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Democrats Look to ‘Lame-Duck’ Session to Pass Unpopular Bills
With just 70 days remaining until the 2010 midterm elections, congressional Democrats appear to be preparing for the worst – the possible loss of their majorities in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. Regardless of the electoral outcome, the American people should also be preparing for the worst – the “lame-duck” session. The lame-duck [...]
Federal Judge Tells Christian Student to Attend ‘Sensitivity’ Classes or Be Expelled
U.S. District Judge Randal Hall denied the request of Jennifer Keeton, an Augusta State University (ASU) counseling student who was forced to take remedial courses or face expulsion for voicing her beliefs against homosexuality. Keeton has requested a court order that would have kept her from having to submit to “sensitivity” training while her case [...]
Louisiana Ultrasound Law Goes into Effect Following Failed Lawsuit
Abortionists agreed last week to drop a suit challenging Louisiana’s new ultrasound law. A federal judge has cleared the way for the law to go into effect. Louisiana is one of more than 20 states that allow women to see an ultrasound before an abortion. Abortionists are still challenging another part of HB 1453 that [...]
Number of Texas Families Teaching at Home Grows 20 Percent in Five Years
More than 300,000 children in Texas are forgoing the first day of school. Instead, their families have opted to school them at home. Since 2005, Texas has witnessed a steady increase of families – up 20 percent to an estimated 120,000 – opting to take control of their children’s education and instilling them with traditional [...]
Meese: Judge Walker’s decision not the definitive word
Former Attorney General, Edwin Meese III, wrote a great op ed last week about Judge Walker’s Prop. 8 decision. It was so good, it’s worth a mention a week later. Meese makes several succinct points about all that Judge Walker ignored in his written decision. By refusing to acknowledge binding Supreme Court precedent, substantial evidence produced at [...]
Mayor Bloomberg’s Double Standards
Everyone wants to talk about the Ground Zero Mosque, including New York’s Mayor Bloomberg, who gave an impassioned speech about it a couple weeks ago. In the speech, the Mayor invoked the first principles of our Constitution and Bill of Rights: The simple fact is, this building is private property, and the owners have a [...]
FRIDAY FIVE: Glenn Stanton Explains That Mothers and Fathers Aren’t ‘Optional’
Glenn T. Stanton, director for family formation studies at Focus on the Family, debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality, marriage and parenting at universities and churches around the country. Stanton just finished his fourth book, “Secure Daughters, Confident Sons: How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity” (Waterbrook, 2011). 1. [...]
Pro-Life Groups Urge Iowa Board of Medicine to Stop Remote Dispensing of Abortion Pill
More than 60 pro-life organizations, including Focus on the Family, urged the Iowa Board of Medicine on Friday to put an end to Planned Parenthood’s “Telemed” abortions. Telemed involves an online consultation between an abortionist and a woman miles away. By remote control,a drawer is opened containing the pill RU-486. Planned Parenthood’s Iowa clinics are [...]
ACLU, HHS Try to Force Catholic Hospitals to Perform Abortions; Becket Fund Threatens Lawsuit
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty threatened to sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday, after learning that the agency was putting pressure on religiously affiliated hospitals to perform abortions. The lawsuit was triggered after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its membership pressured HHS to force Catholic hospitals nationwide [...]
Recent SSM polling and the wild assertions of Judge Walker
My colleague, Bruce, blogged previously about Judge Walker’s wild assertions in his Prop. 8 decision, and the legal precedents he blithely ignored. Maggie Gallagher makes some insightful comments along this line, as well, highlighting Judge Walker’s decision to ignore evidence with which he disagreed—even from experts who support same-sex marriage. Harvard professor, Nancy Cott, historian of marriage, favors gay [...]
Happy “Cost of Government” Day?
As we approach Labor Day, taxpayers across the country should be rejoicing – maybe. As of today, average Americans have earned enough gross income to pay their share of the spending and regulatory burden imposed by federal, state and local governments. In other words, it takes 231 days –or 63 percent of the national income [...]
Appeals Court Rules Highways Crosses in Utah Unconstitutional
American Atheists Inc. won another battle Wednesday in its ongoing “separation of church and state” legal crusade against Christianity. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concurred with the atheists that 14 memorial crosses – placed along public highways in memory of fallen Utah state troopers – could be construed as an endorsement of Christianity [...]