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By Jan Moller BATON ROUGE, La. (RNS) A Republican gubernatorial candidate accused Louisiana Democrats of reaching “a new low” with TV ads that accuse him of insulting Protestants, and demanded the ad be taken off the air. Democratic Party officials continued to defend the spot, as did its two leading candidates for governor, despite cries…

RNS By Pat Shellenbarger Blanchard, Mich. — Glen Mast doesn’t own a computer and doesn’t want one, but he and other Amish farmers complain the Michigan Department of Agriculture is insisting they tag their cattle with electronic chips in violation of their religious beliefs. State agriculture officials say the radio frequency chips are necessary to…

New York – August 20, 2007 – Friends and foes of an embattled public school whose curriculum will be taught in Arabic raised the volume of their rhetoric Monday, with critics warning students could be “indoctrinated” with radical Islamic beliefs and supporters calling such statements “racist.” The Khalil Gibran International Academy – named after a…

Jefferson City, Mo. – August 20, 2007 – Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to strike down a new Missouri law that it claims could eliminate abortion services in large parts of the state by subjecting clinics to stringent state oversight. The federal lawsuit contends that the law, which takes effect Aug. 28, would…
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