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Homosexual blood donors complaint against red cross dismissed

A homosexual man refused permission to donate blood has had his long-running discrimination complaint dismissed. The Australian Red Cross refused to accept Michael Cain\'s blood at Launceston in October 2004 because he had answered yes to a screening question about having had male-to-male sex in the previous 12 months. Mr Cain, 26, maintains that homosexual sex is a lawful activity and those who practise it safely should not be excluded from giving blood. In August 2005, he lodged a complaint to.

  • Government initiates radical rethink on northern territory intervention

    The Northern Territory intervention into languishing Aboriginal communities will be dramatically altered, with the Government flagging moves to allow people to opt out of compulsory income management and the watering down of blanket alcohol and pornography rules. The Rudd Government said it was motivated by a desire to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act, which was controversially suspended to allow the intervention to occur and allow Aboriginal people to determine its future.

  • NT-Qld alcohol migration slows

    North-west Queensland\'s Indigenous Catholic Social Service says that fewer Northern Territorians are crossing the border and accessing its services compared to this time last year.

  • New guidelines to help Christians and Muslims share faith

    The first ever set of guidelines giving advice for Christians and Muslims who want to share their faith in an ethical way will be launched next Wednesday at Islamic Relief's Headquarters in London.

  • Sleepout CEOs raise $500,000

    CEOs bedding down outdoors in the Society of St Vincent de Paul\'s annual sleepout fundraiser have raised $500,000, double what the organisers were expecting.

  • Conservative Christians warn against Obama's pro-homosexual agenda

    President Obama left both sides of the same-sex marriage debate unhappy after he signed a memorandum on Wednesday to extend some benefits to gay and lesbian partners of federal employees.

  • Report: more people vulnerable to human trafficking

    The ongoing global financial is forcing millions into extreme poverty and boosting the supply and demand of human trafficking all over the world, a new State Department report says.

  • Our system which has lost its value is failing the children in need: ACL

    The troubling reports of a 12 year old Sydney girl being forcefully administered the contraceptive pill and against the wishes of her parents and a 12-year-old Dubbo girl becoming pregnant in spite of her father's request for help, have again raised a finger towards a system which has lost its value and is failing to protect and guard the children in need, the Australian Christian Lobby said today.

  • Christianity is dwindling in Australia and America

    There is a general understanding and even you must have heard about it; it's about the way religion is viewed in Australia and America, it's a popular belief that 'USA is a very Christian country, whereas Australia is very secular'; 'Americans flash their religion openly, whereas Australians have a natural aversion to public displays of religion, and to religion in politics.'

  • Delay in IVF services for same-sex couples is good news for children

    \"New evidence shows that children raised by homosexual couples are 4 to 7 times more likely to be homosexual themselves,\" said Peter Stokes, Executive Officer of Salt Shakers.

  • Strengthen rights scrutiny but say no to charter says Christian lobby

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has called for greater parliamentary oversight of legislation to ensure rights compatibility and also for a strengthening of the roles of Commonwealth and state ombudsmen in a submission to the National Human Rights Consultation late yesterday.

  • Pro-life blogger apologizes for pregnancy hoax

    A blogger whose pro-life story tugged on the heartstrings of thousands online has formally apologized for deceiving all who had prayed for and supported her throughout the last few months of what was recently revealed to be a fictitious pregnancy.