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Calif. court: Homosexual rights trump religious freedom

Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 8/19/2008 6:45:00 AM

The same California Supreme Court that created a "right" to homosexual "marriage" earlier this year has now ruled that the state may force healthcare professionals to provide services that support an immoral and physically dangerous lifestyle.

California's highest court was unanimous in its decision on Monday that Christian doctors may not refuse to perform artificial insemination for homosexual patients. (See "California court says no religious exemption for doctors") Attorney Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), reacts to the ruling.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=218780

 

Monday August 18, 2008

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Homeschooling Showdown in Brazil: Children to be Tested by Court in Battle Over Educational Rights of Parents

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, August 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two homeschooled children face a battery of tests this week in a showdown between the Brazilian government and a Christian family over the educational rights of parents in the South American nation.

The children of Cleber and Bernadeth Nunes have already passed the entrance exams for law school at the ages of 13 and 14, but that doesn't satisfy the Brazilian government, which has been trying to force them into its troubled school system since 2006.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08081802.html

From Times Online

August 14, 2008

Is Yoga evil?

A leading exorcist claims yoga can be a path to "the evil spirit"

Bess Twiston Davies

Yoga – is it religion or exercise? And should Christians do it?

That was the question Times Online asked Swami Ramdevji, an Indian yoga guru with a 120-million strong following worldwide on his recent visit to London (see video above). Ramdevji, founder of the Yoga Institute in India, which is billed as the largest yoga centre in the world, believes his brand of Pranayama yoga, based on breathing techniques, can cure serious health ailments and bring followers health, wealth and inner peace. Millions follow his classes on AsiaTV, thousands attend his free outdoor classes held in North India.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article4532077.ece

Russia wants to send naval fleet to Venezuela: Chavez

by Staff Writers

Caracas (AFP) Aug 17, 2008

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russian President Dimitri Medvedev wants to send a Russian naval fleet to visit Venezuela.

"Russia has informed us they intend to visit Venezuela, that is, the intention that a Russian fleet should come to the Caribbean," Chavez said on his weekly radio program.

"I told the president (Medvedev), 'If you're coming to the Caribbean, we'll welcome you,'" Chavez said, adding that the Russian naval fleet would pay "a friendly and working" visit to Venezuela.

http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Russia_wants_to_send_naval_fleet_to_Venezuela_Chavez_999.html

Shroud of Turin stirs new controversy

Ellen Jaskol / For The Times

A life-sized illuminated photograph of the Shroud of Turin, believed by some--including John and Rebecca Jackson--to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.

A Colorado couple researching the shroud dispute radiocarbon dating of the alleged burial cloth of Jesus, and Oxford has agreed to help them reexamine the findings.

By DeeDee Correll, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 17, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The tie that binds John and Rebecca Jackson is about 4 feet by 14 feet, woven of herringbone twill linen. It once led to their romance; years later, it still dominates their thoughts and fills their conversations.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-turin17-2008aug17,0,3478153.story