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Big money bad in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Posted on February 10, 2009
Wisconsin State Journal: “It’s official. The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has raised more than $1 million and counting for her election campaign this spring . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Italian officials vow to clarify right-to-die law

Posted on February 10, 2009
AP: “Italian politicians vowed Tuesday to quickly pass legislation clarifying the right to die following the death of a woman in a vegetative state whose case had gripped the country . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Oklahoma, New Mexico Consider Academic-Freedom Legislation

Posted on February 10, 2009
Citizen Link: “Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow students and instructors to examine views critical of Darwinism . . . Last year, Louisiana passed an academic-freedom bill. New Mexico has similar legislation pending . . ...

Thomas Sowell: De-Programming Students

Posted on February 10, 2009
Thomas Sowell writes at Townhall: . . . Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, that students are being indoctrinated with the correct conclusions on current issues, that would still be irrelevant educationally. Hearing only one side does nothing to equip students with the experience to know how to sort out opposing sides of [...

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Colorado: ?Salesman pushing gay marriage ballot measure?

Posted on February 10, 2009
Rocky Mountain News: “Stu Allen, of Lakewood, and his high school friend, Hallie Atencio, of Denver, are the proponents of a ballot measure that would change the state constitution to recognize marriage as a union between two consenting adults ...

Illinois: ?Harris Introduces Same-Sex Marriage Bill?

Posted on February 10, 2009
Progress Illinois: “. . . state Rep. Greg Harris is pushing back?this time a little harder. The Chicago Democrat introduced the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act last week, which seeks to ‘to provide eligible same-sex and opposite-sex couples with the same treatment as those in a civil marriage...

For the first time, Christians in Qatar worship in church

Posted on February 10, 2009
The Christian Science: “. . . The move gave Qatar its first church since Islam took root here in the 7th century. It also brought Qatar into line with most of its Gulf neighbors, which have all had at least one church for decades. The one exception is Saudi Arabia, whose inflexible strain of Islam [...

China faces unprecedented UN human rights scrutiny

Posted on February 10, 2009
Christian Science Monitor: China will face unprecedented scrutiny of its human rights record Monday in a key test of Beijing’s readiness to answer international criticism over its treatment of political opponents. Beijing has sent a large, high-level delegation to Geneva to defend China’s human rights performance in the face of questioning from members of the United Nations [...

Judges tell state to free thousands of inmates

Posted on February 10, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: “California needs to release tens of thousands of California inmates over the next two to three years to relieve overcrowding that has ravaged prison medical and mental health care, a panel of federal judges said Monday ...

Rushing to Justice: A Confirmation is about Information

Posted on February 10, 2009
The Wall Street Journal: . . . While Mr. Obama has staked moderate positions on many issues, appointing sub-cabinet officials with more radical views amounts to a kind of back-door activism, out of view of the voters. Shortened timelines for confirmation leaves the Senate with little time to consider the thousands of pages of documents that [...

Exotic dancer set on fire outside LA bar

Posted on February 06, 2009
AP: “An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the club where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

UK: Outrage as police station ditches Union Jack for rainbow flag

Posted on February 06, 2009
Daily Mail: Union Flag at a police station was replaced by a gay rights flag in a move that has triggered a fresh row over political correctness. The rainbow flag was hoisted outside Limehouse police station in East London to mark Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender history month in February ...

UK: Muslim population ?rising 10 times faster than rest of society?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Times Online: The Muslim population in Britain has grown by more than 500,000 to 2.4 million in just four years, according to official research collated for The Times. The population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society, the research by the Office for National Statistics reveals...

UNFPA Rep. says family breakdown is a triumph of human rights

Posted on February 06, 2009
In his remarks, Mr. Hoekman declared that family breakdown is a triumph for human rights ? that divorce and out-of-wedlock births indicate the decline of patriarchy, a goal to be lauded.

UK: ?Female empowerment has caused family break-up, Church-backed report warns?

Posted on February 06, 2009
The Telegraph: “Female empowerment has contributed to the break-up of the traditional family, leaving a generation of children emotionally damaged, according to a controversial report on the state of British childhood.” Visit Site » Share This

Michigan: Prostitute caught with Sen. Stabenow?s husband sentenced to jail

Posted on February 06, 2009
Detroit Free Press: In tears, the Westland woman accused of accepting money for sex from the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., began serving five days in jail Thursday for violating the terms of her probation. Alycia Martin, 21, was sentenced in August to 6 months of probation on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after she was [...

Anglicans seek extended moratorium on bishops who engage in homosexual behavior

Posted on February 06, 2009
AP: Anglican leaders urged their churches Thursday to maintain a 5-year-old moratorium on consecrating another openly gay bishop and developing prayers for same-sex unions, as they try to restore unity in their fractured fellowship. An Anglican advisory panel also raised deep concerns about a North American province sought by theological conservatives to rival the Episcopal Church ...

?Civil union legislation moves forward in Hawaii state House?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Honolulu Advertiser: “The state House Judiciary Committee last night approved a bill allowing same-sex partners to enter into civil unions, sending the bill to the full House in what some activists see as a historic step toward equality.” Visit Site » Share This

?Gay lawmaker says she was left off family committee in Missouri?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Kansas City Star: “A state representative is concerned that her sexual orientation may have led to the rejection of her appointment to a House committee on children and families . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Utah: Marriage slippery slope questioned

Posted on February 06, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune: . . . But even Lynn Wardle, a more conservative family law professor at Brigham Young University’s law school, sees flaws in arguing against extending any legal protections to same-sex couples. Wardle supports Amendment 3 — he provided legal advice during its crafting...

President Barack Obama Guarantees Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Posted on February 06, 2009
LifeNews: “During a meeting with leading Congressional Democrats on Thursday, President Barack Obama guaranteed he will sign an executive order forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Octuplets? mom says she had 6 embryos implanted

Posted on February 06, 2009
AP: The mother of newborn octuplets says she had six embryos implanted in her fertility procedure - far more than industry guidelines recommend under ordinary circumstances - and was well aware that multiple births could result. Experts say there is a small chance that embryos can divide, which apparently led to the octuplets ...

Fla. abortionist loses license in born alive case

Posted on February 06, 2009
AP: “The Board of Medicine has revoked the license of a Florida doctor accused of medical malpractice in a botched abortion case in which a live baby was delivered, but ended up dead in a cardboard box . . . ” Life News: Medical Board Revokes License of Abortion Practitioner in Florida Born Alive Case Share This

Chicago: $1 million in scholarships aim to help needy Catholic school students

Posted on February 06, 2009
Chicago Tribune: Responding to jobless and cash-strapped parents, the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Big Shoulders Fund on Friday announced a $1 million emergency scholarship fund for Catholic school students . . . Cardinal Francis George said the establishment of the emergency fund is needed in these tough times to help parents keep their children in Catholic [...

CBO: Obama stimulus harmful over long haul

Posted on February 06, 2009
Washington Times: “President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

?2 Kids + 0 Husbands = Family? or ?Secondhand Children?

Posted on February 06, 2009
. . . IN 1960, UNMARRIED MOTHERS accounted for about 5 percent of births in the United States. Now they are having almost 40 percent of the country?s babies . . . Increasingly, instead of giving their children a father, they give them a sibling . . .

Till Children Do Us Part

Posted on February 06, 2009
Stephanie Coontz writes at the NY Times: HALF a century ago, the conventional wisdom was that having a child was the surest way to build a happy marriage . . . Over the past two decades, however, many researchers have concluded that three?s a crowd when it comes to marital satisfaction ...

No Waiting: Younger Women Are Saying Yes to Motherhood

Posted on February 06, 2009
The Wall Street Journal: For nearly 40 years, women have been delaying childbirth longer and longer, partly to launch careers. Now, this trend may be ending. For the first time since government records have been kept, the average age at which women have their first babies posted a decline — according to newly released data from [...

Bad Economy Makes Troubled Couples Avoid Divorce

Posted on February 06, 2009
Douglas S. Malan writes in the Connecticut Law Tribune: In years past, divorce lawyers could almost always count on increased business after ringing in the New Year. After all, the weeks following the holiday rush were the perfect time for couples on the rocks to finally split up while avoiding the impact of a Christmastime divorce [...

North Dakota Representative Introduces ?Personhood? Legislation

Posted on February 06, 2009
CNSNews: ”In what pro-life activists hope will become a tool to fight the pro-abortion agenda of Democratic President Barack Obama, State Rep. Dan Ruby introduced ?The Personhood of Children Act? into the North Dakota Legislature earlier this month ...

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