Daily Archives: April 21, 2008

LifeNews.com reports: Throughout his article, titled “Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty,” Harden painted a bleak picture of “the fastest-growing segment of the Philippine population,” which is “very poor people with large families,” and sought to blame their poverty and …

In the past 10 months alone, at least 170 children between 11 and 17 were referred to a local counseling agency because they’d been peddled on the streets for sex . . .

The Elane photography case in New Mexico will be discussed on the O’Reilly Factor this evening. In this case, a New Mexico Human Rights Commission has held that it was illegal for a photographer to refuse to photograph a same …

The Boston Globe reports: “Vt. commission stops short of recommending gay marriage.” The full text of the report can be accessed here.

China Aid Association says that in a specific incident, on Sunday April 13, 2008, 46 Christians were arrested in Shache County, Kashi City, Xinjiang.

A bill awaiting the South Carolina governor’s signature would require abortion providers to ask women whether they want to see ultrasound images of their fetuses before the procedure.

The data reveals that roaming workers visit the Illegal file sharing sites 8.5 times more than their colleagues in the office.

Well, it is unlikely that many would encourage a cultural future like the Aztecs’ “disastrous dog trot,” but what really worries Thomas is that religion — Christianity in particular — is encouraging us to have too many children . . .

Can you imagine officials at a middle school, junior high or high school setting aside a day to promote “tolerance” for heavy smoking and drinking among children? How about a day where teachers encourage kids to “embrace who they are,” pick up that crack pipe and give it a stiff toke?

Mining for metadata in documents received from opposing counsel is unethical, says a new ethics opinion from the New York County Lawyers’ Association.

ADF attorney Gary McCaleb appeared on the Bob Dutko show to discuss Sen. Grassley’s investigation of several televangelist ministries. The mp3 file is here and it runs just under 10 minutes. Related posts: Another Televangelist Responds To Sen. Grassley’s Information …

The Family Voice blog of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia reports on efforts to grandfather a sexually oriented business in Charleston. This is an area where zoning would normally prohibit such activities. The Family Voice blog argues this …

The ACLU of Texas has issued this press release that includes these comments: . . . “While we acknowledge that Judge Walthers’ task may be unprecedented in Texas judicial history, we question whether the current proceedings adequately protect the fundamental …

The Family Policy Institute of Washington, based in Lynn­wood, is absorbing the Washington Family Foundation of Spokane to form a single association intent on getting conservatives out to vote and turning their values into legislation . . .

Mount Vernon News reports: Mount Vernon Middle School science teacher John Freshwater refused to move his Bible from his classroom desk after school officials requested that he do so. At a rally on Public Square on Wednesday, he defended his …

Most people in Ireland have not yet made up their minds on a new common European Union (EU) treaty, according to a poll by Red C published in the Irish Sun. 60 per cent of respondents do not know how they will vote in an upcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

President Fatmir Sedjiu told the group that he had “trusted the experts” that Kosovo was compelled to include sexual orientation so that Kosovo would have a “contemporary” understanding of international human rights.

David Bernstein has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy blog. It discusses the treacherous waters of international law scholarship for conservatives or anyone who dares take a position opposed to the establishment point of view.

But now, states are moving to conduct familial searches of criminal databases, looking for close-to-perfect matches with DNA from crime scenes.

The Invocell technique involves the mixing of eggs and sperm in a pill-like container that is placed inside a woman’s vagina for three days.

You didn’t have to know anything about Spanish politics to be fascinated by the striking photo that came out of Spain this week: The new defense minister, 37 and seven months pregnant, reviewing her troops in a chic maternity outfit.

A doctor at the renowned Children’s Hospital Boston has launched a new program to drug children to delay puberty so they can decide whether they want a male or a female body, according to a report today in the Boston Globe.

John Henry Westen provides excerpts from the speech and a link to the full text of the speech on LifeSiteNews.  The excerpts hit these topics: RIGHTS AND DUTIES HUMAN RIGHTS ARE GOD-GIVEN NOT CONFERRED BY THE STATE WE NEED DISCERNMENT …

“Human rights must be established on the firm and unchanging principles of natural law, Pope Benedict XVI . . . told world leaders in an April 18 address to the UN’s General Assembly.”

The result is that the “crime against nature” can still be used to prosecute teenagers who voluntarily engage in oral or anal sex with each other. That is true, for example, in North Carolina and Georgia and apparently elsewhere as well.

Wealthy, self-financed congressional candidate Jack Davis says the McCain-Feingold Act’s “Millionaire’s Amendment,” which raises the contribution limits for opponents of wealthy, self-financed candidates, is not only unfair but also unconstitutional, and his lawyers will try to persuade the Supreme Court of that tomorrow.

This Note explores the limits of the state’s power to regulate eugenics.

Gonzales v. Carhart and the Court’s “Women’s Regret” Rationale Ronald Turner, 43 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1 (2008) This Article’s discussion of this significant development in the Court’s abortion-rights jurisprudence unfolds as follows. Part I provides a brief discussion of …

This Article attempts to reset the relationship between theories of constitutional authority and methods of constitutional interpretation.

The Beginning of the End: The Diminished Abortion Right Following Carhart and Planned Parenthood Cynthia D. Lockett, 11 J. Gender Race & Just. 337 (2008) 11/24/2011- Death Toll Mounts in Post-Roe II World An estimated 10,000 women have died from …

he debate on the Senate floor over a bill that would expand the prohibition of sexual orientation-based discrimination became personal and emotional this morning after a senator offered a rhetorical amendment to ban discrimination against short people.

For all the firestorm surrounding the decision to make prescription contraceptives available at King Middle School, only one girl has used the service in the six months since the program began, officials say . . .

The school board charges CEF a facilities usage fee for holding its free after-school Good News Clubs, while granting free use to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other organizations the board has deemed patriotic and community service groups.

A.G.R. wants to void the contract and gain custody of the twin girls she bore after a difficult pregnancy.

. . By first accepting sexual activity outside of monogamous marriage, the legal and social structures, which served to protect and promote marriage were either weakened or eliminated. As sex was increasingly separated from marriage, marriage became less and less necessary.

Two Indiana judicial candidates filed suit last Friday in federal court to block enforcement of Indiana rules prohibiting them from responding to a survey asking their views on abortion, euthanasia, and other issues.

Chinese-Americans rallied outside CNN’s Hollywood office on Saturday to demand the firing of commentator Jack Cafferty for calling China’s goods “junk” and its leaders a “bunch of goons and thugs.”