Daily Archives: April 14, 2008

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a group of New York taxpayers in an effort to stop officials from illegally recognizing same-sex “marriages” performed outside the Empire State.

It’s time that Christians in America gain a moral backbone and fight for their fellow Christians. And they need to urge that guy in the White House, the one they helped elect to two terms who claims to be a Christian, to take a stand on the issue at the very least.

Hundreds of demonstrators from all over Norway descended on downtown Oslo over the weekend to protest the government’s proposed law allowing same-sex marriages . . .

I believe the long-term solution to the politicization of the judiciary process is education.

LifeSiteNews.com reports: Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Britain and avid supporter of legal abortion and homosexual “marriage” who was received into the Catholic Church late last year, has issued a statement refusing to answer questions regarding his position …

As of April 10, supporters still need 50,000 signatures for this critical initiative to be put on the November 2008 ballot.

Marriott was told that stopping “porn movies” would be in keeping with the corporation’s position of “promoting the well-being of children and families,” AFA said in a news release.

We at the California Family Council are very disappointed and puzzled to learn that the Governor would take a position contrary to his own actions where he repeatedly vetoed same-sex marriage legislation,” stated CFC’s Legislative Director Everett Rice.

. . . Provide steep tuition breaks to students with LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs above this year’s target medians, and make up for the lost revenue by charging closer to full tuition for students who do not boost the school’s numbers — especially transfer students who are hungry for the more prestigious J.D.

. . . we are losing our common understanding of what it means to be a human being, and the idea that human beings are something “special” is rapidly becoming an antiquated notion.

The Pew Form has created a webpage with links to several article and resources on the battle over the definition of marriage.

The article is a candid and bracing look at the lingering effects of the divorce revolution as experienced in Jefferson’s own 1982 graduating class at Grant High School in California’s sprawling San Fernando Valley . . .

“State Rep. Donna Rowland (R-Murfreesboro) has asked Tennessee Attorney General whether Tax Increment Financing for the proposed Bible Park USA violates federal or sate law.”

The ABA Journal has this report: Columbia Sends Highest Percentage of Grads to Top Law Firms. It provides a list of statistics and links.

The Religion Clause blog links to transcripts and webcasts presentations from Emory Law School’s conference titled: “The Next 25 Years of Law and Religion.”

Now, due largely to a slowdown in work relating to mortgages, real estate, mergers and private equity, some firms are taking such measures as rescinding offers to incoming associates and summer associates, asking first-year lawyers to start several months later and shortening their summer programs to save money.

Religion Clause blog reports that the city already removed two cross displays after being threatened, but now the city symbol that contains a cross is being threatened.

At issue is a professor’s demand that students “change their own personal viewpoints or state that they are unsure of whether their own personal beliefs are correct” on religious issues, according to the letter.

The BottomLineUpFront blog by Amy Proctor carries the video (from June 2007) and  highlights some points made in the speech. Obama makes several comment strongly in support of abortion and reaffirms his votes against Justices Roberts and  Alito.  He also …

An Iowa pro-life group is leading the charge to generate support for an amendment in the Iowa Senate that would de-fund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business.

“Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.”

The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys eventually ended. In the interests of justice, so should this one.

But on Wednesday the court will consider whether a person who rapes a child is different. Louisiana prosecutors will argue that the same societal mores that have persuaded justices to spare certain categories of criminals lead in the opposite direction when it comes to child rapists, demanding an expansion of capital punishment, not a retrenchment . . .

According to the study, 65% of college men, 48% of college women, 36% of fathers, and 20% of mothers agreed that pornography was an acceptable way for someone to express their sexuality.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently fined an adult Web site more than $410,000 for sending obscene e-mails to unsuspecting recipients.

The potential for freedom-of-religion claims in the removal cases makes Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for the Plano, Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute, shudder.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Catharina Haynes, a Baker Botts partner in Dallas, to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She is the first federal appeals court nominee to be approved by the full Senate this year and the seventh in the 110th Congress.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has made a second attempt to clear up confusion about the awarding of fees in civil rights cases created by a 2007 decision.

Tony Mauro reports on the Legal Times: On Jan. 7, Jay Jorgensen took an unusual call from his former boss, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Alito’s request: Would Jorgensen have time to argue a Supreme Court case in April …

A new study supports our fears: Supreme Court nominees present themselves one way at confirmation hearings but act differently on the court. That makes it difficult for senators to cast informed votes or for the public to pla

Thousands of viewer and listener complaints about programs are backed up at the Federal Communications Commission, where officials acknowledge the legal limbo has tied their hands.

Not many students know that 512 of every 1000 black pregnancies end in abortion. Nor do many know that 37% of all aborted babies are black. This is despite the fact that blacks comprise only 12% of the population.

A Christian student told he could not sing a religious song at a high school talent show was permitted to perform Friday, after ADF attorneys representing the student sent a letter to Baldwin County Public Schools officials on his behalf.

Unlike the Dolly technique, however, the procedure is so simple and efficient that it has raised fears that it will be seized on by IVF doctors to help infertile couples who are eager to have their own biological children . . .