CA School District Bars Choirs from Performing in Church Buildings

Religious Freedom,

A California school district has barred school choirs from performing inside church buildings.

Up until recently, the district’s choir program had performed in some churches because the acoustics of the buildings were deemed superior to other venues. The school district superintendent, however, barred the choirs from performing in such venues because of complaints she received along with concerns that it is unconstitutional for a school group to perform in a religious building.

As attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom have noted, this is an unnecessary policy change. The previous policy was religiously-neutral, concerned only with a venue’s acoustics; it had nothing to do with preferring a religious venue over a secular venue.

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Another Midnight Bewitching Hour

Homosexuality, Marriage,

The following is by Family Council staff member Deborah Beuerman.

 At 12:01am October 21, several same-sex couples in New Jersey were “married” after the state Supreme Court rejected Gov. Chris Christie’s request to delay until after his appeal of an earlier lower court ruling could be heard.

In September, a state court judge ruled that, in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling mandating that the federal government recognize same-sex “marriages,” New Jersey must allow them.  Gov. Christie appealed that decision and asked for a stay on it.

Gov. Christie has said that voters at the ballot box, not a court or legislators, should decide the issue.  But Gov. Christie dropped his legal challenge to a same-gender law on October 21.

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Do Moms and Dads Matter?

Homosexuality, Marriage, ,

U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is often quoted as saying, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

With that in mind, a lot of people are pushing the idea these days that moms and dads do not matter in the lives of children–that all that matters is having a “loving family” or even just simply “love” in your life. But do the facts support this opinion?

Here are the facts:

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