Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $19,829
24%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 24%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: robertcjones

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • 9th Circuit lifts 90-day ban at geothermal plant in Nevada

    02/08/2022 2:48:14 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 12 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | February 8, 2022 | By SCOTT SONNER
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court has lifted a temporary ban on construction of a Nevada geothermal power plant opposed by a tribe and conservationists who say the site is sacred and home to a rare toad being considered for endangered species protection. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Jones in Reno had granted the 90-day injunction last month sought by opponents of Ormat Technologies’ Dixie Meadows project at the high-desert site bordering wetlands fed by hot springs east of Fallon. A two-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a one-page ruling...
  • ‘No fundamental rights are burdened’ by Nevada amendment defending marriage, judge rules

    12/03/2012 8:15:21 PM PST · by ReformationFan · 22 replies
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 12-3-12 | Ben Johnson
    A Nevada judge has ruled that “no fundamental rights are burdened” by Nevada’s constitutional amendment restricting marriage to one man and one woman – a ruling that has led liberals and homosexual activists to ridicule his Mormon faith. Eight homosexual couples sought to overturn the marriage protection measure, which was passed by two-thirds of Nevada voters just 10 years ago. The plaintiffs, who could not marry in the state or have their “marriages” recognize by the state, claimed they bore “the stigma of exclusion and of being branded by the government as inferior.” District Judge Robert C. Jones responded with...