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Concern Grows Over Seized Swedish Homeschooling Student

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Attorneys with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights asking it to hear the case of a seven-year-old boy seized by Swedish authorities because his parents homeschool.

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Kagan’s “Whole Life” Reveals Radical Pro-Abortion Stance

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Legal experts, taking the advice of Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan to use her “whole life” rather than her non-existent judicial record to determine where she stands on issues, are finding that her radical pro-abortion position becomes abundantly clear under those standards.

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Woman Sues Church over Homosexual “Commitment Ceremony”

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An elderly parishioner of the Covenant Baptist Church in Washington DC was so upset when her church performed a homosexual “commitment ceremony” that she decided to sue the church for the return of a portion of her weekly donations.

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Elena Kagan Expected to be “Grilled” Today

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Compared to the first day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, which was mostly uneventful, conservative lawmakers are expected to subject her to much more high-powered questioning today on a variety of hot-button issues from abortion to homosexual rights.

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Christian Groups Say Supreme Court Decision Erodes Religious Rights

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A ruling by the Supreme Court allowing state schools to deny funding to religious groups that require their officers and voting members to agree with their religious beliefs is causing consternation among Christian and other conservative groups.

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Supreme Court Upholds Gun Rights, Shoots Down Vatican Case

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday to uphold the Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms.” On the same day, it also refused to hear an appeal from the Holy See to stop a lawsuit that accuses the Vatican of failing to prevent the transfer of an abusive priest from city to city.

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Fertility Clinic MixUp Results in Death of Embryos

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A mix up in a prominent Connecticut fertility clinic resulted in a woman being implanted with the wrong embryos. After discovering the error, the woman chose to take the morning after pill to prevent a possible pregnancy.

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Vatican outraged by Belgian Search and Seizure

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Vatican is expressing outrage over the raiding of church offices and the opening of two Archbishops’ tombs by Belgian authorities in search of information pertaining to alleged sex abuse scandals in that country.

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New Bill Will Codify President's Executive Order

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Due to persistent stalling within the Obama Administration to enforce the President’s executive order eliminating all taxpayer funding of abortions from ObamaCare, pro-life lawmakers are introducing a new bill that will write these restrictions into law.

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