“Citing risk to adoptions, Missouri gov. vetoes anti-Shariah bill”
Read a June 4, 2013, Religion News Service story about Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of an anti-Shariah measure.
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“Foreign Law Bans: Legal Uncertainties and Practical Problems”
The Center for American Progress released a report May 16, 2013, on the status of foreign-law bans throughout the United States.
David Yerushalmi
David Yerushalmi is co-founder and senior counsel at the American Freedom Law Center, a Michigan-based public-interest law firm whose motto is “fighting for faith and freedom.” He is a leading voice in the anti-Shariah movement.
Abed Awad
Abed Awad is a New Jersey lawyer specializing in Shariah-related cases. He calls the anti-Shariah movement un-American and unconstitutional.
“Young Muslim American Voices: Sharia: What It Is and What It Isn’t”
Read an Aug. 1, 2011, Center for American Progress interview about Shariah with Asifa Quraishi and the Rev. Welton Gaddy.
“NC Muslims hope Gov. Pat McCrory vetoes anti-Shariah bill”
Read a July 26, 2013, Religion News Service story about North Carolina Muslims’ hopes for a gubernatorial veto of anti-Shariah legislation there.
“Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension”
Survey results released Aug. 6, 2013, by the Pew Research Center indicate that most Americans would not choose to dramatically increase their life spans even if scientific breakthroughs made that possible. A slim majority, in fact, said radical life extension would be bad for society. Pew also released two companion reports, “To Count Our Days: […]
“Policies of 47 Christian faith groups towards homosexuality”
See a list of the policies of different Christian denominations on homosexuality at ReligiousTolerance.org, which also maintains a list called “Homosexuality and religion: Policies of non-Judeo-Christian religions.”