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...triumph of outdated and intolerant dogma over practical effectiveness, the Boston Archdiocese’s Catholic Charities adoption agency decided to halt its services after its contract expires later this year. The decision, triggered by the Church’s disagreement with the Massachusetts state law allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children, prompted Mass. Governor Mitt Romney to publicly push for an exception to the law in the interests of religious freedom. While we agree with Romney that an exception should be made for the licensing of Catholic Charities, our support for the exemption rests solely our practical concern...
...Typical cost for Americans to adopt abroad...
...music befitting to each of the film’s locations. In the township, angry hip-hop swirls through the streets along with brownish-orange dust. This combination of aggressive music and parched earth casts an overall red tone to the scene. In contrast, the metropolitan and suburban shots adopt cool blues, silvers and greens to project the diametrically different standards of living. The hard music, provided by South African rap artist Zola, exemplifies Tsotsi’s originally hard-edged persona. However, after he steals the car and begins to bond with the child, the belligerent...
...strikers are demanding that the university pressure the company, which contracts laborers, to adopt a living wage and allow workers to unionize without fear of reprisal...
Though the strikers and SEIU do not have specific monetary demands, they are “calling for the university to adopt a policy that it’s only going to hire responsible contractors who obey the law and pay a living wage,” Brakken said...