humanPA free speech case reinstated
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: WorldNetDaily
A Christian evangelist's lawsuit against Philadelphia over police actions to restrict his free speech and religious expression has been reinstated by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which expressed in its opinion yesterday a grave concern about an "imbalance" in the jury instructions provided by the judge. [Ed.: if gays have free speech, then so should evangelists. Indeed, everyone should be able to speak freely.] (04/03/08)
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: WorldNetDaily
A Christian evangelist's lawsuit against Philadelphia over police actions to restrict his free speech and religious expression has been reinstated by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which expressed in its opinion yesterday a grave concern about an "imbalance" in the jury instructions provided by the judge. [Ed.: if gays have free speech, then so should evangelists. Indeed, everyone should be able to speak freely.] (04/03/08)
UK, 1st human animal embryos bring opposition
Topic: Abortion
Source: Bloomberg
The creation of the U.K.'s first part-human, part-animal embryos may increase pressure on Parliament for tougher regulations on stem cell research. Lyle Armstrong and colleagues at Newcastle University made embryos using human cells and a cow egg, the college said yesterday in a statement on its Web site. Debate in the U.K. over the so-called hybrid embryos increased after Catholic leaders, in Easter sermons, attacked the technique used for making stem cells. (04/02/08)
Pakistan, couple stoned for adultery
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: FOX News
A couple found guilty of adultery by an Islamic "qazi" court was stoned to death by Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest border region, according to a report in Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper. The execution, which reportedly took place Monday, is the first by stoning reported in the region, which borders Afghanistan. "Qazi" courts, which are allowed to administer Islamic law outside the Pakistani judicial system, traditionally have ordered execution by firing squad in cases of adultery. (04/02/08)
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: FOX News
A couple found guilty of adultery by an Islamic "qazi" court was stoned to death by Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest border region, according to a report in Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper. The execution, which reportedly took place Monday, is the first by stoning reported in the region, which borders Afghanistan. "Qazi" courts, which are allowed to administer Islamic law outside the Pakistani judicial system, traditionally have ordered execution by firing squad in cases of adultery. (04/02/08)
FL abstinence bill moves forward
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Family News in Focus
A bill proposed by Senator Ted Deutch is clouding abstinence progress in the sunshine state claiming teens need more information about safe sex. But Kathleen Sullivan, Chairman of Project Reality, says in a majority of Florida’s middle and high schools, students are already getting the complete message. “It’s teaching character, self-esteem, respect for others. And it’s so fascinating people who criticize abstinence education most of them have never even opened our program book.” Sullivan blames abortion groups for misleading teens and lawmakers. [Ed.: placed in commentary due to the bias expressed.] (04/04/08)
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Family News in Focus
A bill proposed by Senator Ted Deutch is clouding abstinence progress in the sunshine state claiming teens need more information about safe sex. But Kathleen Sullivan, Chairman of Project Reality, says in a majority of Florida’s middle and high schools, students are already getting the complete message. “It’s teaching character, self-esteem, respect for others. And it’s so fascinating people who criticize abstinence education most of them have never even opened our program book.” Sullivan blames abortion groups for misleading teens and lawmakers. [Ed.: placed in commentary due to the bias expressed.] (04/04/08)
The threat to homeschooling
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Real Clear Politics
Author: John Stossel
A California appellate court, ruling that parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their children, pinned its decision on this ominous quotation from a 47-year-old case, "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train schoolchildren in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare." There you have it; a primary purpose of government schools is to train schoolchildren "in loyalty to the state." (04/04/08)
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Real Clear Politics
Author: John Stossel
A California appellate court, ruling that parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their children, pinned its decision on this ominous quotation from a 47-year-old case, "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train schoolchildren in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare." There you have it; a primary purpose of government schools is to train schoolchildren "in loyalty to the state." (04/04/08)
Challenging anti-gay stereotypes
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Does Stonewall still not realise that it has no right to try and speak for all gay and bisexual men and women? Its pointless poll (Homophobia rife in British society, landmark equality survey finds, April 1) merely suggests that gay people expect problems in social housing, with schools and with the police, and not that they actually have experienced them. (04/03/08)
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Does Stonewall still not realise that it has no right to try and speak for all gay and bisexual men and women? Its pointless poll (Homophobia rife in British society, landmark equality survey finds, April 1) merely suggests that gay people expect problems in social housing, with schools and with the police, and not that they actually have experienced them. (04/03/08)
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