Tag: Britain
Parliament To Give Cannabis The Skunk-eye
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Fri May 09, 2008 at 06:42:49 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced the UK is reclassifying cannabis. It is currently a Class C drug and, in the future, it will be classified a Class B drug. The difference is that possession of a Class C drug tops out at two years behind bars, while getting caught with a Class B drug could cost you five years of your life. Smith said the government's decision, which still requires parliamentary approval, is part of a "relentless effort" to protect the nation's young people.
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What Would Anglican Jesus Do? (Sharia Court Controversy Edition)
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:12:19 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has stirred up a hornet's nest.
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It Takes Two To Tango And IVF A Child In Britain
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Posted to Legal on Sat Apr 14, 2007 at 10:16:51 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
One reviewer of Natallie Evans' travail pronounced her "a hard case." The 35-year-old British woman had already received her share of bad news in the form of a diagnosis of ovarian cancer back in 2001. Desperate to have a child, she and her partner Howard Johnston began in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment by freezing six embryos created from her eggs and his sperm. But, less than a year after they had the embryos frozen, Johnston wanted out of the arrangement and that put the brakes on Ms. Evans' attempts to give birth to a child. Because, under British law both parties must consent to IVF procedures. Now, the "hard case" of Natallie Evans just became harder as the highest appeals court in Europe came down on the side of the British law.
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The Debate Within Islam: Radical Rhetoric -Vs- Moderate Messages
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Posted to Religion on Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 06:37:57 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
"We are the Muslims, We drink the blood of the enemy, and we can face them anywhere. That is Islam and that is jihad," according to comments by Omar Brooks (who also goes by Abu Izzadeen) in front of a large gathering of moderate Muslims and concerned members of the public in October.
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