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• May 31, 2012

  Sex-Selection Abortions Bill Voted Down

  The House of Representatives failed on Thursday to pass the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act which would criminalize aborting a fetus because they are not a preferred gender.

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  May 31, 2012

  Appeals Court Rules Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional

  An appeals court ruled Thursday that the part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that denies federal benefits to same-sex married couples is unconstitutional.

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  May 31, 2012

  Rep. Trent Franks on Why Race-Based Abortion Ban Was Removed From Bill

  Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), the author of a bill that would criminalize abortions whose purpose is to eliminate a fetus because the gender is not preferred, said he still supports including a ban on race-based selection in the bill, but that it was removed for political reasons. The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the bill Thursday morning.

• May 30, 2012

  Gallup: Nonreligious Are Least 'Pro-Life'

  Americans with no religious attachment are much less likely than religious Americans to identify themselves as "pro-life" on abortion, according to a new Gallup poll.

• May 30, 2012

  Pastorum Live Conference Explores How Christians Fit in Bible's Grand Narrative

  Participants of the Pastorum Live conference  held June 5-6 in Chicago will have the opportunity to learn from some of the nation's top biblical scholars how they as Christians fit within the Bible's grand narrative.

• May 25, 2012

  Are Catholic Leaders Attacking Obama to Help Republicans?

  E. J. Dionne, a liberal columnist for The Washington Post, suggested in a Monday blog post that Catholic leaders who are opposing the Obama administration's birth control mandate could be doing so to help Republicans in the November elections.

• May 24, 2012

  Catholics, Evangelicals May Coordinate on Religious Freedom Event This Summer

  The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed solidarity with Catholic leaders who oppose the Obama administration's birth control mandate, which, they argue, is a religious freedom issue.

• May 23, 2012

  CBO: 'Taxmaggedon' Will Cause Short-Term Recession, But Status Quo Unsustainable

  The current tax increases and spending cuts slated to go into effect January 2013 will likely lead to a recession, a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report says. On the other hand, preventing those policies from going into effect without replacing them with something comparable would lead to unsustainable amounts of public debt.

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  May 23, 2012

  Jeremy Lin's Faith, Family Led to Success, Biographer Says

  Jeremy Lin went from an unknown bench player to national stardom after leading the New York Knicks on a seven game winning streak early this year. The astonishing circumstances leading to that event were built upon Lin's family and faith, according to a new biography by Timothy Dalrymple called Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity.

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  May 23, 2012

  Gallup: 'Pro-Choice' Americans at Record Low

  One-half of all Americans identify as "pro-life" on abortion, according to a new Gallup poll. Forty-one percent consider themselves "pro-choice," a record low since Gallup has asked the question.