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Foxes crying foul in the henhouse! Atheists? cunning ploys to silence debat
2009-02-05 17:38:00
http://creationontheweb.com/ says,'Recent news articles have featured claims that famous evolutionary naturalist Sir David Attenborough, apparently receives hate mail from alleged creationists telling him to ?burn in hell? for not crediting God in his presentations.1 One wonders why a man held in such high regard would think that this is worthy of a news announcement.At CMI, we regularly receive such mail, and often more ?colourful? than that?but so what? However, even the fundamentalist Darwinian evolutionist Richard Dawkins thought this was worthy of a mention on his own site.2 But why?Those of us closely involved in the origins debate realize that ?crying foul? is an oft-used tactic by the biblioskeptics to try and marginalize, in particular, the creationists. Understandably, the immediate reaction the average person (both Christians and non-Christian) has to such statements is revulsion. Evolutionists like Attenborough and Dawkins know that most Christians (me included) would b...
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BBC on Jos riots
2009-01-30 08:21:00
Click titlel for a BBC programme on Jos but the reporter cannot pronounce the word, Hausa and fails to tell the pre-colonial history of conflict between Hausas and Plateau people. I found it a superficial analysis reflecting the usual BBC dhimmitude. I think the link will last only one week.
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Scene is set for a pedants? revolt as city dares to banish the apostrophe f
2009-01-30 02:55:00
From The Times January 30, 2009'For defenders of the apostrophe, who are more used to fighting minor skirmishes against greengrocers and butchers, it amounts to a major defeat: the day they lost Birmingham.After a tense grammatical debate Birmingham City Council has decreed that possessive apostrophes shall no longer appear on its street signs.No ceremony marked this expulsion from the municipality, only a statement from Martin Mullaney, chairman of the council?s transportation scrutiny committee. He noted that for some time the apostrophe had been slipping from signs all over the city.Mr Mullaney argued that since the monarchy no longer owned Kings Heath, or Kings Norton, and since the Acock family no longer owned Acocks Green, the punctuation marks that once appeared in those names were now redundant. Defenders of the apostrophe in Birmingham responded with angry question marks. Much like the names on their street signs, some residents appeared to be possessive. They demanded the...
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A short break from blogging?
2009-01-30 02:07:00
I am told my congestive heart failure which put me in hospital in the Hebrides a year and a half ago is back. Last time it was from hypertension. This time it is atrial fibrillation. Well my heart may be fluttering and the breath short. but the spirit is good and I am encouraged by the good wishes of praying friends. I expect to be in Hammersmith hospital for a few days investigation and treatment. My doctor there is a kind friend in whom I have every confidence.
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Spring - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-30 02:05:00
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.- Song of Songs 2:11,12
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Afghanistan elections put on hold as Taleban spreads chaos
2009-01-29 23:01:00
Allauddin Khan/AP says in The Times,'The new US Administration is preparing to send an additional 30,000 troopTom Coghlan in Kabul says,'Presidential elections in Afghanistan have been deferred until mid-August, sparking fears of increasing political turmoil in the country.The head of the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission, Javed Luddin, said that the delay had been caused by the difficult security conditions in many parts of the country and logistical and technical problems.It had been widely expected that the May election would be postponed, not least because winter snow makes some parts of the country inaccessible during the first half of the year.The new US Administration is preparing to send an additional 30,000 troops to the country and Britain is also expected to bolster its forces as part of an international effort to quell the Taleban insurgency.Enthusiasm for the polls, seen as a critical test for the continued legitimacy of Western intervention, has been limited an...
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Hate Crimes: The Importance of Lady Justice's Blindfold
2009-01-29 19:45:00
From the desk of Thomas Landen at the Brussels Journal on Wed, 2009-01-28 11:14'The introduction of hate crime legislation brings a subjective element into the legal system. Where typically Lady Justice is blind and only takes objective facts into consideration, disregarding the position and the opinions of those committing the crimes, she may now apply the law unequally and selectively. Our societies subsequently risk losing an important principle of Western law, viz. equality under the law. Europe has already gone further down this road than America, but the U.S. is following fast in Europe?s tracks.?If I talked about Muslims the way their holy book talks about me, I?d be arrested for hate speech,? Pat Condell, a British stand-up comedian, says in a youtube video released earlier this week. Mr. Condell, though a comedian by profession, is not joking. He knows how two years ago a British television crew which went undercover in British mosques and taped sermons inciting to violenc...
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Reaction to Eames/Bradley report
2009-01-29 14:03:00
Prize idiots in Northern Ireland think the families of terrorists should be paid compensation. The government were mad to release murderers. Now they want to re-imburse the relatives of bombers who blew up their own selves. BBC says,'GORDON BROWN, PRIME MINISTERI understand why one of the recommendations has provoked such controversy in Northern Ireland. I will never forget the innocent victims in Northern Ireland. 'So chuck out this idiot report Gordo 'SHAUN WOODWARD, SECRETARY OF STATEWhat we owe everybody in this story, not just the commission but all the families of all of the victims, is to actually look at the work that Eames and Bradley have put together, which after all is based on consulting with them. 'I have looked and pronounce it folly. 'NIGEL DODDS, DUP DEPUTY LEADERThere can be no moral equivalence between the people who were murdered in the Shankill Road bombing and the criminal Thomas Begley who murdered them. I hope that the government understands and apprecia...
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Some of my Favorite Things
2009-01-29 04:40:00
Rules:1.) Make a list of some of your favorite things, it can be as long or short as you wantto make it.2.) Then tag as many or as few of your friends that you want to take part in this game.3.) There is no obligation to create your own list, but it sure would be nice to get toknow you better :-))4.) Have fun and laugh often :-D5.) To help get you started...copy and paste these rules.Here we go....First though, when I did the earlier list of 25 things about me someone expressed surprise that some items, like sporting interests were missing. The reason was I compiled my list on the basis of the sort of things the person who tagged me had mentioned. it shows lack of originality perhaps and laziness, but that's me folks. The same may apply here. From my friend i first of all learned that the things do not have to be material things.1. The discipline of daily time with the Lord in prayer and Bible study.2. Family3. Local church family4. Friends5. The ability to communicate, so my Mac.6...
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Sport- christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-29 04:34:00
Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. --Yogi BerraIf the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.--Yogi BerraMost sorts of diversion in men, children, and other animals, are an imitation of fighting.--Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)_Thoughts on Various Subjects_ [1711]The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.--Thorsten Veblen_The Theory of the Leisure Class_
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fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
2009-01-28 01:41:00
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it

Spoonerisms- christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-27 03:19:00
Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad, you will leave Oxford by the next town drain. William A. Spooner (1844 -1930)

Bangsters
2009-01-27 00:13:00
Have you noticed that bankers have overtaken lawyers as the lowest form of life? I believe that Joe Public wants something done about the fine mess these irresponsible people have landed us in. All the government has done is feed them huge amounts of our taxes. They need chastisement not bail out. So what's to do? Well, first of all, an appropriate new name for these berks. The usual epithet is to change the first letter of the name, banker. Let us put aside such low sexual insinuations and have a new name. Bankers who have behaved like criminals, like gangsters, should henceforth be called BANGSTERS.How to chastise them? Most employees can be fired for gross incompetence. i would rather make them work. Reduce all bank directors and executives to the salaries and perks of the newest, basic grade cashiers, with the same share options, bonuses, pensions etc as the humblest cashier. If they do not like it, there's the door. I am sure there are plenty of others capable of running bank...

The sum of our fear
2009-01-26 07:09:00
From the Brussels Journal desk of Takuan Seiyo on Sat, 2009-'Question: What are these people doing in Europe ? Who invited them? Who let them in? Who let them stay? What has allowed them to even dream about moving to Europe, let alone realizing a colonization plan?In Great Britain alone, intelligence agencies are tracking 200 terrorists plots among Pakistani Brits, of whom some 2,000 are under observation. More than 400,000 Pakistani citizens of Great Britain travel every year to Pakistan ? a country of 12,000 madrassas and, as of mid-2005, 55 terrorist training camps.Why are there a million (1) Pakistanis in Great Britain? Just what has been going on in the brains of the British ruling elites these past 40 years? What has been going on in the brains of the ruled British people?What are these people doing in the United States? We know how they came and who and what let them in, but why? The stock answer is: the left, to gain new voters; the right, to get cheap labor. But it?s not ...
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Spelling- christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-26 06:49:00
NOTE: This mail is a natural product. The sleight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual charicter and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.To be read quickly.Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling. --Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)Gandhi and Nietzsche and SchulzForm a trio of unheeded rulesThe h within Ghandi can wander at willAnd the digraphs of Neitsche cause many a spillAnd Schultz has a t that is haunting him stillBut that doesn't imply they are nothing but foolsWho spell Ghandi and NietscheSpell Gahndi and NeitzcheSpell Gandhi and Nietzsche and S...
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Speed - christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-25 07:47:00
Speed isn't the only important thing; direction counts, too.Sauri ya haifi nawa ? To how many children has speed given birth? - Hausa Proverb, NigeriaAnything worth doing is worth doing slowly -- Mae Wes
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Eritrea : Two More Die as Government Step Up Campaign to Stamp Out Christia
2009-01-24 13:05:00
CSW says,:'Sources have confirmed that eight Christians have died while imprisoned for their faith in Eritrea in the last few years. In addition, church leaders estimate that a further 2,907 Christians, including over 100 women, are being imprisoned because of their faith. The government campaign against Christians continued into 2009 with the arrest on 11 January of 15 male members of the Kale-Hiwot Church in Keren. Five of them are preachers. All those arrested were taken from their homes. In early January, Mogos Hagos Kiflom (37) died at Mitire Military Confinement, as a result of the continued physical torture he endured for his refusal to recant his faith. Kiflom, who was a member of the Rhema Church, leaves behind a wife, one child and his mother. On 16 January, Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom (42) also died in Mitire while under solitary confinement. Sources say he died as a result of ongoing physical torture and complications from his diabetes. Asgedom was a member of the Church...
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Brit Muslims want to remain segregated from rest of society
2009-01-24 11:01:00
ANI Wednesday 21st January, 2009 'London, Jan.21 : A shocking 44 percent of Muslims in Britain have said that they would like to be segregated from the rest of society, and be free to develop along separate lines.According to a poll reported by the Daily Star, religion has replaced race as the biggest equality issue, with six in 10 Brits thinking it is more divisive. Mass tension have grown following terror attacks from Muslim fanatics, including the 7/7 Tube bombings in 2005.But critics say that they are angered over the fact that Muslims are refusing to fit into the British way of life.English Democrats' chairman Robin Tilbrook said: "As far as I'm concerned, what we want to be about is having an integrated society."If people don't want to integrate, they shouldn't be here. It's not at all right to have what's really a sort of ghetto situation developing - it's going to lead to trouble," he warned."We can't have a single society with lots of different rules." Steph...
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Specialisation- christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-24 09:30:00
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. --Robert A. Heinlein

The Cases of Wilders and Winter
2009-01-23 20:38:00
www.brusselsjournal.com says. on Fri, 2009-01-23 'The Jordanian Muslim organization ?The Messenger of Allah Unites Us? states that the Kingdom of Jordan is about to issue an international arrest warrant against the Dutch politician Geert Wilders ?within the next ten days.? Jordan wants to put Mr. Wilders, a member of the Dutch Parliament and the leader of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, on trial for producing Fitna, a documentary film about Koranic verses advocating violence against Jews and other non-Muslims. (See Fitna here.) Zakaria Sheikh, the chairman of ?The Messenger of Allah Unites Us,? told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that he is happy with the decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal earlier this week to prosecute Mr. Wilders for ?the instigation of hatred? against Muslims. ?Finally the judiciary in the Netherlands has taken action against these serious crimes,? Mr. Sheikh said.If an international arrest warrant is issued against the Dutch politician, countrie...
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Austrian Politician Faces Jail For Remarks About Islam
2009-01-23 03:03:00
January 15, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Suzanne Winter, the top candidate for the FPO's [Austrian Freedom Party] municipal election, is facing up to two years in jail for referring to Mohammed as a, "child molester" and a "field marshal" who had written the Quran "during epileptic fits."She also characterized Islam as, "a totalitarian system of domination that should be thrown back to its birthplace on the other side of the Mediterranean." Winters made her remarks during a speech to the party. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefaul t.aspx?TabID=4082&Alias=wzo&cob=322068¤tp age=0The president of the Austrian Muslim community, Anas Schakfeh, warned that there is a very "wrathful mood" among Muslims and stated that violence could not be ruled out. These threats have prompted public prosecutors to go into full dhimmi mode, preparing to criminalize Ms. Winter's speech. http://www.ftd.de/politik/international/3 03410.htmlTowards that end they have started an investigat...
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?Ten Commandments? of avoiding the debt trap
2009-01-22 17:24:00
A brilliant article from The Times, Zambia by Madoda Milazi Published:Jan 21, 2009 Find out the 10 basic personal finance rules to keep the debt collector far from your front-door. The Ten Commandments feature prominently in Christianity and Judaism as moral imperatives to save believers from falling into sin.Similarly, financial advisers say consumers should swear by the ?ten commandments of staying out of debt? to avoid falling into the debt trap. Luke Hirst, managing director of debt counselling firm Debt busters, shared with Business Times the 10 basic rules of keeping debt collectors at bay. 1 THOU SHALL BUDGET If you know how much you spend and where you spend it, you are less likely to fall behind on any payments that you may owe. 2 THOU SHALL NOT RIDE AN EXPENSIVE DONKEY Driving a car you cannot afford is just plain stupid. It?s great to drive a flashy sports car and wear designer labels. But if you are worried about looking good in front of the neighbours, think about how si...
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New Attack on Free Speech about Homosexual Practice
2009-01-22 13:15:00
Christian Concern for our Nation says, 'In May 2008 the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act was passed after a long campaign to secure the right of Christians and others to discuss or criticise homosexual practices without fear of prosecution. The Act created the criminal offence of ?incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation? and the Government, at the instigation of ?gay rights? lobby groups, initially refused to make exceptions that would allow for free speech by those who wish to express their disagreement with homosexual practice. However, a group of dedicated Peers led by Lord Waddington finally won in the House of Lords, forcing the Government to accept that people should not be hauled before the Courts for stating that homosexual sex is wrong, or for trying to persuade homosexuals to remain celibate. They tabled an amendment that now forms section 29JA in the Public Order Act 1986. This ?free speech clause? reads as follows:In this Part, for the avoidance of...
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25 Things to Share
2009-01-22 06:39:00
Rules:Once you?ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged . You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it?s because I want to know more about you.1. I have nightmares about not having passed my exams to be a pharmacist.2. I don't like to have anything to do with DIY. I would rather someone else is paid to do the practical work.3. I met Katy at a London Inter-Faculty Christian Union Bible reading by Herbert Carson on The Sovereignty of God in Election, 5 November 1965. We were not initially attracted but had a scheming mutual friend.4. I've eaten snails and horse but not frogs' legs nor termites.5. I dislike being asked to accompany others shopping.6. I don't think I am as compassionate a person as I should be, considering the job I have. 7. I did not like beer until I was in my thirties nor whisky until over 40.8. I used to have bad dreams for many years abo...
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Dutch Disgrace
2009-01-21 17:42:00
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Wed, 2009-01-21 18:06A quote from the press release of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, 21 January 2009The Court of Appeal has considered that the contested views of Wilders (also as shown in his movie Fitna) constitute a criminal offence according to Dutch law as seen in connection with each other, both because of their contents and the method of presentation. This method of presentation is characterized by biased, strongly generalizing phrasings with a radical meaning, ongoing reiteration and an increasing intensity, as a result of which hate is created. According to the Court of Appeal most statements are insulting as well since these statements substantially harm the religious esteem of the Islam ic worshippers. According to the Court of Appeal Wilders has indeed insulted the Islamic worshippers themselves by affecting the symbols of the Islamic belief as well.Secondly, the Court of Appeal has answered the question whether a possible crimina...
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Speaking- christiansquoting.org.uk
2009-01-21 17:16:00
Stand up; speak up; shut up.Be sincere.Be brief.Be seated.An after-dinner speech should be like a lady's dress---long enough to cover the subject and short enough to be interesting. R.A.ButlerHe is one of those orators of whom it was well said, 'Before they get up, they do not know what they are going to say; when they are speaking they do not know what they are saying; and when they have sat down they do not know what they have said.' Winston Churchill 1874-1965If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack.-- Winston ChurchillHaven't you heard yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches? ~ Winston ChurchillWhoever has received knowledge and eloquence in speech from God should not be silent or secretive but demonstrate it willingly. When a good is widely heard of, then, and only then, does it bloom, and when that good is...
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Plodspeak
2009-01-20 18:55:00
Asst Chief Constable Dave Thompson was discussing neighbourhood policing with Ch Supt Janette McCormick in McDonald's when two masked and armed men entered. The officers confronted the men who were armed with a machete and knife. The offenders then made off in a black Mini Cooper. No one was injured and nothing was stolen from the restaurant. 'Very scary' Mr Thompson said: "It was obviously a frightening experience for everyone who was inside the restaurant at the time. "Myself and Chief Superintendent McCormick were not in uniform at the time, but when we realised what was happening, Chief Superintendent McCormick immediately phoned police and I went to confront one of the offenders who was threatening members of staff. "When I shouted at him, he turned around and produced a large knife, so I made an assessment that to tackle him could have put myself in danger. - BBC NewsTranslation, 'I thought he would stab me so I backed off'.'

Secularist MP questions contracts for faith groups
2009-01-19 06:29:00
The Christian Institute reports on Friday, 16 January 2009. 'A Labour MP has implied that faith groups should not be given public money to carry out work for the Government if they only employ staff who share their beliefs.Graham Allen, MP for Nottingham North, is an honorary member of the National Secular Society (NSS) and a known opponent of faith schools.He used written parliamentary questions to ask about the Government?s policy on giving contracts to faith groups if they make use of legal protections in employment equality laws.These laws include religious liberty provisions so that organisations can employ members of staff who share their beliefs, if it is a genuine occupational requirement.Mr Allen was told by Jonathan Shaw MP, of the Department for Work and Pensions, that as long as organisations complied with the law they would not be excluded from receiving Government contracts.However, Mr Allen?s questions follow hints that the Government?s new Equality Bill could introd...
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Christian care home loses funding over homosexuality stance
2009-01-18 23:29:00
.christiantoday.com Maria Mackay: Friday, January 9, 2009, reports,'Brighton & Hove City Council has pulled thousands of pounds worth of funding from a Christian care home because of its religious beliefs on homosexuality.The council withdrew £13,000 of funding when the care home refused the council?s request to ask the elderly Christian residents about their sexual orientation every three months. The home also refused demands from the council that it use images of homosexuals in its promotional literature and show staff a Stonewall presentation on ?gay rights?.The home is run by Pilgrim Home s, a charity serving elderly Christians for more than 200 years. Its residents include former missionaries and a retired church minister.Phil Wainwright, director of human resources at Pilgrim Homes, said he was told by the council that the home must ask residents if they were lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual or ?unsure?, even if they objected.But managers at the care home told the council ...
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Another reason to detest the EUSSR
2009-01-17 08:43:00
Christian Institute reports o Thursday, 15 January 2009, 'The European Parliament has passed a resolution which calls for abortion rights and ?gay marriage? to be promoted throughout the EU.The resolution was proposed by Italian Communist MEP, Giusto Catania. It also calls for critics of homosexuality to be silenced.It was agreed to by 401 votes to 220 with 67 abstentions. A European Parliament resolution is not legally binding but expresses the institutional position of the parliament.Resolutions are sometimes called ?soft law? because they are used in other international documents or judicial proceedings and can build pressure for creating binding laws.The resolution is based on the Charter of Fundamental Rights, part of the Lisbon treaty, despite the fact that neither the charter nor the Lisbon treaty have been passed into law.Although much of it deals with xenophobia, and the rights of children and refugees, it also demanded the promotion of reproductive rights ? a euphemism fo...
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