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Court grants stay on same-sex marriages Print E-mail
By Catholic News Service   
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The Aug. 16 decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the state of California from conducting same-sex marriages while an appeal is under way drew cheers from same-sex marriage opponents.

“California voters spoke clearly on Prop 8, and we’re glad to see their votes will remain valid while the legal challenges work their way up through the courts,” said an Aug. 16 statement by Andy Pugno, general counsel for protectmarriage.com.

Proposition 8 was approved by California voters in November 2008.  Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker struck down the same-sex marriage ban Aug. 4, and he ruled Aug. 12 that same-sex marriages in California could resume unless a higher court were to issue a stay within six days. The arguments will occur in San Francisco the week of Dec. 6.
 
News Briefs: August 26, 2010 Print E-mail
By Catholic News Service   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Federal funding of stem-cell research stopped by judge


A federal judge ruled Aug. 23 that the Obama administration’s guidelines for funding embryonic stem-cell re­search violate federal law and stopped such funding while a lawsuit against it continues. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said in his ruling granting a temporary injunction that Drs. James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, both adult stem-cell researchers, had standing to challenge the guidelines because they faced the possibility of losing funding from the National Institutes of Health when NIH funding for embryonic stem-cell research was expanded.
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Kenyans remember slain Minnesota priest Print E-mail
By Francis Njuguna - Catholic News Service   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Kenyan church leaders and friends and family of a U.S. missionary slain 10 years ago gathered at a Mass to remember him and to pray that the priest’s killer is brought to justice.
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Bishop: New 'social contract' needed in 21st-century economy Print E-mail
By Catholic News Service   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
A new “social contract” is needed in today’s economy, said Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.
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