Wednesday April 1, 2009
Shock: Brazilian Homeschooling Parents Face Arrest Even after Early-Teen Sons Pass Law School Exams
Family appeals case to Brazilian Supreme Court
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, April 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Brazilian family fighting criminal and civil charges for homeschooling their children have appealed their case to the nation's Supreme Court of Justice.
Full story at:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040112.html
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March 30, 2009
Youth for Western Civilization group at Vanderbilt stirs furor
By Jennifer Brooks
THE TENNESSEAN
Meet the Youth for Western Civilization.
Its members, 13 strong and counting on the campus of Vanderbilt University, are out to "promote the survival of Western civilization and pride in Western heritage."
The club has sprung up at seven colleges around the country in the past few months, sounding a warning cry against "radical multiculturalism," "mass immigration" and the "leftist occupation" of America's college campuses.
Full story at:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090330/NEWS04/903300332/1018/news01
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Catholics' abortion, stem cell attitudes
Despite the Roman Catholic hierarchy's intense opposition to abortion and embryonic stem-cell research, the Gallup Poll finds little difference between rank-and-file American Catholics and non-Catholics in terms of what is morally acceptable.
On several moral issues, according to Gallup surveys, Catholics are more liberal.
In a series of surveys over the last two years, 63 percent of Catholics found acceptable for medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos. The figure for non-Catholics was 62 percent.
From Seattlepi.com
Full story at: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/165503.asp
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