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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A representative of the National Education Association (NEA) has asked the UN to do more to combat "homophobia and transphobia" in schools by mandating "inclusive" sex education in U.S. schools that do not teach abstinence or allow students to opt-out.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In an 8-1 ruling in Snyder v. Phelps, the United States Supreme Court has declared that members of the Westboro Baptist Church have a First Amendment right to air their opposition to policies and laws condoning homosexuality by staging peaceful protests during high-profile military funerals.

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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 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 The office of the General Counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has joined a host of other groups from across the country who are decrying the president's decision on Wednesday to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because he personally believes it to be unconstitutional.

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By Susan Brinkman, OCDS Staff Journalist The Obama Administration announced yesterday that is has pulled its legal support for the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because it believes the law is unconstitutional.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick issued what some are calling the most extreme executive order in the history of the U.S. when he signed into law a mandate forcing acceptance of "gender identity and expression" - including cross-dressers and transsexuals -  throughout state government, and ordered immediate "diversity training" for all employees.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In an op-ed appearing in the Washington Post, Frances Kissling, a well-known abortion rights activist and former head of the now defunct Catholics for a Free Choice, said that if the pro-choice movement in America wants to survive, it has to stop pretending it's 1970 by denying that a fetus is a human being and that abortion is more than just a "medical matter" between a woman and her doctor.

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