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Wendy Wright has been fighting to protect and preserve life, family and religious freedom for more than 15 years. As the president of Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, Wright serves as a United Nations lobbyist, author, radio host and spokesperson on a wide range of pro-family and pro-life topics. In 2006, Washingtonian magazine named Wright one of “The 100 Most Powerful Women of Washington.” Wright traveled last week with a team of legal and human-rights experts to Pristina, Kosovo, to meet with government officials and religious leaders about their new Constitution. She spoke with CitizenLink about her trip. 1. What should Americans know about Kosovo? Kosovo declared independence and drafted a new Constitution that could be interpreted to allow abortion on demand and same-sex marriage. It would also remove the right of conscience protection from doctors. 2. Why do American officials and religious leaders care about the Kosovo Constitution? The team met with their new  new leaders to explain the problems in this new Constitution and what they can do about it. Read On

 
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PURUSING A CONVICTION SAN ANGELO, Texas —  Will the men show-up tomorrow? In the meantime Lab workers were set to begin taking DNA samples today from the more than 400 children in state custody since a raid on a polygamist compound more than two weeks ago. Officials hope the samples, to be taken from the children and their parents, will help sort out the confusing family relationships in a convoluted custody case that has strained the resources of the child welfare system and the courts. Judge Barbara Walther ordered the tests at the request of state officials, who have complained that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have continually changed their names, possibly lied about their ages and sometimes had difficulty naming their relatives. The process will likely take about half an hour per sample because of the paperwork and care needed to avoid

  
   
contamination, said Darrell Azar, a spokesman for Child Protective Services. The tests could take three or four days to be completed. A certain number of DNA markers — segments of the DNA with  specific genetic characteristics  — are tested to determine whether two people are related. Sect Puzzle: Matching Moms, Dads
    
         
   
   
   

A man I rode with on the elevator recently reminded me that something good always comes of bad. We had just met in the lobby, both of us headed up to make a condolence call at the apartment of a mutual friend. I could tell from the way he pushed the buttons that he had been to their home many times. I had not. I had been friends with George for 45 years but had never been to his apartment -- or met his wife and children. His father had just died at 89. I informed this man, making small talk, that even though I lived just down the street it had taken a loss to bring me to George's home. “Something good always comes of bad,” he offered as the elevator opened, spilling us through George’s open door and into the crowd inside. Something good always comes of bad was this man’s way of saying that at least now I would meet George’s family. And that that was a good thing even if the reason for the call was not. He was right. Condolence call or not, we had a lovely visit. Something Good Always Comes of Bad

 
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