Supreme Court to review Internet pornography case
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed again to decide whether Congress has abridged free speech rights in its attempt to protect children from pornography on the Internet.
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ACLJ Calls On Supreme Court To Protect Children In Porn Case
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the Congressional authority to limit children’s access to online pornography is “an important opportunity to protect children†and the ACLJ announced it will file a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court representing a coalition of Congressional members in the case.
ACLJ To Defend Nebraska City in Ten Commandments Lawsuit
(Virginia Beach, VA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will defend the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska which has been sued by the ACLU to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments which has been displayed in a park since 1965.
Peaceful Pro-Life Prayer Vigil Ends In Wrongful Arrests
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Citing Free Speech Violations
WASHINGTON – Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several residents of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, who were arrested while participating in a peaceful residential “prayer walk.”
Faith’s role in birth of science reviewed at think tank conference
SEATTLE (BP)–Today’s scientific advances owe their genesis to Christianity, and every new discovery of the cosmos is an affirmation of God at work in the universe he created, noted scientists and educators said in addressing a “Cosmos and Creator” conference at the Discovery Institute public policy think tank in Seattle.
Field Updates Available to Web Users Through ‘Macedonian Call’
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Cutting edge technology combined with up-to-the-minute reports from indigenous missionaries around the globe is enabling Christians to experience their own “Macedonian Call” via their computer desktops.
Teacher Forced to Halt Native American Religious Rituals
Pinole, CA – A fourth grade school teacher at the Ellerhorst Elementary School in Pinole, California has halted the religious Native American rituals that she has been performing in her classroom, to the objection of a number of parents. These rituals included the use of a medicine wheel and morning chants where she addressed the north, south, east, and west, along with father heaven and mother earth. The ritual also had involved the burning of sage in the classroom in conjunction with the daily recitation. She later replaced the sage with a rattle. In Shamanism, a rattle is used during prayer to announce ones intention to the spirits in each of the four cardinal directions.
ACLJ Calls President’s Bush’s Selection of Judicial Nominees “Balanced” and “Diverse”
(Washington, DC) –– The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the list of nominees announced by President Bush for federal appellate court judgeships is both “”balanced”” and “”diverse”” and urged the U.S. Senate to begin the confirmation process without delay.
ACLJ Secures First Amendment Victory as Mass. City Replaces Brick Pavers With Religious Messages
(Boston, MA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today that the City of Newburyport, Massachusetts has replaced two commemorative brick pavers that were removed by the city from a city park because they contained religious messages.
Human genetics: cloneliness is next to Godliness – right?
The news that 30 babies were born in the US through “genetic modification” has revived an ethical debate as to whether humans should be genetically modified or cloned.
Baptist, Jewish congregants share Passover Seder service
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (BP)–I can’t believe I waited 41 years for this,” exclaimed Frank Ingram, pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Boynton Beach, Fla. about the Passover Seder his church celebrated with Kol Dodi Messianic Congregation on Palm Sunday.
Public School Bible Club Triumphs Against School Officials Stealing Their Rights To Meet And Adverti
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. – Rutherford Institute affiliate attorneys have successfully intervened on behalf of students at Lake Stevens High School who were denied their rights to establish an officially recognized extracurricular Bible club.
Tulsa County School Authorities Agree to Uphold Student/Teacher Religious Expression
TULSA, Okla. – Rutherford Institute affiliate attorneys have settled a lawsuit brought on behalf of two students and one teacher who were denied their constitutional rights to form an extracurricular Bible club at McLain High School Career Academy. The lawsuit charges that McLain school officials violated the students’ and teacher’s First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of association, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of religion as well as their Fourteenth Amendment right of equal protection, and the Federal Equal Access Act.
House Education Committee Votes to Protect Home School Freedom Further Action Pending
WASHINGTON, D.C. (HSLDA) —”All in favor of the Hoekstra amendment say ‘aye.'”
“AYE.”
“All opposed, ‘NO.'”
Silence . . .
ACLJ: Nation at “Cultural Crossroads” On National Day of Prayer
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the country is standing at a “cultural crossroads†on this National Day of Prayer as religious expression – including prayer – is under attack by groups like the American Civil Liberties Union.
Senate, House Move Closer to Action on Education Bills
WASHINGTON D.C. (HSDLA) – According to Congressional Daily, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said yesterday that most outstanding disagreements with Democrats over a rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (S. 1) were worked out over the weekend.
$50,000 in sex-change coverage added to San Francisco insurance
WASHINGTON (BP)–San Francisco has become the first city in the nation to offer insurance coverage for men who want to become women, and vice versa.
“Window on the World” Radio Show Can Now Be Heard On The WorldWide Web
GARDEN GROVE, CA (ANS) – The weekly five-minute “Window on the World” radio show, produced by ASSIST Ministries of Garden Grove, California, can now be heard on the worldwide web at www.assist-ministries.com.
House passes unborn victims bill despite abortion lobby’s efforts
WASHINGTON (BP)–The House of Representatives passed a measure April 26 to provide legal protection for unborn children who are harmed during a violent crime against their mothers.
ACLJ Applauds House Approval of Unborn Victims of Violence Act
(Washington, DC) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for approving the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which makes it a federal crime to harm an unborn child.
