Daily Archives: June 27, 2008

WorldNetDaily carries this report discussing SB200 Colorado’s new anti-discrimination legislation. Colorado Family Action wrote of the plan: “This bill lays groundwork for state-sanctioned abuse of individuals and organizations who have faithfully held religious convictions and refuse to offer or sell …

The Washington Times reports: . . . Calling abortions “womb lynchings” and “black genocide,” a group of 60 black demonstrators marched on the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties to voice their outrage over the practice. The protesters also …

The Christian Institute reports: “The morning-after pill is to be given out free of charge at Scotland’s chemists. Ministers have announced the scheme as teen pregnancy rates reach their highest level since 1998.”

The Christian Institute reports: “Public bodies like schools, the police, and local councils should be forced by law to promote ‘gay rights’, says Britain’s leading homosexual lobby group. Homosexual-only shortlists for Parliamentary candidates should also be permitted, Stonewall says.”

The San Francisco Chronicle has posted this editorial arguing that parents should have the right to choose homeschooling.

The Missoulian reports: Opponents of an proposed constitutional amendment to ban abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a “person” announced Tuesday the measure has failed to gain enough support to qualify for the November ballot. Constitutional Initiative 100 …

The North Carolina Family Council has this post commenting on a recent Gallup poll regarding American views on homosexuality.

The Richmond Times Dispatch reports: “Moore escaped having to face trial on two felony charges for filming sex with a 17-year-old girl. Had he been convicted of producing child pornography as originally charged, he would have faced a prison term …

The Herald Online reports: “A GROUND-BREAKING study on sex work and human trafficking in Cape Town, authored by Chandré Gould, of Hoekwil near George, was launched last night with a critical thinking forum that aims to encourage legalisation of the …

Milford Daily News: “The selectmen’s office yesterday received another application for adult entertainment, this time from a business within the new adult entertainment overlay district.”

The Journal Start reports: “A letter signed by more than two dozen Christian leaders from five central Illinois counties was delivered to the Heart of Illinois United Way on Thursday, asking the funding organization to cut ties with Planned Parenthood …

Mysuncoast.com reports: “The Holmes County School Board must pay $325,000 in legal fees to the ACLU because a Ponce De Leon High School student won a lawsuit against the district earlier this year.”

The ACLU has issued this press release that begins: “The American Civil Liberties Union will announce the opening of its new South Carolina Office July 2 at a press conference and ceremonial ribbon-cutting that will include Charleston Mayor Joe Riley …

Michael Medved has this post on his Townhall Blog. He writes: “Society and law rightly give unique weight to this one form of physical contact, and pay less attention to other forms of affection or pleasure.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled 7–4 Friday to lift an injunction against a South Dakota informed consent abortion law. The law requires abortionists to inform women about the nature of abortion and the risks involved before they elect to terminate their pre-born child’s life.

Michael Foust reports on the Baptist Press: California’s “gay marriages” appear to be following trends in other states, where lesbian couples are far more likely than homosexual men to legalize their relationships. The Sacramento Bee reported that a sampling of …

The increasing OSCE focus on homosexual issues echoes an increasingly vocal campaign at the United Nations (UN).

The Grand Junction Press has this report on the continuing controversy atheists are raising over city council prayers.  The report quotes ADF attorney Mike Johnson: A deity can be mentioned, however, “as long as you involve a wide pool of …

NJ.com reports on the hearings and include this excerpt: . . . Some employers would have trouble accommodating transgender employees because of their own religious objections and other employees’ privacy concerns in restrooms, said Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the …

The AP reports: “Barack Obama will fight for equal rights for gays just as he fought to help working-class families overcome poverty, the Democratic presidential hopeful’s wife told a gay Democratic group Thursday.”

Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing enforcement of religious contracts in American Courts. He begins: An interesting dispute litigated in a Texas appellate court (partial dissent here) having to do with “a Mahr[, which] is an …

“Buried in Justice Scalia’s exegesis on the Second Amendment is a wonderful gift to those of us who study and care about the Ninth Amendment . . . ”

United States Senator John McCain today announced his support for the California Protection of Marriage initiative on the state’s November ballot, leaders of the ProtectMarriage.com campaign announced.

This paper examines the legal consequences of the Irish ‘no’ vote in the 12 June, 2008 referendum on a Constitutional amendment permitting ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.

This Note builds on prior scholarship that advocates for judicial minimalism by arguing that Hein’s plurality opinion demonstrates judicial minimalism succeeding in practice.

George Will has this commentary on Townhall discussing yesterday’s First (Campaign Finance) and Second (DC Gun control) Amendment rulings.  He begins: Two of Thursday’s Supreme Court rulings — both decided 5-4, and with the same alignment of justices — concerned …

David Limbaugh writes on Townhall: The Supreme Court’s barring of the death penalty for child rapists in Kennedy v. Louisiana underscores the hazards in the court’s abandonment of moral absolutes in favor of “evolving standards of decency” and the court’s …

Georgetown Law Prof. Randy E. Barnett has a commentary in the Wall Street Journal titled: News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says. He writes: Justice Scalia’s opinion is exemplary for the way it was reasoned. It will be studied …

Jeremiah G. Dys, President of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, offers this rebuttal to a recent editorial in the Charleston Gazette. He writes: The Charleston Gazette’s characterization of the democratic process in action as, “a clever ploy: using …

David Benkof has this commentary in the San Francisco Chronicle. He writes: I argue against same-sex marriage in part because I think the gay and lesbian community barely understands marriage, particularly the part about fidelity . . . But my …

Liberty Counsel has issued this press release indicating: “Liberty Counsel filed its Initial Brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of an equal access policy of the South Iron School District (“District”) that permits the Gideons to …

Jeff Johnson reports on OneNewsNow.com: . . . As much as half of some pornographer’s online traffic now comes from iPhone users attracted to the improved image quality available from the high-speed digital networks the device uses . . . …

WorldNetDaily reports on voter efforts to repeal Oregon domestic partnerships.  ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks is quoted in the report. Related post: Oregon: Voters may still weigh in on marriage counterfeits

The Religion Clause has this post that begins: “Yesterday and today the White House is hosting the ‘Innovations in Effective Compassion’ National Conference, a meeting of over 1000 people interested in the federal Faith Based and Community Initiatives.”

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Morgan v. Mukasey, (9th Cir., June 25, 2008), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals that had denied asylum to an Egyptian Coptic Christian couple …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Yesterday the President attended the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. In remarks (full text) he said: ‘Each of you here this morning is here to celebrate a simple and powerful act — prayer to an Almighty …

Joan Biskupic reports on USA Today: “Although some decisions were unanimous, justices divided 5-4 on a number of the most prominent cases.”

Joan Biskupic has this report on USA Today that begins: Antonin Scalia is a feisty justice who has cut a wide swath through the law but rarely has written the biggest Supreme Court decisions. His no-compromise style often leads him …