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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NEW YORK — A divided state appeals court ruled Thursday that a man cannot sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice (search) in the death of his longtime partner, saying it could not provide tacit approval of same-sex marriages.
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A practicing witch who sought to have her prayers heard at government meetings in a Richmond, Va., suburb had no magic before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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(CNSNews.com) – British Christians on Sunday kicked off three days of eleventh-hour protest, hoping to defeat a government attempt to outlaw religious hatred.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a widely expected move vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have allowed gay couples to marry.
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A judge in Sherman, Texas, prohibited a 17-year-old girl from having sex as part of her probation.
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WASHINGTON – With support across party lines, chief justice nominee John Roberts was confirmed Thursday as President Bush’s selection to replace the late William H. Rehnquist.
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U.S. Army officials are looking into allegations that soldiers have been trading gruesome digital pictures of war victims in Iraq and Afghanistan for access to an amateur pornography Web site, but officials said yesterday that there is insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges.
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BOSTON (AP) – The state Legislature voted Thursday to override Gov. Mitt Romney’s veto of a measure that will expand access to emergency contraception.
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(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a “hate crimes” measure on Wednesday, something that would expand federal protection to people victimized because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability.
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The Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions, a year after the state performed the nation’s first government-sanctioned same-sex weddings.
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Two Loyola University students attending classes at Boston College after their school was shut down by Hurricane Katrina were stabbed on a Boston street early Wednesday morning.
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Criminal charges were filed yesterday against the owners of a nursing home where 34 patients were killed by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters.
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WASHINGTON – President Bush has tapped a federal official with three decades of firefighting experience and a background in emergency management to be the new face of his administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina and future natural disasters.
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(AP) Sales of over-the-counter cold remedies used to make methamphetamine would be restricted under a measure approved by the Senate on Friday.
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Sep 8, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved President George W. Bush’s request for an additional $51.8 billion to fund Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief efforts.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — Gay rights supporters cheered loudly from the gallery as California lawmakers became the first in the country to approve a bill allowing same-sex marriages. But their celebration may be short-lived.
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(CBS/AP) William H. Rehnquist’s casket was carried up the steps of the Supreme Court Tuesday by former clerks including John Roberts, the man nominated to succeed him as chief justice. Official Washington began paying its last respects at the court to the nation’s 16th chief justice.
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WASHINGTON — Moving swiftly, President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court. The president made the announcement in the Oval Office before leaving for another trip to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast. The 50-year-old Roberts, who once clerked for Rehnquist, said he would be honored [...]
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WASHINGTON – The legal right to abortion is settled for lower courts, but the Supreme Court “is not obliged to follow” theRoe v. Wade precedent, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday as the Senate prepared to consider John Roberts’ appointment that would put a new vote on the high court. In an interview with The [...]
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