Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry is enduring a flood of criticism after donning a pair of tampon earrings to show her support for "reproductive rights" after Texas passed a law banning abortions after 20 weeks.
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that public Wi-Fi and most households will start having filters automatically in place starting in 2014 in order to protect children from stumbling across hard-core pornography while online.
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A Democratic California Assemblyman has introduced a new bill that will require public schools to allow students to choose which bathroom, locker room, and sports team matches their gender identity - and to do so with or without their parents' consent.
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With the humble simplicity for which he is now known, Pope Francis was seen standing in line with other passengers and carrying his own bags just before departing Fiumicino Airport in Rome today for the 12 hour flight to Brazil.
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A lawsuit filed by a 15 year-old schoolgirl who objected to wearing a smartID badge at school because it was too much like the "mark of the beast" found in the Bible not only won her lawsuit, but stopped the school district from implementing the program.
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The scientific world is abuzz this week over a recent announcement from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School that they believe they found a way to "switch off" the extra chromosome that causes Down's Syndrome.
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Devout married Christians have the best sex life of any demographic group, says one of America's leading researchers.
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Britain's House of Parliament passed a law allowing same-sex marriage this week, a bill that was signed into law on Wednesday by Queen Elizabeth II.
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World Youth Day 2013 officially kicks off in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro on July 23, beginning with Pope Francis' arrival and ending with an outdoor Mass that some say could draw as many as three million people.
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Top-ranked Polish tennis star, Agnieszka Radwanska, who frequently speaks of her Catholic faith, has lost the endorsement of a key Polish youth group after she posed nude in
ESPN's Body Issue.
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A Democratic California Assemblyman has introduced a new bill that will require public schools to allow students to choose which bathroom, locker room, and sports team matches their gender identity - and to do so with or without their parents' consent.
Britain's House of Parliament passed a law allowing same-sex marriage this week, a bill that was signed into law on Wednesday by Queen Elizabeth II.
