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On Tuesday the US Senate approved the expansion of federal hate crimes laws to include penalty enhancements for those who commit violent acts because of victims’ “actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation or disability”. Pro-family groups fought the measure noting that homosexual activists intend to use the special protection “to criminalize any criticism of their behavior.” The Clinton administration initiated a furious last-minute lobbying blitz to win the vote 57 to 42.
 
Teenage boys’ attitudes toward abortion grew “significantly more conservative,” between 1988 and 1995, according to a study published in the recent issue of the pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute’s Family Planning Perspectives. Study co-authors Scott Boggess, assistant professor at Georgetown University, and Carolyn Bradner, a medical student at the University of Chicago, examined the attitudes of 3,590 males aged 15-19 who participated in the National Survey of Adolescent Males in 1988 and 1995.  According to the data, in 1988, 40.4% of teenage males disagreed “a lot” with a woman having an abortion “for any reason”; that number rose to 50.5% in 1995. (Pro-Life E-News)

Prayer is continuing at high school football games despite the recent Supreme Court order. “If we get an objection, we’ll stop it, we’ll follow the law,” said James Charles,  acting superintendent of Terrebonne Parish schools. Charles said Tuesday no one had complained about the prayers yet. 

A Modesto lesbian school teacher is suing her former school, claiming she was forced out of her job due to her sexual preference. This is not the only time Ware and a school district have been at odds. In March, a Hughson Unified School District investigation concluded that Ware created a “sexually hostile educational environment” in her classroom. The investigation found, among other things, that Ware told students she liked to attend strip clubs and nude beaches, discussed details of homosexual practices and told students how to sneak alcohol into school.