Daily Archives: October 15, 2008

Several reporters were so skeptical that a “million lawn sign grassroots effort” would really materialize. We could easily have used two million!

Leonard Link reports: “Finding that ‘exceptional circumstances’ had been established in the case of a lesbian co-parent seeking visitation with the child borne by her former partner during their relationship, Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence R. Daniels ruled on October 7 …

Gary Bauer and Daniel Allott have this article on National Review. They write: “But numerous studies have shown that children with Down Syndrome affect their families more positively than negatively, and help cultivate virtues like kindness, empathy, and respect for …

The AP reports: In a predominantly black church in a city known for its past racial strife, Bishop Robert Smith is taking sides . . . “You never heard him once say you should vote for this person. He just …

Bill Muehlenberg has this post on his Culture Watch Blog: Every reason offered for abortion is a bad reason. But there is one reason often thrown around which is not only bad, but dumb. I refer to those who argue …

The Iowa Family Policy Council Action has emailed a report that begins: According to Article 1, Section 2 of the Iowa Constitution, “All political power is inherent in the people.” It is for this reason that officeholders, including judges, are …

The ACLU reports: “The LGBT Project and the ACLU of Florida recently completed a trial in juvenile court in Miami challenging a Florida law that bars lesbians and gay men from adopting in the state. The ACLU is representing a …

Albert Mohler has posted this article on his blog. He begins: The shadow of abortion looms large over the American conscience.  Over thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the abortion controversy has not gone away.  If the U.S. Supreme Court …

KOAT.com reports: “‘Seductions’ at Juan Tabo and Menaul had been cited since the summer for devoting too much of its floor space to selling adult novelties, which violated zoning codes for the building according to city officials. The city had …

The Winston-Salem Journal reports on a 40 Days of Life vigil in Winston-Salem, NC: Halfway through a 40-day protest, abortion opponents here say that they can count two “saves” — women who decided not to have an abortion after encountering …

Terry Kemple has this article on the St. Petersburg Times. He writes: Now, the spokesmen for the groups opposing Amendment 2 won’t even acknowledge that it’s about marriage, even though the Supreme Court clearly said that marriage is exactly what …

The AP reports: A Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclear warship components plant deserves an administrative hearing to learn more about why he was fired and to ensure Department of Energy regulations were …

The Poughkeepsie Journal reports: A state appeals court heard arguments today on whether New York can give equal benefits to same-sex couples married in other jurisdictions . . . Brian Raum, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, argued that …

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Legal documents have shown that the manufacturer of one of the world’s most popular long-term contraceptive drugs has paid out at least US $68.7 million in out-of-court settlements over side effects of the drug . . . “

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “A new poll conducted for the Knights of Columbus by the Marist College Institute of Public Opinion between Sept. 24 and Oct. 3, 2008 showed that almost all Americans think abortion should be restricted. The pollsters conducted over …

The Ethics and Public Policy Center is sponsoring this lecture: The Honorable Rick Santorum and The Ethics and Public Policy Center cordially invite you to attend the lecture “The Defense of the West: How to Respond to the Islamist Challenge” …

LifeNews.com reports: “A new poll of physicians finds a majority say they favor the use of adult stem cell research only or believe it could be a way to avoid the ethical debate surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells. …

“Right. What do gay marriage advocates think public schools should teach about marriage if gay marriage is the law of the land? Could we have a reasonably honest discussion please about what you have in store for California’s first-graders?”

The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy presents this Q&A featuring responses from: Jedd Medefind, acting director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: “A faith-based social service provider must separate any ‘inherently religious activities’—such as …

Patrick A. Trueman: “I have observed over my 22 years of work against pornography that nearly every obscenity case is won, whether the case is brought on the state or federal level. The only problem is getting prosecutors to indict.”

Ed News reports: Across the country, education is in flux. Standards are being revised; curricula are being chosen, replaced, supplemented and developed; tests are being revised, delayed or kicked out completely; and teachers are being trained and retrained . . …

HIV-positive men told a Dutch court on Wednesday how a three-member gay gang tried to infect them with the AIDS virus at sex orgies.

Wales Online reports: “AN ADOPTION agency said last night it is to separate from its three Catholic dioceses in Wales after changes in the law meant it would have to place children with homosexual couples.”

The Family Policy Council of West Virginia is call on the governor and others to back a state marriage amendment. WV Metro News reports: What is marriage? Related post on the Family Voice Blog: FPCWV: Poll shows huge support in …

On the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh reports on a recent California Court of Appeals ruling in Woods v. Shewry.

The AP reports: “A Douglas County District Court judge has tossed out Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers‘ lawsuit against God.”

A Vista Unified School District board member wants the panel to take a stand this week in the debate over same-sex marriage, but not everyone on the board thinks it should chime in on the issue.

Barack Obama has an unalloyed record of support for abortion on demand.

When we redefine marriage, we are hurting the most vulnerable in our society — our children. While there are many reasons children grow up without both parents, to intentionally create a situation where a child has no chance of having a mother and a father plays with the natural order.

63% of practicing Catholics and 68% of all Catholics support the legal recognition of homosexual unions, according to a survey published by the Knights of Columbus.

The Cherokee County Commission has adopted a resolution that prohibits nudity at strip clubs.

Happy Hour at local strip clubs just won’t be the same if Manatee County begins enforcing its sexually oriented business rules over the next few months.

A Pittsburgh suburb will allow a pole dancing studio to open, ending a federal lawsuit that accused the town of violating the First Amendment rights of the owner.

A New Jersey high school football coach is taking a team prayer case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

AFP reports: Many of the 60,000 crowd on Tuesday were Tunisian – friendlies against North African sides traditionally attract widespread support from sizeable immigrant communities in and around the French capital. Some booed when the names of the French players …

In each of the three states that now authorize same-sex marriage – Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut – the state’s highest court has specifically rejected the possibility of a constitutionally-sufficient alternative to marriage . . .

How Appealing reports on a 6th Circuit ruling requiring the Ohio Secretary of State to turn over suspect voter registration lists.

This Article articulates and evaluates the Court’s reliance on emotional common sense in constitutional law. It demonstrates that emotional common sense sometimes imports into law inaccurate accounts of the world. Justices of every ideological orientation invoke it in a manner that comports with their desired ends.

In recent years, however, the framing of surrogacy as commodification has been replaced to a large extent by a more benign characterization which emphasizes the useful service provided by surrogates to childless couples.

It is proper for the executive branch to involve itself in the provision of social services to needy Americans, but delegating that task to private religious organizations is a misuse of power.

The authors engage in a discussion of the main theses of the book including the very notion of dilemmas and their relevance for legal reasoning; the question of conflicts of fundamental rights in theory and practice; the notion of incommensurability and its relevance in the definition of conflicts of rights; and many other issues.

My paper will examine the evolution of South African legislation and constitutional jurisprudence in the face of competing imperatives, for example, between equality, legal pluralism, customary law/religious law, and the recognition of polygamy.

The Court should explicitly recognize that the integration of the Court’s jurisprudence on the First Amendment’s Religious Clauses with the values underlying the protection of parental privacy reinforces similar interests of parents and children in safeguarding citizens from illicit State-sponsored religious practices in public school.

This paper is an inquiry into whether the affinities between law and theology are such that law and theology might be viewed as sister disciplines, each a source of help to the other in its own understanding of what it contributes to thought and action in the world.

Whereas the court of the 1990s developed a reputation for aggressively intervening in controversial policy matters, the current court is far more restrained, consistently applying a presumption of constitutionality to legislative enactments.

But on abortion and the industrial creation of embryos for destructive research, there is a profound difference of moral principle, not just prudence.

“Before the next presidential term is over, four of the current Supreme Court justices will have reached their 75th birthday,” he said. “Vacancies are highly likely.”

Americans United for Life reports: As CBS News’ Bob Schieffer prepares to moderate Wednesday night’s final presidential candidate debate, AUL Action President Dr. Charmaine Yoest released the following letter . . . And that is the question I encourage you …

The New York Post reports: . . . He promised “fundamental changes” in US foreign policy – saying America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.” …

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