Religion & Law

Republicans dismiss White House budget offer

Posted on March 04, 2011
Reuters: "U.S. Republicans denounced as inadequate on Friday a White House proposal to cut an additional $6.5 billion out of this year's federal budget, as the battle over spending cuts headed toward Senate votes next week."

Congress deluged with conflicting calls on Planned Parenthood funding

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Hill: "More than 1 million anti-abortion activists are demanding that House Republicans stick to their plan to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood in their stop-gap spending bill for the rest of the year."

Texas approves bill requiring sonogram before abortion

Posted on March 04, 2011
Reuters: "Women seeking an abortion would have to first get an ultrasound under a measure approved on Thursday by the Texas House of Representatives."

La. child molester undergoes castration for parole

Posted on March 04, 2011
AP: "A convicted child molester in Louisiana has undergone surgical castration to win release from prison on parole."

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Top conservative group suspects collusion between Obama, DOMA opponents

Posted on March 04, 2011
LifeSiteNews: Perkins said he was ?troubled by the lightning-fast integration of concepts and actual language? from the Attorney General announcement and the motion to stay. ?Even the appearance of collusion between the Department of Justice and litigants is highly damaging to the rule of law in America,? he said.

Pro-Life Legal Group Now Helping Parents of Baby Joseph

Posted on March 04, 2011
LifeNews: "The American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life legal group, is now helping the parents of Baby Joseph Maraachli, who is suffering from a terminal illness that will soon take his life."

Obama Would Veto Spending Bill De-Funding Planned Parenthood

Posted on March 04, 2011
LifeNews: "President Barack Obama would veto the House-approved long-term spending bill for the federal government that contains the Pence Amendment, a measure that would de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business."

Unions wary of Dems? convention plans in NC

Posted on March 04, 2011
AP: "With the American labor movement newly energized by its most serious threat in years, the Democratic Party's decision to hold its 2012 convention in the least union-friendly state is causing friction with a key constituency."

Federal spending expected to increase dramatically from 24.6% of GDP in 2010

Posted on March 04, 2011
NCPA Policy Digest: "In fiscal year 2010, the federal government spent $3.6 trillion dollars, or 24.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), well above the historical average . . . at its current trajectory, spending will increase to 25.9 percent of GDP in 2020 and to 32...

Judicial nominee logjam creates ?crisis? in some federal courts

Posted on March 04, 2011
CNN: "From her chambers in Phoenix, Arizona, the chief judge of federal judicial District of Arizona warns a bulging criminal caseload is being exacerbated by three unfilled bench seats, which the Obama administration and the Senate have, until recently, shown little urgency to address...

?Clashes Pit Parents vs. Gay-Friendly Curriculums in Schools?

Posted on March 04, 2011
California is poised to take a step sure to sharpen the debate. A bill introduced in December by State Senator Mark Leno, Democrat of San Francisco, would require all of the state?s history textbooks to include figures and events in gay history and portray them ?in a positive light...

Obama won?t fight for marriage defence law

Posted on March 04, 2011
Christian Institute: Austin R Nimocks, Senior Legal Counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, said: ?The American people have a right to expect their laws to be defended by the very people whose job it is to do so: their government officials.

European Court Could Rule Traditional Marriage Benefits Are Discriminatory

Posted on March 04, 2011
C-FAM: The European Union was founded on respect for national sovereignty,? Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told the Friday Fax. ?If the Advocate General's opinion is followed, it destroys this sovereignty making all European nations vulnerable to legislation promoting anti-life and anti-family laws despite the national will of that country...

German mother in prison over sex ed issue

Posted on March 04, 2011
Mercator.net: ADF filed an emergency appeal yesterday with the European Court of Human Rights, calling for Mrs Wien?s immediate release. Legal counsel Roger Kiska, based in the Slovak Republic, says the Wiens are well within their rights under the European Convention of Human Rights and other laws...

U.S. appeals court: schools cannot ?stifle criticism of homosexuality?

Posted on March 04, 2011
LifeSiteNews: The students were represented by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). ?Christian students shouldn?t be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,? said ADF Senior Counsel Nate Kellum. ?The 7th Circuit has, once again, rightly recognized the First Amendment-protected rights of students on a public school campus...

Impatience a hallmark of homosexual activists

Posted on March 04, 2011
One News Now: Dale Schowengerdt is an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which is standing with voters against homosexual marriage. "The court wisely stayed the case several months ago because it doesn't want legal pandemonium as same-sex couples get marriage licenses -- and then when the district court's decision is overturned they have to revoke those licenses," he shares...

Court OK with ?Be Happy, Not Gay?

Posted on March 04, 2011
One News Now: ut the appeals court ruled against the Indian Prairie School District, stating that the school should not have stifled the students' response to the Day of Silence -- which Kellum argues has in fact silenced Christians? voices. "It has worked to effectively silence them and their viewpoint about homosexual behavior," he states, explaining that the decision establishes a precedent "that in an environment where a school freely allows speech that promotes homosexual behavior, the school cannot crush the opposing viewpoint

SD Gov. Daugaard on abortion bill: ?I?m pro-life, inclined to sign it

Posted on March 04, 2011
Argus Leader: "Gov. Dennis Daugaard is inclined to sign the bill that would require a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion, he said this morning. ?I?m pro-life and I?m inclined to sign it at this stage,? he said."

David Cortman: Saving Arizona?s tuition tax credit program

Posted on March 04, 2011
ADF attorney David Cortman writes in the Washington Times: How many U.S. Supreme Court cases risk eliminating a child?s ability to get a quality education with completely private dollars? Not many, but if a case that will be decided by that court any day now goes the wrong way, that?s precisely what it will mean for many children - and for no good reason...

MN: Former Shakopee prison chaplain settles lawsuit with state

Posted on March 04, 2011
StarTribune.com: "A Presbyterian minister says she was fired after she criticized an evangelical Christian program used in prisons."

Secular-themed concert at Fort Bragg canceled

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Sun News: "A Fort Bragg soldier canceled a concert with a secular theme and no ties to religion, saying Thursday that base leadership failed to honor promises to support his show as it had a Christian rally last fall."

Indonesian Provinces Place New Restrictions on Ahmadiyah

Posted on March 04, 2011
Religion Clause Blog: n Indonesia, the governor of the province of West Java yesterday issued a gubernatorial regulation (No. 12 of 2011) banning all public activities by the 17,000 members of the Ahmadiyah sect in the province.  Today's Jakarta Globe reports that the action is seen as implementing an Indonesian 2008 joint ministerial decree that bars the Ahmadiyah from spreading their faith.

Florida judge hardens Obamacare ruling, but stays pending appeal

Posted on March 04, 2011
SCOTUS Blog: "Florida federal judge who struck down all of the new federal health care law ordered the Obama Administration on Thursday to stop enforcing any part of the 2,700-page statute ? but then immediately put his ruling on hold on condition that the Administration move quickly to appeal to a higher court ? a federal appeals court or the Supreme Court...

Maryland House Judiciary narrowly passes marriage redefinition bill

Posted on March 04, 2011
"The 12-to-10 vote by the House Judiciary Committee sends the bill to the floor next week for what is expected to be a dramatic debate on the highest-profile issue being considered in the General Assembly this year. "

Why Europe is turning away from multiculturalism

Posted on March 04, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: "As in France and Germany, Mr. Cameron's declaration seems aimed at one group ? Muslims. More precisely, it taps a growing public concern in Europe about those from Islamic backgrounds who are increasingly numerous and becoming a permanent part of Europe's social fabric...

Archbishop Chaput: ?Become martyrs? in building a Culture of Life

Posted on March 04, 2011
?I said it was simple,? said the archbishop, ?I didn?t say it was easy. Be ready to pay a price.?

Tenacious Tea Partiers and Pro-Lifers keep pressure on House GOP

Posted on March 04, 2011
CNN: "But he might also need to compromise -- and that's going to be a tough sell to Republican freshmen and other conservatives who didn't think cuts in the plan passed earlier went deep enough. They're also standing firm on policy changes in the House-passed bill, such as defunding health care and stripping all federal money from Planned Parenthood...

Nebraska Abortion Insurance Bill Moves Forward

Posted on March 04, 2011
Yahoo News: "Nebraska women with private health insurance will find it much more difficult to get an abortion, thanks to the advancement of Legislative Bill 22 this week in the Nebraska Unicameral."

Democrats Invoke ?Women?s Rights? In Forcing Americans to Fund Abortion

Posted on March 04, 2011
CNSNews: ". . . the four-hour session leading up to the vote was a contentious discussion with the Republicans focusing on the need to not force Americans to pay for abortions through taxation and the Democrats insisting any restriction on abortion reflects the GOP?s efforts to deny women?s rights...

Senate CR funds healthcare reform, Planned Parenthood

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Hill: "A long-term spending bill pitched by the Senate will not include language to strip federal funds from Planned Parenthood and implementation of the healthcare reform law, according to new highlights released by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday afternoon.

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