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	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/genetically-modified-human-embryo-stirs-criticism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/genetically-modified-human-embryo-stirs-criticism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies."]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland: Let 13 year-olds have sex, says Children&#8217;s Commissioner</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/scotland-let-13-year-olds-have-sex-says-childrens-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/scotland-let-13-year-olds-have-sex-says-childrens-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Children's Commissioner in Scotland, Kathleen Marshall, has faced criticism for backing Scottish Law Commission proposals to legalise sex between 13 to 15 year olds."]]></description>
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		<title>Lambda Legal Says ‘Sign the Pledge’ on Second Annual ‘Clock In For Equality’ Day on May 15th</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/lambda-legal-says-%e2%80%98sign-the-pledge%e2%80%99-on-second-annual-%e2%80%98clock-in-for-equality%e2%80%99-day-on-may-15th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/lambda-legal-says-%e2%80%98sign-the-pledge%e2%80%99-on-second-annual-%e2%80%98clock-in-for-equality%e2%80%99-day-on-may-15th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage &amp; Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Homosexual Agenda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lambda Legal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lambda Legal has issued this press release. It begins:
Today, Lambda Legal announced its second annual &#8220;Clock In for Equality&#8221; day, a national day of action on May 15 to educate and mobilize people to promote workplace fairness for LGBT people.
Participants are urged to sign a pledge agreeing to take specific actions to help increase workplace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another Courant op-ed for marriage redefinition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/yet-another-courant-op-ed-for-marriage-redefinition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/yet-another-courant-op-ed-for-marriage-redefinition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage &amp; Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Institute of Connecticut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Family Institute of Connecticut critiques a Hartford Courant Op-Ed that argues in favor of marriage redefinition.
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		<title>&#8216;Academic Freedom&#8217; Legislation Advances in Four States</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/academic-freedom-legislation-advances-in-four-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/academic-freedom-legislation-advances-in-four-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[. . . If passed, the bills would guarantee the freedom of both teachers and students throughout public schools to share views contradicting or challenging the tenets of Darwinism in the classroom without fears of reprisal.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Human Life Amendment Press Conference, Signature Turn In, and Victory Rally</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/olorado-human-life-amendment-press-conference-signature-turn-in-and-victory-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/olorado-human-life-amendment-press-conference-signature-turn-in-and-victory-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado for Equal Rights will hold an event to submit gathered signatures to the Secretary of State's office after making an important announcement of the number of signatures gathered to place the personhood initiative on the ballot.]]></description>
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		<title>Women in combat prohibitions being ignored?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/women-in-combat-prohibitions-being-ignored/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/women-in-combat-prohibitions-being-ignored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage &amp; Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Family Research Council&#8217;s Washington Update has this comment criticizing women in combat proposals and policies.  Apparently, it is written in response to this post by USA Today: USA Today: Policy on women in combat bears no relation to reality.
FRC reports:
In 1994, the Clinton-era Defense Department scrapped a rule that protected women from being assigned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement allows Christians in Miss. town to exercise free speech</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/settlement-allows-christians-in-miss-town-to-exercise-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/settlement-allows-christians-in-miss-town-to-exercise-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Heather Hacker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The agreement allows the plaintiffs, Shannon Wallace and Wesley Sewell, to preach along public ways in Wiggins as long as no ordinances or laws are violated.]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard relents, allows officer to refuse vaccine from aborted baby</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/coast-guard-relents-allows-officer-to-refuse-vaccine-from-aborted-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/coast-guard-relents-allows-officer-to-refuse-vaccine-from-aborted-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Coast Guard officials who initially refused to excuse an officer from being injected with a vaccine derived from an aborted child have relented in the wake of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the officer by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/coast-guard-relents-allows-officer-to-refuse-vaccine-from-aborted-baby/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Homosexual couple sues Sweden seeking marriage redefinition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/homosexual-couple-sues-sweden-seeking-marriage-redefinition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/homosexual-couple-sues-sweden-seeking-marriage-redefinition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["A gay couple married in Canada has filed suit against the Swedish government for refusing to recognize the marriage."]]></description>
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		<title>1st Circuit: Child porn conviction upheld, but concurrence wants to make it harder to convict</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/1st-circuit-child-porn-conviction-upheld-but-concurrence-wants-to-make-it-harder-to-convict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/1st-circuit-child-porn-conviction-upheld-but-concurrence-wants-to-make-it-harder-to-convict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Technological advances in recent years have been such that an untrained eye simply cannot easily distinguish a photograph of a real person from a virtual image by merely eyeballing the photographs in question . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona House approves marriage amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/arizona-house-approves-marriage-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/arizona-house-approves-marriage-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Arizona Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House's 33-25 vote Monday sends the resolution to the Senate for a vote that would complete legislative action on the proposal. . . ]]></description>
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		<title>What is the nature of law?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/what-is-the-nature-of-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/what-is-the-nature-of-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Solum lays out the traditional legal theory debate over "What is law?" as a contest between natural law theory and legal positivism.]]></description>
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		<title>ADF Launches Initiative to Retake Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/adf-launches-initiative-to-retake-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/adf-launches-initiative-to-retake-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am greatly encouraged to finally see a major Christian organization launch an offensive initiative.]]></description>
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		<title>9th Circuit: School uniform policies are constitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/9th-circuit-school-uniform-policies-are-constitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/9th-circuit-school-uniform-policies-are-constitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public school districts . . . . have increasingly turned to the adoption of mandatory dress policies . . . In a case of first impression . . .  we . . . largely conclude that public school mandatory dress policies survive constitutional scrutiny.]]></description>
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		<title>TX: Mental health workers say CPS traumatized polygamists&#8217; kids</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/tx-mental-health-workers-say-cps-traumatized-polygamists-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/tx-mental-health-workers-say-cps-traumatized-polygamists-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mental health workers sent to emergency shelters in San Angelo last month to help care for the hundreds of women and children removed from a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch have sharply criticized the Child Protective Services operation, telling their governing board it unnecessarily traumatized the kids.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Denies China Man&#8217;s Asylum Request in Forced Abortion Case</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/supreme-court-denies-china-mans-asylum-request-in-forced-abortion-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/supreme-court-denies-china-mans-asylum-request-in-forced-abortion-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an asylum request from the husband of a woman who had been the victim of a forced abortion in China. The man hoped to join his wife in the United States to flee persecution from the oppressive family planning policy that allows couples just one child.]]></description>
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		<title>Rowan Williams: The UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/rowan-williams-the-uk-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/rowan-williams-the-uk-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[But it's quite important also to say that science in itself is never going to be able to tell us what the right thing is for us to do; it can only tell us what's possible. And, in spite of the way some people talk in this debate, there really is a difference between what's possible and what's right.]]></description>
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		<title>How the United States has Banned Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Absence of a Direct Prohibition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/how-the-united-states-has-banned-embryonic-stem-cell-research-in-the-absence-of-a-direct-prohibition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/how-the-united-states-has-banned-embryonic-stem-cell-research-in-the-absence-of-a-direct-prohibition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Doe is a human embryo preserved in liquid nitrogen, in an unnamed in vitro fertilization clinic. Mary Doe's name was given by an organization dedicated to advocating for equal humanity and personhood of pre-born children, including “children in vitro.”]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Mystery of Life&#8221; in the Lower Courts: The Influence of the Mystery Passage on American Jurisprudence</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/the-mystery-of-life-in-the-lower-courts-the-influence-of-the-mystery-passage-on-american-jurisprudence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/the-mystery-of-life-in-the-lower-courts-the-influence-of-the-mystery-passage-on-american-jurisprudence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “mystery passage” has been the subject of substantial controversy in the more than fifteen years since it was first articulated by the Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.]]></description>
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		<title>MN: 3 suspended for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/mn-3-suspended-for-not-standing-for-pledge-of-allegiance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: &#8220;Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be reworded to protect free speech rights.&#8221;
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		<title>AZ: Judge halts discriminatory actions at Deer Valley Unified School District</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/az-judge-halts-discriminatory-actions-at-deer-valley-unified-school-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge Friday ordered Deer Valley Unified School District officials to end its prohibition on a Christian student club’s PA announcements.  ]]></description>
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		<title>KY: Daughter fails math test, so dad thrown in jail</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/ky-daughter-fails-math-test-so-dad-thrown-in-jail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A northern Kentucky man is in jail today – serving a 180-day sentence – because his 18-year-old daughter failed a math test and didn't get her General Equivalency Diploma, or GED, as a previous court order required.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Homo-grown Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can be expected from a male mentoring organization pushing homophilia as a valid lifestyle to minors as young as 11? Is this good modeling for boys growing up to be men and fathers? . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>KC Archbishop issues extraordinary rebuke to pro-abortion Governor, who claims to be Catholic</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/kc-archishop-issues-extraordinary-rebuke-to-pro-abortion-governor-who-claims-to-be-catholic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic archbishop of Kansas City has issued an extraordinary statement in the diocesan newspaper that rebukes the strongly pro-abortion governor, Kathleen Sebelius, who purports to be a Catholic.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Rhode Island: Judge puts off same-sex &#8220;divorce&#8221; ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/rhode-island-judge-puts-off-same-sex-divorce-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Superior Court does not have jurisdiction over divorce proceedings, so the question is whether Superior Court has jurisdiction over proceedings that resolve marital rights without calling it a divorce proceeding. . . ” ]]></description>
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		<title>The Rare Achievement of Disagreement</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/the-rare-achievement-of-disagreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people like Harman and Singer speak openly and follow their premises to their logical conclusions, the audience realizes what is at stake when a commitment to intrinsic human dignity and equality is rejected—and that realization is a very good thing.]]></description>
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		<title>In U.S. appeals courts, Reagan&#8217;s influence endures</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/in-us-appeals-courts-reagans-influence-endures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, nearly 20 years after Reagan left office, many of them are at the height of their power . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. prison head opposes sex-change surgery for inmate</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/mass-prison-head-opposes-sex-change-surgery-for-inmate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/mass-prison-head-opposes-sex-change-surgery-for-inmate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allowing a convicted killer to get a sex-change operation would pose insurmountable safety and security problems for the state prison system, the Massachusetts corrections chief said.]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Johnson on the Mike Corley Show: Public school cases</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/mike-johnson-on-the-mike-corley-show-public-school-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF Attorney Mike Johnson appears on the Mike Corley show (WQBC) to discuss student rights in public schools.
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		<title>Joel Oster on 1490 WWPR: discusses a student&#8217;s ordeal over mandatory &#8220;tolerance&#8221; program</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/joel-oster-on-1490-wwpr-discusses-a-students-ordeal-over-mandatory-tolerance-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF attorney Joel Oster appears on AM 1490 WWPR with Mike Monokian to discuss a case involving a Kentucky public student threatened with punishment for speaking against homosexual behavior.
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		<title>Zogby poll: 2 of 3 likely Ohio voters believe public schools are failing; 6 of 10 want charter schools</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/zogby-poll-2-of-3-likely-ohio-voters-believe-public-schools-are-failing-6-of-10-want-charter-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly two out of three likely voters in Ohio - 62% - believe traditional public schools in Ohio are failing their students, and nearly six in 10 likely voters - 59% - say it is important that public charter schools exist as an educational option for Ohio parents and children, a new Zogby Interactive survey shows.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;She&#8217;s right. Homosexuality isn&#8217;t like race&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WorldNetDaily reports:
An author who wrote two books about homosexuality told managers at the University of Toledo in an open letter they should praise an administrator who said being &#8220;gay&#8221; is not the same as black, not suspend her. The comments were addressed to University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs by Robert A.J. Gagnon, the author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa: Dubuque strip club files suit against city</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/iowa-dubuque-strip-club-files-suit-against-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune reports that the city&#8217;s only strip club has sued Dubuque challenging its new ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses.  The ordinance bans alcohol, enacts licensing requirements and establishes buffer zones between customers and strippers.
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		<title>Ontario: Proposal to remove Legislature&#8217;s Lord&#8217;s Prayer raises firestorm</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/ontario-proposal-to-remove-legislatures-lords-prayer-raises-firestorm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Now, feelings are running so high the province's website crashed this week with an influx of protesting emails from the public."]]></description>
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