"The brief asks that the suit be dismissed because the opponents have not proven that they have suffered any legal injury that would give them standing to sue over the state’s tuition tax credit program."

Restrictions in the ordinance, many of which do not apply to non-religious organizations, have forced the small congregation to stop meeting on its leased property and relocate to various inferior locations, resulting in plummeting attendance and causing cancellation of numerous ministries, outreaches, and functions.

The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana confirmed to Alliance Defense Fund attorneys Thursday that it will once again allow popular professor Dr. Kenneth Howell to teach on Catholicism after recently firing him for explaining the Roman Catholic Church’ position on human sexual behavior to members of his class.

"The lawsuit, being filed today in Circuit Court, asks the court to step in where the Legislature did not and reverse the effect of Lingle's veto."

"What, in Kagan's view, is the role of the court in this experiment? When it comes to questions of religious liberty and church-state relations, does she think a justice should show vigilance or deference?"

. . . If states have authority under the 10th Amendment to define marriage, why are federal courts, like the one in San Francisco, not immediately upholding state constitutional definitions of marriage, such as the one currently under attack in California? Is it because California voters chose to define marriage the 'wrong' way as one man and one woman? . . .

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University banished graduate counseling student for not affirming homosexual behavior

"The American Constitution Society had omitted Lincoln’s reference to the United States as a nation under God from the address he gave at the dedication of the burial ground at Gettysburg."

"Religious organizations face a choice between altering their core beliefs or forfeiting privileges enjoyed by others. The liberal state and its institutions face a choice between being faithful to the democratic principle of open access or closing the liberal door to those who are illiberal . . . "

" . . . Those promoting this strategy of incrementalism have always argued that it will advance the long term goal of providing legal protection for all unborn children. However, this strategy of incrementalism has still been controversial . . . "

"The New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order Monday rejecting a recently filed motion in a long-ago-resolved lawsuit that attempted to force New Jersey legislature to redefine marriage."

"In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, saying the case needs to wind its way through the lower courts first."

"There are just a few voices warning of the coming challenges and opportunities of the developing crisis over human dignity as the diesel engine of human genetic technology gains momentum and steam. Some fear it may already be beyond the point of no return . . . "

"A federal judge is blocking Arizona from implementing a state law that eliminates domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian state employees."

NBC 26 carried this report on the situation. | Related ADF media: Augusta State Univ. to counseling student: change your beliefs or get out

"'Religious liberties are under attack across the country,' Kellum says. 'My sense is that there's some type of knee-jerk reaction, almost an allergic reaction, if someone sees the expression of religion,' he says."

"The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent letters to the cities of Aiken and Woodruff, S.C., and Spartanburg County, S.C., demanding that they discontinue the prayers, which they falsely claim are unconstitutional. The group Atheists of Florida has gone so far as to file a lawsuit to stop the practice in the city of Lakewood, Fla."

"Professor June Sheldon was fired after objectively answering a student’s in-class question simply because a different student claimed to be 'offended' by her answer, even though it comported with the official class curriculum and a district policy on academic freedom."

"The student, Jennifer Keeton, has been told to stop sharing her beliefs with others and that she must change her beliefs in order to graduate from the counseling program."