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California outlaws gay-to-straight therapies

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California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a ban on gay-to-straight therapy which focuses on minors.

This therapy is also called “conversion therapy” which seeks to change a person’s feelings away from an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) orientation.

The American Psychiatric Association says that these types of therapies do more harm than good and cite their research showing those who have been subjected to it have an increased risk of suicide, anxiety, depression and other self-destructive type behaviors.

In signing the law Governor Brown stated “This bill bans nonscientific ‘therapies’ that have driven young people to depression and suicide,”.

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Egypt: Islamics suspected in student’s murder

While his girlfriend looked on, three suspected Islamic militants stabbed a university student to death.

This murder is fueling suspicions that various groups or individuals have been emboldened to apply strict Islamic laws and standards since the election of the new Islamist President, Mohammed Mursi.

This group who killed the university student, had confronted them and indicated that they shouldn’t be together if they were not married and that they must immediately go their separate ways.

from Egypt: Militants suspected in student’s murder | Concord Monitor.

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California Senator D-Mark Leno, Proposes Bill to Allow Multiple Legal Parents

A same-sex marriage battleground state is considering an unconventional law which would allow children to legally have more than two parents.

California bill SB1476 is proposed by State Senator Mark Leno, Democrat-San Francisco.  The bill has already passed the State Senate and is awaiting the Assembly vote.

The bill appears to give legal protection for adults to create a radical family, according to Glenn T. Stanton, director of Global Family Formation Studies who is with Focus on the Family.

see California Considers Bill to Allow Multiple Legal Parents – ABC News.

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European Union to Bring New Data Protection Laws

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The EU has passed new laws which will significantly improve data protection for individuals online. The web has highlighted many data protection issues, and these will only increase. In the past, Facebook has come under attack for not being careful enough with it’s users personal information, and the case of Sony, when 77 million customers had their personal information stolen by hackers, made it very real what can happen to your personal data when mishandled.

The new laws will not only impose heavy penalties on those who breach the new rules, but also give individuals new rights as well, including the “right to be forgotten”.

As we increasingly use cloud technology and have our personal details stored all over the world in massive servers, we need to know those who control this information are doing so in a safe and responsible manner.