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The Briefing 06-19-13

1) Majority of Americans didn't pay attention to Gosnell trial as polls show stalemate on abortion Americans' Abortion Views Steady Amid Gosnell Trial, Pew Research Center (Lydia Saad) 2) Twisted, artificial morality of mobsters Jimmy Hoffa and ...

June 19, 2013

The Briefing 06-18-13

1) Reports in the media favor same-sex marriage by 5 to 1 Pew Study: News Stories Focused on Pro-Same Sex Marriage, Broadcasting & Cable (John Eggerton) Is the political fight over gay marriage over? Or is that just the story the media is t ...

June 18, 2013

The Briefing 06-17-13

1) New President of Iran elected, but it's not a Democracy most Americans would recognize Iranians elect moderate president, Associated Press (Ali Akbar Dareini and Brian Murphy) 2) The Nazi war criminal next door - how well do you know your ne ...

June 17, 2013

The Briefing 06-14-13

1) Praying for those impacted by the Colorado wildfires 2 dead as firefighters battle Colorado blaze, CNN (Ashley Fantz and Paul Vercammen) 2) Important ruling for human dignity: human genes cannot be patented or owned Justices Rule Human Ge ...

June 14, 2013

The Briefing 06-13-13

1. Compensation and judge intervention are dangerous solutions to organ waiting lists  Letting a child die for a voluntary ideal, USA Today (Sally Satel) 2. Senate will debate immigration reform, but most important debate is among the people ...

June 13, 2013

The Briefing 06-12-13

1. Plan B contraceptive will now be available over-the-counter to girls of any age Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold, Associated Press (Tom Hays) Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill, New York Times (Michael D. Sh ...

June 12, 2013

Truth, Trust, and Testimony in a Time of Tension — The SBC and its Future

As the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention convenes this morning in Houston, theological issues will be ever close at hand. This is as it should be, for Baptists are a theological people. The history of the Southern Baptist Convention has been a legacy ...

June 11, 2013

The Briefing 06-11-13

1. Karpen's clinic in Houston a reminder that every abortion clinic is a house of horrors Anti-abortion group targets doctor, some call it witch hunt, Houston Chronicle (Mike Tolson) 2. Unborn face the danger of geography: Governor Cuomo acts t ...

June 11, 2013

The Briefing 06-10-13

1. Judge's intervention in organ transplant raises even more ethical problems Judge's ruling challenges US transplant system,  Associated Press (Lauran Neergaard) 2. Responding to the surveillance state: What do American's want? NSA revelati ...

June 10, 2013

The Briefing 06-07-13

1) Surveillance state revelations force Americans to ask what it means to live in a Democracy U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls, New York Times (Charlie Savage and Edward Wyatt) NSA collecting phone records of millions of Veriz ...

June 7, 2013

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