Scrolling around...July 20th, 2012

Canadian B and B Owners Who Refused Room To Gay Couple Fined $4,500
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has fined the owners of a now-closed bed and breakfast $4,500 for refusing to grant a gay couple a reservation in 2009 after learning of their sexual orientation, the Vancouver Sun reports...

First Military Base Same-Sex Wedding Held
Two men became the first same-sex couple to marry on a military base when they held their wedding ceremony last month at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey...

Teenagers 'can be corrupted' by Hollywood sex scenes
Watching sex scenes in Hollywood films can make children more promiscuous and sexually active from a younger age, a new study has suggested...

Wheaton College Joins Lawsuits Fighting the Contraception Mandate
Wheaton College will follow other religious institutions by filing a lawsuit against the Obama administration's contraception mandate, president Philip Ryken will announce Wednesday morning. The college's suit in the D.C. District Court will be one of the more high-profile actions by an evangelical institution...

Union Bosses Okay Digging Up–Then Filling Back In–Ditches on Taxpayers' Dime
James O’Keefe’s new Project Veritas video (see below) is a stunning exposé of union corruption surrounding so-called “shovel ready” jobs. In typically irreverent Project Veritas style, O’Keefe introduces a new company: Earth Supply and Renewal. What do they do?...(video below)



Union leaders force cancellation of major blood drive
...“We are astounded that union leaders forced the cancellation of this nationally acclaimed, lifesaving effort just to further their own agenda,” said Sharon Jaksa, Region CEO. “Over the past decade, this special event has helped save thousands of lives as our loyal blood donors honored the victims and survivors of the 2001 terrorist attacks. But since union leadership will not agree to support the drive with the dignity it deserves, we cannot hold our sponsor and donors hostage with the uncertainty of union actions. Our donors mean far more to us than that.” ...

Whooping cough could reach highest levels since 1959
Public health officials are concerned the uptick might be due in part to a switch from one vaccine type to another 15 years ago. The change was based in part on now-discredited concerns about the dangers of the older vaccine...