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The Netherlands and Belgium were the first countries to give full marriage rights to homosexuals. In the United States some politicians propose “civil unions” that give homosexual couples the full benefits and responsibilities of marriage. These civil unions differ from marriage only in name. Meanwhile in the Netherlands polygamy has been legalised in all but name. Last Friday the first civil union of three partners was registered. Victor de Bruijn (46) from Roosendaal “married” both Bianca (31) and Mirjam (35) in a ceremony before a notary who duly registered their civil union. “I love both Bianca and Mirjam, so I...

My wife and I went to the Neil Diamond concert the other night at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. There were about 18,000 people there and he puts on a great show. Did over two hours of songs with no intermission. Not bad for a guy in his 60's. He brings in a fantastic cross section of people. People from their teens to their 60's; white, black, Chinese, Indian, etc. My wife and I saw him for the first time in 2001. It was about a week after 9/11 and we did not know if they would still have...

Man shot in church Bombs found; pig farms attacked by Muslims. Christians in the Poso area of Indonesia have experienced renewed violence in recent weeks. This violence comes only a few months after many of the troops were withdrawn from the area, believing it was secure. Intermittent attacks by violent Islamists have threatened to re-ignite the tensions between Christians and Muslims. More than ten gunmen raided the village of Mauro on the night of 13 October. Going house-to-house, the gunmen would shout for help and wait for the occupants to come out. When the villagers would not come out, the...

<p>Bolstering union claims that janitors have suffered greatly from the growing gap between rich and poor, a Northeastern University study shows that while college-educated, white-collar workers' incomes rose 30 percent over the past two decades, the janitors that clean their offices saw just an 8 percent boost in total earnings.</p>