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The case was brought by a group of nonprofit organizations that objected to purchasing healthcare plans that cover contraceptives in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. While Geneva College was exempt from providing such. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. However, in Burwell the Supreme Court held that Hobby Lobby, a closely held corporation with a religious identity, had to choose between complying with the ACA in violation of its religious beliefs, or refuse to��.
Fallbrook to appeal Allyn case - San Diego
The jury also said Allyn, a 19-year veteran of the school district, was wrongfully terminated in May 2012 as payback for initially refusing to delete the emails and objecting to the districts plan to drastically shrink its archive of old messages.. dismantle the districts email archive ��� permanently destroying any deleted emails that were more than three months old ��� even after she raised concerns that doing so would be counter to district policy and state and federal laws.
Hot new products for homefront
Once upon a time, there was an International Builders Show and a Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. Then the Great Recession struck and they both withered from lack of attendance and exhibitor defection. Someone had the brilliant idea of combining the two .
Photos spark Peculiar novels
A passion for vintage photographs led Ransom Riggs to write ���Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children,��� a quirky, haunting young adult fantasy novel that spent more than 80 weeks on The New York Times best seller list after it was published in 2011.
Closer look: Seattle Seahawks
Since 1981 it has happened just four times, with the most recent being the Patriots in 2004-05. So when Seattle started this season 3-3 the verdict was in ��� they wouldnt overcome the Super Bowl hangover. Just one problem ��� the Seahawks didnt listen.
Indiana religious law raises concerns ��� The Detroit News.
Pence has signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could ��� Indiana officials look to stem religious objections falloutU-T San Diego
Prep scoreboard March 20 results | UTSanDiego.com
San Diego Section high school scores and schedules Page 1 of 2.. By U-T San Diego11:02 p.m.March 20, 2015. ���. Print. ����. Comments 0. Alexa Carter scored three. (2) Westlake Village Oaks Christian (27-6), 2 p.m.. Boys Division IV: North��.
Robert Kennedy Jr. speaks out against vaccine requirements
Kennedy, the nephew of President John Kennedy and son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, joined groups that oppose school-attendance vaccination requirements for a news conference in the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.. Under current.
The latest developments on religious-objection laws
Demonstrators wave flags as they attend a rally at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in protest of a bill passed by the state House critics say will lead to discrimination against gays and lesbians. (AP Photo.
Indiana law: Religious freedom or gay discrimination? - San.
. burden peoples ability to follow their religious beliefs. The measure became the subject of national criticism by those who say it would allow business owners claiming a religious objection the right to refuse service to gays.
Fitzgerald, the troubled years
In ���West of Sunset,��� his 15th novel, Stewart ONan brings to life F. Scott Fitzgerald in his final troubled years, the ���Great Gatsby��� glow long gone while he struggles to make a living writing screenplays in Hollywood. This is the period, 1937-40, when.
Anti-Vaxxers Immune To Debate, Shaming - San Diego Free.
California Legislators Move to End Personal Exemption By Doug Porter The most recent outbreak of measles appears to be abating, and thats good news. Sadly, the ���debate��� over the ���rights��� of parents who chose to opt out of��.
Gay-bashing initiative sparks backlash - San Diego
. utility rates hit our economy? U-T TV �� News �� Sports �� Business �� Entertainment.. My favorite response came from Charlotte Laws of Woodland Hills, who today filed an initiative called the Intolerant Jackass Act, which would fine and subject to sensitivity training anyone who brings forth a ballot measure that suggests the killing of gays and/or lesbians. Im not generally a fan of mandatory. Greenhut is the California columnist for U-T San Diego. Contact him at��.
New book eyes drone impact
Marjorie Cohn has been a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego since 1991, specializing in international human rights law. Shes a former president of the National Lawyers Guild and testified before Congress about torture. She.
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The latest developments on religious-objection laws - U-T San Diego - U-T San Diego *The latest developments on religious-objection laws* *U-T San Diego* Demonstrators wave flags as they attend a rally at the Arkansas��.
Varekai tells story of Icarus through acrobatics
���I love this idea of what I call the living performing art,��� Lemire said. ���Its a breathing organism; its always evolving.��� As with the mythology that ���Varekai��� portrays ��� its about Icarus, who dared to fly too close to the sun ��� Cirque du Soleil.
An American reporter in prison in Tehran | UTSanDiego.com
The sad irony is that Irans treatment of Rezaian reinforces the caricature and cements Irans status as a rogue state that mocks human rights and ignores its own laws. As U.S. officials sat down in Geneva last weekend for��.
Indiana governor supports clarifying religious objection law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he would support legislation to clarify the intent of a new state law that has attracted widespread criticism over concerns it could allow discrimination against gay people. In an interview Saturday.
Oscar picks: Boyhood vs. Birdman
In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Michael Keaton portrays Riggan in a scene from Birdman. The film has nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actor. The 87th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb.
Mormon Church fighting for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and.
According to UT-San Diego, Religious groups and organizations would be exempt from the law; the Utah Boy Scouts of America, which bans gay adult Scout leaders and is closely aligned with the Mormon Church, would be exempt. Sen. Steve Urquhart, who co-sponsored the bill, said the Utah Boy Scouts did not request the exemption, adding that the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing the Boy Scouts right to exclude gay members prompted the��.
Padres payroll to be higher in 2015
Kansas City Royals pitcher James Shields throws during the first inning of Game 1 of baseballs World Series against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jamie Squire, Pool) The Associated Press .
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Local San Diego News Events and Happening - Updated Breaking News - Local Interest to San Diego throughout San Diego County as well as Real Estate News.. AM 760 KFMBLocal leaders respond to Indianas Religious Freedom BillAM 760 KFMBCorbin is the chair of San Diegos Citizens Equal Opportunity Commission and adds that while 19 other states have religious freedom laws, Indianas is being criticized because of its timing and the way its written.
Locals uncork arsenic in wine lawsuit | UTSanDiego.com
You might want to think twice before you reach for that bottle of cheap wine. Dozens of low-priced California wines contain dangerously high levels of arsenic, according to a lawsuit filed by four plaintiffs, including three from��.
Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law
photo In this photo is the front page of The Indianapolis Star on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The newspaper is urging Indiana lawmakers in a front-page editorial to respond to widespread criticism of a new religious objections law by protecting the rights.
Cook calls religious objection laws dangerous
FILE - In this June 2, 2014, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference event in San Francisco. Cook says that so-called religious objection legislation being introduced in a number states like Indiana and.
Two enter U.S. illegally on watercraft
CORONADO ��� A man and a woman were arrested at a Coronado beach after entering the United States illegally on Jet Ski-type watercraft Thursday morning, federal officials said. U.S. Coast Guard officers saw the watercraft enter into the U.S. from Mexico .
Mormon Church Backs LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill ��� #0967
According to UT-San Diego, Religious groups and organizations would be exempt from the law; the Utah Boy Scouts of America, which bans gay adult Scout leaders and is closely aligned with the Mormon Church, would.. In recent weeks the word came out on two networks, Fox News and NBC, that Private Bowe Bergdahl would be charged with desertion and appear before Read More ��. Documentary Outguns the Opposition in the Global-warming War ��� #1239.
Ex-biotech exec guilty of attempted murder | UTSanDiego.com
News �� Sports �� Business �� Entertainment. San Diego ��� A former biotech executive who prosecutors said was angry and seeking revenge when he opened fire at two La Jolla homes in 2013, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of premeditated attempted murder. Hans A. Petersen, 50, of University City was charged with trying to kill three people during the shootings on Sept. 18, 2013, including his brother-in-law, his former business partner and that mans wife.
SD Revenge porn case a landmark
���They felt sacred and beautiful because they were done in love, for a man I was deeply in love with,��� the woman, who lives outside California, wrote in an email to U-T San Diego. (Her name is not being revealed in this story to protect her privacy.
A Persian gulf - San Diego
If you let them, they would implement the strictest rules in sharia law.���. United by their opposition to Tehrans Islamists, the duo are divided by almost everything else ��� which seems largely true of San Diego Countys Iranian-American and Israeli-American communities.. ���Iranians dont really care about American imperialism or Iranian hegemony, all the things we see in the news,��� said Babak Rahimi, a UC San Diego literature professor who was born in Tehran.
Steelworkers to expand strike to 2 BP refineries in Midwest
DALLAS (AP) ��� The first nationwide strike at U.S. oil refineries since 1980 is spreading to two BP plants in the Midwest. The United Steelworkers union has notified BP Plc. that workers at refineries in Ohio and Indiana will strike late Saturday night.
Kevin Matthews charged in sex abuse of boy, 3, on flight
Kevin Matthews, of Illinois, is accused of sexually abusing a 3-year-old boy while he was sleeping on a flight from Chicago to San Diego.. Federal prosecutors in Utah have charged a man accused of sexually abusing a 3-year-old boy on a plane. Investigators say in court documents filed Tuesday that. The Deseret News reports Matthews is 48 and from Illinois. Defense attorney Susanne. PHOTOS: Thousands protest Indiana religious objections law. More Photos.