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California Prop 8 ruling expected between 1-3 pm today

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 15:08
The Court has issued a notice on this information page.

Video of Sen. Sessions on the Floor: If you believe judges should interpret not make law, don’t vote for Kagan

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 23:09
"In an impassioned floor speech today, Sen. Sessions gave an overview of the issues that will be a focus of this week's floor debate on Elena Kagan's nomination."

Hugh Hewitt: The Ground Zero mosque – why or why not?

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 22:00
"There has got to be one rule, and that one rule may not in the American constitutional tradition discriminate between faiths . . . I do not believe the Ground Zero mosque should be built"

Ban the burqa

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 21:27
"Let’s be perfectly frank. These bans are outrages against religious freedom and freedom of expression . . . And yet the burqa must be banned . . . If Europe does not stand up now against veiling . . . there will be many cities in Europe where no unveiled woman will walk comfortably or safely."

400,000 voters mistakenly voted against Prop 8?

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 18:21
As many as 400,000 voters cast 'no' votes on the measure because they thought a 'yes' vote meant they favored gay marriage, according to the study released by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Mentoring Project."

3rd Circuit: PA prison can ban Muslim scarf

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 22:27
"Prison officials can ban employees from wearing religious headscarves out of concerns they pose a safety risk, a U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Monday in a split 2-1 decision."

Message to Rush Limbaugh: Civil unions are not compatible with conservatism or a free society

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 22:07
"Speaking on his radio show yesterday[July 28th], famed conservative talk show personality Rush Limbaugh said that he supports same-sex civil unions . . . "

New lesbian parenting study makes claims unsupported by the evidence

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 18:11
"[A] cursory review of this study (funded by the Gill Foundation and the Lesbian Health Fund of the Gay, Lesbian Medical Association) demonstrates significant flaws that most first-year graduate students would quickly recognize."

ADF files opening brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Ariz. school choice suit

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 22:45
"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."

Unconstitutional ordinance stops Ga. church from meeting on leased property

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:08
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.

Fired U of I professor vindicated, will again be allowed to teach Catholicism class

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 21:14
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.

Lambda Legal, ACLU sue Hawaii over civil unions

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 18:41
"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."

Rick Garnett: On religious liberty, what would Kagan do?

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:50
"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?"

Jordan Lorence: Federal Defense of Marriage Act does not violate states’ rights

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:29
. . . 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? . . .

ADF increases global impact with new status at United Nations

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:35
Special consultative status will allow ADF to monitor, shape issues affecting religious freedom

ADF to appeal ruling that allows Eastern Michigan U. to expel Christian students for holding to beliefs

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:58
University banished graduate counseling student for not affirming homosexual behavior

Robert George: God and Gettysburg

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:04
"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."

Stanley Fish: Is religion special?

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 16:09
"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 . . . "

Small Steps Toward Justice: A Review of Clark Forsythe’s Politics for the Greatest Good

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 14:37
" . . . 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 . . . "

NJ Supreme Court rejects demand to redefine marriage . . . for now

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 21:58
"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."