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Mandating birth-control benefits unlawful, appeals court told
Tribune reporterLawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights....Tags: Lawyers, Birth Control, Judges, Lobbying, Health Treatments
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First...
Tags: Lawyers, Birth Control, Judges, Trials, Court Preliminary
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Activists rally ahead of Boy Scouts vote on gay youth ban
ReutersBy Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas, May 22 (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and members of conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine on Wednesday where Boy Scouts of America delegates were expected to vote at a national meeting to...Tags: Youth Organizations, Belief and Faith, Social Issues, Boy Scouts of America, Gay Rights
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Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
ReutersBy Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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Secretly Drafted Bill Would Leave Release of Some Newtown Investigative Records Up To Families
The Hartford CourantA secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday....Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown
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Springfield, IL reinstates civil union partner benefits after public outcry
BoystownAfter raising a firestorm of anger and disbelief, the Springfield, Illinois Joint Labor/Management Insurance Committee voted to unanimously reinstate health benefits for the civil union partners of city employees. This was a complete reversal from the... -
Telling Our Stories: Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita’s Marriage Equality PSA
BoystownIn the next part of the Telling Our Stories series (which reminds us all of the power that we can have to change hearts and minds by highlighting online messages of equality), we look at the power of straight allies coming out in brave and unexpected ways... -
Telling Our Stories: “NOISE” An Anthem for Equality
BoystownIn the next part of our Telling Our Stories series (which reminds us all of the power that we can have to change hearts and minds by highlighting online messages of equality), we look at Broadway leading man Gavin Creel's new LGBT activism anthem called... -
Bill Cosby blames 'that gun' in Trayvon Martin's death
Ministry of GossipBill Cosby blames "that gun" in Trayvon Martin's death, forget racism or self-defense. Bill Cosby said he wasn't speaking against gun ownership to protect a person in his own home, however.... -
ACLU files asks feds to investigate Illinois State Police searches
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 4:36 p.m. The Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint today asking the federal Department of Justice to investigate the Illinois State Police’s use of consent searches, arguing officers... -
Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: North Africa, Al-Qaeda, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011), National Government, Wars and Interventions
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Jewish rights group: US Rep. Conyers, other Detroit leaders abet Louis Farrakhan anti-Semitism
DETROIT (AP) — A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Nation of Islam, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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