Pentagon report finds no religious discrimination at Air Force Academy News
Pentagon report finds no religious discrimination at Air Force Academy

[JURIST] A Pentagon report released Wednesday detailed troubling relgious insensitivity at the US Air Force Academy [official website], but found no overt acts of religious discrimination. The Department of Defense investigated the constitutionality of certain religious practices [JURIST report] and reports of religious intolerance [JURIST report] at the elite Colorado Springs institution. The report nonetheless calls for more "operational guidance" [Air Force Print News report] as to what is and is not acceptable. AP has more. Read a transcript of the Pentagon briefing on the report.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.