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The Arizona junior high schoolers weren’t trying to cause any problems. They just had a great idea: hey, let’s pray for the members of the U.S. Supreme Court. They were taking a walking tour of Capitol Hill with their teacher Maureen Rigo when they paused and bowed their steps. Standing on the Oval Plaza of…

Is it really against the law to sing America’s  national anthem while you are visiting the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington, D.C. national mall?   Yes, according to the National Park Service, which administers the memorial.   The ban was discovered recently when a group of high school students touring Washington, D.C spontaneously broke into…

Why didn’t Irish voters have to consider a ballot item legalizing abortion last week?   Because in a landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the European Convention on Human Rights does not contain a general right to abortion.   That means Ireland can quit worrying about being forced to legalize…

Why does the loathsome Westboro Baptist Church, which Wednesday won a controversial case before the U.S. Supreme Court, call itself “Baptist?”   Westboro is best known for protesting the funerals of U.S. soldiers with highly offensive signs.   “Fred Phelps, the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church has devised a scheme for getting attention: He…
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