The 2012 ballot isn’t the only place where a raging debate on same-sex marriage is taking place in Minnesota. Three same-sex couples filed an appeal in July in their bid to overturn Minnesota’s Defense of Marriage Act, and groups on both sides of the issue have filed paperwork with the court offering strongly worded arguments on the issue of marriage equality.
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August 19th, 2011
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August 19th, 2011LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Alliance Defense Fund has sent letters to seven public school districts across the country that urge them to reject the American Civil Liberties Union’s demand that they deactivate various Web filters that block student access to websites with sexually explicit material just because some of the sites blocked belong to homosexual activist groups. ADF assured the districts that they are well within their legal rights to retain their filters. The letters provide the districts with a list of sites that display pornographic images and sexual advice that would be accessible to students if the districts give in to the ACLU’s demands.
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August 19th, 2011The BBC, Daily Telegraph and most newspapers report today on the case of a 46-year-old man with ‘locked in syndrome’ who is to ask the High Court for permission to allow doctors to help him end his own life. As the Telegraph reports:
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August 19th, 2011Tomorrow, 20 August, marks the second anniversary of the release from a Scottish prison of Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted for the Lockerbie bombing.
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August 19th, 2011"Our business is defending the believer." Thus spoke Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph back in June. It was a good soundbite, at least a memorable one, but it has now come back to haunt him.
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August 19th, 2011A HOTEL manager who aborted her baby after she was demoted to waitress has won nearly £30,000 compensation.
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August 18th, 2011The media focus on the anti-pope protests, but ignore World Youth Day, perhaps because its attendees aren't cool
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August 18th, 2011A Christian charity hopes to provide better opportunities for young people following the yobbish riots that have hit Britain’s streets.
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August 18th, 2011Whatever they are now doing, let us pray for the little girl featured in this video and her family. When her father refused to convert to Islam, his 2 year old girl was raped so badly that she has been maimed for life.
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August 18th, 2011TWO ROMAN CATHOLIC nurses have won the right not to work in an abortion clinic after the Thomas More Legal Centre (TMLC) took up their case. The nurses were represented by the barrister, Neil Addison, who specialises in issues relating to religious freedom and discrimination.