May 01, 2009

Friday News Roundup

There were a lot of stories featured on this program, including:

--U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter announces his resignation.

--President Obama's first judicial nominee for the Court of Appeals, David Hamilton, sails through his Senate hearing on Wednesday.

--Kansas U.S. Senator Brownback did vote for Kathleen Sebelius for her position as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas goes public with his concerns over the "Fairness Doctrine".

--Obama's first 100 days in office show an anti-biblical, anti-life perspective.

--Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his nation's brand of socialism has begun to reach the U.S. via the Obama administration.

--Pro-abortion group to erect large billboards ahead of Obama graduation speech at Notre Dame.

--The U.S. House passed a hate crimes bill this week. Senator Edward Kennedy introduced similar legislation in the Senate--S.B. 909.

--Iowa Attorney General warns county recorder offices that workers must process same-sex marriage licenses or face possible charges in a court of law.

--New Hampshire state senate voted Wednesday to move the state closer to becoming the fifth state to embrace same-sex marriage.

--French national assembly approves a measure in which civil unions or legal partnerships contracted in other nations will be legally recognized under the existing French definition of civil unions.

--Brazilian president seeks to criminalize speech that criticizes homosexuality.

--Christian teacher in London suspended from a senior post for complaining that a staff training day was used to promote homosexual rights.

--National Public Radio announces that it will axe all Christian programs.

--Use of the term "Swine Flu" to be stopped because of the false notion that eating pork will give people this flu.

--Australian environmental lobby group asks for one child policy to protect the planet.

--A British airline removes Israel from electronic maps displayed to passengers in some of the planes to avoid offending Muslim passengers.

--Former Clinton era appointee found dead in an apparent suicide.

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