Egypt: Christian man murdered “only because he was a Copt”; •Texas Supreme Court blocks same-sex marriage licenses...more

Texas Supreme Court blocks same-sex marriage licenses ...In a statement, Gov. Greg Abbott said the "Texas Constitution defines marriage as consisting 'only of the union of one man and one woman' and was approved by more than three-quarters of Texas voters. I am committed to ensuring that the Texas Constitution is upheld and that the rule of law is maintained in the State of Texas."...

LA hospital warns 179 patients possibly exposed to 'superbug'  A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial "superbug" during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths.

The 179 patients who may have been infected by the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, are being offered home testing kits that would be analyzed by the University of California, Los Angeles, hospital system, UCLA officials said...

One in three Dutch doctors would kill patients with dementia in assisted suicide  According to a new study, one in three Dutch doctors would be willing to help someone with early dementia, mental illness, or who is ‘tired of living’ commit suicide. This statistic was revealed after researchers canvassed the views of 2500 randomly targeted family doctors and specialists in the fields of elderly care, cardiology, respiratory medicine, intensive care, neurology and internal medicine between October 2011 and June 2012...

Electric car benefits? Just myths  
It is time to stop our green worship of the electric car. It costs us a fortune, cuts little CO2 and surprisingly kills almost twice the number of people compared with regular gasoline cars.

Electric cars' global-warming benefits are small. It is advertised as a zero-emissions car, but in reality it only shifts emissions to electricity production, with most coming from fossil fuels. As green venture capitalist Vinod Khosla likes to point out, "Electric cars are coal-powered cars."...

President Who Said America is 'No Longer a Christian Nation' Says Islam is 'Woven into the Fabric of Our Country.' 

Egypt: Another Christian man murdered in cold blood “only because he was a Copt” ...In front of his family, they went up to the Coptic man and shot him several times in the head, killing him—but only after they had plundered the family and home. According to the slain man’s wife, her husband was murdered “only because he was a Copt [i.e., Christian].”...

Christian Florist Who Refused Gay Wedding Found Guilty of Discrimination A Washington woman who refused to make flower arrangements for a gay wedding in 2013 has been found guilty of discrimination.

Christian Today reports that Barronelle Stutzman, who operated Arlene’s Flowers, refused to provide the floral arrangements for Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed’s wedding because her Christian beliefs prevented her from doing so in good conscience. After two years of legal proceedings, Stutzman was found guilty of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Stutzman will be likely fined, though the damages sought by the couple will be determined at a later date...