Religion & Law

Suit Charges University of California With Tolerating Dangerous Anti-Semitic Climate

Posted on March 08, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: "Today's Daily Californian reports on a lawsuit filed in a California federal district court by a UC Berkeley graduate against Berkeley and the University system over a series of anti-Semitic incidents."

Islamic Schools and American Civic Culture

Posted on March 08, 2011
Educationnews.org: "This article on the growing influence of Islam on American charter schools will appear in the forthcoming "Islam in Scholarship and Education" issue of Academic Questions."

School That Prevented Student From Handing Out Church Party Invitations Faces Lawsuit

Posted on March 08, 2011
Fox News: District policies, according to attorney ADF David Cortman, prohibit any student speech promoting Christianity. ?It?s another example where schools need to be educated about the First Amendment,? Cortman told Fox News Radio. ?The policies that are at the heart of this lawsuit are unconstitutional...

School Puts Kibosh on Church Party Invitations

Posted on March 08, 2011
Charisma: ?Christian students and churches shouldn?t be discriminated against, censored, and excluded in public schools because of their beliefs,? says ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman. ?Disallowing a fifth-grade student?s invitation to a Christmas party just because it takes place at a church is simply unconstitutional, especially when Halloween parties and promotional events for businesses and other community groups indiscriminately receive a free pass...

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Victory for Christian student group as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal

Posted on March 08, 2011
LifeSiteNews: The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups,? said ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence. ?The university funded the advocacy and expression of other student organizations but singled out a Catholic student organization to exclude funding some of its expression based purely upon its religious content, and that?s simply not constitutional,? he concluded.

Ind. House Democrats still boycotting GOP bills

Posted on March 07, 2011
AP: "Most Indiana House Democrats remain in Illinois to boycott Republican proposals and say they'll stay away as long as necessary - even if their absence shuts down state government when the current budget expires."

?Total unemployment? declines to 16 percent

Posted on March 07, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: Today?s Employment Situation report showed that in February ?total unemployment? including all marginally attached workers declined to 15.9% while the traditionally reported unemployment rate declined to 8.9%.

Ontario: Teen abortions exceed births

Posted on March 07, 2011
CNEWS: "Women aged 15 to 19 registered more than 150 abortions for every 100 live births, the study says."

A Day in the Life of the Soros Empire

Posted on March 07, 2011
David Gainor writes at the Wall Street Journal: "Then we come to the nationwide 'union' protest - the so-called 'rally to save the American Dream' that got widespread coverage. Around America, pro-union groups rallied to 'stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin...

On Campus: U.S. Supreme Court declines to take Badger Catholic case

Posted on March 07, 2011
Wisconsin State Journal: "The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups," said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Roman Catholic Foundation.

More divorced couples say Facebook hurt their marriage

Posted on March 07, 2011
WXYZ.com: "Facebook seems to be the number one offender with one in five divorced couples claiming the popular site led to the end of their marriage."

Same-Sex ?Marriage?- What Would It Mean For Churches?

Posted on March 07, 2011
Kevin Theriot writes at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The most frequent question we receive is, ?How will same sex ?marriage? effect the religious freedom of churches?? Recent legal developments provide the best answer.

VA: Students walk out of high school to bring Ten Commandments back in

Posted on March 07, 2011
WDBJ7.com: "About 200 students walked out of Giles High School Monday morning, demanding the return of a Ten Commandments display."

MA: Cranston school board to decide prayer?s fate

Posted on March 07, 2011
Boston Globe: "The Cranston School Committee is scheduled to vote on whether a prayer banner at a city high school stays up or come down."

Victory for Catholic student group: U.S. Supreme Court says no to U. of Wis. appeal

Posted on March 07, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear the University of Wisconsin?s appeal of an appellate court ruling in favor of a Catholic student group at the university?s Madison campus.

What a Federal judge said about the U.S. House and its members in declaring DOMA unconstitutional

Posted on March 07, 2011
"DOMA has been struck down because a federal judge has declared that Members of Congress are ignorant, foolish, bigoted liars. How will the House respond?"

Georgia Supreme Court: Online courses qualify as ?attending school?

Posted on March 07, 2011
Atlanta J. Constitution: Interesting Georgia Supreme Court ruling today that an online high school meets the definition of ?attending school.? | Draughn v. Draughn, Nos. S10A1599, S10A1600 (Ga. Mar. 7, 2011)

Minnesota Democrats vow to fight marriage amendment

Posted on March 07, 2011
Minnesota Independent: In its DFL Dispatch ? an email update to party activists ? Minnesota DFL chair Ken Martin said last week that the party will fight to stop a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage from passing in Minnesota. Some LGBT activists had been pressuring the party to make a bold statement in its communications about the issue...

Group protesting Planned Parenthood at Boehner?s West Chester office

Posted on March 07, 2011
Westchester Fox 19: "Washington, D.C.-based Operation Rescue/Insurrecta Nex is protesting Planned Parenthood Monday morning at the West Chester office of Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester)."

The $50 billion question: Where will Republicans draw the line?

Posted on March 07, 2011
The Hill: "Where Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his 87 Republican freshmen draw the line on spending will shape the entire 112th Congress. For now, the GOP and Obama are about $50 billion apart ? and the clock is ticking."

Roundup: Sudden surge of pro-life legislation in numerous states

Posted on March 07, 2011
"As a handful of key pro-life bills are fighting their way to passage on Capitol Hill, pro-life legislators countrywide have mounted a a multi-faceted attack on the abortion industry with a surge of pro-life bills on the state level. Here is a roundup of the latest...

Parents Under Siege in Global Battle Against State Control of Children

Posted on March 07, 2011
New American: ?Parents, not the government, are the ones ultimately responsible for making educational choices for their children, and jailing them for standing on this universal right is simply unconscionable,? declared ADF attorney Roger Kiska. ?Irene Wiens was well within her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights to opt to teach her children a view of sexuality that is in accord with her own religious beliefs, instead of sending them to four days of classes and an interactive play that she found to be objectionable...

Standing jet ready to take Baby Joseph to any willing U.S. Hospital

Posted on March 07, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "Priests for Life, the American Center for Law and Justice, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network and other pro-life and pro-family organizations have been negotiating with hospitals across the United States for more than a week to have them agree to admit baby Joseph Maraachli...

Maryland county settling lawsuit over arrest, strip search of pro-life college girls

Posted on March 07, 2011
LifeSiteNews: "August 2008, following the arrest of the pro-lifers, the state decided not to pursue the charges against them. In September 2008, attorneys with Alliance Defense Fund, the Thomas More Society of Chicago, and the American Catholic Lawyers Association filed the complaint with the U...

British Health Official: Leave Babies Born at 23 Weeks to Die

Posted on March 07, 2011
LifeNews: "Although unborn children born at that stage of pregnancy, or earlier, can survive, Dr. Daphne Austin said she believes too few babies survive if born prematurely at that point to justify the millions of dollars spent on their medical care."

Ross Douthat: Why Monagamy Matters

Posted on March 07, 2011
Ross Douthat writes at the NY Times: "This is what?s at stake, for instance, in debates over abstinence-based sex education. Successful abstinence-based programs (yes, they do exist) don?t necessarily make their teenage participants more likely to save themselves for marriage...

MI: Auburn Hills officials to face pro-life protesters at meeting Monday

Posted on March 07, 2011
Michigan Messenger: "The Oakland Press reports that anti-abortion advocates plan to deliver a petition containing 10,000 signatures to the city?s council Monday night to oppose the opening of a new Planned Parenthood facility in the city.'

Pressure from National Liberals Squeezes Wisconsin Dems

Posted on March 07, 2011
FoxNews: "With recall efforts pending against nearly half of the members of the Wisconsin state Senate and Badger State residents weary of the 18-day shutdown in the legislature caused by the Democratic minority?s exodus to Illinois, the end seems to be in sight...

What?s Right About Kansas: Breaking the legal guild?s control over judicial selection.

Posted on March 07, 2011
"Late last week, the Kansas state House of Representatives passed a law that would change the way the state selects its appeals court judges, scaling back a system that has given disproportionate power to lawyers and pushed state courts to the left."

Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software

Posted on March 07, 2011
NY Times: Quantifying the employment impact of these new technologies is difficult. Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, is convinced that ?legal is a sector that will likely employ fewer, not more, people in the U.S. in the future.? He estimated that the shift from manual document discovery to e-discovery would lead to a manpower reduction in which one lawyer would suffice for work that once required 500 and that the newest generation of software, which can detect duplicates and find clusters of important documents on a particular topic, could cut the head count by another 50 percent.

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