Bible banishment by court overturned

Key Quote: "The Quran is OK, and other kinds of religious texts; just not the Bible. The Bible alone is impermissible in the public school."

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Hate crimes legislation worries ex-gay speaker

Key Quote: "Every time now that I tell my testimony, talk about that change is possible, quote the science from the American Psychiatric Association, from the Human Genome Association, from professional organizations like N.A.R.T.H., I'm going to be persecuted. The way this legislation reads, I could be arrested; I could be sued; I could be charged with a hate crime."

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CANADA: Polygamy, other unions considered for expanded definition of 'family'

Key Quote: "Leckey also wonders whether polygamous unions should be considered civil marriages."

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CANADA: Ontario Human Rights Commission reviews Catholic policy on homosexuals

Key Quote: "The case is the latest involving the human rights tribunal to address whether Church doctrine should be subject to review by a secular body."

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Current US policies allow for compulsory abortion

Key Quote: "It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."

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EU Diplomat wants international community to unilaterally establish 'Palestine'

Key Quote: "If the parties are not able to stick to [the timetable], then a solution backed by the international community should be put on the table."

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UK: Bible knowledge in decline

Key Quote: "Younger interviewees told researchers that the Bible was "old-fashioned", "irrelevant" and "for Dot Cottons" - in reference to the churchgoing character in the BBC One soap."

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