Lawrence D. Jones

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• Jul 10, 2009

  ACLU Demands End to Jail's Anti-Religion Censorship

  The American Civil Liberties Union, backed by groups including Prison Fellowship and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is demanding that officials at a regional corrections facility in Virginia end their illegal censoring of religious materials sent to detainees.

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  Jul 9, 2009

  G-8 Leaders Urged to Keep Aid Promises, Avoid Self-Preservation

  G-8 leaders meeting at the three-day economic summit in L\'Aquila, Italy, look set to pull off an \"Italian Job,\" according to one of the world's leading aid agencies. G-8 nations are collectively off course in delivering on their 2005 pact

• Jul 7, 2009

  New Guidelines on Stem Cell Research Released

  The U.S. government\'s medical research agency has published the final guidelines for human stem cell research in response to President Obama\'s executive order earlier this year.

• Jun 12, 2009

  House Approves Bill to Create 'International Abortion HQ'

  The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill that pro-life groups say would promote abortion around the world on the taxpayer's dime.

• May 7, 2009

  New Hampshire Gov. to Decide on Gay Marriage Bill By Tuesday

  New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has until next Tuesday to decide the fate of a gay marriage bill that was sent to his desk after final legislature approval was given on Wednesday.

• May 7, 2009

  Memphis Planned Parenthood Could Face Investigation Over Alleged Statutory Rape Cover-Up

  The Memphis District Attorney's Office is reviewing whether to launch an investigation into a local Planned Parenthood clinic after an undercover video from a pro-life group purportedly exposed a clinic employee covering up a case of statutory rape.

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  May 6, 2009

  Maine Becomes 5th State to OK Gay Marriage

  Maine has become the fifth state to allow gay marriage after Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill legalizing the practice. His signature went on to the bill within an hour after the Senate passed it Wednesday.

• May 2, 2009

  Study: High School Teachers Influence Students' Evolution, Creationist Views

  What college students learned from their biology teachers in high school influences whether they accept evolution or creationist views, according to a recent study by professors at the University of Minnesota.

• Apr 23, 2009

  Hate Crimes Bill Headed for Vote in House Committee

  The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to continue debate and vote Thursday on hate crimes legislation that seeks to add homosexual and transgender people to a list of specially protected categories of people under federal law.

• Apr 22, 2009

  Sixth Planned Parenthood Accused of Statutory Rape Cover-Up

  A California-based pro-life group released YouTube video Monday that shows a clinic counselor in Memphis coaching a 14-year-old girl to lie about the age of her 31-year-old boyfriend in order to get an abortion waiver without parental consent.