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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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?Transgender woman in Bronx denied marriage license?

Posted on March 08, 2011
NY Post: A transgender woman who received a settlement from the city over a brutality claim was aggrieved again when a Bronx clerk denied her and her partner a license to get married, according to legal documents.

NH town: Christian roadside sign more distracting, dangerous than gas station signs

Posted on March 08, 2011
An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney representing a religious organization filed a lawsuit Monday against officials with the town of Chichester. The town?s planning board rejected the nonprofit?s application to construct an electronic message sign on its private property...

Citizen Link: Supreme Court Victories for Religious Liberty

Posted on March 08, 2011
Citizen Link: In Badger Catholic v. Walsh, the University of Wisconsin appealed a 7th Circuit decision against it which found that Wisconsin?s refusal to fund certain expressive activities of religious student groups (while other student groups got funded for similar, but non-religious, activities) constituted ?viewpoint discrimination? in violation of the First Amendment...

What happens if Congress doesn?t rein in national debt?

Posted on March 08, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: "With the national debt at 90% of gross domestic product, the US could face a crisis if creditors raise interest rates, experts say."

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Matt Sharp on 680 WPTF with Bill Lumaye: School says no Christmas party invitations if held at a church

Posted on March 08, 2011
ADF attorney Matt Sharp appeared on the WPTF with Bill Lumaye to discuss this: Pa. elementary school: Invitations to children?s party OK?unless held at a church. | MP3 audio 6:45 mins

Dave Cortman on the Mike Pintek Show: School prohibits Christmas party fliers

Posted on March 08, 2011
ADF attorney Dave Cortman appeared on the Mike Pintek Show on 1020 KDKA to discuss this: Pa. elementary school: Invitations to children?s party OK?unless held at a church. | MP3 audio 15:23 mins

International Women?s Day Prompts Appeal on China, Abortion

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeNews: "Congressman Chris Smith and human rights activists addressed China?s brutal women?s rights record at a Monday press conference marking the 100th Anniversary of International Women?s Day."

Washington Bill That Could Shut Down Pregnancy Centers Dies

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeNews: "Legislation in Washington state that that threatened to shut down 56 pregnancy centers has died, much tot he appreciation of the head of the nation?s largest network of pregnancy centers." | HB 1366

Hornet?s nest ahead? Congress examines Islam in US

Posted on March 08, 2011
AP: . . . it was President Bush - the bullhorn-wielding avenger who wanted Osama bin Laden dead or alive, who warned the world "you're either with us or against us" - who told Americans their Muslim neighbors were with us. Not just that, he said, but they WERE us.

Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages

Posted on March 08, 2011
Government payouts?including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance?make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn?t taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement...

Anger Brews Over Government Workers? Benefits

Posted on March 08, 2011
"When Erin McFarlane looks at public workers, she sees lucrative pension benefits she doesn't ever expect to get. And it makes her mad."

Iran?s brutality toward women should shock West into seeking regime change

Posted on March 08, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: "In Iran, young women are jailed for specious reasons, then raped before being executed in a barbaric effort to keep them out of heaven. The people of Iran are desperate for a show of support from the West. On International Women's Day, will the West finally stand up for women in Iran?"

Texas: Planned Parenthood rallies at state Capitol

Posted on March 08, 2011
Houston Chronicle (AP):"Planned Parenthood advocates are fighting back against an onslaught of legislative attempts to weaken their programs."

Sterilization of the Mentally Retarded ? a Constitutional Right (At Least in California)

Posted on March 08, 2011
Eugene Volokh writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: "But what I didn?t know until several years ago is that many courts are indeed authorizing sterilization of mentally retarded women, if certain procedures are used to try to make sure that the sterilization is really necessary to serve the woman?s best interests (and even if the woman is unable to meaningfully consent herself)...

CO: Media neglects to mention that new Democratic Chairman is ?openly gay?

Posted on March 08, 2011
Gayopolis: "According to The Denver Post, Palacio was elected with more than 50% of the vote from members of the party's state central committee at its biennial reorganizational meeting." �While the homosexual media is touting the fact of his sexual orientation, most regular news outlets are not reporting it...

Colorado civil unions pass Senate committee

Posted on March 08, 2011
Pueblo Chieftain: "A Senate committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would authorize civil unions of same-sex couples in Colorado." | SB 172

Video: Gingrich says Iowa Courts rewrote the constitution in marriage ruling and voters correctly held the court accountable

Posted on March 08, 2011
Fox News video is here. The Speaker also discusses various issues associated with the upcoming Presidential election.

Republican Sen. Lugar (R-Ind) to oppose House GOP?s $61B spending cuts

Posted on March 08, 2011
The Hill: "Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), the most senior member of the Senate Republican conference, said Tuesday he will oppose the House-passed proposal to make drastic cuts to the federal budget."

WA bill recognizes out-of-state same-sex marriages

Posted on March 08, 2011
Seattle Times: "State House lawmakers voted 58-39 Friday night to approve a bill to recognize same-sex marriages from out of state as valid domestic partnerships in Washington."

Md. marriage could go to referendum

Posted on March 08, 2011
Opponents say the bill's passage in the House will start an effort to put it to a referendum in November, 2012. Though 55,000 signatures are needed to get that question on the ballot, Delegate Neil Parrott, R-District 2, says many more will be gathered to fend of a challenge by same-sex marriage supporters.

In midst of demographic collapse, Japan approves ?morning after? pill

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "With Japan?s well-below-replacement-level birth rate, and an ever-increasing number of deaths, the country?s population figures showed a decline of 123,000 in 2010, the fourth consecutive year of demographic collapse."

Christians and Muslims clash in Egyptian capital

Posted on March 08, 2011
AP: "Clashes between Christians and Muslims have escalated in a day of violent protests in Egypt's capital."

Massive investigation of Texas abortion clinics discovers serious legal violations

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeSiteNews: Filthy clinic conditions, massive privacy violations, illegal dumping of human tissue, staff members coaching underage girls to hide statutory rape: these, according to the pro-life group Operation Rescue, are just some of the numerous abuses committed at Texas abortion clinics uncovered during a three-month investigation.

Casey Mattox: Stony Brook Young Americans for Freedom ? Too Republican To Be Funded?

Posted on March 08, 2011
Casey Mattox writes at the Speak Up Movement University Blog: "If you?re trying to get to the root of the left wing lean on campuses, try following the money."

Baby Joseph?s family to appeal, while U.S. hospitals have agreed to take over care

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "The new Canadian lawyer for dying one-year-old Joseph Maraachli, whose doctors are seeking to remove his ventilator against his parents? wishes, announced today that the family will take the case to Ontario?s highest court."

Debate on Maryland marriage bill postponed until tomorrow, possible vote on Friday

Posted on March 08, 2011
House leaders said they expect debate over proposed amendments to begin Wednesday, with a vote on the bill expected by Friday.

Byron York: No guts, no glory: GOP should heed lesson of ?91

Posted on March 08, 2011
Byron York writes at the Washington Examiner: "Now we're in a political season in which it is Republicans who seem hesitant to challenge an incumbent president. And we're seeing the emergence of a new conventional wisdom: Barack Obama will be very, very tough to beat...

What Are Your Chances of Winning on Appeal?

Posted on March 08, 2011
Howard Bashman has this commentary at the Legal Intelligencer via How Appealing: "In other words, it may be accurate that the U.S. Supreme Court only grants review on average of 2-3 percent of all paid (non-indigent) cases. But, of course, that does not mean that any given case has only (or sometimes even) a 2-3 percent chance of being granted review...

Fla. House Speaker Dean Cannon wants to expand state Supreme Court to 10 justices, two panels

Posted on March 08, 2011
TampaBay.com: "Cannon, R-Winter Park, said he will unveil a bill this week that would replace the current seven-member Supreme Court with two five-member high courts, one to focus on civil cases and another to focus on criminal cases."

Cert. Denied In Challenge To ?In God We Trust? Motto

Posted on March 08, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Newdow v. Lefevre, (Docket No. 10-893, cert. denied 3/7/2011). (Order List.) In the case, the 9th Circuit rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to the inscription of "In God We Trust" on U...

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