Daily Archives: September 9, 2008

The Thomas More Law Center reports: “A CA federal judge ruled Friday that a public school teacher has the constitutional right to display classroom banners that mention God.”  A link to the ruling is provided.

The Opine Editorials Blog has this post:  There is a particular relationship between man and woman that is conjugal in that it joins a man and a woman in such a way that they have a sexual relationship that may …

Lambda Legal has issued this press release that reports:  . . . The New York Commissioner of Human Rights held in March 2008 that a policy of the East Meadow Union Free School District restricting the use of guide dogs …

HSLDA carries this report from the Detroit News that begins: The 15-year-old Lake Orion girl is among an increasing number of students nationwide and in Metro Detroit who are being taught at home, a trend that has some state lawmakers …

The Daily Press reports: “Police are looking for a gunman who shot two people after a confrontation that began with a fender bender in the parking lot of a Virginia Beach strip club early Sunday morning.”

The Christian Telegraph reports: “Two Christians from Muslim backgrounds were officially charged with apostasy last week at the Public and Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, Iran, raising fears for their continued well-being, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service.”  

WorldNetDaily reports: “‘Brides’ and ‘grooms’ are no longer allowed to marry in the State of California. That privilege is only extended to individuals who allow themselves to be called “Party A” and “Party B” on marriage licenses.”

The International Herald Tribune reports:  When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and his Islamic-rooted party came under fierce fire this summer from secularists, who came close to persuading the country’s supreme court to bar both from politics, he …

The Houston Chronicle reports: “Planned Parenthood’s upcoming expansion into an existing six-story building on the Gulf Freeway has galvanized abortion opponents and led them to protest outside the site and the construction company that will carry out renovations.”

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union, which has a long history of promoting the homosexual movement, has now taken up arms against the family by donating $1.2 to defeat Proposition 8, which, if passed in November, would reverse the …

The ACLU has issued this press release: ”The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it will open a new office in South Dakota, enabling a significant expansion of its work on civil liberties in the state.”

An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney has secured an agreement to keep a hospitalized patient’s feeding tubes in place to preserve her life.

LifeNews.com reports: “. . . During her acceptance speech last week, Paling promised the parents of disabled children that she would be their advocate in the White House. Biden questioned that commitment by attacking Palin’s stance on the issue of …

AOL News reports: “Gov. Sarah Palin’s church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.”

The CayCompass reports:  Cayman Islands lawmakers voted in favour of a ban on same sex marriages following a debate Friday in the Legislative Assembly. The Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2008 still requires the legal formality of a third vote before passing, …

The Arizona Republic reports:  While many of the citizens initiatives on Arizona’s November ballot have been bankrolled by special interests, a measure to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman has received an influx of campaign …

Today, the 9th Circuit issued an amended opinion in the case of Truth v. Kent Public School District, No. (9th Cir.  Sept. 9, 2008).  ”The opinion filed on April 25, 2008 in the above-captioned case is amended only to include the …

peaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has accepted an invitation from San Francisco’s archbishop to discuss whether she should continue to receive communion at the Catholic Church in the wake of comments she made about abortion.

James Kirchick has this article on the Wall Street Journal site.  He writes: It would be unfair to ascribe bigoted impulses to everyone who supports such an amendment. After all, gay marriage is an unfamiliar concept and people are naturally …

Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy. He writes: “It’s Murakowski v. University of Delaware, and it holds that a student’s Web page posts of apparently satirical (though largely in pretty bad taste) stories about sex, relationships, rape, and …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: A three-judge appellate panel heard arguments today on whether to reopen a case concerning an Islamic Philadelphia police officer who wants to wear a religious head scarf while on duty. Last year, a U.S. District Court …

Bill Muehlenburg has this post on his Culture Watch blog. He writes:  Consider this headline just released hours ago in the news media: “Life for microwave baby killer”. The news item begins this way: “A mother who murdered her one-month-old …

Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday said a referendum on whether to approve a law banning discrimination against transgendered people could not go on the Nov. 4 ballot . . .

“. . . Lightborne Publishing is suing to deny pro-family . . . citizens the same First Amendment rights that it is demanding for itself. Those who push sex-for-sale ads cannot silence people who exercise their constitutional right to object.”

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Congress returns from August vacation this week, but for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee the summer winddown kicked off closer to April. By the time they left town for recess, they had chalked up …

Yesterday, the United States District Court for the District of Utah ruled that the regulation of speech and organizations during ballot measure elections must be limited to unambiguously campaign related activities.

Many of the ministers signing the complaint against the ADF are members of the liberal United Church of Christ. The IRS investigated the denomination earlier this year over allegations it violated IRS rules when it hosted . . . Barack Obama . . .

ABC has this video on the Sex Education debate involving a debate between David Greenburg, the CEO of the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Portland Oregon, and Marie Hahnenberg of the American Life League. The video runs just under 6 minutes.  …

The Lansing State Journal:  Voters are unlikely to weigh in on a sweeping ballot measure that would have rewritten large sections of the state constitution now that the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed with the state Court of Appeals. In …

The Greely Tribune reports:  More than 150 Muslim workers didn’t report to their meatpacking plant jobs Monday in the wake of what they called JBS Swift & Co.’s sudden reversal of accommodation for their religious fasting during Ramadan . . …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Olsen v. Mukasey, (8th Cir., Sept. 8, 2008), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that plaintiff’s attempt to enjoin enforcement against him of the federal and Iowa’s controlled substances acts should be dismissed.  Carl …

The Alabama Policy Institute has issued this press release: For Immediate Release September 9, 2008 Contact: David Sawyer (205)914-9428 NEW EDUCATION STUDY FIRST TO COMPARE SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL INPUTS vs. OUTPUTS Lowest Performance by Highest Per-Pupil Spending Counties MONTGOMERY, AL—A 119-page report …

Jan LaRue has this commentary on the American Thinker website.  She writes:  Truth is, the last thing the “choice” chicks and their media accomplices believe in is “a woman’s right to choose.” . . .  It’s tough to think there’s …

OneNewsNow.com reports:  Boward County, Florida, has settled a lawsuit involving the harassment of marriage amendment petition workers.   Volunteers for Florida Family Policy Council were circulating the petitions at a June 2006 Promise Keepers event when police in the town of Sunrise …

Dorinda C. Bordlee of the Bioethics Defense Fund has this post on National Review. She writes:  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently ranks second in the line of presidential succession, following Vice President Dick Cheney. This makes Pelosi the highest-ranking woman in …

Brian Raum: “This is not about discrimination. This is about the future of marriage being decided by the legislature and the people . . . The governor is not above the law.”

“Biology — not faith, not philosophy, not any kind of theology — Biology tells us, science [says], that at the moment of conception there exists a unique individual of the human species.”