Justice Lynn Smith Smith ruled the law against assisted suicide denies physically disabled people the same rights as able-bodied people who can take their own lives.… Read the rest

The mother got 18 months in prison, the father two years, for the genital mutilation of their four daughters. [story in French]… Read the rest

She was tried by jury at the Old Bailey and found guilty of contravening section 4 of the Witchcraft Act of 1735.… Read the rest

“You’re supposed to keep your mouth shut and you’re supposed to just carry on. It is impregnated into our culture.”… Read the rest

A local Red Cross worker told the Associated Press that at least 12 people had been killed and 80 injured in the attacks.… Read the rest

The Heritage Foundation is baffled by criticism of its flawed “same-sex parenting” study.… Read the rest

The trouble with religious freedom is that it is all too frequently misunderstood as the unrestricted freedom of the religious to run roughshod over everyone else.… Read the rest

Cork’s city councillors voted overwhelmingly against the move to scrap a prayer at the start of their meeting, after a heated debate.… Read the rest

The nod is not forthcoming.… Read the rest

We’re appalled that sex crimes are still being called “boundary violations” and when committed by foreign-born priests they are being explained away as “cultural differences.”… Read the rest

The church warned that it could be forced out of its traditional role of conducting weddings on behalf of the state.… Read the rest

“I advise you to raise your children in the cult of jihad and martyrdom and to instil in them a love for religion and death.”… Read the rest

Now anyone with a public platform can expect to face constant harassment, especially anyone who is a woman or a member of an ethnic minority.… Read the rest

“Chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine can produce dissections of the cranial and cervical segments of the vertebral and carotid arteries.”… Read the rest

Christian scientist parents can refuse to get medical treatment for their children in Washington state, but other religions cannot.… Read the rest

The attackers pushed several women against a metal railing, shoving their hands down their clothes and trying to grab their bags.… Read the rest

The retreat was designed to allow participants to employ yoga and deep meditation to try to answer some of life’s most profound questions. Yeah no that’s not going to work.… Read the rest

The charity “helps people with cancer choose integrated treatments.”… Read the rest

It promotes the idea that not only is everything stated in Genesis chapters 1-11 true, but it can be proved … with science.… Read the rest

We never fully unlearn our mistaken intuitions about the world. We just learn to  ignore them.… Read the rest