Thursday, March 23, 2006

St. Paul City Office Boots Easter Bunny - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Bedeviled by a few, she's leaving - Los Angeles Times

Bedeviled by a few, she's leaving - Los Angeles Times

TRESA WAGGONER, the Bennett, Colo., elementary school teacher who got into hot water in January for showing her students a video clip of Gounod's "Faust," is reportedly out looking for a new job and a new community.

CNN.com - Prosecutors drop sex case against teacher - Mar 22, 2006

CNN.com - Prosecutors drop sex case against teacher - Mar 22, 2006

OCALA, Florida (CNN) -- Prosecutors here dropped charges Tuesday against a former teacher accused of having sex with a middle school student.

Media Matters - AFA's Wildmon proposed a hypothetical tour of gay bathhouses, repeated misinformation on average gay incomes

Media Matters - AFA's Wildmon proposed a hypothetical tour of gay bathhouses, repeated misinformation on average gay incomes: "In response to gay rights organization Soulforce's Equality Ride -- a bus tour aimed at confronting religious schools and military academies that ban the enrollment of GBLT students -- the American Family Association's Don Wildmon proposed his own hypothetical trip to 'the homosexual bathhouses,' saying, '[W]e're going to confront these people ... for what they're doing.'"

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Salt Lake Tribune - Utah Politics

Salt Lake Tribune - Utah Politics



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# Copy of Feb. 17th, 2006, letter from Kanab Mayor Kim T. Lawson to Kane County School District Superintendent Robert N. Johnson, (*.pdf)

# Copy of Feb. 17th, 2006, letter from Kanab Mayor Kim T. Lawson to Kanab Utah Kiabab Stake President Matt Brown, (*.pdf)


KANAB - A target of journalistic jabs for his support of a "natural-family" resolution, Mayor Kim Lawson is fighting back - and not just against travel-writing heavyweight Arthur Frommer.
The embattled Kanab mayor also is taking on a not-so-famous scribe: a 17-year-old boy who pens a weekly column in the hometown paper.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

MiamiHerald.com | 03/14/2006 | 'South Park' furor

MiamiHerald.com | 03/14/2006 | 'South Park' furor: "Isaac Hayes has quit South Park, where he voices the character of Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion."

Friday, March 03, 2006

All Headline News - Pat Robertson Loses His Seat On NRB's Board - March 3, 2006

All Headline News - Pat Robertson Loses His Seat On NRB's Board - March 3, 2006: "Virginia Beach, VA (AHN) - Pat Robertson loses his bid for re-election to the National Religious Broadcasters' board of directors.

The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network has been criticized for his comments about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon."

Thursday, March 02, 2006

globeandmail.com : Supreme Court rules kirpans okay in school

globeandmail.com : Supreme Court rules kirpans okay in school: "The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Sikh students can carry ceremonial daggers to class and that doing so does not pose an undue danger to others in the schools."

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Generation lost as Taleban targets vulnerable schools in bandit region - 01 Mar 2006 - World News

Generation lost as Taleban targets vulnerable schools in bandit region - 01 Mar 2006 - World News: "

Five years after the end of the Afghan war and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's famous pledge that 'this time we will not walk away', it seems the Taleban and al Qaeda are back with a vengeance, and one of their main targets is the country's education system.
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