New Victory in the Prop 8 Case
The Prop 8 Legal Defense Team, headed by A. Pugno, has won yet another important legal victory for supporters of traditional marriage in California! Eager to see people’s vote for Prop 8 upheld in the courts, and the halting of same-sex marriage, the Defense Team has been working on a related appeal. Today, they report that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 24-page opinion REVERSING the lower court’s earlier decision to illegally release courtroom trial recordings of the Proposition 8 trial for public...
Read MoreReligious Freedom and Christian Worship Services
New York, New York: Really? Expelling Christian Worship Services from Public Facilities In New York City, 160 congregations who have previously been holding Christian worship services in public buildings, have been noticeably targeted by city administration and banned from using school facilities any longer. While liability issues are real, it is the churches who were asked to leave the premises before any other secular groups were brought to the discussion table. If religious groups are being singled out by the city as those who can benefit from building...
Read MoreGovernment Bias Favors Some Religions, Not Others
Where are we headed? Staving off arrows aimed at squashing religion in the private sphere has become the political MO for conservative activists. But yet another dimension of the debate on religious freedom rears its head in what I’ve just read about government bias in favor of particular religions while still discriminating against others. Wiccans receive a stone-henge chapel So take the Wiccans.. Picture pagans assembling in the military to celebrate solstices, receiving chapel space and worship area from the military. It’s happening....
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