Gay Rights; Supreme Court (Chief Justice Roberts as stealth hard-liner

Two excellent pieces.

Frank Rich. NYT op-ed. On Gay rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1

Jeffrey Toobin. New York. Chief Justice Roberts as a stealth conservative.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/25/090525fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=1

Rick

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Catholic Church against Torture

"WASHINGTON—An executive order banning torture signed by President Barack Obama was welcomed by Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

"In September 2007 Pope Benedict XVI, echoing the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, said "[T]he prohibition against torture 'cannot be contravened under any circumstance.'"

http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-020.shtml

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Religion and Torture

"Religious" people more likely to support torture.

http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=156

Right-wing radio talk-show hosts undergoes waterboarding and pronounces it "torture."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00K7h_UuOBo

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Regulation Shopping?

Check out this editorial from today's New York Times. It concerns regulation shopping (choosing between state and federal regulation) by insurance companies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/opinion/21thu1.html?ref=opinion