"A US federal court judge has placed a temporary block on an Oklahoma amendment that bans state judges from consulting Sharia law"

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“Last week, State Question 755, a constitutional amendment, was approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters banning state judges from consulting Sharia law.” Muneer Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations: “You have a state-endorsed amendment in our [Oklahoma ] Constitution that isolates, targets and marginalizes Muslims as a threat to the American way of life” US

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Ex-Gay Convention Draws Protesters in Penn.

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“The National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality opened its Pennsylvania convention on Friday, kicking off three days of talks on ‘The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.’ …The convention, unsurprisingly, has drawn protests from gay rights groups who say the organization is spreading a message that is false and hurtful to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.”

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