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Australian Government Works to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’  Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave says of Christian traditional Christmas, “We should get out there and flaunt it rather than having people retreat from it.”  https://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8028671%255E421,00.html   Christmas Returns to Schools?  https://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2003/120203.html   Economy-Destroying Kyoto Protocol on ‘Global Warming’ Dies From Lack of Support https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/2/121957.shtml   Pro-Family Leader Calls for World AIDS Day to Focus on Prevention Successes https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/22003f.asp   Catholic Organization Heads to California Supreme Court to Fight For the Right to Stand by its Convictions.  Catholic Charities sued the Golden State because the organization was not exempted from new laws […]
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One in Three Girls, One in Six Boys Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse Says Study

MONTREAL, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One in three girls, and one in six boys are victims of sexual abuse according to a study. The statistics are based on studies of childhood sexual abuse in the U.S. and Canada over the past 20 years, as reported to The Montreal Gazette by professor of psychology Marc Tourigny of the University of Sherbrooke. Also, when surveyed about knowledge and perceptions of incest and sexual abuse of children, 982 Quebecers polled on the subject estimated the incidence of abuse to be approximately 40 percent. It is hard to quantify accurately the incidence of […]
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Religious Freedom of Students at Stake as U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Scholarship Case

ANN ARBOR, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a significant case involving the religious freedom of college students who receive state scholarships.  The case grew out of a dispute between Joshua Davey, the recipient of a state scholarship, and the state of Washington after Davey chose Pastoral Ministry as a double major along with Business Management/Administration.  Because he chose to study Pastoral Ministry, Davey was stripped of his state scholarship. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan filed a brief in support […]
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Blood, Not Babies, Viable Source for Stem Cells

LONDON, UK, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new technique developed by a British biotech company has determined that blood itself, not necessarily harvested from babies, may be the best source of stem-cell-like cells. Stem cell research is a relatively new development in medicine. They are undifferentiated cells, which means they can be transformed into cells ordered to almost any bodily tissue. They may aid in the repair and regeneration of tissues previously thought irreparable; for instance, the brain in Parkinson's disease, or heart tissue in heart attack sufferers, and so on. Research to date has incorporated both adult and […]
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Jury Convicts Abortionist Finkel on 24 Counts of Sexual Abuse

PHOENIX, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Abortionist Brian Finkel, who was in years past acclaimed as a “national hero” by the pro-abortion movement for his ‘courageous’ stand against pro-lifers, has been convicted of 24 counts of sexual abuse.  Finkel was on trial for 60 counts of sexual assault and abuse of 35 women in his abortion clinic since 1986.  He was acquitted of 34 counts including all sexual assault charges.  A darling of the pro-abortion movement, Finkel was famous for patrolling his now-closed abortuary in a bulletproof vest and holstered gun taunting pro-life picketers, calling them ‘religious racketeers,’ and ‘mean-spirited, […]
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Philosopher-Author Alice Von Hildebrand Reveals Sinister Roots of Feminism

NEW YORK, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philosopher and author Alice Von Hildebrand, wife of famed philosopher Dietrich Von Hildebrand, has authored a book entitled “The Privilege of Being a Woman.”  In an interview with Zenit News last week, Von Hildebrand laid out the roots of feminism, pointing out that it attacks femininity.  “The poison of secularism has penetrated deeply into our society. It did so by stages. Men were its first victims: They became more and more convinced that in order to be someone they had to succeed in the world. Success means money, power, fame, recognition, creativity, inventiveness, […]
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Polygamists’ Bigamy Convictions Challenged In Light of Texas Sodomy Ruling

SALT LAKE CITY, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tom Green, a polygamist in Utah with five wives, argued at the Utah State Court Monday that his bigamy convictions should be overturned based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision against the Texas sodomy law.  In a related case, Rodney Holm, who has three wives and 21 children will argue that Supreme Court decision in the Texas case throws the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law into question.  Green’s lawyer John Bucher noted that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that what homosexuals do in the privacy of their own homes does not concern […]
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