Military Under Fire: How Would the Repeal of DOMA and Gay Marriage Affect...
How would the repeal of DOMA and the legalization affect military chaplains? When you consider this president’s previous attacks on religious freedom, that is a sobering question. This video from the...
View ArticleRoe and Gay Marriage: Will the Court Repeat Itself?
“You should be very hesitant about shutting down a political debate.” This statement is directed at the United States Supreme Court. It echoes something I’ve written about repeatedly here on Public...
View ArticleHoly Week, March for Marriage and Two Days with the Supremes
This is Holy Week. It is also the week in which the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Proposition 8 and DOMA. The potential is there for a major change in the way American law defines...
View ArticleMarch for Marriage Tomorrow: Go if You Can. Pray if You Can’t.
The March for Marriage in Washington DC is tomorrow. Go if you can, pray if you can’t. For information about the march go here. The United States Conference of Catholic bishops has issued a call for...
View ArticleTea Leaves and Goat’s Entrails: Guessing What the Supremes Will Do About Gay...
I’ve read that the ancients used to slaughter a goat and study its entrails to try to predict the future. Others made tea and studied how the tea leaves settled to the bottom of the cup for the same...
View ArticleSupreme Court Questions Whether Marriage is a Federal Issue
What the Court says in questions does not necessarily reflect how they will rule. However, two days’ of questioning concerning Proposition 8, which was heard yesterday and the federal Defense of...
View ArticleDNA and the Fourth Amendment
Is DNA protected from illegal search and seizure by the Fourth Amendment? If you are arrested for, say, drunk driving, do the police have the right to take a swab of your DNA and put it into police...
View ArticleAbortion on Demand After the 5th Month: Should It Be Legal?
Rumors have it that the United States House of Representatives will vote on a bill that will extend the District of Columbia ban on abortions after 20 weeks to the rest of the country. The bill passed...
View ArticleWhat Will the Supremes Do with Gay Marriage?
Tomorrow is the day that the Supreme Court is scheduled to hand down rulings that will affect how America deals with the definition of marriage for decades to come. The legislation in question is the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Dumps DOMA; Tosses Prop 8
The Supreme Court said that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act is not Constitutional. It also held that the proponents of Proposition 8 did not have merits, which means they tossed the appeal and Prop...
View ArticleThe Hydra-Headed DOMA Decision and Bankrupting the States
Michigan state law allows health benefits for school employees and their spouses. It does not allow health benefits for domestic partners. US District Judge David Lawson struck down this law on June...
View ArticleProposition 8 Supporters Re-Open the Case
Proposition 8 supporters have filed a case in court claiming that the vote of the people which passed the law should stand. From what I’ve read, I believe that what they are basically saying is that...
View ArticleGosnell Was Not Alone
Roe v Wade set the limit for viability at 26 weeks into pregnancy. That was based on 1973 medicine and judicial imaginings. Today, babies are being saved as early as 21 or 22 weeks into pregnancy. But...
View ArticleShort-Circuiting the System to Play Elected Dictator
Prosecutorial discretion. Now there’s a nice phrase. Another phrase that’s almost synonymous with prosecutorial discretion is selective prosecution. One is considered a sometimes valid, if often...
View ArticleWhat Are You Gonna Do? Arrest Me for Praying?
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether or not the town of Greece NY had violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The reason?...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decides Not to Rule on Texas Pro Life Law (For Now)
The United States Supreme Court has decided not to intervene in the Texas pro life law that requires abortion clinic doctors to have hospital privileges. That doesn’t mean that the Court has upheld...
View ArticleJoin the Religious Freedom Tweet Storm
Join tomorrow’s Religious Freedom Tweet Storm. From Stand Up For Religious Freedom: Tomorrow is the big day. The Supreme Court will hear the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius cases...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Just Made it Easier for Rich Folks to Control our Government
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, has lifted the cap on how much an individual donor can put into political campaigns for federal office. It left in place a $5200 cap on how much a single candidate...
View ArticleThe Trail of Tears Remembered on its 175th Anniversary
Photo Source: NewsOK What would happen today if an American president told the Supreme Court, “You’ve made your ruling. Now how are you going to enforce it?” That’s exactly what President Andrew...
View ArticleFortnight for Freedom: Defending Religious Liberty on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The jury’s out on our religious freedoms. Tick. Tick. Tick. We’re all waiting to see what the Supreme Court does to us or for us in their decision on Sebelius v Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The Supremes...
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