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Atheists Sue to Prevent Placement of Cross at World Trade Center Memorial

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said today a federal lawsuit filed by an atheist group challenging the placement of a cross at the World Trade Center Memorial and Museum in New York City is deeply flawed and without merit.

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Activists Launch Same-Sex Marriage Bus Tour

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Proponents of same-sex marriage are planning to use the momentum they gained by the passage of New York's Marriage Equality Act to launch a bus tour that will take them into 11 states that have banned the unions with the hopes of educating locals on other ways to secure equal recognition under the law.

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Lawsuit Filed Against NY Same-Sex Marriage Law

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Alleging "flagrant violations" of New York State constitutional and legal procedures in the recent passage of the Marriage Equality Act, a lawsuit has been filed in the New York Supreme Court on behalf of several plaintiffs which could put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state as well as invalidate those that have taken place since the law went into effect on Sunday.

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Campus Crusade for Christ to Drop "Christ" from Name

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Outrage is growing in the evangelical community over an announcement by Campus Crusade for Christ, one of the nation's most prominent Christian ministries, to take the name of Christ out of its name because it was "getting in the way" of accomplishing their mission.

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"Devout Catholics" Sued for Refusing to Host Lesbian Wedding

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A lesbian couple is suing the Catholic owners of a Vermont inn for refusing to host their fall wedding reception, a suit that could establish a dangerous precedent that will allow Christian business-owners to be forced to participate in events that are opposed to their religious beliefs.

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Obama Supports New Bill To Repeal DOMA and Allow Same-Sex Marriage

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalisat  President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind the Respect for Marriage Act, being introduced in Congress today, which willrepeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and allow same-sex couples the same rights and legal protections as heterosexual couples.

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Potter Expert Criticizes Positive Review of Film in Vatican Newspaper

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Michael D. O'Brien, one of the world's foremost experts on Harry Potter, says the positive review of the latest Potter film published in last week's L'Osservatore Romano ignored the Pope's opinion of the series and raises questions about who is behind the editorial policies at the paper.

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