Lawrence D. Jones

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• Mar 31, 2008

  Texas Edu Board Approves Broad Bible Course Guidelines

  Members of the Texas Board of Education have approved broad guidelines for Bible courses in state high schools that align curriculum standards for the elective with those of high school English and history classes.

• Mar 28, 2008

  Calif. Appeals Court Will Reconsider Homeschool Ruling

  The California appeals court has agreed to reconsider the controversial ruling it made last month that criminalized most homeschooling in the state and sparked an uproar from homeschooling advocates nationwide.

• Mar 27, 2008

  Sanctions on Pharmacist Upheld for Refusal to Refer Birth Control Seeker

  A Wisconsin appeals court upheld sanctions Tuesday against a pharmacist from Minnesota who refused to fill a college student's prescription for birth control pills because of religious objections.

• Mar 24, 2008

  Cloned Stem Cells Treat Parkinson's in Mice, Researchers Claim

  A group of scientists claim that they have treated Parkinson's disease in mice by using cloned embryonic stem cells.

• Mar 22, 2008

  Late-Term Abortionist Admits to Aborting 1 Day Before Delivery

  George Tiller, who currently faces 19 criminal charges for performing illegal late-term abortions in Kansas, was caught on hidden tape admitting that he has performed abortions as close as one day before the mother's delivery date.

• Mar 19, 2008

  Ill. Pharmacists Ask High Court to Overturn 'Plan B' Rule

  Pharmacists in Illinois asked the State Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a rule that requires them to dispense an “emergency” contraception pill in spite of their moral objections.

• Mar 19, 2008

  Librarian Fired for Reporting Child Porn User Demands Job Back

  A librarian in California who was fired after reporting to the police about a man who was using a library computer to view child pornography is demanding her job back.

• Mar 18, 2008

  Texas Attorney General Asked Whether Bible Course is Obligatory

  The top education official in Texas is asking the state's attorney general to clarify whether a new law requires high schools to offer a Bible course if enough students request it.

• Mar 16, 2008

  Court Asked to Reconsider Homeschool Ruling

  A conservative legal group is asking the California court to reconsider its recent decision that made most homeschooling a crime in the state.

• Feb 28, 2008

  Student Club Aims to Proselytize Atheism

  A group of students at Sacramento State University are "evangelizing" for people to join a new atheist club they hope will remove the stigma of atheism and also promote it.