A bill put before the House to outlaw abortion based upon gender (generally targeted at females) has been defeated.
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May 31st, 2012
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May 31st, 2012
BOSTON (BP) -- A federal appeals court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in a unanimous ruling Thursday (May 31), becoming the first appeals court ever to rule against the federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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May 31st, 2012
WASHINGTON (BP) -- Authorities in China's southwestern province of Sichuan are pressuring a large Christian church to halt its activities, according to the pastor.
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May 30th, 2012
Prisoners are under pressure to convert to an Islamic “gang” at a high-security jail, with non-Muslims in fear of violence just for cooking bacon, according to an official report.
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May 30th, 2012
A generation of local bureaucrats has attempted to sideline religion from public life out of simple ignorance of British history, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams warned.
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May 30th, 2012
I would never have expected to find an ally in gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, and I guess he is just as surprised given what he told a national newspaper last week: “It is commendable that David Davis and the Christian Institute are prepared to work with a gay left-wing Green atheist and secularist like me.”
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May 30th, 2012
A delegation of Cuban church leaders has called on the US government to add Cuba to its Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list as one of the world's worst violators of religious freedom.
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May 30th, 2012
LONDON, May 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A British Christian mental health worker who was fired for “gross professional misconduct” after discussing with colleagues the mental health problems faced by women who have had abortions, launched a human rights lawsuit against her former employer at England’s High Court on May 28.
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May 30th, 2012
England is bustling with plans for boating, bunting, parades and parties, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. Yet amidst the cake, pomp and circumstance, the Queen has made requests that may surprise and encourage her Christian constituents at home and abroad.
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May 30th, 2012
May 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lady Gaga has announced that she is canceling her planned concert for early June in Jakarta, Indonesia, due to security concerns raised by widespread protests against her sexualized performances and disrespectful use of religious imagery.