Daily Archives: March 20, 2008

Officials at a Surprise charter school say they were shocked to learn that a fifth-grade teacher who also taught an after-school program had been distributing and receiving child pornography on the Internet for years.

State claims religious nature of faith-based organizations excludes them from voluntary state employee donations; CLS, ADF attorneys file suit.

Several dozen members of Congress, all abortion advocates, have signed a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey asking him to cut all funds for abstinence education.

The launch of the initiative on Monday coincides with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of trans-Atlantic slave trade and the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.

Alaska’s highest court was expected to look at issues concerning the right of Alaskans to possess small amounts of marijuana in their homes. The

365Gay.com reports: Even though Okeechobee High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance no longer has any members, a federal lawsuit by a former GSA member is continuing. This week a judge rescinded an earlier ruling that required the school board to allow the …

The amendment would have included Jain and Buddhist religions with the Hindu religion, while people choosing to convert to Christianity or Islam would have to seek government approval.

The Opine Editorials has this post discussing the adverse effects of pornography in relationships.

The ADF Alliance Alert email digest will not be distributed on Good Friday. Additionally, stories posted to the website on Good Friday and over the Easter weekend, if any, will be greatly reduced in number. Normal publication will resume on …

Higdon, Michael J., “Queer Teens and Legislative Bullies: The Cruel and Invidious Discrimination Behind Heterosexist Statutory Rape Laws” (February 23, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1097097 Abstract: Most states make an exception to their statutory rape laws for sexual acts involving …

Davenport’s simultaneous conviction for both receipt and possession of child pornography violates the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition on double jeopardy.

But the Referee determined that domestic partners do not qualify for the “following the spouse” doctrine that the Pennsylvania courts have developed for such situations . . .

A new law is being considered in the United Kingdom next month which will strip away the legal need for a father. Birth certificates will report “Parent A” and “Parent B”.

When leaving his house, Pastor Tulsi, 26, was attacked by members of a Hindu militant group called RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh).

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has announced his Christian faith openly, with a March 19 visit to pray at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi.

Detroit filed an emergency motion on Monday, asking U.S. District Judge George Steeh to clarify or throw out the preliminary injunction he signed last week in a lawsuit brought by All Stars on Eight Mile.

It is absurd that in 21st century Bulgaria there are 65,000 births and 50,000 abortions annually,” Milchev said.

Police say one person was shot inside a Tampa strip club early Thursday morning.

But risking lives is apparently of little consequence to Joe Solomonese, president of the “Human Rights Campaign” (HRC), the nation’s largest homosexual pressure group.

The study also indicated that an extremely small fraction of the Australian population self-defines as “homosexual.”

he Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFMF) today called on both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to include language supporting the Marriage Protection Amendment in their 2008 platforms.

Mr. Westergaard (he drew Muhammad with a bomb in his turban) has been in hiding ever since.

The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, Bishop of Hulme, who used to work with Mr Ainsworth, said: “I would want to see a condemnation of this cowardly behaviour by senior Muslims in the community and really hope there isn’t an over-reaction from the white community.”

If your child has taken pornographic pictures of himself or friends and has them on his cell phone, he can be charged with possession of child porn.

But Volker Beck, Parliamentary whip of the Greens in the Bundestag and a practicing homosexual, took offense. He regards “therapy” for homosexuals as “dangerous charlatanism” . . .

The administration of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s newly-elected president, has sent a letter to representatives of the national congress urging them to legalize abortion and homosexual “marriage”.

Nearly 500 Iraqi Christians may soon be taking refuge in France, according to reports Wednesday.

Abroad, Tibet activists say they will protest along the torch route in India, Britain and elsewhere to highlight complaints that Beijing is degrading the Himalayan region’s distinctive Buddhist culture. . . .

Reproductive Injustice: An Analysis of Nicaragua’s Complete Abortion Ban Jocelyn E. Getgen, 41 Cornell Int’l L.J. 143 (2008) This Note examines these recent legislative changes in Latin America that criminalize all abortions, including therapeutic abortions performed to save the lives …

Yesterday the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Turner v. City Council of the City of Fredericksburg.

Ball on a Needle: Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. and the Future of Establishment Clause Adjudication Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, 2008 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 115 Thus, the meta-question looming after Hein is the relationship between …

The framework and methodology Justice Thomas applies to his jurisprudence evinces a judicial philosophy that is remarkably complex because of its inconsistent approach to interpreting the Constitution, but that is also predictable within categories.

A stricter statutory opt-out provision should be enacted by state legislatures that only allows parents to excuse their child from sex education after a parent attends a 90-minute STD prevention course and receives the instructional material used in the school’s sex education curriculum.

Reason and Common Ground: A Response to the Creationists’ “Neutrality” Argument Timothy Sandefur, 11 Chap. L. Rev. 129 (2007) This argument is troubling for many reasons. I will begin with the epistemological claim–that science is simply one among many different …

After protests from residents, public discussions and a local businessman’s vow to open an adult-themed business in downtown Tarboro, the plans have been shelved.

How do you tell a mother who has been forcibly sterilized or who was forced to undergo an abortion that it was all a big mistake?

Poland’s head of state, President Lech Kaczynski, angered Poland’s homosexual activists and their friends in the Polish government and the EU when he warned in a television address against the dangers of adopting the EU’s new treaty and its Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The How Appealing blog links to video and audio of yesterday’s oral arguments and several reports.

Magnuson is well respected among conservatives in the state; a dozen years ago, he filed an amicus brief arguing that the state courts should not force the state to pay for abortions

“Two Florida lawmakers are trying again this year to pass legislation that would open the door for gay people to adopt children.”