See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejg2
Dead Democrat wins election - TIME NewsFeed
This Democrat really was dead. But her election hopes weren't.
Jenny Oropeza, who died Oct. 20, was re-elected to the California State Senate on Tuesday.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejfq
Group Demands Immediate Halt of Full-Body Airport Scanners
A leading privacy group is urging a federal appeals court to suspend the government’s program of introducing full-body imaging machines at airports across the country.
The Transportation Security Administration began deploying 450 of them in March to dozens of airports nationwide.
“The suspicionless search of all airport travelers in this most invasive way violates the reasonableness standard contained in the Fourth Amendment,” Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said Tuesday. He said the devices, costing $1 billion, were designed “to store and record and transmit the unfiltered image of the naked human body. ”
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Group Demands Immediate Halt of Full-Body Airport Scanners
A leading privacy group is urging a federal appeals court to suspend the government’s program of introducing full-body imaging machines at airports across the country.
The Transportation Security Administration began deploying 450 of them in March to dozens of airports nationwide.
“The suspicionless search of all airport travelers in this most invasive way violates the reasonableness standard contained in the Fourth Amendment,” Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said Tuesday. He said the devices, costing $1 billion, were designed “to store and record and transmit the unfiltered image of the naked human body. ”
The government is expected to respond next month to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A test image shown to reporters at Logan International this spring “showed the blurry outline of a female volunteer,” The Associated Press reported at the time. “None of her clothing was visible, nor were her genitals, but the broad contours of her chest and buttocks were. Her face also was blurred.”
The constitutional challenge aside, EPIC also charges that the Department of Homeland Security, in rolling out the devices, violated a host of bureaucratic policies requiring public review, including the Administrative Procedures Act.
What’s more, the group claims the machines, among other things, violate the federal Video Voyeurism Prevent Act, which protects against capturing improper images that violate one’s privacy.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a recent statement that the deployment is “enhancing our capability to detect and disrupt threats of terrorism across the nation.”
The so-called “backscatter machines,” however, cannot detect so-called “booty bombs” in which an explosive is inserted into the body.
Travelers can opt out of going through the imaging machines and instead undergo a pat-down, including the crotch area.
See Also:
Read more at www.wired.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejfk
High Oxygen Levels Spawn Monster Dragonflies
Biologists have grown super-size dragonflies that are 15 percent larger than normal by raising the insects, from start to finish, in chambers emulating Earth’s oxygen conditions 300 million years ago.
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
High Oxygen Levels Spawn Monster Dragonflies
Biologists have grown super-size dragonflies that are 15 percent larger than normal by raising the insects, from start to finish, in chambers emulating Earth’s oxygen conditions 300 million years ago.
The research, presented Nov. 1 at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, provides more support to the idea that big ancient animals and high-oxygen concentrations weren’t coincidental. It may also offer an instrument to help gauge Earth’s ancient atmospheric conditions.
“No one has been successful growing dragonflies under controlled laboratory conditions before, at least to my knowledge,” said paleobiologist John VandenBrooks of Arizona State University, leader of the work. “This has allowed us to ask the question, ‘how have oxygen levels through time influenced the evolution of insects?’”
During the Paleozoic era, around 300 million years ago, huge dragonflies zipped around with wingspans stretching more than two and a half feet, dwarfing modern relatives. Back then, however, the planet’s atmosphere had roughly 50 percent more oxygen than today.
To explore the effects of ancient oxygen levels, VandenBrooks’ team raised 11 other “living fossils,” including beetles and cockroaches, in three habitats with different oxygen concentrations — one at the late Paleozoic’s 31 percent oxygen level, another at today’s 21 percent level and the third at 12 percent from 240 million years ago (Earth’s lowest oxygen level since complex life exploded onto the scene half a billion years ago).
They found that dragonflies and beetles grew faster, as well as bigger, in a high-oxygen environment, while cockroaches grew slower and remained the same size. All but two bug species grew smaller than normal at low concentrations of oxygen.
Measurements of insect breathing-tube volume from the experiment could be correlated with that of insects trapped in amber, VandenBrooks said, providing a solid tool to determine oxygen levels in poorly understood eras.
“We started out with insect physiology to understand the fossil record better, in light of data from modern species,” he said. “Then we realized we might have a biological tool to estimate ancient oxygen levels — a proxy — using that physiology in specimens trapped in amber.”
Dragonflies are born as water-loving nymphs and spend about half a year wolfing down small worms, crustaceans and, eventually, larger prey such as guppy fish. When adults emerge as speedy terrestrial fliers, they begin breathing through a network of tracheal air tubes and live only for a couple of weeks.
“It wasn’t quick, but it paid off,” VandenBrooks said of raising the critters in the lab, adding that 225 nymphs (75 per atmospheric habitat) had to be hand-fed worms and guppies every day for almost half a year.
After the dragonflies and other bugs molted into adults, the researchers measured their breathing-tube volumes. They discovered that high oxygen concentrations lowered tracheal volume, while low oxygen concentrations boosted it. VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
“As you become a larger insect, more of your body is taken up by tracheal tubes. Eventually you reach a limit to how big you can be,” VandenBrooks said. “The more oxygen that is available, the smaller that system needs to be and the bigger you can grow.”
Dragonflies in the modern habitat grew normally, with wingspans of about 3.5 inches, while the hyperoxic chamber spawned dragonflies with 15 percent larger bodies and 4-inch wingspans. Beetles also grew proportionally larger but, conversely, cockroaches didn’t swell to monsters in rich oxygen levels. Instead, they remained the same size and developed more slowly.
“We’re not sure why this happened,” VandenBrooks said, adding that cockroach tracheal volume, however, still decreased along with most of the other bugs.
“We might be able to correlate this modern tracheal data with tracheal volumes we measure in amber fossils to find out what oxygen concentrations were during some contentious periods in history,” VandenBrooks wrote in an e-mail. He also noted that oxygen levels around 300 million years ago are better known than from 120 to 65 million years ago, a period with “conflicting and poorly resolved” oxygen models.
“One model out there says levels were lower than now, another says higher-than-present levels,” he said. “We need a good proxy to estimate historic conditions. Amber fossils are promising if we can more tightly correlate breathing-tube volume to oxygen.”
VandenBrooks said he’d like to “take a more in-depth look at the fossil record and expand forward to the present and backward to the past” to see if amber is a viable proxy. In addition, he wants to repeat the oxygen-level experiment focusing more tightly on dragonfly behavior.
“We want to know how it affects their metabolism,” VandenBrooks said. “How does it affect their ability to perform? Their speed? Their efficiency? I’d love to know these things.”
Images: 1) Flickr/Al Power. 2) Micrograph of a modern honey bee’s internal tracheal tubes, the means by which all insects exchange oxygen with their body’s tissues./USDA 3) A dragonfly raised in one of VandenBrooks’ hyperoxic habitats./John VandenBrooks.Read more at www.wired.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejfc
Home ownership, is for suckers
"Renting, not owning, is this century's American dream. You’ll save money, feel happier, and have the world at your service."
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Abandon Ownership! Join the Rentership Society!
By Chris Suellentrop
November 1, 2010 |
12:00 pm |
Wired November 2010
Photo: Mauricio Alejo
In the American mind, renters are regarded as an unsavory lot, willful dissidents from the American dream. They do things like put cars up on cinder blocks in their front yard or, worse, live in your basement. The vision of an Ownership Society was about more than just houses, but the promotion of homeownership was, for a time at least, its most successful element. You know the story by now: The rate of homeownership climbed to almost 70 percent, sellers walked out of closings trundling wheelbarrows full of cash, and the phrase “granite countertops” seemed to hold as much promise as “plastics” did in The Graduate. Then it all fell apart. We woke up in a Rentership Society, and it’s starting to look permanent. And you know what? Thank goodness. Ownership, it turns out, is for suckers.
For renters today, finding a new apartment on craigslist is almost as easy as streaming a movie. (OK, not quite, but you get the point.) Homeowners don’t reside in this frictionless economy: They’re stuck in one place, unable to quickly downgrade to a cheaper residence when times are lean (or upgrade when times are flush). And it costs thousands of dollars in renovations to beat the depreciation curve.
I speak from experience. My wife and I bought and sold two condos during the latter stages of the real-estate boom, escaping both as break-even propositions (after transaction costs). When we moved into a rental apartment a couple of years ago, we realized that ownership had been a burden, a time sink, and a money pit. Now we ask the landlord to fix things when they break, and we don’t mind that the floor is not the one we would have chosen. We pay less each month than we would on a mortgage, and we bank money that once would have gone into installing central air.
We discovered that this emancipating, and remunerative, mindset applies to a lot of things that in the pre-Internet age you had to accumulate in order to enjoy. We sold our car and now use Zipcar or Avis when we need one — my somewhat technophobic wife refers to Zipcar as “Netflixing a car.”
Granted, I live in Manhattan, where you don’t need a car to get around every day. But no matter where you live, you’ve probably begun to embrace the Rentership Society without even realizing it. When was the last time you bought a DVD? Sales have plummeted because we all stream our video or get discs by mail. Amazon reportedly wants to get into the rental business, too, by creating a streaming service — their current (failed) model sells TV shows by the episode. I get my music from Microsoft’s Zune Pass service these days — $15 a month buys me flexibility, mobility, and freedom from having to upgrade when a new standard replaces MP3s (which it inevitably will).
I’m no freegan, mind you. I don’t dig through dumpsters for my dinner, and I believe in the virtues of property rights. The Rentership Society doesn’t have to mean the Tragedy of the Commons — the stuff I rent isn’t owned by the government or by everyone. It’s owned by someone — someone else. I just pay for use. Those of you with a profit instinct (and storage space) can even become landlords: Websites like SnapGoods and Zilok let people rent out their stuff — lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners, tools — to the tenant class (as discussed by Clive Thompson in issue 18.09).
For the rest of us, we’ll always own some things. There’s stuff we use all the time, like furniture and clothing, and objects with sentimental value (take your stinking paws off my Yoda figure with plastic snake). But the Internet is creating markets that enable us to own much less. The winner of the ebook sweepstakes will be the bookseller who becomes a bookrenter. I don’t want to own hundreds of books on a Kindle at $10 a pop. I want to Netflix them — pay for access to every book ever published. I’d rather be a renter in Borges’ library than the owner of my own.
Everything, everywhere, all the time. That’s the dream of the Rentership Society. And we’re almost there. If you want to be able to possess some things, in some places, some of the time, well, keep on buying. But I vote for infinite abundance, on demand. Doesn’t that sound like the new century’s American dream?
Chris Suellentrop (chris.suellentrop@gmail.com) is a story editor at The New York Times Magazine.
Read more at www.wired.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejet
11-Year-Old Boy Shot By Police Officer - Video - WGAL The Susquehanna Valley
A Dallas mother says police are supposed to serve and protect, not shoot her innocent 11-year-old son.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/eje7
Is Flu Vaccination Safe ???
The Makers of Flu Vaccine refused H1N1 Vaccine - There is mercury in Flu Vaccine, remember mercury in dental filling. Mercury is known as the most neurotoxic substance known to man. What is in flu vaccine anyway?
Amplify’d from thesearethey.blogspot.com
Is Flu Vaccination Safe ???
The Makers of Flu Vaccine refused H1N1 Vaccine
There is mercury in Flu Vaccine, remember mercury in dental filling. Mercury is known as the most neurotoxic substance known to man. What is in flu vaccine anyway?
See more at thesearethey.blogspot.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejdq
Be Strong and Of A Good Courage
Never Give Up for The Lord is With Thee - Ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deu 31:5-6 KJV
For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear. Heb 13:5-6 KJV
Amplify’d from thesearethey.blogspot.com
Be Strong and Of A Good Courage
Never Give Up for The Lord is With Thee
Ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deu 31:5-6 KJV
For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear. Heb 13:5-6 KJV
Read more at thesearethey.blogspot.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejdm
Peace Safety then Sudden Destruction
One Global Family for Global Peace - But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1The5:1-3
Amplify’d from thesearethey.blogspot.com
Peace Safety then Sudden Destruction
One Global Family for Global Peace
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1The5:1-3
Read more at thesearethey.blogspot.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejdi
Okla. Voters Approve Sharia Law Ban
With more than half of the vote, Oklahoma voters overwhelming approved a state amendment banning state judges from consulting Islamic law in deciding cases.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ejd8
Clerical abuse victims 'will protest year after year' - News - Bearsden Herald
Clerical sex abuse survivors are going to mount "bigger and bigger" protests every year in Rome in an effort to keep raising the issue with the Catholic Church, a Warwickshire woman has pledged.
Sue Cox, 63, from Gaydon, who spoke during a meeting near the Vatican at the weekend about her rape ordeal as a 13-year-old at the hands of a priest, said she would return "year after year" with other abuse survivors.
She was among around 100 survivors from a dozen countries, including Italy, the US, Ireland, Holland and Australia, at a candlelit protest on Sunday in Rome.
The protest included around 55 Italians from a Catholic institute for the deaf in Verona where dozens of students said they were raped by priests.
The acupuncturist later met Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi accompanied by protest organisers and US clerical abuse survivors Bernie McDaid and Gary Bergeron.
Mrs Cox, a member of the National Secular Society, accused Fr Lombardi of "PR spin" after the meeting and failing to confront the damage and destruction wreaked by paedophile priests.
"He sat there completely disinterested in anything we had to say. It was spin, there was no dialogue and no conversation," she said.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ehcx
Christian girls targeted for violence in Pakistan - Catholic Sentinel - Portland, OR
The Christian community in Pakistan is shocked at increasing violence and abuse targeted at young Christian girls.
Two Christian girls were abducted, raped and murdered by a group of Muslims. A 13 year old became pregnant after being raped by a young Muslim.
Violent abuse is “part of daily life” in Pakistan and growing in number against Christian and Hindu girls, said Fides, a Vatican missionary agency. Christians are targeted because they are considered on a lower social level, and often abductions of young girls involve intent to force marriage and religious conversion or to trap them into prostitution rings.
The latest tragic abuse is part of a larger phenomenon of violence against women in Pakistan, which often meets with indifference and impunity, Fides said.
There were 1,198 kidnappings, 352 rapes and 1,052 murders of women in 2009 alone.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ehcw
Christian leaders express outrage after deaths at Baghdad cathedral | USCatholic.org
Deaths at Baghdad cathedral was a false flag event to bring about complete disarmament and stricter religious hate crime laws.
see: Holy See Demands an End to Discrimination against Christians (Holy See Mission) http://www.holyseemission.org/1Nov2010.html
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ehck
Holy See Demands an End to Discrimination against Christians (Holy See Mission)
The exercise of responsible sovereignty requires that the State fulfill its primary duty to protect its own populations and, where a State proves unable or unwilling to meet this responsibility, the international community has the duty to use the juridical means necessary to protect those citizens from grave and sustained violations of human rights.
The concept of the defamation of religions seeks to address instances of incitement to religious violence, religious or ethnic profiling, negative stereotyping of religion and attacks on sacred books, religious sites and figures. However, as the Special Rapporteur notes, this concept does not adequately address these abuses of human rights and international law, but instead gives rise to instances where States have used the concept of the defamation of religions as a justification for laws which prohibit the freedom of religion and interreligious dialogue, and restrict the freedom of expression. While my delegation supports all efforts to protect believers from unjust hate speech and incitement to violence, we remain concerned that the use of the concept of defamation of religions to achieve these aims has proven counterproductive and, instead of protecting religious believers, it has served as a means for State-sponsored oppression of religious believers. Thus my delegation supports the Special Rapporteur’s call for States to move away from the concept of defamation of religions and instead towards the legal concept of advocacy against racial or religious hatred that constitutes discrimination, or violence and give greater effort to address the manifestations of religious intolerance through greater initiatives aimed at fostering awareness of religious belief and mutual understanding.
Amplify’d from www.holyseemission.org
Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See
65th session of the
United Nations General Assembly
Before the Third Committee, on item 66 (a) and (b):
Elimination of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance
New York, 1 November 2010
Mr. Chairman,
At the outset, my
delegation would like to thank the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance for his
report, in particular for addressing racial and religious intolerance. As we
know from events happening around the world, these particular forms of
intolerance persist in spite of the efforts of the international community and
people of good will.Mr. Chairman,
One year ago the
international community sought to renew its efforts to address racial
discrimination when it gathered in Geneva to review the progress achieved since
the Durban Conference of 2001. It was reiterated yet again that racism, racial
discrimination and xenophobia undermine the dignity of the human person and are
contrary to the efforts to build an authentic international community founded
upon the aim of promoting the universal common good by guaranteeing protection
of the rights of everyone. At that time, the Holy See reiterated that racism
and racial discrimination in any form or theory are morally unacceptable and
that national and local authorities along with civil society must work together
to honor the dignity of the human person without regard to race, sex, national
origin, religion or social circumstances.However, racism
and racial discrimination cannot be combated by laws alone. As the Special
Rapporteur rightly notes, addressing racism requires individuals to change from
within. This change requires awareness creation and growth in education on
moral and spiritual levels to form more fully the individual conscience so as to
properly reject the flawed belief in racial superiority and its corollary hatred
of entire populations. For its part, the Catholic Church throughout the world
promotes such academic, moral and spiritual growth for everyone so that each
human being, from conception until natural death, will be recognized as having
been endowed with an innate human dignity which must be protected and respected,
the grounding principle of all universal human rights.Despite these
efforts, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and religious hatred continue
to destroy the human family as neighbors become enemies and communities become
places of ethnic and religious violence and destruction. Throughout history in
every corner of the globe, ethnic, racial and religious hatreds have caused
unrest. No country or culture is immune.
Thus
each national government has an obligation to be vigilant in the protection of
its citizens. The exercise of responsible sovereignty requires that the
State fulfill its primary duty to protect its own populations and, where a State
proves unable or unwilling to meet this responsibility, the international
community has the duty to use the juridical means necessary to protect those
citizens from grave and sustained violations of human rights.Mr. Chairman,
While racial or
ethnic discrimination occurs in many corners of the globe, respect for religious
freedom also continues to prove elusive for many. Religious freedom is central
to ensuring that all members of the human family can more fully develop
personally and spiritually. However, many around the world today lack even the
liberty to pray in community, to make personal expressions of faith and to
exercise their well-formed consciences in accord with their religious faith.
These are men, women and children whose searching for God is a prohibited
activity, with many facing serious physical and legal repercussions for the
pursuit of such a fundamental human need. My delegation regrets that the
Special Rapporteur’s interim report (A/65/295) fails to note the fate of
Christians who have been driven from their homes, tortured, imprisoned, murdered
or forced to convert or deny their faith around the world. This is a crisis
which continues to be ignored by the international community and requires the
urgent attention of international and national leaders to protect the right to
religious freedom of these individuals and communities.Mr. Chairman,
My delegation is
saddened by the recent attack on the Syrian Catholic community at Our Lady of
Deliverance Catholic Church in Baghdad last Saturday afternoon. This is again
another tragic incident of the continued intolerance, discrimination and
violence directed at Christians. Our thoughts and prayers go to the victims of
this attack and their families, some of whom I have known personally. My
delegation calls on the entire international community to work to ensure that
all religions and all believers have the most basic right to religious freedom
and worship.The hope for the
progress of humanity, which is at the core of this preeminent international
organization, cannot be realized until these abuses end. They must end and they
must end now! And, with God’s help, the cooperation of all people of good will
and of this organization, they will.My delegation
also notes with concern the over-identification of racial or ethnic identity and
religious belief, giving rise to individuals facing multiple forms of
discrimination because their unique identity goes unrecognized. This linking of
race and religion reinforces the flawed and tragic notion that religious belief
is inherently tied to one’s ethnic, national or racial background and thus
prevents religious minorities within ethnic and racial groups from expressing
and practicing their faith.In this regard,
the concept of the defamation of religions seeks to address instances of
incitement to religious violence, religious or ethnic profiling, negative
stereotyping of religion and attacks on sacred books, religious sites and
figures. However, as the Special Rapporteur notes, this concept does not
adequately address these abuses of human rights and international law, but
instead gives rise to instances where States have used the concept of the
defamation of religions as a justification for laws which prohibit the freedom
of religion and interreligious dialogue, and restrict the freedom of
expression. While my delegation supports all efforts to protect believers from
unjust hate speech and incitement to violence, we remain concerned that the use
of the concept of defamation of religions to achieve these aims has proven
counterproductive and, instead of protecting religious believers, it has served
as a means for State-sponsored oppression of religious believers. Thus my
delegation supports the Special Rapporteur’s call for States to move away from
the concept of defamation of religions and instead towards the legal concept of
advocacy against racial or religious hatred that constitutes discrimination, or
violence and give greater effort to address the manifestations of religious
intolerance through greater initiatives aimed at fostering awareness of
religious belief and mutual understanding.Mr. Chairman,
The increasing
movement of people across national boundaries has also seen a rise in xenophobic
mentalities directed against migrants based on race, national origin or
religious identity. While national legislatures have the responsibility for
creating laws which control entrance into their country, so too do they have the
responsibility to ensure that such laws are truly just and respect human rights
and international law. It is deplorable that, in the name of legal authority
regarding defamation of religion, local leaders and religious groups in the
society sometimes take the law into their own hands, causing social conflicts
and disorder. The growing migration of people has led to dramatic changes in
societies and has led to a number of communities around the world seeking to
better foster greater understanding and cooperation amongst their citizens and
new migrants. However, some of these efforts have proven counterproductive and
instead have created greater insecurity and division within communities and
families. To better foster greater understanding, education and the promotion
of mutual respect are of vital importance. As Pope Benedict XVI recently
stated, nations have the task of welcoming diverse nationalities and parents
have the responsibility to educate children on the “way of universal
brotherhood.”Mr. Chairman,
Racism, religious
intolerance and xenophobia continue to divide people from around the world.
Through respect for human rights and the promotion of the dignity of every human
being, we may better build a global community which sees all people as brothers
and sisters. Knowing what we must do, now let us proceed. With the means and
the understanding at hand, let us remove these scourges from the progress of all
peoples now.Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.
Read more at www.holyseemission.org
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ehb9
Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Vatican envoy implores UN to recognize bias, threats against Christians
The Vatican’s representative at the UN denounced discrimination against Christians in an emotional address on November 1.
Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the permanent observer for the Holy See at UN headquarters in New York, cited the massacre at a church in Baghdad as a vivid example of the dangers that Christians face. He reminded his listeners that he had been stationed in Iraq until recently, and was personally acquainted with some of the massacre victims.
The archbishop said with dismay that a UN report on religious tolerance did not “note the fate of Christians who have been driven from their homes, tortured, imprisoned, murdered or forced to convert or deny their faith around the world.” International leaders must address the oppression of Christians, he insisted.
Archbishop Chullikatt said that although the Holy See favors efforts to protect religion from “hate speech and incitement to violence,” his delegation was uneasy with the approach that targets “defamation of religion.” In practice, he said, measures promoted to stop “defamation of religion” have actually “served as a means for State-sponsored oppression of religious believers.”
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/eh9o
Bless The Lord My Soul
Amplify’d from www.youtube.com
Taize- Bless The Lord My Soul
missionary training.
Read more at www.youtube.com
Share this video with friends!
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/eh8r
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)