Tag Archives: State: Alaska

AP:
“Alaska’s House Judiciary Committee on Friday heard testimony on a measure that would expand the state’s animal cruelty law to include sexual conduct. It would make the practice a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. In Florida, a bill that would make sex with animals punishable by up to five years in prison has been unanimously approved by two Senate committees and has two other committee stops before reaching the full chamber.”

Washington Times:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had to make a tough choice in filling a vacant slot on her state’s Supreme Court: Appoint a woman who once served on the board of Planned Parenthood, or risk giving an environmentalist lawyer, also pro-choice on abortion, the chance to become an activist judge . . .

Posted: 03/16/2009

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Category: Bench & Bar

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Source: www.washingtontimes.com

Tags: Category: Bench and Bar, Group: Concerned Women for America (CWA), Group: Family Research Council (FRC), Group: Planned Parenthood, State: Alaska

The third largest school district in Alaska approved a new policy last month that will allow students to choose their own “gender identity.”

KTVA.com: “40 days and counting, that’s how much time our state lawmakers have before the legislative session ends. And with so much work left to be done, the topic of abortion continues to make its way back to Juneau. This …

“The family council plea, from group president Jim Minnery, said . . . that Christen would be ‘another activist on the Court.’ . . . Christen’s application . . . did not mention that she was on the board of Planned Parenthood in the mid-1990s . . . .

KTVA.com: “Thursday afternoon, surrounded by numerous lawmakers, Gov. Palin stood in support of house and senate proposals that would require minors to receive parental consent to have an abortion. ‘Wherever you fall on the abortion issue, right or left, this …

. . . New Hampshire’s state motto is ‘Live Free or Die.’ But is New Hampshire the most free place to live in the United States? Apparently it is, according to a new study, Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom . . .

NewsMiner.com reports: “The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board voted Tuesday night to include gender identity in its nondiscrimination and harassment policies, after members of the school board listened to public comments both supporting and disagreeing with the policy change.”

LifeNews: “For the first time in over a decade, women in southeastern Alaska can get abortions locally without having to fly to Seattle or Anchorage. That’s because the long-planned Planned Parenthood abortion facility the business planned to start is now …

CWA carries this audio report discussing this topic:  “The fire that gutted the Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska, the church home of Alaska Governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has received very little main stream news coverage.”

The Anchorage Daily News reports: “Two Superior Court judges have scored highest among six candidates for a vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court in a survey of attorneys by the state bar association . . . “

. . . the church came under heavy criticism after promoting the “Love Won Out” conference sponsored by Focus on the Family which helps people struggling with homosexuality to overcome same-sex attractions.

The AP reports: . . . It also moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority and gives President-elect Barack Obama a stronger hand when he assumes office on Jan. 20 . . . Democrats now hold …

The Juneau Empire reports: Officials say the final chapter of the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” saga has been written with a settlement being reached between the Juneau Board of Education and former Juneau-Douglas High School student Joseph Frederick. After nearly …

The Politico reports: Sen. Ted Stevens’ push for a quick verdict in his corruption trial backfired catastrophically Monday, putting the 40-year Senate veteran on track for expulsion — if Alaska’s voters don’t toss him out of office first. The Constitution …

But as practicing Christians, Thomas and Baker refuse to rent to unmarried cohabitants on the grounds that premarital sex offends their religious beliefs.

The Houston Chronicle reports: “Planned Parenthood of Alaska drafted the original petition and has already collected 1,100 names since late August, including 300 people under 18, said chief executive Clover Simon.”

Bloomberg reports: “The Alaska Supreme Court refused to halt an investigation into Governor Sarah Palin’s firing of the state police chief, paving the way for tomorrow’s planned release of the findings.”

The HRC Blog reports that Sarah Palin has refused to sign a proclamation declaring Oct. 11 “National Coming Out Day.”

Jennifer Mesko has this report on Citizen Link. She writes: The mainstream media and homosexual activists regularly paint Focus on the Family as a “gay-hating fundamentalist group.” The rhetoric has resurfaced — and grown — this week, as Focus takes …

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

Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy that includes the text of a proclamation of Sarah Palin declaring “Jury Rights Day.”

Kevin Clarkson, an Anchorage attorney who does work for the Alliance Defense Fund – loosely linked to Focus on the Family – knew of Palin’s work dating back to 1998 when she supported Alaska’s ballot measure outlawing gay marriage.

“John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday.”

The Wall Street Journal reports on how scandals may cause the Alaska GOP to lose its seats in Congress in the next election cycle. It concludes: With Republicans in danger of falling below 41 Senate seats (from the current 49) …

An Alaska court has ruled that a property tax exemption for religious schools does not violate either the state or federal constitution. ADF-allied attorney Kevin Clarkson represented two churches in the case.

Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that begins: “The Alaska Superior Court has ruled that Alaska can continue to allow tax exemptions for housing of parochial school teachers.” The Religion Clause Blog also has this post discussing the ruling.

The Alaska Supreme Court granted an Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney’s motion for stay and signed an order Friday that will keep Providence Hospital from removing Mari Chamberlain’s life-support tubes. Ending her life support could result in her death within minutes or days.

KTUU.com reports: The Rabbit Creek Community Church is suing the city for religious discrimination, according to a complaint filed last week in federal court. The church has tried for years to expand its south Anchorage property, and for years those …

‘We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed,” the 44 year-old governor added . . .

But an e-newsletter sent out by The Alaska Family Council states the organization has received concerns that Day of Silence is portraying people who oppose homosexuality as “hate-filled bigots.”

The measure would revise the parental consent bill the legislature approved in 1997 that the Alaska Supreme Court eventually declared unconstitutional on a 3-2 vote.

The Alaska House on Tuesday voted to approve a bill to ban partial-birth abortions in the state by updating the language in the state ban to conform with the language in the federal one.

Alaska’s highest court was expected to look at issues concerning the right of Alaskans to possess small amounts of marijuana in their homes. The

“Alaska legislative committees are advancing two pro-life bills — one that would ban partial-birth abortions in the state and another that would allow parents to object to their teenage daughter having an abortion.”

“The ACLU wants Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan to throw out a 2006 state law exempting church-owned religious teachers’ housing from property taxes . . . ”

“The ACLU filed suit to take away property tax exemptions for housing that is owned by religious organizations and used by private school teachers.”

This case is the first sex trafficking trial in the District of Alaska.

Apparently, the Supreme Court is holding two additional student speech cases for remand after the high court issues its decision in the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case, Morse v. Frederick, which the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on March 19.