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Porn film actress stoned to death in Iran prison TEHRAN, May 21 (AFP) - An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pronographic films has been stoned to death in the prison where she has been held for the last eight years, a newspaper reported Monday. The unnamed 35-year-old was buried in a pit and pelted with stones until she died in the centre of Tehran's Evin prison, the Entekhab paper said, adding that she had been tracked down after an intensive police search. It said investigators only succeeded in finding her after they noticed the serial number of an electricity ...

Canada Ambushes Clinton The abortion president raises funds for a Catholic hospital. By Neil Seeman, NRO associate editor National Review May 2, 2001 8:55 a.m. Several hundred pro-life demonstrators and busloads of angry Serbian-Canadians will greet former U.S. President Bill Clinton tonight when he speaks at a fundraiser for a Catholic hospital an hour's drive west of Toronto. In anticipation of the stormy protest, Canadian police have erected grilled steel barricades around Carmen's Banquet Centre, a hall near Hamilton, Ont., where Mr. Clinton will speak to a gathering of 1,200 guests. The Morgan Firestone Foundation, which raises funds for St. ...

The “Gaying” of America By Chuck Baldwin A recent Reuters report declared, "More Americans Having Gay Sex, Study Shows." The article stated, "Positive media images of gay life — like hit TV shows 'Ellen' and 'Will and Grace' — may be helping spur an increase in gay sexual activity among Americans, a new study suggests. A national survey has found the percentage of US women who say they recently had gay sex has increased 15-fold from 1988 to 1998, with rates among American men doubling over the same period." There is no "may be" about it: America has become a ...

Historic church chooses gay pastor DENVER (AP) – One of Denver's most historic churches has selected an openly gay man as its new pastor. Members of the 117-year-old St. Paul's Lutheran Church chose the Rev. Kevin Maly as their leader by a vote of 80 to 2. Maly has been a member of the church for two years. "We're just thrilled," said Carol Hacker, a church member. "Kevin is an excellent teacher and a very caring and giving human being. His being gay is irrelevant." The congregation stood and applauded Maly as he was escorted to the church's altar after ...

Historic church chooses gay pastor DENVER (AP) – One of Denver's most historic churches has selected an openly gay man as its new pastor. Members of the 117-year-old St. Paul's Lutheran Church chose the Rev. Kevin Maly as their leader by a vote of 80 to 2. Maly has been a member of the church for two years. "We're just thrilled," said Carol Hacker, a church member. "Kevin is an excellent teacher and a very caring and giving human being. His being gay is irrelevant." The congregation stood and applauded Maly as he was escorted to the church's altar after ...

Now that we have a new president, I think we can all agree that this is a time for healing. But first... I've been staring at a map for several hours now: It breaks down the presidential vote county by county for the entire country,and it leads to a certain scientific observation about the nature of George W. Bush's victory. Some of you may find this to be an uncharitable observation, one that might even betray a subtle liberal-elite media bias. I assure you, nothing could be further from the truth. This was a victory for the hicks. A hicktory! ...

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced the altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted. "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The woman replied, "You are in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude." You must be a Republican," said the balloonist. "I am," said the woman. "How did you ...

We, Democrats of America, hold these talking points to be self-evident: That the failure of any government program is proof it needs more funding; That Bill Gates symbolizes what is wrong with America; (The single largest contributor to charity, ever.) That the Communist Chinese expected nothing in return for their contributions to the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign; That the Ten Commandments are judgmental and, consequently, dangerous for our children to learn in school; That, in the spirit of inclusion, our armed forces should welcome gay soldiers into their shower stalls; That the problem of gun violence will be solved as soon ...

Please excuse the vanity post but I need some help. The Million Moms will be picketing a Silverado gun show this coming Saturday in Gaithersburg, Maryland. I'm helping with a counter protest and I need slogan suggestions for making banners to wave at the Million Morons. I'll credit freerepublic.com on all my banners!

Nazism wasn't born of Christianity, Jewish scholars say More than 160 endorse initiative By Larry Witham THE WASHINGTON TIMES A panel of Jewish scholars yesterday called on Jews to reject the belief that Christianity fueled Nazism and the Holocaust, the first such initiative within Judaism to appreciate the faith built on Jesus and the New Testament. "Nazism was not a Christian phenomenon," said the "Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity" which will be published Sunday in the New York Times and the Baltimore Sun. While anti-Jewish sentiment and violence opened the way for Nazism, and many Christians stood by as ...

DeGeneres, Heche Split Up The Associated Press Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000; 1:50 p.m. EDT NEW YORK –– Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche have split up. "Unfortunately, we have decided to end our relationship," the couple said in a statement in Saturday's Daily News. "It is an amicable parting, and we greatly value the 3½ years we have spent together." DeGeneres, 43, was the first openly gay lead on television. A year after declaring her homosexuality in a Time magazine cover story in 1997, ABC canceled her "Ellen" series, citing declining ratings. Heche, 31, and DeGeneres collaborated on an HBO film ...

A Little Perspective Pythagorean theorem: 24 words. The Lord's prayer: 66 words. Archimedes' Principle: 67 words. The 10 Commandments: 179 words. The Gettysburg Address: 286 words. The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words. The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.

Having lost a crucial case in the U.S. Supreme Court, the gay lobby is now declaring that the Boy Scouts' prohibition against homosexual scoutmasters will soon be overwhelmed by the tides of history and by public opinion. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month, by a majority of 5-4, that the Boy Scouts, despite a New Jersey state law against discrimination based on "sexual orientation," may legally continue their prohibition. Some media pundits, who otherwise sympathize with gay causes, have grudgingly acknowledged that the court had little choice. The Scouts are, after all, a private organization and constitutionally have a ...

Pap Smear for Men Could Save Lives Anal cancer screening cuts risks for gay men By Susan Church, HealthSCOUT Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 31 (HealthSCOUT) -- Gay men should have a simple health test similar to a pap smear every two to three years to trim their risks of anal cancer, experts now believe. "We can cut the incidence of this cancer by 80 percent for gay men, similar to what we've been able to accomplish by screening for cervical cancer in women," says physician Sue Goldie, assistant professor of health policy and decision science at the Harvard School of Public ...

February 29, 2000 Dear Dr. Schlessinger, I feel that it is time I write you concerning the issue of homosexuality in today's society. First let me say that I am grateful for your moral and ethical voice, your stand on homosexuality, and for your untiring efforts on behalf of children, the true victims of our decadent world. I am a 42-year-old happily married man and father of a 5-year-old daughter. I lived a homosexual life for ten years during my twenties. I was an avid supporter of the homosexual lifestyle until I realized how it slowly degrades your dignity and ...

AIDS BOY, 12, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED 5 KIDS: COPS By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA POST EXCLUSIVE : A 12-year-old Brooklyn boy with AIDS sexually assaulted at least five young children -- including a 3-year-old girl -- in an angry attempt to spread the disease, law-enforcement sources told The Post yesterday. "I got [the virus] and I want everyone else to have it," the boy told stunned detectives, according to a source. The boy knew that he was sentencing his victims to a life of pain or possible death when he sexually abused them. "He knows about the disease," the source said. "He understands ...

The Real People Elia Kazan Tried to Destroy By Roger Friedman, fox411 8.05 a.m. ET (1205 GMT) August 5, 1999 Elia Kazan and the controversy surrounding his special Oscar — it's all back thanks to an upcoming magazine article. Kazan apparently said he deserved the award. He has no regrets about ruining lives back in the 1950s by naming names in front of the House Unamerican Activities Committee. This man is too much. Recently, I spoke with Phoebe Brand Carnovsky. Her career — and that of her husband, Morris Carnovsky — was ruined when Kazan named them in 1951. Morris ...

Bauer wants vouchers for home-schoolers 5.41 p.m. ET (2142 GMT) July 27, 1999 By Mike Glover, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential contender Gary Bauer said Tuesday that school voucher proposals should be expanded to cover the cost to parents of educating their children at home. Bauer noted that most school voucher proposals provide funds for moving children to private schools or public schools outside the home district but don't include home schooling. "The politicians didn't think very much about this particular alternative,'' he said. "This is a legitimate choice and I want to make sure the ...

Germans detain 25 KLA rebels after finding dead in police station 1.42 p.m. ET (1743 GMT) June 18, 1999 By Melissa Eddy, Associated Press PRIZREN, Yugoslavia (AP) — German soldiers detained 25 ethnic Albanian rebels today after finding one elderly man dead and more than 15 others hurt in a police station that had been under control of the Kosovo Liberation Army since early this week. Most of the victims seemed to be ethnic Albanians or Gypsies between the ages of 50 and 60, said Lt. Col. Dietmar Jeserich, a spokesman for the German army serving in the Kosovo peace ...