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AP: OK, without being too gory or graphic, so if somebody is homosexual, you would argue that they should not have sex? SANTORUM: We have laws in states, like the one at the Supreme Court right now, that has sodomy laws and they were there for a purpose. Because, again, I would argue, they undermine the basic tenets of our society and the family. And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest,...

<p>A Superior Court judge yesterday rebuffed a group of lawmakers, businesses and conservative groups who wanted to intervene in what will likely be a landmark court case on the right of gay couples to marry.</p> <p>Judge Linda Feinberg said the groups did not have a legal right to formally oppose a lawsuit filed against the state by seven gay couples who argue that their unions should be recognized under state law.</p>

 

Boston's Cardinal Law Offers His Resignation - Headline Only as Per Fox News Online

The sex, drugs and paedophilia scandal in the heart of the US Catholic Church has brought the Boston archdiocese to the edge of ruin, reports Julian Coman Leo Inzaghi, the manager of the Caffe dello Sport in Boston's Italian district, stopped reading the local newspapers last week. As a practising Catholic and a father, he found their contents too shocking. "My wife telephoned me and said, 'Have you seen what the Church knew about Father Nyhan?' It turned out that the priest at the private school where we sent our daughter was transferred there after being accused of molesting two...

The 17-year-old lives in isolation, in a room created just for him. His visitors are therapists and teachers, and, of course, there are the round-the-clock guards. The cost to keep him at the state's Green Hill Training School in Chehalis: $1,000 a day, $30,000 a month. Last year, the teen became the youngest person ever to be considered for incarceration as a "sexually violent predator" at McNeil Island's Special Commitment Center. As a ward of Washington and a minor, the state has little choice but to try to treat and educate him. And until he turns 18, he cannot...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12 — One of the bitterest San Diego campaigns in memory came to a welcome close today, when officials declared that a state judge had ousted the district attorney after an 18-month campaign featuring charges of corruption, anti-Semitism, mental instability and sex discrimination. But one issue that was not aired in this conservative county was the winner's sexual orientation. With her victory over District Attorney Paul Pfingst sealed, Judge Bonnie Dumanis of Superior Court will become the first openly gay prosecutor elected in the country, gay advocates say. Judge Dumanis eked out her victory by about...

Daughters, gay mother face off in court today Teen runaways fight to go to church school By JO ANN ZUNIGA Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Two teenage girls who say they ran away from home because they cannot condone their mother's homosexuality will face her in court today in a fight over who should decide where they go to high school. While it may be unusual for such a dispute to reach the courthouse, gay-rights activists say family conflicts over sexuality issues are common. "We see every combination," said Clarence Bagby, a board member with the local chapter of Parents, Families...

SAN FRANCISCO - Don't try to be a judge in San Francisco if you work with the Boy Scouts. Judges in San Francisco are being barred from associating with the Boy Scouts because of the Scouts' opposition to homosexuals being in leadership positions. The new policy, adopted by the city's Superior Court, prohibits the court's judges and commissioners from participating in any organization that excludes members "... on the grounds that their sexual orientation renders them 'unclean,' 'immoral' or 'unfit.' " Bob Knight, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Culture and Family Institute, said the policy is ludicrous and offensive. "In...

ALL OF THIS sensational reporting about homosexual activity in the Catholic Church is doing Catholics a favor. Obviously the closets needed to be cleaned out, and the publicity is getting it started. But aren’t the newspapers dancing around the central problem — not daring to mention it? Are they afraid to mention it? Years ago in medical school, I learned that many homosexual men try to recruit young teenage boys — 11-, 12-, 13-year-olds, boys who have not yet clearly established their sexual identity as men. The thinking then was that some young teenagers can be guided in either directions...

(AgapePress) - The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court says he supports a court decision that denied child custody rights to a woman because she is a lesbian. Chief Justice Roy Morre -- in an opinion backing the unanimous decision -- said the homosexual conduct of a parent "creates a strong presumption of unfitness that alone is sufficient justification for denying that parent custody of his or her own children or prohibiting the adoption of the children of others." His opinion continued: "In this case there is undisputed evidence that the mother of the minor children not only dated...

CNSNews.com) - A proposal to add "sexual orientation" to anti-discrimination statutes in local schools is causing dissension in Fairfax County, Va., where some parents claim the measure is unnecessary and could be used to undermine the religious convictions of students who believe that homosexual behavior is wrong. Parents and pro-family groups also complain that Fairfax school libraries contain books that depict homosexuality only in a non-critical light and that the testimony of people who left the homosexual lifestyle is not allowed in school board debates on anti-discrimination. "This is the work of gay activists in the school system," said Peter...

It's a brave new world at your local Big Brothers Big Sisters office. As of this month, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) will require that all 500 of its local affiliates include active homosexuals as volunteers and mentors to children. Many parents who support Big Brothers Big Sisters may be surprised to learn that their child could soon be paired with a gay or lesbian mentor. In fact, parents whose children are enrolled in the organization's school-based programs will not even be told when their son or daughter is matched with a gay man or a lesbian woman....