Fed judges’ rulings send mixed messages about gay conversion therapy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WordNews.org) Dec. 5, 2012 – In federal court yesterday Judge Kimberly J. Mueller refused to block SB 1172, California’s change therapy law. The law bans any counseling to diminish or eliminate same-sex sexual attractions as of Jan. 1, 2013, essentially dismissing the idea that the law raises any First Amendment issues. Senior U.S. […]
Read More →1st-grader told to remove ‘God’ from poem about grandfather
MARION, N.C. (WordNews.org) Dec. 4, 2012 – An elementary school here has removed the word “God” from a first grader’s poem honoring her grandfather’s military service, Alliance Defending Freedom said. In the poem, the student wrote of her grandfather who served in the Vietnam war: “He prayed to God for peace, he prayed to God […]
Read More →3 Illinois County Clerks join fight in Defense of Illinois Marriage Act
CHICAGO (WordNews.org) Dec. 1, 2012 — A Thomas More Society motion before Judge Sophia Hall in Cook County Chancery Court was granted to add three additional county clerks as interveners to defend the lawsuit brought by the ACLU and Lambda Legal aimed a challenging Illinois’ marriage laws. The ACLU and Lambda Legal want to declare […]
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