By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An adjunct professor of Catholicism at the University of Illinois has been fired after a student accused the instructor of hate speech for saying he agrees with the church's teaching that homosexual acts are immoral. He also lost his job at an on-campus Catholic center.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an effort to reduce the amount of carbon emission resulting from conventional forms of cremation, undertakers have developed a process that dissolves bodies in a caustic solution, part of which could end up in the local sewer.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal district court judge in Boston ruled yesterday that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it violates the rights of same-sex couples and interferes with state's rights to set their own marriage law.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The governor of Hawaii has vetoed a civil unions bill that would have granted same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples because she believes the issue is of "such societal importance that it deserves to be decided directly by all the people of Hawaii."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 24 year-old graduate student is suing Augusta State University in Georgia after being told she will be dismissed from the program unless she "alters" her religious beliefs concerning homosexuality and transgendered persons.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The third movie based on the occult fiction thriller,
Twilight, opened this week to record breaking sales at the box office.
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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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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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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a unanimous decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that countries are not obliged to allow same-sex marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Catholic church in New York City is listed as a participant in this weekend’s Gay Pride March even though Archbishop Timothy Dolan explicitly asked the parish not to do so.
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