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Supreme Court is NOT a Conservative Court (yet) as the N.Y. Times Claims
2 August, 2008, 11:42 pm

A column was published last month by a former "New York Times" reporter named Stuart Taylor debunking his former newspaper's claim that the United States Supreme Court is conservative. Nothing can be further from the truth. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote on the court, swings mostly to the left. Mr. Taylor is basically calling the court a centrist court because of some of the major opinions it has issued. He challenges "The New York Times'" assertion that the Supreme Court was "teetering on the brink" of "far-right disaster in the just-ended term."

Mr. Taylor argues that several of the so-called "far-right" decisions about which "The New York Times" was worried, were either written by or joined...

Hard Ball: Senate Republicans vs. Democrats; Dems Win Overwhelmingly
1 August, 2008, 11:05 pm

Bill Clinton, following the worst two years of his life, was able to intimidate a Republican Senate with the help of his bull-dog Democrat friends in the United States Senate, and get 15 of his very important, and liberal, U.S. Court of Appeals nominees confirmed in the 1999-2000 Congress. The federal appeals court is the level of judges right below the U.S. Supreme Court.

On the other hand, with only a handful of in-session weeks left on the Senate's calendar, President George W. Bush has managed to get a net total of only 8 of his conservative appeals court nominees confirmed, including one liberal (a relative of the Democrat Chairman of the Armed Services Committee) and 9 conservative nominees. SCORE: 15 Clinton liberals vs. 8 Bush conservatives.

Even with the...

Christian Coalition of America Wins Net Neutrality Victory
31 July, 2008, 4:52 pm

Christian Coalition of America had a great victory this week when President George W. Bush's Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Kevin Martin, voted with the majority (3-2) on the commission saying that it is wrong for Internet providers to discriminate against certain kinds of online traffic.

Christian Coalition of America (CCA) has led the effort for a number of years on the issue of net neutrality amongst pro-family and conservative groups. CCA also has allies from the liberal side of the political spectrum such as Common Cause. Indeed, in a recent column, the President of Common Cause, Chellie Pingree said: "...I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went to Congress with over a...

NH School Engages in Religious Discrimination and Censorship
24 July, 2008, 3:06 pm

A school district in Hudson, New Hampshire is under the threat of a federal lawsuit for refusing to allow the distribution of a church's Vacation Bible School flyer to one of the schools in the district.

According to a report in OneNewsNow, church member Patricia Regan is taking action against the district, considering that she has been aware that the school has always allowed organizations in the community to distribute literature to promote events to the school's students. But, now they are refusing to allow her church's event information to be distributed to these children, as well.

For anyone who thinks sensibly, this sounds like a pretty fair protest to raise over the...

McCain and Obama Urged to Make International Religious Freedom a Priority
18 July, 2008, 12:44 pm

From CyberCast News Service, we find this report that tells us about the ongoing work to ensure the next president of the United States maintains a focus on broadening religious freedoms for Christians throughout the world.

Angela C. Wu, International Law Director for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, states that,

“Freedom of religion and the freedom to speak openly about ideas and beliefs here and abroad should be a high priority for the next president of the United States."

A poll that was cited should be quite telling to either of the two main presidential candidates as to the importance of this issue to the voting public.

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Marriage amendment stays on CA ballot
18 July, 2008, 10:43 am

File this under "doing the right thing for a change":

SAN FRANCISCO -- -- A voter initiative to reinstate a ban on same-sex marriage will remain on the November ballot, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Wednesday.

The court issued a brief order rejecting arguments that the initiative, Proposition 8, was an illegal constitutional revision and that voters had been misled when they signed petitions to put it on the ballot. The decision, reached in closed session during the court's weekly conference, cleared the way for what some observers expect to be a close vote on the marriage measure.

The signatures for the...

Virginia Christian Group Denied Their Right to Display Cross
9 July, 2008, 1:12 pm

From Chesapeake, Virginia we have this story from OneNewsNow, detailing the facts regarding this denial of religious freedom and our rights to free speech.

Take note of those quotes attributed to the city officials about the cross; that it is "offensive", "way out there", and "blatantly Christian"? How do Christians even try get an understanding of that mentality to debate this mindset?

No one ever said a cross is not "blatantly Christian"! But, on the other other hand, are city administrators supposed to be in the business of protecting free-thinking residents of their town from the threatening spector of Christianity? That...

ACLU Trying to Silence Prayers at Annapolis
7 July, 2008, 4:02 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union is at it again. In what amounts to nothing less than the restriction of free speech, the ultra-liberal organization is trying to end the Naval Academy practice of cadets engaging in a pre-lunch - completely voluntary - prayer at noon.

In think it's pretty disingenuous that - according to the story in OneNewsNow - the ACLU cites social pressure for those who may not wish to participate, as the reason to ask for the practice to end.

This is not the first time an organization has attempted to silence the optional prayers, which have been a long time tradition at Annapolis. The Anti-Defamation League unsuccessfully sought to get the...