Politics

Burmese Military Memo Calls for Destruction of Christians

by Gudrun Schultz January 27, 2007

Reports of accelerating persecution towards Burma's Christian minority by the military regime have been confirmed in a secret memo that appears to have been leaked from a government ministry, the UK Times reported.
Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion…

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Cardinal Calls for Exemption from British Homosexual Discrimination Law

by Hilary White January 26, 2007

The Chancellor of England, Lord Falconer, told the BBC this weekend that there would be no religious exemptions to the new Equality Act's "sexual orientation regulations" (SOR). In response, England's highest-ranking Catholic prelate has warned that the Church could no…

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Canadian Politician Fined for Saying Homosexuality “Not Normal”

by John-Henry Westen January 24, 2007

A Catholic city councilor in Kamloops, British Columbia, who was himself the victim of the crime of vandalism due to his faith, has been forced to apologize and pay a homosexual activist couple $1000. The couple filed a complaint with…

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Another Victory for the Mt. Soledad Cross

by Thomas More Law Center January 23, 2007

On Friday, January 12, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order requiring the City of San Diego to remove the Mt. Soledad Cross and vacated that order because the City…

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President Bush Proclaims National Sanctity of Human Life Day

by George W. Bush January 22, 2007

America was founded on the principle that we are all endowed by our Creator with the right to life and that every individual has dignity and worth. National Sanctity of Human Life Day helps foster a culture of life and…

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German Teachers’ Dress Must Conform to “Western Christian” Values

by Hilary White January 19, 2007

The Constitutional Court in the region of Bavaria upheld a state law January 15 banning the headscarf after the country's Islamic organization mounted a court challenge to the law. The court ruled that application of the law neither violated religious…

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NJ May Need to Protect Clergy’s Right to Refuse Same-Sex Union Ceremonies

by LifeSite News January 18, 2007

In what many are calling evidence of a disturbing new necessity, New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner announced last week that members of the clergy will not be forced to perform civil union ceremonies for same-sex couples. Rabner said the…

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Judge Allows Suit against Vatican

by Cassidy Bugos January 17, 2007

Three men who claim they were sexually abused by priests in their childhood can pursue damages from the Vatican, US District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled Thursday.
William McMurry, the plaintiffs' attorney, won a $25.7 million settlement with the…

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New Kansas Attorney General Immediately Fires Prosecutor of Abortionist Tiller

by Meg Jalsevac January 16, 2007

Paul Morrison, Kansas' new attorney as of this week, has quickly acted, as one of his first decisions in office, by firing Don McKinney, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate notorious Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller.
Morrison announced his intention…

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Sen. Brownback Comments on House Stem Cell Vote

by January 13, 2007

US Senator Sam Brownback commented on the House vote to force taxpayers to fund research that destroys human embryos.
"The House of Representatives fell well short of the votes they would need to override a presidential veto of legislation to…

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