Daily Archives: September 26, 2008

Operation Rescue has issued this press release on the Christian Newswire with this subcaption: “ACLU will pay outside pro-abortion agitators to influence the vote against Measure 11, the proposed abortion ban.”

Protect Marriage has issue this press release on the Christian Newswire reporting on their first TV ad due to be released on Monday.

The Online Casino Advisory reports: “The Miami Herald reported today that Florida developers are building a plan to allow Las Vegas-style casinos in Miami. The entrepreneurs behind the planned twenty-five acre Miami Worldcenter are considering pushing for an amendment to …

The AP reports: “. . . The House on Friday passed by 418-0 a measure clarifying that images obtained over the Internet were subject to federal interstate commerce laws. The bill was in response to a federal court ruling that …

Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “Proposed expansions to federal rules prohibiting discrimination against healthcare workers could in fact increase discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-positive patients, according to comments submitted to the Department …

Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “Late yesterday the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied Gary high school’s motion to dismiss a case brought by transgender former student Kevin  “K.K.” Logan, a …

The LA Times reports: “The seven girls who were drugged, beaten and raped at his Phnom Penh compound were brought to the U.S. to speak at his sentencing hearing. Former ambassador urges maximum penalty.”

CNSNews reports: “Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign has enlisted the aid of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in reaffirming McCain’s support of taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research in the face of an Obama for President campaign radio ad that …

Greg Baylor has this post on the CLS Blog. The bill would make it unlawful: [t]o establish a rule or policy that prevents a person from displaying on the basis of that person’s religious belief, a religious symbol, object, or …

The Christian Telegraph reports: “America’s major broadcast networks are upping their promotion of the homosexual movement, doubling the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual scripted characters for the 2008-2009 broadcast schedule since last year, reports Tim Waggoner, LifeSiteNews.com.”

OneNewsNow.com reports: “Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays (PFOX) says most libraries stock pro-homosexual books, but when it comes to books on the truth about homosexuality and materials on how one can be freed from the homosexual lifestyle, censorship …

The Americans United for Life Blog reports: The Senate-approved S. 1810, ‘Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act’ passed the House yesterday, and awaits President Bush’s signature . . . The passage of S. 1810 in both the Senate and …

Above the Law reports: “Harvard Law School also just announced changes to its grading system that will make it more like the Yale and Stanford systems.” They are transitioning to pass/fail hybrid systems.

The ACLU has issued this press release that begins: “The American Civil Liberties Union and all its state affiliates, including Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services asking the administration to rescind …

The AP reports: “An atheist soldier sued Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday, alleging he was forced to participate in public prayers and that the military systematically violates the religious freedoms of its personnel. Spc. Dustin Chalker, who has served …

The Politico reports: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ended three days of suspense on Friday morning and announced that he will leave bailout negotiations in Washington and fly to Oxford, Miss., for tonight’s opening presidential debate.”

PageOneQ reports (warning objectionable ads): “In a move that may upset conservative organizations and leaders, the PepsiCo Foundation has given a grant of $500,000 to Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to support Straight for Equality, a national …

The AP reports: The San Francisco-based jeans maker said Thursday it will co-chair with Pacific Gas & Electric a group trying to drum up opposition to Proposition 8 in the business community . . . Levi Strauss has pledged $25,000 …

The Miami Herald has this report: Last month, a Monroe Circuit judge became only the second judge in Florida history to allow a gay man or lesbian to adopt a child. Smith’s may be a pyrrhic victory. Though Circuit Judge …

The White House has issued this press release and IndyStar.com carries this report: Indiana judge nominated for appeals court. Hat tip: How Appealing

Pastor Gus Booth, Pastor Eric Williams, and Law Professor Marci Hamilton all appear on The Takeaway public radio to discuss ADF’s Pulpit Initiative with John Hackenberry The mp3 file is here and it runs just under 11 minutes.

Eugene Volokh offers several suggestions on the Volokh Conspiracy in response to this question from a law review editor: I am curious to know your thoughts on the amount of editing you think a law review should do because my …

This Intelligent Life Magazine article titled, The IVF Revolution: Life on Ice, contends: “‘Soon, IVF may be better than natural conception for many, perhaps most, couples, not just those who can’t make babies the usual way’”, writes Helen Joyce. Your …

Emily Jane Goodman, a NY State Supreme Court Justice, has this commentary in the Gotham Gazette discussing New York’s Marriage Litigation. She mentions Briam Raum of ADF.

LifeNews.com reports: “The second poll in as many days shows a plurality of California voters support Proposition 4, a ballot measure that would allow parents to know when their minor daughters are considering an abortion. The measure draws the support …

LifeNews.com reports: ” On the last day for public comments about the proposed rule to enforce the laws protecting medical staff and centers from doing abortions, a Catholic hospital network says it’s needed. The Alliance of Catholic Health Care says …

The Religion Clause Blog reports that a petition for en banc review has been filed in the Las Cruces, New Mexico case involving the display of a cross on the city seal and in a school logo. An earlier panel …

The National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education Teacher’s College, Columbia University has issued this report: 165. Luck of the Draw? On the Fairness of Charter School Admissions Policies. 2008. Author: Jonathan R. Dolle and Anne Newman This …

OneNewsNow.com reports: “Can religious views be silenced in public advertising? The Alliance Defense Fund is pursuing an answer in Michigan. The case involves a Christian couple advertising their legal advocacy services for people turned down for unemployment benefits.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: The Supreme Court said state law, at the time of Smith’s death, required that undesignated organs go to hospitals, and that Stanley Medical wasn’t an authorized recipient. The justices affirmed the dismissal of some of Adams’ …

The NY Times reports: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is getting out of the pool . . . Only Justice John Paul Stevens has declined to participate. He relies on his own clerks to help cull perhaps 80 worthy cases …

“I’m planning to make a recommendation. I’m going to evaluate each candidate’s positions in light of Scripture and make a recommendation to my congregation as to which candidate aligns more so.”

USA Today reports: Abortion opponents in Indiana are encouraging passage of regulations at the county level that abortion-rights groups say might be the leading edge of a nationwide effort to limit access to the procedure. Two Indiana counties have passed …

Today’s question: Does the Constitution have anything to say about the relationship between federal tax law and political speech by clergy?

The Press Enterprise carries this report: Michael Imel wants to put his girlfriend on his health-insurance policy. But the Bermuda Dunes man’s employer declined his request because the couple is not married. To Thomas Coleman, Imel’s case exemplifies how unmarried …