July 19, 2001 - Chief of Progressive gives $7 million to ACLU
Peter B. Lewis, top executive of Progressive Corp. in Mayfield, has donated $7 million to the American Civil Liberties Union - the largest gift ever by an individual, officials said yesterday. "This is the largest gift we have ever received in Ohio . . . by three or four times, from anyone, including foundations," said Chris Link, executive director of the Ohio ACLU. 
From the Plain Dealer

June 7, 2001 - ACLU decides not to challenge Ohio's motto in Supreme Court
Ohio's state motto will survive without a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ohio American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday.
From the Plain Dealer

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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November 29, 2000 - Dont Knock the electoral college
Senator Hillary Clinton's first legislative proposal since her election was to call for the abolition of the Electoral College. It's no surprise that she will use her new celebrity status to advance a series of bad ideas, but this is one of the worst.      MORE
From the Phylis Schaffly Report

November 20, 2000 - How Vote Counting Remains Politicized
By John JAMES And ROBERT S. GREENBERGER
"As long as I count the votes,” Boss Tweed once infamously said, “what are you going to do about it?” Vote counting has undergone substantial reforms since the corrupt days when Mr. Tweed’s Tammany Hall political machine controlled New York. But this month’s experience in Florida shows just how political the process of counting votes remains in this country.     MORE
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

November 20, 2000 - Florida's High Court Isn't Immune to Local Politics
By JOHN D. MCKINNON
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Early in Saturday night’s Florida-Florida State football game, John Thrasher, the Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, waded into the president’s box at Florida State’s Doak Campbell Stadium to clap State Supreme Court Justice Major Harding on the shoulder and have a chat.      MORE
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

November 14, 2000 - Call to Prayer
Has it been just a week? It feels like a month, perhaps a year since the election of November 7^th. Many of us did not sleep a wink on election night. Many, many more have been glued to the TV and radio since. We want a President. We want to know. We want to know NOW. And as a nation we are deeply, deeply divided, frustrated and beginning to lean toward anger, disgust, or cynicism. How has it come to this?       MORE
From David Zanotti, President of the Ohio Roundtable

November 10, 2000 - Ohio Roundtable Pledges Battle to Preserve
Right to Vote for Judicial Candidates
The Ohio Roundtable will adamantly and actively oppose any attempt to abolish the direct election of judges in Ohio. We will oppose such proposals in the General Assembly and will vigorously advocate their defeat on any upcoming ballot.       MORE
News Release from the Ohio Roundtable

November 10, 2000 - Moyer urges appointing of top court
Chief justice says political smears would be avoided.
By: T.C. Brown
COLUMBUS - The state’s top judges should be appointed, not elected, according to the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme court. Merit selection of appeals court judges and Supreme Court justices would end political attacks like the ad campaigns in just-concluded races for two high court seats, said Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer. Moyer told a gathering of lawyers and judges that "allegations intentionally meant to distort" threaten the independence of the judiciary.     MORE
From the Plain Dealer

September 13, 2000 - GOP showcases Democrats' attempt to revoke Boy Scouts federal charter
WASHINGTON - House Republicans, warning of an attack on fundamental American values,’ yesterday berated a small group of lawmakers proposing that the Boy Scouts’ federal charter be revoked because of the organization’s policy toward gays.     MORE
from the Plain Dealer

August 12, 2000 - Religious books covers endorsed by schools
Chicago public school officials are giving their blessing to religious groups that are distributing Ten Commandment book covers to students - as long as the groups stay off school property and give the material only to children who want it.     MORE
from the The News-Herald

August 11, 2000 - The Left Prays, but the Right Pays
Vice presidential candidate Richard B. Cheney ignited a fire storm of criticism with a shrill appeal to religious fanaticism, combined with a gratuitous attack on President Clinton’s marital failings. Speaking in glowing terms of his running mate the former defense secretary intoned:  “He has never, never wavered in his responsibilities as a father as a husband and, yes, as a servant of God Almighty! MORE
From the Wall Street Journal

August 11, 2000 - Americans importing contraband toilets
WINDSOR, Ontario - During Prohibition, Americans rowed across the Detroit River to this border city to buy whiskey. A generation later, young people drove across the river to buy marijuana. But today, the border contraband run is to score a different kind of Canadian pot, one that gives a different kind of thrill - the forbidden flush.     MORE
From the Plain Dealer

June 1, 2000 - Should God stay in Ohio's motto?
Area oficials are throwing their support behind a statewide fight to keep God in Ohio’s motto. “I think the motto should stay as it is,” State Rep. Dean DePiero, D-20, said. “It shouldn’t have to be changed." The 41-year-old motto -  “With God All Things are Possible” - was found in late April to be unconstitutional by a federal appeals court, which directed the U.S. District Court to order Ohio to remove the words from state buildings and stationery.
From The Sun Star

May 12, 2000 - Converting a Child
A 12-year-old Texas boy thought he'd have a good time when he went to Rock, a youth event at the local Baptist church in his town near Dallas. Now Zack's story has divided a Texas town as they address the question of whether religious evangelists should be allowed to target children.
-from ABCnews.com

April 2000 - A Statement from the Attorney General
COLUMBUS - A decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today prevents the state from using the words “With God All Things Art Possible” as the official state motto.
-from the Attorney General of the State of Ohio

April 2000 - Motto Ruling Draws Heat, Support
With God, all things are possible - except using Bible verses for state mottos, or prayer in schools or posting the Ten Commandments in public places.
-from The Cincinnati Post

April 2000 - Ruling Called 'No-Brainer,' Blasphemous' State Motto
Some church leaders are calling it blasphemy, the Libertarian Party says it’s right on and a religious scholar labels it a misinterpretation of the First Amendment.
-from The Columbus Dispatch

April 2000 - State Motto doesn't Promote Specific Religion
Ohio’s motto has become a victim of yet another twisted interpretation of the Constitution. 
Tuesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared that “With God All Things Are Possible“ is a government endorsement of religion, and, thus, unconstitutional.
-from the Columbus Dispatch

March 9, 2000 - Party Loyalty Oath Should Go, Official Says
COLUMBUS - Ohio's top elections official wants to repeal a law that requires crossover voters to sign a statement attesting they "support the principles" of the new political party in whose primary they are voting.
from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

September 14, 1999 - ACLJ Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Sexual Orientation Ordinance
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, today filed suit in U.S. District Court in Louisville challenging the City's ordinance that extends protected status in employment to the categories of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."

August 11, 1999 - Secret Scientific Data Violates the Public's Right to Know
Policy makers often rely on scientific research, much of which is funded by the federal government, in making important policy decisions. Faulty research can result in bad policy.
- from the NCPA

July 16, 1999 - Judge Strikes Down Fish Symbol Use
A federal judge has ruled that Republic, MA's use of a fish symbol on its municipal seal violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on establishment of an official religion.

July 7, 1999 - 12th Annual National Police Survey
These survey questions were posed in the last 60 days by mail of 16,000 Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs. It represents a cross section of professional officers involving every state with a 10% response. The survey was conducted for the 12th consecutive year by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

March 24, 1999 - The Government has Your (National ID) Number
For the last six years, the Clinton administration has been studying the best methods for collecting personal information on every American, centralizing the information in accessible databases, and issuing national identity cards, says Daniel W. Sutherland.
- from the NCPA

Response to Alert Regarding HB 277
Ohio already has an Ethnic Intimidation law in code. HB 277 introduced by extremist liberal Columbus Democrat, Otto Beatty (614) 466-5343 , seeks to amend and expand that law. The law currently includes race, color, religion or national origin. Beatty’s bill expands the law to include, gender, disability, sexual orientation and/or ancestry.
- from the Pro-Family Network

HB 277 "Hate Crimes Bill" Attacks Churches and Pro-Family Groups
Ohio already has an Ethnic Intimidation law in code. HB 277 introduced by extremist liberal Columbus Democrat, Otto Beatty (614) 466-5343 , seeks to amend and expand that law. The law currently includes race, color, religion or national origin. Beatty’s bill expands the law to include, gender, disability, sexual orientation and/or ancestry.
-from the Pro-Family Network

Federal Judge's Decision on Ohio State Motto
The entire transcript of the decision for case No. C2-97-863, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, et al., Plaintiffs, vs.Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, et al., Defendants.

September 2, 1998 - Judge OKs Biblical Passage at Statehouse
Rejecting an American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio lawsuit, a federal judge ruled yesterday that Ohio may continue using its official motto, "With God, all things are possible," and inscribe it on a Statehouse sidewalk.
- from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

August 11, 1998 - Ten Commandments Approved in Schools
South Carolina public schools may place the Ten Commandments on display, the state attorney general said yesterday.
- from the Cleveland Plain Dealer