Daily Archives: August 26, 2008

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has issued this press release that reports: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation’s Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) and five partner organizations have been awarded a total of $1.2 million from …

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has issued this press release that begins: “Hundreds of pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians will tackle issues of race, class, ability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation at the Many Stories, …

The Daily Citizen reports: The Arkansas Department of Workforce Education on Monday criticized as inappropriate an affiliated group’s survey of middle school students that included questions asking them if they believed in tithing and whether they believed “in a God …

GLAAD has issued this press release indicating: “The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today announced a $100,000 contribution to the NO on Prop 8, Equality for All campaign. ” www.protectmarriage.com

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports: The tax agency on Monday issued its updated tax guide for churches and religious groups, and nearly one third of the document focuses on the rules governing churches and politics. The Chronicle of Philanthropy report …

. . . many people of faith, regardless of their religion, believe that “if Proposition 8 fails, there is an inevitable loss of religious freedom.”

The Washington Blade reports that Tim Gill was a featured speaker at the LGBT Americans Caucus meetings. While he approved of national efforts, he indicated that “change” is best effected at the local level: . . . “By doing it …

Brian Fitzpatrick has this report on the Culture and Media Institute. It discusses the annual meeting of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Fitzpatrick writes: Organizer Mitchell Gold claimed the purpose of his session, titled “Oh God! (or Allah…Or …

AFP reports: “Mexico’s top court on Monday began debate on a bid to reverse a law which allows abortions in the country’s capital.”

The Mercury News reports: Just a few mouse clicks into the forbidden world of Internet child porn can transform an apparently upstanding individual into a federal prison inmate – doing a long sentence. That’s the harsh reality former KGO radio …

LifeNews.com reports: “A woman in India has been killed who refused requests from her husband and his family to undergo a sex-selection abortion on her unborn baby girl. Neelam Kumar, who lives in Samaspur village in northern India, was allegedly …

LifeSiteNews.com reports: Not only does Quebec have Canada’s lowest birth and highest abortion rates, but it is also considered to be one of the global pornography industry’s largest hubs, after Amsterdam and Los Angeles, according to the Canadian Press (CP). …

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “American Apparel has outraged passersby who object to the public display of images akin to those typically found in porn magazines with their latest billboard campaign, which pushes the limits of sexual advertising.”

NBC reports: East Hartford residents have been battling with the town on how to put the brakes on adult businesses. Tuesday night, the town council is expected to take an important vote . . . Many residents said they are …

WorldNetDaily reports: The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop a suburban Atlanta county from opening its meetings with prayers that mention “Jesus” or other “sectarian” references, claiming the invocations represent government …

CBS reports that seven Hallmark stores in Idaho are refusing to carry the cards while: “Hallmark’s largest competitor, American Greetings Corp., has no plans to enter the market, saying its current offerings are general enough to speak to a lot …

The Salt Lake Tribune has this editorial that begins: Mike Leavitt, secretary of federal Health and Human Services, says doctors, nurses and other health care workers should not “be forced to provide services that violate their own conscience.” Instead, a …

Christianity Today reports: “More than 2,000 people marched around a new Planned Parenthood Clinic in Denver tonight instead of following the Democratic National Convention. Alveda King, a niece of the late Martin Luther King Jr., and Archbishop of Denver Charles …

OneNewsNow.com reports: “The Independent Women’s Forum says the ACLU is hampering the success of some girls and boys when it comes to educational choice.”

Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “August 31 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal’s victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex …

Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that reports: “Florida Red and Blue, a political committee and front group for a coalition of homosexual rights groups opposing Amendment 2 (the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment), will air a false television ad …

USA Today reports: “Suspected Hindu hard-liners set fire Monday to an orphanage run by Christian missionaries in eastern India, killing one woman and seriously injuring a priest, police said.”

LifeNews.com reports: “Abortion advocates have such a tight grip on the Democratic Party that not one — but two — heads of pro-abortion groups received a prime time speaking slot.”

LifeNews.com reports: “The Democratic Party on Monday approved, without any noticeable dissent or opposition from the convention floor, a new national platform that is wholly pro-abortion. The platform, which mirror’s Barack Obama’s views, calls for unlimited abortions paid for by …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday released a 32-page report on religious freedom in Vietnam (full text). The report, which includes findings from USCIRF’s 2007 trip to Vietnam, concludes that “religious freedom conditions …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: ‘Ireland’s Catholic Church leader, Cardinal Sean Brady, said in a speech last Sunday that one reason Irish voters in June refused to approve the EU Lisbon Treaty is Europe’s culture that tends to keep religion …

The Religion Clause Blog has this post discussing whether Political Conventions are subject to the Establishment Clause: “At the heart of the issue is whether political parties are, at their conventions, engaged in governmental action covered by the Constitution, or …

Fox News reports: As if flight attendants didn’t have enough to do, they’ve been handed another job. Say hello to your new mile-high culture police. With the nation’s airlines rolling out in-flight wireless Internet service, and with little if any …

Obama voted in committee against the 2003 state bill that was nearly identical to the federal act he says he would have supported.

Charles J. Chaput, the Archbishop of Denver, has this commentary in First Things. He writes: “First, surrounding a bad social policy or party platform plank—for example, permissive abortion—with religious people doesn’t redeem the bad policy or plank. It merely compromises …

The Washington Post carries this report that begins: “AT BOTH ends of the country, high-profile fights have broken out over teacher contracts. At issue in both cities — the District and Denver — are proposals tying big salary increases to …

How Appealing covers a report in the Wall Street Journal indicating that U.S. News and World report may move to stop gaming of the system by law schools that move students into part-time programs to enhance their statistics. Non-subscription access …

The AP reports: “Two new indictments against members of a polygamist sect have added bigamy charges against men already accused of the sexual assault of a child.”

In a rare public rebuke of a top politician, the archbishop of Washington said Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was incorrect when she recently said the moment of conception has long been a matter of controversy within the Catholic Church.