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Shocker: Judge cites Canada abortion law, frees mom who strangled newborn
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A Canadian judge, noting that a majority of Canadians support unrestricted abortion, has freed a woman who strangled her newborn son. Katrina Effert of Wetaskiwin, Alberta gave birth secretly in her parents’ downstairs bathroom, then killed the boy and threw his body over a fence. She was 19 at the time. She told the court that she was…
Belgian Muslims can now go to their own “shari’ah” courts for divorces, annullments
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A shari’ah court based on Islamic law has been established for Muslims in Antwerp, Belgium, but has the same legal status as “Judge Judy” on American TV, according to officials. The Muslim court will handle marriage disputes and inheritance issues if requested by the parties involved in lieu of a civil court hearing. Both parties must agree…
Pastor tells flock to stop tolerating adultery, delete Facebook accounts, shun porn
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South Carolina mega-church pastor Perry Noble had a hard-hitting message on the seriousness of sexual immorality in the church. For those who take sexual sins lightly, he made it clear to them: “You’re not saved,” according to Audrey Barrick reporting for the news site Christian Post. Noble tackled adultery, “friends with benefits,” pornography and homosexuality as…
ABC News: Watching SpongeBob SquarePants hurts pre-schoolers’ development
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Watching highly paced cartoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants hinders pre-schoolers’ abstract thinking, short-term memory and impulse control, according to the University of Virginia. “He may be one of the longest-running, best-loved cartoons in Nickelodeon history,” writes Courtney Hutchison for ABC News, “but SpongeBob SquarePants is getting no love from child psychologists.” According to research published…
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