By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a landmark judgment which will have a serious impact on the future of fostering and adoption in the UK, the High Court has suggested that Christians with traditional views on sexual ethics are unsuitable as foster parents, and that homosexual ‘rights’ trump freedom of conscience in the UK. The Judges also stated that Christian beliefs on sexual ethics may be ‘inimical’ to children, and they implicitly upheld an Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) submission that children risk being ‘infected’ by Christian moral beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Dr. Joseph Kenan, president of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, is under investigation by the Medical Board of California after posting lewd photos of himself on Facebook and allegedly promoting illegal drug use and male prostitution.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two experts on pedophilia testified in front of the Canadian Parliament and said pedophilia was a "sexual orientation" similar to that of homosexuality and heterosexuality, raising the question of whether or not this condition will one day win the same civil rights as homosexuality.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the Obama Administration has rescinded most of the conscience protection provisions that were in force since the end of President Bush's second term, a bill that could restore many of these provisions is scheduled for an important Committee action tomorrow.
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"In all talking and conversation let something always be said of spiritual things, and so shall all idle words and evil speaking be avoided."
St. Teresa of Avila
For Reflection:
According to this statement of St. Teresa of Avila, how do I evaluate my conversations with others? Uplifting or downgrading?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The saga of baby Joseph Maraachli took another sad turn yesterday when the hospital where he is being treated said they are willing to release the boy to his parents, but without the tracheostomy that will allow him to breathe until he dies naturally.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that the U.S. House is likely to take on the task of defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) now that the president has instructed the Justice Department to cease defending the law because he believes it to be unconstitutional.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Italian police have arrested six Moroccan men suspected of plotting to stir up hatred against the Pope for baptizing a Muslim journalist several years ago.
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"By being close to Christ in the sacraments and in prayer, we can fulfill our great feminine vocation: to live out our love for others day by day in faithfulness."
Ronda Chervin
For Reflection:
To what extent has a life of prayer and reception of the sacraments impacted on my feminine vocation? In what one way can I seek to improve my faithfulness?
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Candles used in a voodoo sex ceremony are being blamed for a fire that swept through a Brooklyn apartment building last weekend, leaving one woman dead and 20 others injured.
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