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Welcoming our Korean friends as new Alabama lawyers
This past week, we at the Foundation for Moral Law celebrated as more than two-dozen Christian law students from Handong International Law School (http://lawschool NULL.handong NULL.edu/en) (HILS) in Pohang, South Korea were admitted into the Alabama State Bar. We rejoiced with many who came for the admission ceremony on October 19, 2011, and received their bar licenses (left) for which they
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Roy Moore & Foundation Defend Dixie County Decalogue in Brief
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law, a religious liberties legal organization in Montgomery, Alabama, filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (http://www NULL.ca11 NULL.uscourts NULL.gov/) today, urging the Court to uphold the constitutionality of a granite monument of the 10 Commandments installed and maintained by
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Foundation for Moral Law to Defend Arrested Pro-Life Activists
The Foundation for Moral Law, a national pro-life, religious-liberties organization, announced today that its attorneys will defend two Montgomery, Alabama, pro-life activists arrested in front of an abortion clinic for trying to avoid a sprinkler that is used to spray pro-life speakers on the public sidewalk.
On June 22, 2011, Jeshua Screws, Chaplain of the Alabama Constitution Party, and David Day were trying to communicate
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Roy Moore & Foundation File Brief Defending Ohio Judge’s Ten Commandments Display
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law, a religious liberties legal organization in Montgomery, Alabama, filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging the Court to grant certiorari in a case involving Ohio Judge James DeWeese’s display of the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.
Read the Foundation’s amicus brief in DeWeese v. ACLU here.
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Roy Moore and Foundation Respond to NY Counterfeit “Marriage”
Late Friday night, the Governor of New York signed a bill foisting same-sex “marriage” on the people of New York. Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and Foundation for Moral Law President stated:
“Whether by judicial activism or backroom politics, homosexual activists continue to attack and redefine natural and God-given notions of family and marriage. Just as counterfeit currency weakens the
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Clock Runs Out on Alabama Abortion Ban
MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Senate Bill, SB301, passed the Senate 23-7, yet was not voted on in the House before the end of the session. Last minute changes to the bill changed it from a personhood bill, which would have banned all abortions, to a ban of all surgical abortions and
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“Courage of Daniel” Award for Judge Roy Moore
On June 3, 2011, the Institute on the Constitution (http://www NULL.iotconline NULL.com/) (IOTC) awarded Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and the current President of the Foundation for Moral Law, the “Courage of Daniel Award.” After Judge Moore addressed attendants of the IOTC’s “First Friday” lecture, IOTC co-founder Michael Peroutka presented the award to him (http://www NULL.iotconline NULL
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Judge Moore & Foundation Applaud Tennessee Legislature for Ten Commandments Resolution
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed (http://www NULL.christianpost NULL.com/news/tennessee-lawmakers-vote-for-ten-commandments-50883/) a strong and unanimous resolution (http://www NULL.liberty NULL.edu/media/9980/attachments/hres_107_tn_10_command_051911 NULL.pdf) last week urging “all Tennessee counties to allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in their respective courthouses.” Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and the Foundation for Moral Law, applauded the Tennessee House for its stand for
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Roy Moore & Foundation react to federal court order prohibiting graduation prayer but allowing kneeling toward Mecca
A federal district court judge has blocked any prayer or even the word “amen” from tomorrow’s graduation at Medina Valley High School in west Texas. In a lawsuit brought by an atheist family and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Judge Fred Biery’s June 1 order (http://texaslegislativeupdate NULL.files NULL.wordpress NULL.com/2011/06/mvisd-first-tro NULL.pdf) even threatened “incarceration” for school district officials that
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Roy Moore & Foundation Defend Utah Highway Crosses in Supreme Court Brief
Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and the Foundation for Moral Law (http://www NULL.morallaw NULL.org/), a national religious liberties organization, filed an amicus curiae (http://www NULL.morallaw NULL.org/PDF/UtahHighwayPatrolAssoc_v_AmerAtheists-FMLamicus NULL.pdf) brief (http://www NULL.morallaw NULL.org//PDF/UtahHighwayPatrolAssoc_v_AmerAtheists-FMLamicus NULL.pdf) today urging the United States Supreme Court to hear a case in which atheists challenged the placing of
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