A Congresswoman from Brooklyn, New York introduced a bill in the United States (US) House of Representatives that would greatly expand international funding for abortion, contraception, and sex education, and would effectively eliminate the long-standing Helms Amendment prohibiting the use of US foreign assistance funds for abortion.
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May 1st, 2010
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April 30th, 2010
Oklahoma has just passed into law two of the most extreme abortion measures in the U.S. ? and it's not alone.
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April 30th, 2010
A law firm that defends and promotes Christian heritage and moral values is encouraging members of Congress to defend the current statute that denies homosexuals eligibility to serve in the military.
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April 30th, 2010
Muslims in Malawi have been angered by government plans to ban polygamy.
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April 30th, 2010
A Muslim protester who daubed a war memorial with graffiti glorifying Osama Bin Laden and proclaiming 'Islam will dominate the world' walked free from court after prosecutors ruled his actions were not motivated by religion.
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April 30th, 2010
After recent successive issues that have reached the courts over Christian symbols such as the cross and an army emblem, some are asking, 'Are Christian symbols under attack?'
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April 30th, 2010
Next week's election promises a swathe of new faces in the House of Commons.
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April 30th, 2010
In a special article for the Church Times, the two Archbishops, Rowan Williams and John Sentamu, set out the questions that, they say, should guide political choices.
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April 30th, 2010
Christianity deserves no protection in law above other faiths and to do so would be 'irrational, divisive, capricious and arbitrary', a senior judge said yesterday.
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April 30th, 2010
A Cuban immigrant living in Spain stated this week that the Socialist government?s mandatory education course, 'Education for the Citizenry,' reminds him of the indoctrination students receive in Cuba under the Castro regime.