A town in western Sweden has agreed to pay damages to a man who was told he wouldn’t be hired if he refused to shake a woman’s hand for religious reasons. The decision by officials in Trollhattan,Sweden to pay the man ($4,500) means the municipality won’t have to face a review of the case by Sweden’s Equality […]
Two Southern Baptist leaders said Monday that they reject conspiracy theories that the U.S. military will punish Christian soldiers who share their faith. But they are worried about religious freedom in the military. Kevin Ezell, head of the Baptist’s North American Mission Board, which endorses military chaplains, and Russell Moore, president-elect of the Nashville-based Ethics and Religious […]
PresidentVladimir Putinis continuing his program of ”nationalizing the elite,” bringing them further under his control. With this goal in mind, Putin signed two decrees in recent days, one mandating that officials report their incomes and expenses and another requiring that they declare all foreign assets. The laws, which go into force on July 1, will significantly change the rules of the game for the country’s political elite. […]
People in poor households receive support from the government to escape poverty (Photo: B.Long) Vietnam is striving to shrink the rate of poverty struck households by two percent per year, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh at a live meeting with leaders of 63 provinces and agencies The meeting discussed implemented programs on reduction […]
A few weeks ago my daughter and I saw 42, the movie about Jackie Robinson . It was a very moving as I know the loneliness and the ongoing emotional line one walks when he is the first. The first person stands straight, he or she measures their words because we know the expectations, we know […]
A man pauses at the makeshift memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston continues to return to normal, as businesses and streets are reopened following two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over a […]
For Christians in the wedding industry who oppose gay marriage, a moral dilemma has become a legal one Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed of Kennewick just wanted the best possible florist for their upcoming wedding. But their go-to pick, Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers, told them her “relationship with Jesus Christ” wouldn’t let her participate in a gay […]
Indian women might have broken through the glass ceiling on the political, professional and corporate fronts, and urban women especially have made remarkable progress and asserted their independence in many areas involving their career and personal choices, but the fact remains that insecurity haunts them on the streets, in offices, in their own homes or even in the mother’s […]
When it comes to feminism, the words they are a’changing Romanian women hold carnations in their mouths as a sign of protest during a Slut Walk in 2011, in Bucharest, Romania. The walk is an idea that started in Canada as a protest against discrimination and harassment toward women because of the way they would […]
Roseville‘s Galleria mall’s Facebook‘s page is getting a fewer thumbs up’s after a security guard ejected a gay couple for kissing and holding hands last Saturday. This local story has picked up a lot of steam and has received national attention. A Kiss-In Protest is planned for this saturday at the mall . […]
May 23, 2013
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