy, wait until Republicans try to repeal it if they regain power in Washington this fall. It could come down to who blinks first. Even if Republicans succeed beyond any current predictions and capture both the Senate and the House, they wouldn't have enough GOP votes to overcome President Barack Obama's veto...

CT: Litchfield?s rejection of synagogue on village green sparks federal probe

Posted on September 07, 2010
Hartford Courant: "Last month, a federal district court judge ruled that sufficient evidence of 'discrimination against Jewish people' may exist, warranting a trial over the Borough of Litchfield's denial of a conservative Hasidic group's application to build a synagogue on the west end of the green...

Jaguar dumps swimmer after ?anti-gay? tweet

Posted on September 07, 2010
Reuters: "Luxury car maker Jaguar has cut its sponsorship of star Australia swimmer Stephanie Rice, a triple Olympic gold medalist, after she sent a tweet using an anti-gay slur."

Lawyer calls for end of church law and chides UK government for recognising Vatican?s sovereignty

Posted on September 07, 2010
Guardian: "According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, whose book The Case of the Pope is published tomorrow: 'Canon law has been allowed to trump criminal law in countries throughout the world. This is a very serious matter? the pope through his pretensions to statehood refuses to acknowledge that child sex abuse is a serious crime as well as a sin' ...

Muslims hold mass prayers at Jerusalem mosque

Posted on September 03, 2010
Breitbart: "Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan."

Clash over Personhood in Colorado

Posted on September 03, 2010
The Denver Daily News: "Opponents and proponents of a ballot initiative that aims to ban abortion in Colorado clashed at the Capitol yesterday, exchanging words of passion over the controversial initiative. Opponents had scheduled a campaign kick off at the Capitol to fight the Amendment 62 initiative...

Wedlock irrelevant to teens

Posted on September 03, 2010
OneNewsNow: "There appears to be a growing acceptance of children being conceived out of wedlock among the nation's youth. In 2002, 25 percent of teenage males admitted to never having sex, the main reason for abstaining being the possibility of pregnancy...

MA: Woman forced to resign Cathedral High School post after same-sex ?marriage? will not sue diocese

Posted on September 03, 2010
MassLive.com (The Republican): "Christine M. Judd, who lost her job as dean of students at Cathedral High School after marrying her female partner in August, said Friday she will take no legal action against the diocese . . . She clarified, however, that she keeps open the possibility of legal action against a person who shared information with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield that triggered the pressure from the diocese for her to resign...

Secretary Clinton to host Iftar dinner at Department of State on September 7

Posted on September 03, 2010
U.S. Department of State: "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host an Iftar to celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan on Tuesday, September 7 at 7:00p.m., at the Department of State."

Notre Dame abruptly sacks only admin member to protest Obama

Posted on September 03, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "A top pro-life professor at the University of Notre Dame is calling into question the motives of the university after Bill Kirk, a long-time member of the Notre Dame community and the only administration member to join a protest against President Obama's appearance on campus, was abruptly terminated ...

Behind the Mexican court decision on same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on September 03, 2010
"Opposition by bishops and Church leaders has led to a secondary controversy, highlighting the deep rift between church and state in Mexico, and causing accusations to fly from both sides of the divide . . "

Video: ?Islamization? of Paris a warning to the West

Posted on September 03, 2010
Jean-Francois Cope, president of the Union for a Popular Movement political party, has a warning for the West and for America. 'We cannot accept the development of such practice because it's not compatible with the life in a modern society, you see,' he said...

Mexican pro-family groups protest release of women convicted of infanticide

Posted on September 03, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "A coalition of Mexican organizations focusing on human rights and life and family issues is protesting the recent decision by the governor of the state of Guanajuato to dramatically reduce the maximum sentence for infanticide. Governor Juan Manuel Oliva has announced the new legislative initiative following a massive national campaign by pro-abortion organizations to gain the release of seven women convicted of infanticide...

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