Today's Cultural Warfare Update

The latest released draft of the Iraqi constitution declares Iraq an Islamic state and continues to place Iraqi women under Islamic law - Omar at IraqTheModel provides a partial translation;

Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vetoes emergency contraception bill - some suspect he is building up his social conservatism cred in anticipation of a 2008 presidential run;

Boy scouts to be allowed to use military facilities again, despite religious requirements for membership;

Food Network reverses decision on Boy Scout promotion - claims the whole thing was a misunderstanding, but that doesn't sound true to me, to be honest; had originally decided not to be involved over Scout discrimination policies on gay scouts (ACTION ITEM);

Focus on the Family continues the hard-core promotion of Judge John Roberts - there's an action item out today (not this), there's entire daily shows dedicated to how he's the best judicial nominee ever - do they know something we don't, or is he just good enough, and are they just trying to make their constituency feel rewarded?;

FotF snipes at Democrats for wanting to see "every document" involving Roberts;

FotF quotes Atty. General Gonzales saying the Supreme Court is not bound by precedent - Roberts's appeals court confirmation statement about Roe v. Wade being settled law do not necessarily apply to the Supreme Court position, which is, of course, correct - my personal suspicion is that he will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade within a few years of confirmation;

Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts opposes providing birth certificate forms that gender-neutral for parents, meaning children born of same-sex parents have to cross-out-and-write-in; this pleases Focus on the Family;

Concerned Women for America claims there's a huge campaign to imply that John Roberts is gay - I haven't seen a lot of this except for the photo of him in plaid slacks being passed around because, well, it _is_ funny - claims it's intended to make conservatives "hate him" and goes "He's NOT GAY! NOT NOT NOT NOT!!!1!" etc;

CWFA continues to demand RU-486 be pulled from the market;

CWFA looks towards enacting Federal legislation to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions they find morally objectionable;

CWA of Washington State is forming "prayer action chapters," presumably ramping up the organisation in anticipation of an anti-marriage amendment next year;

Sen. Richard Durbin asks Judge John Roberts, "what he would do if the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral"; FRC condemns this as a "religious litmus test," condemns Senator Durbin; personally, I think that if the nominee in question were Islamic, you'd get a very different reaction and I think it's a pretty fucking valid question, myself;

Family Research Council's version of the call-in action item on John Roberts - I think they're trying to prevent anyone from digging too deeply, which is a very interesting strategy and bad sign (ACTION ITEM);

Traditional Values Coalition demands Patrick Leahy not consider abortion rights(!) when considering John Roberts, denouncing those concerns as a "litmus test";

WorldNetDaily condemns "gay" billboards promoting gay.com website in Massachusetts;

Cybercase News Service also condemns Senator Durbin's question, also using the phrase "religious litmus test";

Thomas Sowell condemns Democratic attempts to get Roberts documents, mocks the idea of privacy rights, notes the Supreme Court is not bound by precedent;

Focus on the Family's action item to support John Roberts (ACTION ITEM).

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Addendum, Cultural Warfare Update

I forgot this one in today's Cultural Warfare Update - Paul Cameron and his "Family Research Institute" has a new "study" out. This one claims that queers are drunkards and bad drivers. No, really.

Also, I have no validated source for this yet, but a post on LJ Seattle reports on what appears to be rather severe judicial abuse of a transwoman in Spokane. According to the post, there will be a radio interview about it this afternoon at 4pm PDT.

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