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China pressured U.S. university to ask me to leave, dissident says
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure" from China. NYU denied the claim, saying that...Tags: Education, Human Rights, New York University, PBS (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice
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'Call Me Kuchu,' 'God Loves Uganda' shed light on gay-rights fight
As the same-sex marriage debate continues throughout the U.S., another front in the battle over gay rights has emerged thousands of miles away in the East African nation of Uganda, where in 2009 a bill was drafted that would impose the death penalty for...Tags: Human Rights, Africa, Crime, Law and Justice, Eastern Africa, Movies
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Herring, Obenshain paint sharp contrasts in first attorney general's race debate
VIRGINIA BEACH – In the first debate of the general election race for attorney general Saturday, candidates Mark Herring and Mark Obenshain worked to paint each other as extreme partisans who would use the office to further their political...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Herring, Abortion, Mark R. Herring
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L.A. Film Festival: 'The New Black' evaluates politics from pews
With same-sex marriage being evaluated at the state level across the country and the Supreme Court near its decision on the subject, the documentary "The New Black" could hardly be more timely. The film premiered Friday to a theater of enthusiastic...
Tags: Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Arts and Culture, Movies
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Pope urges French lawmakers to go beyond "ideas of the moment"
ReutersBy Steve Scherer VATICAN CITY, June 15 (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged a delegation of French lawmakers on Saturday to avoid following only "fashions and ideas of the moment", when legislating, in an apparent reference to the country's legalisation of gay...Tags: Vatican City, Justice System, Rome (Italy), Crime, Law and Justice, Roman Catholicism
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Pope urges French lawmakers to go beyond 'ideas of the moment'
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged a delegation of French lawmakers on Saturday to avoid following only "fashions and ideas of the moment", when legislating, in an apparent reference to the country's legalization of gay marriage last month....Tags: Vatican City, Justice System, Roman Catholicism, Rome (Italy), Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Children and same-sex marriage
Re "Why marriage matters," Opinion, June 9 Nathaniel Frank's piece revealed a compressed view of same-sex marriage. Nowhere did it mention children — conveniently dismissed, it seems, as if marriage is simply a celebration of individual rights and...Tags: Marriage, Social Issues, National Security Agency, Family, Discrimination
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Letters: No support for the F-35
Re "Struggling to take off," June 12 Granted, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 fighter jet under development is a spectacular technological achievement, but could somebody please tell me who exactly is the enemy that we need to fight with 2,457 of these...
Tags: Politics, National Security Agency, Lockheed Martin Corp., Military Equipment, Military Aircraft
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Voice of the People, Jun. 15
Gay marriage As our legislators in Illinois struggle with gay marriage laws, I would like to offer some insights about gay people that may help to expedite the process. I am not gay, but the following are statements I firmly believe to be true: •...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Consumer Confidence, Prisons, Marriage, Chicago Public Schools
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'The Daily Show' mocks gay marriage opponents around the globe
Given the rapidly evolving status of gay rights here in the U.S, where the Boy Scouts of America recently lifted a ban on gay youths and the Supreme Court prepares to rule on two same-sex marriage cases, John Oliver decided it was time to check up on the...
Tags: Vatican City, Marriage, Boy Scouts of America, Family, Punishment
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People of faith should speak up
When the Illinois House decided not to vote on same-sex marriage, a bishop from the African American Clergy Coalition expressed his reaction in terms that reflected his religious persuasion (“Gay marriage bill fails to go to vote in Illinois House,&...Tags: Politics, Belief and Faith, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Pope, archbishop of Canterbury meet, speak of unity
LONDON -- The neophyte holders of two of Christendom’s most venerable posts met for the first time Friday and spoke of fostering unity and understanding between their sometimes rival branches of the faith. Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury...
Tags: Vatican City, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Consumers, Religion and Belief
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