Joseph Perkins

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• Oct 4, 2011

  Circumcision Remains Legal Under New Calif. Law

  California’s Jewish and Muslim communities celebrated Monday after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new state law the day before affirming the legality of male circumcision.

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  Oct 4, 2011

  ACLU Lawsuit Accuses Minn. Charter School of Promoting Islam

  The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota released hundreds of documents Monday from the group’s lawsuit against a Minnesota charter school, which accuses the school of using tax dollars to promote Islam.

• Oct 1, 2011

  Employees of Pa. Abortion Doctor Must Stand Trial With Him

  When Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested and charged with murdering a patient and seven newborns, employees at his West Philadelphia abortion clinic thought he would stand trial on his own.

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  Sep 30, 2011

  Condemned Pastor Guilty of Rape, Extortion, Iran Claims

  An Iranian government official on Friday accused Western media of misleadingly reporting the story of Youcef Nadarkhani, the 34-year-old Christian evangelical pastor who continues to await execution, but for offenses that are now unclear.

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  Sep 30, 2011

  Transgenders Say They Too Should Be Allowed Military Service

  The transgender community is contending that Americans who have undergone a sex change should not be excluded from serving in the armed forces, especially after last week’s repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

• Sep 30, 2011

  Ohio Church Under Attack by Atheist Group

  When Christ Cathedral Church in Columbus, Ohio had an atheist billboard removed from its property back in June, it thought it had heard the last from the billboard’s sponsor, the so-called Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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  Sep 29, 2011

  Evangelical Pastor Faces Imminent Execution in Iran

  Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani needs Christians around the world to stand in the gap for him as he faces execution Thursday at the hands of the Iranian government. That was the urgent email message disseminated Wednesday by International Christian Concern, a Washington, D.C., organization that assists the worldwide persecuted Christian church.

• Sep 28, 2011

  Calif. Student Punished for Saying 'Bless You'

  “Bless you.” For uttering those words, a student at William C. Wood High School in Vacaville, Calif. was punished this week by a teacher who claimed that the student disrupted his classroom.

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  Sep 28, 2011

  Obama Health Care Reform Not Delivering on Promises

  Is the federal health care law pushed by President Obama yielding unintended consequences? A study released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group, suggests it just may be.

• Sep 27, 2011

  ACLU Challenges Nevada Religion Requirement to Conduct Marriages

  A federal District Court judge heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging a Nevada law requiring that nongovernmental officials be affiliated with a church or religious organization in order to perform marriages.