• Abortion Veterans Appear in Pro-Life Ad - Family News In Focus
Three former heroes of the pro-abortion movement are standing together in a historic pro-life TV commercial. The spot is airing nationally on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.
• Panel: Ban human cloning - Washington Times
The National Academy of Sciences yesterday recommended that the United States make it a crime to attempt human cloning but encouraged the cloning of embryos in early stages to develop stem cells.
• Dial 9-11 for free abortion - World Net Daily
Planned Parenthood of New York City offered women free abortions and other related services as a response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
• Presbyterians wrestle over ban on gay clergy - Press Democrat
Members of the Presbyterian Church USA will gather this week in Napa to vote on the ordination of gays and lesbians, an issue so divisive it has pitted North Coast congregations against one another and threatens to rupture the 2.5 million-member church.
• 'Civil Unions' Sponsor Pulls Bill, Vows Return - Family News in Focus
Pro-family activists scored a major — if temporary — victory on Monday after a bill essentially legalizing homosexual marriage in California was tabled. But the battle could resume as early as next month, according to the bill's sponsor, who has pledged to continue the fight.
• Baby with tail attracts Hindu devotees - UPI
Thousands of people across India are flocking to Hindu temples to see a Muslim baby -- born with what appears to be a tail -- who is said to resemble the monkey-faced god Hanuman.
• Pro-Homosexual ‘Hate Crimes’ Promotion Continues under Bush Administration - Culture and Family
The Departments of Justice and Education are distributing publications that advance a homosexual “hate crimes” agenda identical to that of former president Bill Clinton — almost a year into the administration of George W. Bush, C&F Report has learned.
• Human life - but not as we know it - BBC
Texan doctor Judson Somerville has volunteered to give cells from his body to scientists aiming to cure him through the creation of human embryo clones. 
• Public School Peddles Book Promoting Witchcraft - Worthy News
An elementary school in Enterprise, Utah was recently caught pedaling a book to elementary school students entitled, "The Wizards Handbook". The Scholastic Book Club order form promotes the book by stating, "Find the Wizard Inside YOU!" and "Make your own magic wands, cast spells, predict the future, and lots more!"
• 'Civil Unions' Challenge Fails - Family News in Focus
The Vermont Supreme Court has tossed aside a challenge to the state's civil unions law. The case was regarded as the best legal shot at getting the law repealed, although even those pressing for it didn't have high hopes.
• 'Emergency Contraception' Assailed - Family News in Focus
Abortion advocates are launching an ad campaign to promote "emergency contraceptives" to teens. One emphasis of the campaign is to lobby government to make the contraceptives easier to obtain.
• Same-sex parental rights extended - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pennsylvania high court in a 5-2 decision Friday said parental rights can grow out of homosexual relationships. That extends the rights beyond more traditional relationships.
• Abortion-Cancer Link: Some Experts Shifting Away From Outright Denial - CNS News
The settlement of a legal case based on claims that abortion can heighten the risk of breast cancer could help a pro-life drive to win wider acknowledgement that such a link exists, thus contributing to a drop in the number of abortions.
• Satanists May Endanger Russia's Security - Pravda
According to Russia’s secret services, including FSB, there are about 15 Satanist sects in the city of Moscow alone. The largest of them, “The Black Angel,” was formed in 1974-1975 in Moscow and in Tver, a city located some 200km north-west from Moscow.
• Researchers: Cloned Pigs' Organs More Easily Transplanted Into Humans - Fox News
A research firm said Wednesday it has cloned pigs that have been genetically altered to remove one of the paired genes that cause the human immune system to powerfully reject transplanted pig organs.
• Twelve Reasons NOT to see the Harry Potter Movies - Worthy News
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone opens on November 16 at a record-breaking number of theaters across the country. Expect huge crowds and long lines. Some public schools are even bussing their students to see the long awaited movie based on the first book in J. K. Rowling's ground-breaking series. Teachers will facilitate classroom discussions that train students to seek "common ground" and conform to group consensus.   While forbidding prayer in the name of Jesus, most schools seem to welcome spells and sorcery in the name of Harry Potter.
• California considers legalizing same-sex unions - World Net Daily
California lawmakers are preparing a bill that would establish Vermont-style civil unions for homosexuals in the Golden State.
• ACLJ Calls U.S. Supreme Court Order Permitting Student-Led Graduation Prayer "Correct and Proper" - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today’s order by the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand a lower court ruling that permits student-led prayer at graduation to continue in Florida represents the “correct and proper” approach to this thorny church-state issue.
• Research Indicates Abortion Linked With Breast Cancer - CNS News
An independent study commissioned by a British pro-life group has found that a surge in breast cancer rates in the U.K. and several European countries is most likely attributable to a rise in abortion.
• New State Prison Chaplain Is the Rev. Witch, a Wiccan - Fox News
A follower of Wicca, the nature-based beliefs that some call witchcraft, has been hired as a full-time chaplain at one of Wisconsin's maximum-security prisons.
• Abortion Opponents Demand Feds Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood - CNS News
Opponents of abortion and government waste are demanding that Congress pull the plug on the millions of dollars Planned Parenthood receives from the federal government.
• Senate Approves Research of Post-Abortion Syndrome - CNS News
Abortion rights advocates say the Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS) is a "bogus condition invented by the religious right." However, PAS could soon have official federal recognition if a Senate-passed amendment, tacked onto a government-spending bill, is eventually signed into law.
• House Pressuring Senate to Take up Cloning Ban - CNS News
The refusal by the U.S. Senate to discuss a ban on the cloning of human embryos is "allowing science to dictate national policy," according to Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak, who joined other House members Wednesday in pressuring the Senate to take up the issue.
• Canadian Cult Says It Was First to Clone Embryos - Reuters
A U.S. company's claim to have cloned a human embryo is simply a case of "been there, done that" for a Canadian UFO cult linked to a secretive cloning company, the movement's leader said on Monday.
• Comeback of syphilis stuns officials - Sacramento Bee
Syphilis rates were at historic lows, and Los Angeles County was ahead of the federal government target for eliminating the ancient sexual scourge. But now...
• Hate Web Master Has History of Violence - CNS News
Family groups Tuesday called on law enforcement officials to take swift action against an Internet web site operator who is advocating "a horrible death by any means" for people opposed to homosexual activism.
• Global police raids target paedophiles - BBC
Up to 130 suspected paedophiles have been arrested in 19 countries in one of the biggest international law enforcement operations ever launched, British police have said.
• Embryo cloning sparks worldwide call for ban - Financial Times
Political and religious leaders around the world have reacted strongly to the announcement by a US company that it had cloned a human embryo for the first time. Many called for legislation to ban all cloning research, even for medical rather than reproductive purposes.
• Embryo Cloning Claim Draws Criticism - AP
A research company's claim that it has cloned the first human embryo has drawn swift opposition from religious and political leaders, who see it as a step toward cloning human beings.
• Panayiotis Zavos, human cloning trailblazer - AFP
With a huge collection of diplomas and 23 years of experience in the field of reproductive medicine, scientist Panayiotis Zavos now seeks the dubious honor of cloning the first human and ushering in the age of asexual human reproduction.
• ACLJ Files Suit in Florida After Christian Ministry Denied Real Estate Tax-Exempt Status - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against Orange County on behalf of a Christian ministry that operates The Holy Land Experience in Orlando contending that county officials are discriminating against the ministry by denying a request for exemption of property taxes.
• Thomas More Law Center Defends California High Schooler's Right To Wear Pro-Life Shirts To School - Worthy News
A senior at Littlerock High School in Littlerock, California, has asked the Thomas More Law Center to defend her right to wear pro-life shirts to school.  At issue is whether the school will change its position and allow the student to wear shirts with messages such as "I'm Pro-Life," "Abortion is Wrong," and "Abortion is Killing."

Week Ending November 10, 2001
• South African men rape babies as 'cure' for Aids - London Telegraph
THE alleged rape of a nine-month-old baby girl by six men in a remote part of rural South Africa last week has focused the nation on an 80 per cent rise in child sexual abuse over a year, much of it connected with the country's Aids pandemic.
• Kenyan 'God' sent Aids as 'punishment' - BBC
Jehovah Wanyonyi's worshippers fall face-down in the direction of the throne. A middle-aged man starts worshipping animatedly as if in a trance.
• CDC Must Stop Funding Homosexual Agenda To Focus on Bioterrorism - Worthy News
Traditional Values Coalition Executive Director Andrea Lafferty is calling upon President Bush and Congress to force the Centers for Disease Control to stop funding sexually explicit workshops for homosexuals under the guise of fighting the AIDS epidemic.
• ‘L.I.E.’ Is Infomercial For North American Man-Boy Love Association - Worthy News
"L.I.E.," an NC-17 film released in theaters last week has been getting rave reviews from film critics and homosexuals.
• Indiana Civil Liberties Union Retreats in its Attack On Ten Commandments Monument - Worthy News
A lawsuit brought by the Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU), on behalf of two plaintiffs, to take down a Ten Commandments monument that has stood in front of the Knox County Courthouse since 1958 was recently dismissed by a federal judge.
• Birth Control Key to Global Harmony, UN Report Says - CNS News
Empowering women through family planning services and education is the answer to saving lives and preserving the earth, says a newly released report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
• Congressman Urges School Prayer Constitutional Amendment - CNS News
Oklahoma Republican Congressman Ernest Istook will introduce a bill to create a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools. Such an amendment would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 1962 decision that banned prayer in classrooms.
• Survey: Forty Percent Accidentally Get 'Net Porn - Reuters
Some 40 percent of Internet users in Britain say they have accidentally come across pornography while surfing, according to a survey by the Consumers' Association.
• Emotions Rise Over Ashcroft Decision On Assisted Suicide - CNS News
Attorney General John Ashcroft gave federal drug agents clearance Tuesday afternoon to take action against doctors who attempt to assist terminally ill patients to end their lives.
• Even now, 'God Bless America' are fighting words for some - Scripps Howard News Service
To many, the signs are simple declarations of patriotism and faith in a time of national tragedy. For others, including Union, Ky., attorney Edwin Kagin, they are offensive and possibly unconstitutional.

Week ending October 26, 2001
• School Prayer, Boy Scouts Get Boost in Education Plan - CNS News
School prayer, the Boy Scouts, hate crime penalties and block grants were among the winners in the behemoth education bill being hammered out by a congressional conference committee.
• Congress Looks to Set Aside Special Day for Prayer - CNS News
A Congressional day of prayer and remembrance would give the nation's political leaders an opportunity to seek "grace, guidance and reconciliation," in the aftermath of Sept. 11, according to House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas).
• Witches hope to help WTC victims - Arizona Republic
Halloween (Oct. 31) is the new year, or Samhain, for the continent's tens of thousands of witches, who are also known as pagans. It is the day they believe the veil separating the living from the dead is thinnest - and communication with the spirits of the departed is most auspicious.
• Panel OKs School Prayer Measure - AP
House and Senate negotiators trying to get a compromise education bill to President Bush this year approved a provision that would take federal funds from school districts that unlawfully restrict student prayer.
• Supreme Court to Decide Legality of 'Virtual' Child Porn - CNS News
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday will hear arguments in a case pitting free speech advocates against those supporting the prohibition of digitally created "virtual" child pornography.
• Florida House passes school prayer bill - CNN
The state House passed a bill Wednesday letting school districts allow volunteer student prayer at graduations and other non-required student assemblies.

Week ending October 19, 2001
• Monkey test breakthrough brings human clones closer - London Times
Scientists have created the first embryonic clones of an adult primate and are preparing to implant them into surrogate mothers.
• ACLJ Launches National Education Campaign for Schools - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has launched a national education campaign to inform school officials that patriotic speech – including phrases like “God Bless America” – is constitutionally protected speech and should not be censored out of public school life.
• China, U.N. Linked in Abortion Program - Family News in Focus
New evidence links the United Nations to China's 21-year history of forced abortions and sterilization. Worse, you're helping pay for it.
• Schools Hand Out 'Morning After' Pill - Family News In Focus
For over a year, public schools have been using tax dollars to distribute the so-called "morning-after" pill to teens. Now, pro-lifers in and out of Congress are working to ban the practice by hitting abortionists where it hurts the most — in the pocketbook.
• UN-Funded Organization Accused of Coerced Abortions - CNS News
A Virginia-based population research organization claims that Americans are funding coerced abortions and sterilizations over seas, without even knowing it.
• ACLU Demands California School to Drop 'God Bless America' Display - CNS News
The Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is battling to prevent a school in Rocklin, Calif. from displaying the phrase, 'God Bless America.'
• Calif. Gov. Signs Gay Rights Bill - AP
Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Sunday providing about a dozen rights enjoyed by married couples to more than 16,000 registered gay, lesbian and domestic partners in California.

Week ending October 12, 2001
• ACLJ  Not Deterred By Entry Of Planned Parenthood Into Lawsuit Against KMart Involving Abortion Producing Drugs - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it is disappointed with a decision that’s likely to delay the trial date in a lawsuit against Kmart on behalf of a pharmacist who was fired for refusing to dispense abortion producing drugs.
• Clones of Aliens Are Among Us? - Insight Magazine
The leader of a growing cult, the Raelians, claims to have been contacted by aliens who told him that mankind has been cloned from an alien race called ‘the Elohim.’
• ACLJ Files Federal Suit Again Against Town of Babylon, NY for Ongoing Discrimination Against Church - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice announced today that it has once again filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Babylon, New York on behalf of a Long Island church and its pastor who have been prohibited from engaging in religious speech in town facilities under an amended town policy that was approved after a federal appeals court ruled the town acted unconstitutionally in denying the church and its pastor access in 1999.
• Post Abortion Cover-Up - Family News in Focus
Ms.magazine and Planned Parenthood say post-abortion stress is a make-believe affliction. They couldn't be more wrong.
• Jedi makes the census list - BBC
It's official: "Jedi Knight" is ON the list of religions for the 2001 UK census.
• ACLJ Offers to Defend School Districts That Face ACLU Challenges For Displaying "God Bless America" - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it is offering legal services to defend a California school district that has been told by the ACLU to remove a sign that includes the message “God Bless America.”
• ACLJ Encouraged That Supreme Court Orders Appeals Court to Reconsider National Day of Prayer Case in Arizona - Worthy News
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it is encouraged that the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that the City of Tucson acted properly when it discriminated against a couple, Patricia and Robert Gentala, who organized a public event celebrating the National Day of Prayer in 1997.
• Cypriot Researcher Sees Human Clone in Four Months - Reuters
Scientists could create the first cloned human before the end of the year, a doctor working on the controversial project said on Friday.
• ACLU demand fuels controversy over patriotism - Sacramento Bee
A demand by the American Civil Liberties Union that Breen Elementary School in Rocklin remove a "God Bless America" sign prompted angry parents, students and administrators to rally at the school Friday evening.

Week ending October 6, 2001
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month; What Many Women Don't Know Can Hurt Them, Says Concerned Women for America - US Newswire
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to advance detection and cures for breast cancer. But the month would be incomplete without discussing prevention and possible causes of breast cancer. Credible research has shown that abortion is a preventable cause of breast cancer.
• Churches Must Follow IRS Gospel - Insight Magazine
Tax-exempt status can be taken from churches for activities that fit a loose definition of ‘political activity.’ The IRS boss, a Clinton holdover, has targeted conservative churches.
• Stem-cell researchers see hope for private funds - Boston Globe
Wanted: a few good venture capitalists, with a couple hundred million uncommitted dollars, a strong interest in life sciences, and an extremely long investment horizon.
• School for sorcerers attracts Austrian Harry Potters - AFP
Austrian fans of Harry Potter can follow in their idol's footsteps at a real-life Hogwarts: the country's first school for wizards and witches is open for business.
• Harvard Homosexual Student Activist Urges Blood Donors to Lie - CNS News
A homosexual student activist at Harvard University told other students to deny their homosexuality when donating blood, according to the university's student newspaper.
• South Africa Boosts Rights for Homosexuals - CNS News
South African homosexuals have won several resounding victories in the last week, including two high court rulings and an apology from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
• Homosexual DC Councilman Under Fire for Threatening Salvation Army - CNS News
The conservative Culture and Family Institute has asked for an apology from Log Cabin Republicans after a GOP District of Columbia councilman bullied Salvation Army officials over their opposition to homosexuality.

Week ending September 28, 2001
• Abortion Pill Anniversary Brings Surprises - CNS News
One year after the abortion pill RU-486 debuted in the American marketplace, the drug combination that generated so much controversy in the first place has proved underwhelming in its number of users.
• Ohio Blocks Enforcement of Ban On Partial Birth Abortion - CNS News
Another state law banning the controversial partial birth abortion procedure has been struck down, this time in Ohio.
• Occult fears prompt store owner to ban Harry Potter toys - London Telegraph
Britian's largest privately-owned toy retailer will not be stocking merchandise from the Harry Potter film because the chain's Christian owner is concerned that children will be drawn into the occult.

September 21, 2001
• Canadian Woman Dies in RU-486 Trial Run - CNS News
A woman enrolled in a test run of an abortion pill in Canada has died, causing a temporary suspension of current trials taking place in that country to help the government decide whether to legalize the drug.
• Tax Money Aids Homosexual Scholarship Fund - CNS News
A Massachusetts state college now has an endowed scholarship offering financial aid to homosexual students, especially those students who are cut off financially by their parents after they "come out."
• California bill redefines marriage - World Net Daily
Under cover of a series of terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon, California lawmakers have passed a bill that will redefine traditional marriage in the state and convey new marriage rights on homosexual couples, says a conservative women's group.

September 15, 2001
• High court upholds 'moment of silence' - World Net Daily
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has dismissed a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to block students in Virginia schools from participating in a "moment of silence," even as kids and adults alike try to come to grips with the loss of friends and loved ones at the Pentagon.
• Exorcism in America - ABC News
Exorcism, the ancient rite of casting out Satan and his demons from the souls of the possessed, is thriving in America and was long before recent revelations that Mother Teresa underwent one and Pope John Paul II performed them.
• Court Hears Abortion-Breast Cancer Link Lawsuit - CNS News
A North Dakota abortion clinic is scheduled to go to court Tuesday in a lawsuit that accuses the clinic of allegedly misleading women to believe there is no link between abortion and breast cancer.
• Foul-mouthed Fall Season Begins - Family News in Focus
Blasphemy, profanity and ratings. Welcome to the world of prime-time broadcast television.
• No Federal Law Broken In Sale of Fetal Body Parts, US Attorney Says - CNS News
A US Attorney in Kansas has decided that a man who sold fetal body parts from an Overland Park, Kan., abortion clinic did not violate any federal laws.
• Federal Funds Used for Explicit Workshops - Fox News
The advertisements addressed to gay men were provocative: Learn to write racy stories about your sexual encounters, choose toys "for solo and partner sex" or share tales of erotic experiences.
• Supreme Court to Mull Legality of VA Minute of Silence - CNS News
When Virginia children went back to school a year ago, a legal firefight awaited them over a newly imposed minute of silence law, which requires every public school to set aside one minute at the beginning of each day for students to engage in "meditation, prayer or other silent activity."
• Group Cries Foul Over Alleged Liberal Agenda Textbooks - CNS News
Are the nation''s top publishing companies inserting a liberal agenda and misinformation into junior high science textbooks?

September 8, 2001
• Religious Leaders Fight Sleazy TV Networks - Newsmax
The major broadcast TV networks are likely in for a barrage of criticism from a wide range of key religious leaders next month.
• Culture and Family Report: 'Gay' Republican Official Threatened Salvation Army: 'I'll Bring You Down' - US Newswire
Gay Republican threatens Salvation Army officials over their policy on homosexuality. "The remarks show that the 'gay' Republican agenda is all about advancing homosexuality by whatever means."
• Group Blasts Abstinence Message In Schools - CNS News
Many schools have adopted an abstinence message as a way to discourage teenagers from engaging in sexual activity, and the Alan Guttmacher Institute isn't happy about it.
• School District Reverses Decision, Allows Christian Clubs on Campus - Worthy News
The Saddleback Valley Unified School District voted Tuesday to reverse their decision to ban all non-academic clubs including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and other Christian clubs
• Christianity almost beaten says Cardinal - London Times
Christianity has almost been vanquished in Britain, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor told a gathering of priests yesterday.  Christ was being replaced by music, New Age beliefs, the environmental movement, the occult and the free-market economy, the Archbishop of Westminster said.
• 'Cosmic Messiah' evades downfall - London Times
French attempts to blow up a 110ft white-and-gold statue to a cult “messiah” that has enraged the residents of a village in Haute-Provence for a decade were thwarted yesterday when it proved too tough for the dynamite charge.
• New definition for 'therapeutic' abortions? - World Net Daily
An Illinois registered nurse has blown the whistle on a Chicago-area hospital where, she claims, abortions are being performed in which "problem" infants are born -- and then just left to die.
• Pro-Life Groups Aim to 'Shake the Nation' - CNS News
As members of the U.S. Senate returned to Washington Tuesday, there was a little something extra in their mailboxes, and it rattled.
• Senate takes up debate on stem-cell research - USA Today
President Bush's recent stem-cell decision faces its first Senate hearing on Wednesday, the opening salvo in a battle over whether Congress will go beyond the administration in supporting research — and if so, how far.
• Harry Potter casts spell on US - BBC
Interest in the new Harry Potter novel in the US is matching that in the UK - with record orders through one online bookseller.
• Networks Plan on Blaspheming God – Most Shocking TV Season Ever - NewsMax
The major TV networks are planning a full-scale attack on traditional values and sensibilities with this fall’s upcoming TV season, NewsMax.com has learned.
• Church puts faith in Harry Potter - London Times
Harry Potter, the teenage wizard who is already a hero to millions of children, has received an even higher commendation after being deified by a Catholic church in America.   The St Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Syracuse, New York state, is running classes comparing Potter - the creation of Edinburgh-based writer J K Rowling - with Jesus Christ.
• Burning Man drawing 20,000 to Nevada's Black Rock Desert - Las Vegas Sun
The drums are beating. The migration is on. It's time again to burn the Man. More than 20,000 artists, spiritualists, old hippies, young thrill-seekers and curious travelers are expected to land on the high-desert floor 120 miles north of Reno by the weekend for the 14th annual "Burning Man" festival.
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• Schools to show 'cocaine and sex' film about Jesus - London Telegraph
A Film crammed with references to sex and drugs and featuring Jesus as a 15-year-old schoolboy and Mary Magdalene as a single mother is the latest ploy to woo young people back to church.
• Sen. Kennedy Set to Challenge Bush's Embryonic Stem Cell Decision - CNS News.com
President Bush's decision to limit embryonic stem cell research is expected to come under attack this week as a key Congressional panel, headed by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), conducts a hearing to investigate the availability and accessibility of existing embryonic stem cell lines.
• Police: Man 'sacrifices' son for a god - UPI
Police in India suspect a self-styled "god man" of beheading his son in a gory occult ritual to appease the god and gain supernatural powers.
• Federal Probe Finds Abortion Clinic's Marketing of Fetal Tissue Not Illegal - Fox News
An abortion clinic did not break any laws by marketing fetal tissue, federal authorities have concluded.
• Germany shaken by satanic suicides - BBC
Germany has been traumatised by the death of three teenagers with links to satanism who committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in the east of the country.

September 2, 2001
• Russian official defends bill for five-year ban on human cloning - AFP
A Russian science official on Friday defended a government bill to ban human cloning for only five years, stressing that therapeutic cloning techniques could provide huge benefits in the future.
• Judge asked to skip trial, license gay 'marriages' - Washington Times
A New England advocacy group is asking a judge to proceed without a trial in a same-sex "marriage" case and instead order Massachusetts to issue "marriage" licenses to seven couples.
• Homeless Shelter Blames Homosexual Activists for Drop in Charitable Giving - CNS News
An Albuquerque, N. M. Christian homeless shelter claims homosexual activists and their allies are behind a sharp drop in donations. Jeremy Reynalds, the executive director of Joy Junction, says he has had to cut back services to the homeless and lay off staff after "about 125 to 150 monthly donors quit giving as a result us turning down" a large, separate contribution from a homosexual group.
• Florida law banning gay adoptions is upheld - Washington Times
A federal judge in Miami yesterday upheld Florida's ban on homosexuals adopting children, saying that the state has a "legitimate purpose" in placing children with husband-and-wife couples.
• Clone Ranger - Village Voice
The first Raelian has just moved to Manhattan, and she's on a mission to multiply. She is hosting her first "sensual meditation" class next week, spreading the extraterrestrial good news on the Upper West Side—and bringing the group's controversial stance on cloning to New York.
• Praise be to the God-fearing Simpson family - London Telegraph
The cartoon character Homer Simpson has become the unlikely hero of a book which argues that he is a devout Christian father.