Newsytes, Jan. 14 – Miscellaneous
Obama's 2012 cash challenge, more nudity on TV, Wind farms don't work in cold, Freedom in decline worldwide, You Still Can't Trust Wikipedia
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Freedom
NewsBytes, Jan. 14 – More reactions to Arizona shooting
Is America Growing Politically Unstable?, Blame Righty, More Evidence Liberalism Is Dead
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NewBytes, Jan. 14 – Islam
50,000 Muslims praise blasphemy law, Daughter of assassinated governor threatened, Mainstreaming Muslim Barbarism, Pope calls for repeal of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, Pakistani Muslims with the Pope, Egypt angry over pope's remarks
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Arrested pro-life student undaunted: plans to devote life to pro-life
Lobo says being outspokenly pro-life on a Canadian university campus involves a lot of suffering. "You really need to have a good support group around you."
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Breakthrough in Linda Gibbons case
A Toronto judge has ruled that there is enough merit in the complaint of abuse of process in the prosecution against Gibbons to warrant three days of hearings into the matter.
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Feds tell college it’s not Catholic enough
The NLRB ruled that Manhattan College could not prevent faculty from unionizing on the basis that it is a religious institution.
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British legal system discriminates against Christians: top UK judge and Anglican bishop
Scott-Joynt told the BBC that the case shows that “for the first time in our history there is a widespread lack of religious literacy..."
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News Briefs on Arizona Shooting Reaction
Excerpts from alternative commentaries to balance mainstream media commentaries and reports on this issue.
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Complaint against Canadian pro-life ad dismissed
The ad featured a female firefighter expressing thanks for her mother's choice in favor of life. “If an ad this low-key is unacceptable, then any pro-life ad connected to the issue of abortion must be considered unacceptable," said NB Right to Life.
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Canadian Court: Marriage officials must marry homosexuals
The court argued that the amendments would send “a strong and sinister message” that “gays and lesbians are less worthy of protection as individuals in Canada’s society.”
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