Canadian churches take up cause of five Guantanamo detainees - Christian Science Monitor

“Anwar Hassan, in limbo after seven years of imprisonment at Guantánamo, has a glimmer of hope. A group of churches in Toronto has applied to the Canadian government to sponsor him as a refugee.

One of 17 Chinese Muslims who a military tribunal determined in 2004 were not enemy combatants, Mr. Hassan is still in the [...]

‘Tiller the killer’ abortion charges coming to head

Under pressure from pro-life groups, state moves toward ruling on charges
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Gospel Artist Tonex Retires from the Music Industry

According to his weblog, Tonex has retired from the gospel music industry as an artist. Tonex sites that he has endure hard mistreatment from the body of Christ and more shockingly, other industry insiders most of all.

Tonex is not abandoning the Christian faith or seeking to start a career in mainstream music. In a [...]

Tennessee high school newspaper seized

Sparking a First Amendment debate, a high school newpaper was seized by administrators only to be released when some revisions are made to objectionable content about birth control and tattoo.

How “free” is free speech?
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tags: cnn.com, cable news network, birth control, free press, free speech, newspaper, tattoo, oak [...]

Fifty babies a year are alive after abortion

The London based “Sunday Times” reveals that in the UK a large number of aborted babies survive.
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tags: cemach, times newspapers ltd, timesonline.co.uk, children, medicine, pro-choice, pro-life, abortion

AFA Law Center to Help Fayetteville Parents’ Fight School Library Porn

Parents in Fayetteville, Arkansas, take legal action against the school district and offensive books in the library.
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tags: afa, agapepress, agapepress.org, books, fayetteville, school, pornography

No Jail Time for Florida Teacher in Sex Case

A Florida reading teacher charged with having sex with a minor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior as part of a plea deal that does not include any jail time.
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tags: debra lafave, fox news, foxnews.com, greco middle school, crime, law, sex [...]

Guantanamo detainee sues to get Bible

Saifullah Parachaa, former Pakistani businessman and accused al-Qaida operative, takes legal actions to get a copy of the King James Version of the Bible.
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tags: guantanamo, islam, koran, lawsuit, sciencedaily, sciencedaily.com, prisoner, bible

Conservatives Outraged Over Ruling on Elementary School Sex Survey

Nov. 15 - A conservative legal group plans to fight a California appeals court ruling that says parents had no power to prevent an elementary school from conducting a sex survey of their children.
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tags: beliefnet, beliefnet.com, christian, education, elementary, faith, family, school, sex, survey

Alito Downplays 1985 Abortion Statement

Washington, Nov. 15 - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito distanced himself Tuesday from his 1985 comments that there was no constitutional right to abortion, telling a senator in private that he had been “an advocate seeking a job.”
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UK : Witches see an opportunity in new hate bill

By simply using this law, satanists and witches can complain about priests making their beliefs seem evil. Causing any hatred against any people of any religious faith carries a penalty of a seven-year jail sentence.
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Trial over pro-’gay’ book begins

Homosexual activists are expected to show up today at the trial of a Massachusetts man arrested while attempting to secure a promise from school officials to notify parents before teaching about homosexuality in his son’s kindergarten class.
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tags: david parker, estabrook elementary, worldnetdaily, worldnetdaily.com, book, education, free speech, [...]

Bush upgrade of Sudan’s status draws protest

A coalition of groups opposing slavery in Sudan are protesting President Bush’s decision to reward the radical Islamic regime in Khartoum for alleged measures to curb human trafficking.
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Teacher Fired For His Beliefs

Stephen Kobasa has taught English in parochial schools for 25 years, always with a deep religious conviction and without an American flag in his classroom.

It was never an issue until this school year began.
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tags: the hartford courant, american flag, christian, church and state, courant.com, education, faith, stephen [...]

Test case for Quran as hate speech

An evangelical Christian activist group is warning it will attempt to use the British government’s new racial and religious hatred law to prosecute for inciting religious hatred book stores selling the Quran.
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tags: britian, islam, quran, uk, worldnetdaily, worldnetdaily.com, crime, law, hate speech

Alabama Church Youth Swallow Live Goldfish

Florence, Ala. (AP) — The First Assembly of God Church has a Fear Factor ministry that had youths swallowing live goldfish — if they were up to it. The church’s youth minister says it teaches children about fear, but a grandparent questioned it and a pet shop owner called it animal cruelty.
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High Court Clashes Over Assisted Suicide

WASHINGTON (AP) - New Chief Justice John Roberts stepped forward Wednesday as an aggressive defender of federal authority to block doctor-assisted suicide, as the Supreme Court clashed over an Oregon law that lets doctors help terminally ill patients end their lives.
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Reports: Unborn babies found ‘for satanic rituals’

The bodies of three unborn children concealed in statues of Christian saints reportedly were found yesterday, with authorities believing they were intended for use in satanic rituals in the U.S.
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tags: worldnetdaily, worldnetdaily.com, abortion, crime, death, satanism, smuggling, fetus

An Islamic guide on how to beat your wife

MADRID – An imam who wrote a book on how to beat your wife without leaving marks on her body has been ordered by a judge in Spain to study the country’s constitution.
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tags: mohamed kamal mustafa, news world communications, spain, washtimes.com, women in islam, oppression, violence, [...]

Arkansas Clinic Offers Free Abortions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sep 28, 2005 — A doctor has offered to perform free abortions on hurricane evacuees, saying it may be too dangerous for them to wait until they return home.
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tags: abc.com, arkansas, associated press, hurricane katrina, jerry edwards, little rock, pro-choice, pro-life, abortion