Politics

Vermont House Rejects Assisted Suicide

by Gudrun Schultz March 23, 2007

The Vermont House of Representatives voted against a proposal yesterday that would have made the state the second in the country to permit physician-assisted suicide, following Oregon.
House members voted 82-63 against the measure euphemistically entitled "Patient Choice and Control…

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Religious Liberty Marks Connecticut Debate

by Catholic League March 21, 2007

The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill by Representative Deborah Heinrich that would force Catholic hospitals to violate the teachings of the Catholic Church by providing emergency contraception to all rape victims, independent of whether ovulation has begun.
The following…

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Brazilian Priests Could Face Jail for Saying Homosexuality Is a Sin

by Meg Jalsevac March 20, 2007

Brazil's Senate is currently engaged in a debate over proposed legislation that would criminalize anything deemed a condemnation of homosexuality. The new legislation, labeled the "homophobia law" would demand jail time for violations of the law and would not provide…

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Democrats Slip Benefits for Planned Parenthood into Iraq War Funding Bill

by John-Henry Westen March 19, 2007

Apparently the Democrats consider an emergency war funding bill to be an appropriate place to include funding for so-called "emergency contraception" for Planned Parenthood. On Thursday, the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives was scheduled to take up a…

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Colorado Gov. Signs Bill Mandating Catholic Hospitals Provide Abortion Drug

by Gudrun Schultz March 17, 2007

Colorado Catholic hospitals must offer abortifacient drugs to victims of rape under a controversial new law signed by Governor Bill Ritter Thursday, the Denver Post reported earlier today.
Although Senate Bill 60 contains an exception allowing physicians or medical practitioners…

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British Government Threatens Tax Status of Religious Charities

by Hilary White March 16, 2007

This week the British Charity Commission issued a draft consultation document that indicates that under a recently passed law, churches will be obliged to prove their works are of "public benefit."
Until recently, societies founded in Christian philosophies understood religious…

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Protection of Religious Freedom by Attorney General

by Gudrun Schultz March 14, 2007

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales launched a new initiative February 20 to better protect freedom of religion in the country, in a project known as The First Freedom Project — religious freedom is listed first in the Bill of Rights…

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Appeals Court Allows Censorship of Terms Such as ‘Marriage’ and ‘Family Values’

by LifeSite News March 9, 2007

Earlier this week, the notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the matter of Good News Employees Association v. Hicks that municipal employers can completely censor the terms "natural family," "marriage" and "family values" as hate speech.
The court…

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Court in India Rules Unborn Child Is “Living Person”

by Gudrun Schultz March 8, 2007

An Indian state consumer court has delivered an unprecedented ruling in favor of a woman seeking an insurance claim on the death of an unborn child — the court determined that the unborn baby was a living human being entitled…

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NIH Guilty of Discriminating against Catholic Priest

by LifeSite News March 2, 2007

A Catholic chaplain who has been responsible for ministering to patients at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center has been reinstated after proving that he had been fired for his Catholic beliefs, his attorneys announced on Thursday. In a…

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