Articles for Month: July 2012

Free Speech Affirmed for Christians Arrested While Sharing Faith by LifeSiteNews.com HAMPTON, N.H., December 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal district court issued an order Wednesday that bars the arbitrary enforcement of a state law against “unreasonable and loud noise” while a lawsuit against the law moves forward. The ordinance was used to arrest two men who were sharing their faith and singing worship songs on a public sidewalk in the Hampton Beach area. Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys filed suit last month on behalf of the two men challenging the vague state law. “The government shouldn’t harass and threaten […]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to State’s Homosexual Partnership Law by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman MADISON, WISCONSIN, November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge regarding the constitutionality of the state’s homosexual partnership law. The law was challenged in July by Wisconsin Family Action, which argued that it violates an amendment to the Wisconsin state constitution passed by referendum in 2006. This amendment states not only that marriage must be between a man and a woman in Wisconsin but also that a “legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried […]

Religious Exemption Adopted in Council of Europe ‘Anti-discrimination’ Resolution by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White STRASBOURG, May 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates at the Council of Europe have scored a victory with substantial changes of language to protect religious freedom of expression in a resolution on “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.” On April 29, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted 51 to 25 to adopt Resolution 1728 (2010), which the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) had helped to delay until wording had been inserted to protect religious objections to […]

Court Rules Schools Can Teach Homosexuality Without Parents Consent or Choice to Opt Out by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac BOSTON, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Friday, February 23, Federal District Judge Mark L. Wolf dismissed David Parker’s civil rights lawsuit against the Lexington, MA school board. Along with other parents from the same school, Parker filed the lawsuit last April after they were notified by the local school board that the school was not required to provide parental notification before introducing and teaching homosexual or transgender material in elementary school classrooms. As reported by LifeSiteNews, Parker originally confronted officials […]

Harper Addresses Muslim Group on Same-Sex Marriage while Toronto Gays March by LifeSiteNews.com MISSISSAUGA, June 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stephen Harper’s absence from the Toronto “Gay Pride” parade was noted in a number of major newspapers but only a few mentioned where he was while it was happening. Most media consider opposition to same-sex marriage to be strictly a Christian phenomenon; they often omit to mention that no established religious tradition has ever endorsed homosexuality as a legitimate ‘lifestyle.’ While NDP leader and long-time pro-abortion activist, Jack Layton, Toronto Mayor David Miller, and Toronto’s new Chief of Police attended the […]