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Senate panel delays action on most judicial nominees
The effort to confirm President Bush’s judicial nominees made little progress Sept. 21. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted out only one of six federal appeals court selections and four of 10 district court choices on the agenda.
Sep 22, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National
G.O.P. in Senate Narrows Immigration Focus to 700-Mile Fence
Senate Republicans formally put aside a broad immigration overhaul sought by President Bush on Wednesday and decided instead to press ahead with narrower bills to require building 700 miles of fence on the southwestern border.
Sep 21, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Legislation, National
Republicans’ Fertile Future
Republicans’ fertile future
Through the past three decades, conservatives have been procreating more than liberals
San Fransisco Chronicle
Vicki Haddock, Insight Staff Writer
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Sep 19, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Social Issues
Enough Apologies
Already, angry Palestinian militants have assaulted seven West Bank and Gaza churches, destroying two of them. In Somalia, gunmen shot dead an elderly Italian nun. Radical clerics from Qatar to Qom have called, variously, for a “day of anger” or for worshipers to “hunt down” the pope and his followers.
Sep 19, 2006
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Marriage Gets the Silent Treatment
“You people need to address the problems of your families. The lack of fathers is at the heart of the ills you face,” spoke the patronizing white-haired, Caucasian minister. His intentions were great but in a myopic way, he had just looked past the problems of his own community and zeroed in on mine. He, like many others, dismissed the true national urgency around the soaring out-of-wedlock birthrates and genocidal abortion rates in the black community. He had distanced himself from these statistics by making them “a black problem.” As long as family breakdown is viewed as an ethnic or minority problem, the average American will not feel that he must address it.
Sep 19, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Parenting, Citizenship, Social Issues
When a Dog Says ‘Moo’
Cruella De Vil, the villain in Disney’s 101 Dalmations, would be proud: A Colorado group has taken a cute and cuddly puppy and turned him into something else—this time, however, not a fur coat. The puppy, Norman, has been made the spokesdog for a statewide campaign promoting gay rights. On billboards, TV ads, and a website, Norman belts out his trademark “moo,” proving that he was “born different.”
Sep 19, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National
Muslim anger spreads to South Asia
Extremists called yesterday for an Islamic army to march on Rome because of remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, while a well-known Muslim firebrand said in London that the pontiff should face “capital punishment.”
Sep 19, 2006
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Va. governor opposes marriage amendment, A.G. backs it
In what conservatives are calling a position reversal, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Sept. 14 he would campaign against a proposed constitutional marriage amendment on the November ballot — bucking a trend that has seen the lieutenant governor, attorney general and members from both parties in the legislature support it.
Sep 18, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Anti-Abortion Group Loses Tax Exemption
The Internal Revenue Service this week revoked the tax exemption of an anti-abortion group, Operation Rescue West, after receiving a complaint that it had violated prohibitions on electioneering by nonprofits in 2004.
Sep 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Church and State, National
House Republicans Will Push for 700 Miles of Fencing on Mexico Border
House Republicans announced Wednesday that they would move swiftly to pass legislation requiring the Bush administration to build 700 miles of fencing along the Mexican border to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States.
Sep 14, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues