Blog Posts in December, 2012
Posted on Dec 30, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The right to hold government accountable and to obtain unclassified information to keep it in check is fundamental to a healthy democracy. If Watergate taught us anything, it was that elected ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A new law set to take effect the first day of the new year -- the Workplace Religious Freedom Act -- makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of religious ...
Continue reading "New Law: Diverstiy In, Assimilation Out" »
Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Gary Trudeau decided to use his Doonesbury comic strip to mock Christians over the Christmas holiday by summarizing the leftist and atheist position against the display of Nativity scenes on public ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A 32-year-old Iranian who is a U.S. citizen and a Christian convert has been imprisoned without notice of any formal charges while visiting his family in Iran, according to his wife and attorneys in ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
On Sunday, December 9, 2012, the Santa Monica Nativity Scene Committee launched its 60th year of displaying its scenes in Santa Monica. Unfortunately, they are being displayed on private property for ...
Continue reading "Merry CHRISTmas in Clover Park, Santa Monica" »
Posted on Dec 8, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and a columnist for The Washington Times quotes me today in his opinion piece appearing in that newspaper. You can read it here.
Continue reading "Free Speech vs. Sound of Silence" »
Posted on Dec 8, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Two days ago, the Drudge Report headline linked to a Los Angeles Daily News story relating that the property management company for a senior living home in Newhall, California, north of Los Angeles, ...
Continue reading "Newhall Seniors Allowed to Put up Christmas Tree" »
Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
One day after publishing my views on the Santa Monica Nativity scene controversy in The Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times again rejected a separate op-ed piece I had offered it for publication. ...
Continue reading "LA Times Turns Down Op-Ed: Too Hard To Follow!" »
Posted on Dec 5, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
My op-ed piece appears in today's print edition of the Washington Times newspaper: In Santa Monica, Calif., city leaders earlier this year pulled the plug on a 59-year-old community celebration of ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The LA Times did yet another story today on the Nativity decision, reporting that my client found an alternative location on private property. Here an excerpt: William J. Becker Jr., an attorney for ...
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