Roberto Rivera

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  Oct 28, 2019

  When 'choice' and 'disability' collide: Eugenics still advancing

  Forced sterilization and other eugenics practices may seems like a throwback to a much darker period in recent human history, but in many countries, the laws that authorize these reprehensible violations of our humanity are still on the books.

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  Oct 22, 2019

  'Belief in Genesis ... incompatible with human dignity,' British tribunal claims

  We take ideas such as freedom and human dignity for granted, without ever stopping to think about where those ideas came from in the first place.

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  Oct 14, 2019

  The Supreme Court to decide on the meaning of words

  At the heart of a pending Supreme Court decision, one of the most significant since Obergefell v. Hodges, is whether or not the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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  Oct 9, 2019

  University of Iowa learns a lesson in religious freedom

  I’m not sure what the university expected, but in the last seven months Judge Rose had not changed her opinion about what the Constitution requires.

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  Oct 8, 2019

  Biblical Edom unearthed: Not a myth, a historical reality

  Over the years, many scholars doubted the Edomites even existed, at least as described in those biblical accounts.

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  Oct 5, 2019

  Robots in the pulpit?

  If someone described a preacher’s style to you as “robotic,” you probably wouldn’t consider it a compliment.

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  Oct 3, 2019

  Time magazine denies climate change deniers

  What is clear is that there is no further room for anyone who questions that the planet is indeed warming, that the warming is human caused, and that it is catastrophic.

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  Oct 2, 2019

  More victims of the sexual revolution

  This story has everything … Reproductive technology? Check! Same-sex union? Check! Autism? Check! Lawsuits? Check! The assumption that a child “product” of reproductive technology that someone paid for is “defective”? Check!

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  Sep 30, 2019

  When suicide is legal and the money runs out

  The Medical Assistance in Dying Act, like all pro-death legislation, sent a crystal-clear message that euthanasia is an acceptable alternative to palliative care. Inevitably, this will lead to decisions in which life is priced out, compared to the cost of resources.

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  Sep 23, 2019

  Hong Kong’s lesson for Beijing ... and the West

  Communist Party leaders know what many of the commentators and so-called experts in the West have long forgotten: That the ideas about justice and freedom that motivate many of the protesters in Hong Kong are rooted in Christianity.