"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."

ACLU of Montana: "Seven committed same-sex couples, with the aid of the ACLU, are suing the state of Montana for failing to provide legal protections for their families in violation of the Montana Constitution's guarantees of equal protection."

"The Court of Appeals order reversed a lower court ruling last month that concluded the local ordinance was part of an appropriation package for maintaining state and local government and thus is not subject to a referendum."

"In June, when an Egyptian delegate in the NGO Committee asked whether one of IGLHRC's positions on 'gay rights' could threaten the rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression, the U.S. delegate forestalled examination of the group by calling for an immediate vote to accredit it."

Sen. Graham: "The question I have for the body: Are we living in an age of legislative activism where the words haven't changed in the last 200 years, but certainly the voting patterns are?"

"'The court is talking about gay people, not homosexuals, and about people who have a social identity rather than a class of people who engage in particular sex acts,' Professor Goldberg said."

"After five loving, fulfilling years with my boyfriend, Drew, I suddenly found myself online, looking to meet a woman . . . Together we had a decision to make. One of the strangers on this Web site could end up contributing half of our child’s DNA."

"The committee voted 13-6 with all of the pro-abortion Democrats supporting Kagan's confirmation and all Republicans opposing her, except pro-life Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina."

The Alliance Defense Fund honored eight allied attorneys this month for providing thousands of hours of dedicated, pro-bono service in defense of religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family. The value of those hours amounts to millions of dollars in free legal services that they have provided to clients in need.

"Acquitting Stagliano, John Stagliano Inc. and Evil Angel Productions Inc. before they began their defense, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon said evidence presented by the Justice Department's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force in the four-day trial was 'woefully insufficient' to link defendants to the production and distribution of two DVD videos at the heart of the case."

"U.S. federal courts would be prevented from recognizing or enforcing a foreign judgment for defamation that is inconsistent with the free speech guarantee in the U.S. Constitution."

"Increased crime, prostitution and anti-social behaviour. Greater inequality between men and women. Less parental investment in children. And, a general driving down of the age of marriage for all women."

"Today's ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits."