Daily Archives: January 8, 2009

The Salt Lake Tribune: Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman . . . is working with Rep. Ken Sumsion, R-American Fork, and Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, on a bill that would bar abortions except in the case of rape, incest or permanent …

Jennifer Roback Morse writes on Mercatornet: Why are people averting their eyes from the coming collapse of population growth? . . . Demographic Winter is an independently produced film describing the consequences of the population collapse of industrialized countries. I …

The Grand Junction Free Press: “If the city of Grand Junction prohibits a gentleman’s club in north Grand Junction from serving alcohol, the owner said he’ll follow state law and allow women to dance fully nude and invite patrons 18 …

LA Times: “The business of buying and selling and indenturing human beings has, of course, been updated. Now it’s done with phony documents and computer records and false identities. But it’s still the slave trade. The Department of Justice estimates …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: “A group of local pastors has come up short in an effort to trigger a referendum vote on Cleveland’s domestic-partner registry . . . Religious leaders now will focus on a maneuver known as an ordinance …

The ABA Journal reports: “A Texas woman filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in federal court this week, contending that the tax agency had refused to allow her to carry with her to work a small …

Citizen Link reports: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has brought back archaic procedures in order to silence conservatives. On Tuesday, the full House passed the Rules Package for the 111th Congress, 242-181. The changes limit the GOP’s ability to …

The Hartford Courant reports: “A proposal, to be introduced in the legislative session that begins Wednesday, would prevent people who in any way blur gender lines from being discriminated against in the workplace or while seeking housing or obtaining credit. …

The Copenhagen Post: A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools. According to school administrators, law enforcement officials and social workers, the on-going conflict …

ABC reports: “An Afghan teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after her mother and brother allegedly sliced open her belly to remove a five-month-old foetus from a rape, officials said . . . Rape and pregnancy outside marriage …

The AP reports: “A 16-year-old girl suspected of drowning an infant boy in a toilet and throwing the body in the trash was charged with murder Wednesday . . . ”

The South Bend Tribune: The leader of Indiana’s Planned Parenthood organization was scheduled to speak at the South Bend Chocolate Cafe on Friday, but news of her appearance got a not-so-sweet reaction from some of the company’s customers. Betty Cockrum, …

Baptist Press reports: The case involving state funding for a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands has reached the Kentucky Supreme Court . . . Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Roger Crittenden ruled that the funding and …

Baptist Press reports: . . . the study found that teenagers who took a pledge were just as likely to have premarital sex as those who did not take a pledge; and those who took pledges were less likely to …

ACLJ has issued a press release that indicates: The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today it supports the Broadcaster Freedom Act – a measure introduced into the U.S. House and Senate that will …

The ABA Journal reports: “Setting the stage for a historic trial, a special Illinois legislative panel investigating Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich has recommended, in a 69-page draft report (PDF), that he be impeached . . . “

The Americans United for Life Blog reports: “. . . By finally approving the plates on Wednesday, Arizona became the 18th state to offer the “Choose Life” license plates to its residents.  The other states offering the plates include Alabama, …

The Salem News reports: There are no strip clubs or porn shops in this city and maybe never will be. But, just in case, local officials want to be prepared . . . The new proposed rules have been dumped …

The Rhinelander Daily News reports: The Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee is still trying to find a way to allow a Clearwater Lake businessman to legally expand his exotic dance club. On Wednesday, zoning staff presented new language to …

The ABA Journal reports: “Cass Sunstein, now a law professor at Harvard, ‘pioneered efforts to design regulation around the ways people behave,’ the Wall Street Journal reports. He will become the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, …

“Putting the names and employers of the people who supported Proposition 8 on the Internet for anyone to see has caused serious problems. No one should worry about getting a death threat because of the way he or she votes,” said James Bopp, Jr., lead attorney . . .

LifeNews.com reports: “Washington became the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide when voters approved I-1000 on the November ballot. New figures from a governmental agency make it easy to understand why — as backers of the measure …

LifeNews.com reports: “If anyone had any question about whether Barack Obama would promote the increase or reduction of abortions as president, the abortion advocates he’s named to top administration posts confirm his agenda. Now, Obama appears likely to select the …

Mark Kastlemen has this post on Candeo: . . . Silent alarms are going off all around us as a result of the effects of pornography—on us, on our children, and on society as a whole. But few are responding …

Marci Hamilton has this commentary on the Findlaw that begins: “Children’s interests often intersect with adults’ religious beliefs, and too often, the children suffer. The events of 2008 confirmed this ugly truth, though they also evidenced some emerging signs that …

Jeremy G. Dys, President of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has this commentary in the West Virginia Record that concludes: Here is revealed the ugly underbelly of the abortion industry. Dealing in shades of gray and whispers, Planned …

CNA reports: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, the famous convert to Catholicism and editor of the journal First Things passed away this morning in New York at 9:30 a.m. EST. First Things Statement by the President of the United States More …

The National Law Journal reports: . . . By some estimates, about 250,000 baby boomer attorneys have begun entering retirement age. And with the recent plunge in the values of 401(k) plans and other nest-egg assets, DeRuyter and attorneys like …

The Legal Times: “Key members of the Senate Intelligence Committee complained this week that they had no advance notice of President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary …

The Christian Legal Center at Christian Concern for Our Nation has issued this press release: _____________ For Immediate Release 8th January 2009 Court upholds Christian Counsellor’s Claim for wrongful dismissal but law in confusion. Gary McFarlane, a relationship counsellor, won …

Helen M. Alvare has this commentary at the Culture of Life Foundation that concludes: President Obama may decide to issue an executive order opening the funding floodgates for ESCR, early in his presidency.  It is a way of throwing red …

. . . Canadian authorities arrested two religious leaders in Bountiful, British Columbia on charges of polygamy . . . British Columbia’s Attorneys General have feared that the laws will not survive a challenge under the religious freedom guarantee of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Wechsler v. Orthodox Union, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105780 (SD NY, Jan. 5, 2009), a New York federal district court dismissed a Title VII religious discrimination and retaliation complaint brought against the Orthodox Union …

The Cincinnai Enquirer reports: The Clermont County Public Library has settled a lawsuit with a couple barred from holding a free financial planning seminar because they intended to quote the Bible . . . The library will pay $10,000 to …

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Majority Leader Harry Reid reversed course yesterday and prepared to abide by the law and welcome Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. There’s no final deal yet, but it looks like …

NPR carries this audio segment that runs just under 5 minutes.

NPR considers the question: “Political commentators Jasmyne Cannick and Andrew Sullivan debate the issue, along with journalist Michael Sean Winters and long time gay activist Alexander Robinson.”

WorldNetDaily reports: A legal challenge that alleges Barack Obama isn’t a “natural born” citizen and therefore constitutionally ineligible to be president of the United States will follow the Democrat into the Oval Office, with a U.S. Supreme Court conference on …

The legalization of voluntary euthanasia would surely further erode the bonds holding the human community together—bonds already seriously eroded by public policy granting women the abortion liberty and denying to the unborn the protection their lives deserve.

AP reports: “The head of Europe‘s biggest economy said Thursday that world leaders should be looking at the massive U.S. deficit and other economic imbalances, not just problems caused by financial markets, as they debate a new global order . …

WCAX.com reports: “Now Vermont could be on the cusp of becoming the next state to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. Senator John Campbell, D-Quechee, has introduced a bill that would do just that. It also grants religious institutions …

The National Law Journal reports: To the chagrin of some law professors, the clickety-click of laptops in the classroom may be here to stay. So suggests a national study released today by Indiana University that found that law school students …

The ACSBlog carries this post that reports:  “The American Public Health Association (APHA) has announced its new position that it ‘supports allowing a mentally competent, terminally ill adult to obtain prescriptions for medication that the person could self-administer to control …

The American Family Association has posted the exchange of letters between the two organizations in connection with Pepsi’s recent 1/2 million dollar donation to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gay.

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http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4790 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY January 8, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorney available to media after hearing in firing of Calif. professor San Jose City College fired professor for …