… but when it is by their own pimp one wonders how long the outrage will last. The U.S. Justice Department has seized without notice comprehensive phone records for reporters and editors at the Associated Press, prompting the news agency to protest Monday directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. “I am writing to object in the strongest possible terms to a massive and unprecedented intrusion by the Department of
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February 25, 2013
If you operate a corporation, you give up your First Amendment rights [Darleen Click]
So argues Obama’s DOJ While presenting an oral argument in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last fall, a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that the Obama administration believed it could force the judge’s own wife—a physician—to act against her religious faith in the conduct of her medical practice. The assertion came in the case of Tyndale House Publishers v. Sebelius, a
August 1, 2012
Ladies, Tom Harkin (Deranged-Iowa) feels your pain menstrual cramps [Darleen Click]
CNS News Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) today justified what the Catholic bishops of the United States have unanimously called an “unjust and illegal mandate” that forces Catholic business owners to provide coverage for free sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs because, Harkin said, some women need birth control pills to deal with menstrual pain. “There are many women who take birth control pills, for example, because they have terrible menstrual cramps
June 8, 2012
Posts about convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin gaining attention [Darleen Click]
via The Right Scoop Congressman Marchant Washington, Jun 7 – Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24) today issued a statement in strong support of free speech and conservative bloggers who are being targeted in dangerous “SWAT-tings” and asked Attorney General Holder to investigate these matters to see if federal laws have been violated by the perpetrators. ABC reports. Michelle Malkin asks “Where do your elected representatives stand on this threat to our
June 5, 2012
Art must remain private – otherwise an artist is just a public accommodation [Darleen Click]
Which is what the New Mexico Court of Appeals is declaring in their ruling against Elane Photography. So the New Mexico Court of Appeals held last week in the long-pending Elane Photography v. Willock (N.M. Ct. App. May 31, 2012). The court began by holding that the state law that bans sexual orientation discrimination in places of public accommodation applies to professional wedding photographers’ decisions not to photograph same-sex commitment
April 27, 2012
HHS Kathleen Sebelius channels Sergeant Schultz … [Darleen Click]
“I know nothing …” h/t sdferr
April 24, 2012
Freedom of Religion Freedom of worship – or, in ObamaSpeak, you’ll still be able to keep the church you like [Darleen Click]
Anyone with half a brain could see this coming Religious liberty groups are blasting a proposed ordinance that would force churches in Hutchinson, Kan. to rent their facilities for gay weddings and gay parties. The Hutchinson City Council will consider adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the protected classes in the city’s human relations code. They are expected to vote on the changes next month. According to the Hutchinson
April 4, 2012
Republicans can be idiots, too [Darleen Click]
Rep. Vic Williams has baked his brain a bit too much in the Tucson, AZ, sun … Free-speech advocates and social media users say an anti-stalking proposal in Arizona goes too far by criminalizing “annoying” or “offensive” comments posted online. A bi-partisan bill seeking to update telephone harassment and stalking laws by adding the use of computers or smartphones to existing legislation has gone virtually unchallenged in the Legislature and