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D.C. board blocks gay marriage referendum

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics rejected a proposal to allow voters to decide on whether the District should recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere..

  • Rich countries risk wrecking climate deal, warns Christian Aid

    Rich countries risk wrecking vitally important international talks on a climate agreement, Christian Aid warned at the close of the latest UN negotiations in Bonn on Friday.

  • Porn to purity: Christian couple bares all

    It\'s a story many Christians can probably relate to or at least empathize with – a Christian couple serving in ministry together is suddenly thrown into a loop when the husband\'s secret addiction to pornography is discovered.

  • George Tiller's family permanently closes abortion clinic

    The Kansas-based abortion clinic of the late George Tiller will be \"permanently closed,\" effective immediately, his family announced Tuesday.

  • English council places Catholic with gay foster parents

    A British Catholic mother is taking legal action after the Brighton and Hove Council fostered her son to a middle aged male gay couple despite her request the boy be fostered with a Catholic couple.

  • Catholic Relief Networks say technology key to climate change plan

    The largest networks of Catholic development and relief agencies in the world say key UN talks on climate change will fail the poor unless they provide the tools to deal with the "dire consequences" of climate change.

  • The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List

    The Governor-General, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC, Chancellor of the Order of Australia, has approved awards announced today in The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List. Included in these awards are 558 recipients, who are receiving awards in the Order of Australia, in recognition of their diverse contributions and service to fellow citizens in Australia and internationally.

  • Locals win first round in Broadway brothel battle

    The City of Sydney has refused a development application for a brothel proposed for Sydney\'s Broadway district only 45 metres from St Benedict\'s church and the University of Notre Dame Australia.

  • David Jones sprung for ads sexualising children

    Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws completely vindicate claims by The Australia Institute that retailer David Jones used advertisements that sexualised children as young as 10, according to advocacy group Kids Free 2B Kids.

  • Vic hate crime sentencing to include religious factors

    Victorian sentencing laws will be amended by the end of the year to require judges to consider race, religion, gender or sexual orientation factors and prejudice in sentencing violent offenders.

  • Camden Islamic school rejected

    After months of controversy, the NSW Land and Environment Court has rejected the Quranic Society\'s application to build a $19 million school for 900 students in a rural area near Camden south-west of Sydney.

  • Pro-Lifers go on defense after Tiller's killing

    Opponents of abortion, fearful of a public backlash, have strongly denied any connections to the suspected killer of the nation's most prominent abortion provider.