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• A federal judge has ruled in favor of a public university that removed a Christian student from its graduate program in school counseling over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong. Monday's ruling, according to Julea Ward's attorneys, could result in Christian students across the country being expelled from public university for similar views.

  July 28, 2010 Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality
  by Todd Starnes Source: Fox News

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling Monday, which ruled that printing the national motto, “In God We Trust,” on U.S. currency does not violate the Establishment Clause.

  July 28, 2010 Federal Appeals Court Affirms “In God We Trust” On U.S. Currency
  by Citizen Link Staff Source: Citizen Link

• New Jersey’s highest court turned away a request by six same-sex couples to redefine marriage.

  July 28, 2010 New Jersey Supreme Court Rejects Assault on Marriage
  by Citizen Link Staff Source: Citizen Link

• A law recently passed by the Arizona Legislature – which would have eliminated domestic partner benefits for state employees – was temporarily halted on Friday by U.S. District Judge John Sedwick.

  July 28, 2010 Activist Judge Blocks Arizona Law Eliminating Domestic Partner Benefits
  by Citizen Link Staff Source: Citizen Link

• Supporters of Colorado’s proposed constitutional amendment on “personhood’’ announced their grass-roots campaign strategy yesterday.

  July 28, 2010 Backers of ‘Personhood’ Measure Regroup
  by Denver Post Source: Bost Globe

• Freshman Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-Pa.) seemed destined for a tough reelection campaign from the moment she was sworn into office two years ago.

  July 28, 2010 Abortion Provision Threatens Dems
  by Jeannie Cummings Source: Politico

• Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have sued Augusta State University in Georgia on behalf of a counseling student who claims the university told her to deny her Christian beliefs in order to graduate.

  July 28, 2010 Lawsuit Claims School Bias on Christian Views
  by Rachel B. Duke Source: Washington Times

• In an open letter delivered last week, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop is urging senators to vote against Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court, in light of her role in the alteration of a medical statement about partial-birth abortion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

  July 28, 2010 Former Surgeon General Koop Calls Kagan’s Alteration of ACOG’s Partial Birth Abortion Statement
  by Jane McGrath Source: CNS News

• With a laying on of hands, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Sunday welcomed into its fold seven openly gay pastors who had until recently been barred from the church’s ministry.

  July 26, 2010 Lutherans Offer Warm Welcome to Gay Pastors
  by Laurie Goodstein Source: New York Times