PJI Announces "2009 Hall of Shame"
Date: 12/21/2009
http://www.pacificjustice.org/news/pji-announces-2009-hall-shame
As we look back on 2009, the Pacific Justice Institute recalls ten of
the worst attacks on faith, family and freedom we encountered this
year.
1. Atheist Michael Newdow went to federal court seeking to stop
prayers at President Obama’s inauguration, and the use of “So help me
God” in the presidential oath. PJI successfully represented defendants
Drs. Rick Warren and Joseph Lowery, Jr., in getting the suit
dismissed. It is now on appeal.
2. A school board in Alameda, California, turned a deaf ear to
hundreds of parents and adopted a curriculum that pushed acceptance of
homosexuality to students beginning in early elementary grades. After
the school district then rejected parents’ attempts to opt out of the
curriculum, PJI filed suit.
3. A church appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a
federal judge in San Francisco decided that the church had grown too
much and should split into smaller congregations, rather than turning
a vacant building into a worship center. PJI represents the church.
4. Atheists asked a federal appeals court to ban the use of memorial
crosses to mark spots along Utah highways where officers were killed
in the line of duty. PJI filed an amicus brief opposing the atheists.
5. Gov. Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill encouraging schools to
celebrate the birthday of homosexual icon and sexual predator Harvey
Milk.
6. The Freedom From Religion Foundation threatened city councils in
California and elsewhere over traditional invocations at meetings. PJI
sent legal opinion letters to several city councils offering advice as
to how they could constitutionally continue their invocations.
7. A school district in Castro Valley, California, refused to provide
information to parents about a talk given by a lesbian minister to
math and science classes. PJI filed suit on the parents’ behalf.
8. A school district in Oakley, California, stopped a second-grader
from performing sign language in a talent show because her chosen song
had Christian lyrics.
9. Pres. Obama signed a controversial federal hate crimes bill into
law. The bill prioritizes crimes based on sexual orientation over
crimes against the elderly. It also could be used by overzealous
prosecutors to intimidate and punish pastors who preach against
immorality.
10. The City Council of Washington, D.C., voted to allow same-sex
marriage while refusing to allow citizens a vote on the issue.
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