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Now unmarried heterosexual domestic partners are asking for the same benefits that Gay and lesbian partners receive working for the US Foreign Service.
File this under the category of unintended consequences. In June, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed to extend the traditional federal benefits for diplomat spouses to gay [...]

 
According to the UN nearly 90% of the women in Afghanistan suffer from some kind of domestic abuse and so do many of their children. Apparently one the greatest sins that an Afghan woman can be guilty of is being barren. Also, this is a country that seems to excuse rapists and punish the women [...]

Millions of public school students are committed to gather at their flagpoles on campuses all across the country today and pray.
According to Doug Clark, a spokesman for the national SYATP 2009 organization the theme for this year’s observance-= "Engage: Go and pray"- is taken from II Kings 22:
“…it’s a great story to look [...]

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 60,000 folks showed up in Times square New York City last Sunday afternoon (Sept 20) to pray for the future of the city and the nation. This was sponsored by 200 Christian churches and the response was far greater than the 15,000 or so they had planned on.
New York City Mayor [...]

In the last several years I have read a number of accounts of Jesus appearing to Muslims in dreams and visions during their holy month of Ramadan. This as a great time to pray for Muslims and for their salvation.
Open Doors USA has even put together a special prayer calendar to pray for a different [...]

 Newsweek mag. kicked it off with an article by Jessica Bennett: "Only You. And You. And You." About new types of ‘family’ relationships with multiple, mutually consenting partners—called polyamory. They even provide a video interview of one such group and an interview of others. Here’s how the article begins:
Terisa Greenan and her boyfriend, Matt, are [...]

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From Associated Press (AP):
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’s gone from praying nightly before going to bed to praying all the time because he has a "lot of stuff" on his plate and needs "guidance all the time."
Obama made the comments in an interview to air Thursday on ABC’s "Nightline."
Obama [...]