Pastor is accused, kidnap girls at the center of lesbian custody fight help

A bitter falling out had the two after one was a Protestant Christian and sentenced the other continue to "homosexual lifestyle."

Their legal battle over visiting rights and custody, performed in the last seven years in Vermont, and Virginia courts, received general public due to the disputes about sexual orientation and religion, and because it is about the rights of the nonbiological parents in same-sex marriage issues, which are not recognized in many countries.

Lisa Miller, biological mother of the girl and new fervent Baptist, was from conservative for their efforts to protect her daughter from same-sex marriage who. A Court of Vermont primary custody of the daughter, Isabella Ruth Miller-Jenkins, had granted its after Mrs Miller shared with her partner, Janet Jenkins, 2003. But the Court said Mrs Jenkins, be a legal parent with liberal visitation rights, and Ms. Miller, who had moved to Virginia with the girls defied repeated orders to allow the visits.

The case took a turn at the end of 2009, such as family court of Vermont, citing Mrs Miller's non-compliance primary custody to Mrs. Jenkins moved. Mrs Miller and Isabella, who is now 9, disappeared. An arrest warrant for Mrs Miller's arrest was issued, and they have insufficient since was heard.

According to the f.b.i affidavit unsealed in Vermont on Thursday helped the parish priest, Timothy David Miller of Crossville, Tennessee, fly in September 2009 for Mrs Miller and Isabella from Canada to Mexico and travel to Nicaragua organize, he worked as a missionary for the Christian aid ministries. (The f.b.i said it had no evidence that Mr Miller and Lisa Miller covered.)

Mrs Miller and Isabella remained in a Beach House in Nicaragua, which is a Protestant School in Lynchburg, Virginia, owned by a conservative businessman with close ties to liberty University, and whose daughter works at the University law school, after the insurance in lieu of oath.

Lawyers of liberty, including Dean of the Faculty of law, Mathew D. Staver, represented Mrs. Miller in the Court of appeal the custody issues. They argued unsuccessfully that Mrs Jenkins had no parental rights and over those in Vermont, laws in Virginia, which prohibit same-sex marriage, should have priority.

On Friday, said Mr Staver the legal team has no contact since autumn 2009 with Mrs Miller and had always advise the laws to comply with. He said he knew nothing about the allegations, the a law school, Victoria Hyden, Office Assistant and her father of Philip Zodhiates, the beach house owners.

Mr Zodhiates runs unlimited response, a Christian direct mail company in Waynesboro, VA. Did he not respond to requests for comment, but he said magazine on Friday the advocate that the pair not at his home in Nicaragua lived and called the allegations "absurd".

Mrs Miller and Mrs Jenkins were in a civil Union in Vermont in the year 2000 came and planned to raise a child together. She was of artificial insemination and Mrs Miller born in 2002, with Mrs. Jenkins at birth. But the parents year went the following relations. With Isabella, Mrs Miller moved to Virginia, a Baptist Church and renounced homosexuality was deep. A Vermont court dissolved the civil Union, but Mrs Jenkins is considered a full parent with visiting rights.

In the course of which began time Mrs. Miller refuses, allow for the necessary visits, including objection, that Mrs Jenkins "homosexual lifestyle" would offend Isabella's religious beliefs. At one point, a court in Virginia, which does not recognize same-sex marriage, agreed with Mrs Miller's claim to sole legal parent be, but the Virginia Supreme Court finally confirmed that the Vermont should prevail judgments.

In June, according to the Federal Bureau one of investigation affidavit, unnamed person one of Mrs Jenkins called lawyers, Sarah star, and Mrs star said that the mother and daughter in Mr Zodhiates Nicaraguan House were hidden. Much of the evidence for the charges and other charges that said affidavit, were approved by the Court, face-down search of E-mail accounts, messages from Mr Miller that appear, the mother and daughter 2009 flight to Nicaragua organize investigation and Mr. Zodhiates organize to send supplies.

Friday's statement by one Mrs. Jenkins & advocates & defenders, lesbian gay rights group in Boston, which has represented also them in court.

"I know very little at this point, but I really hope that this means that Isabella is safe and well", he said. "I am pleased that my daughter home safe with me very soon."

The United States Attorney for Vermont, Tristram coffin, said of the Rutland Herald newspaper, Mr Miller on Monday evening in Virginia have been arrested and was on Monday in Federal District Court in Burlington appear intended. Officials refused to say whether others can be arrested or what action they take, Mrs Miller, faces, and Isabella, which under current judgments should the prosecution in primary custody of Mrs Jenkins with visiting rights for Mrs Miller.

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Also on religious campus students fight for gay identity

Decades after the LGBT movement in the country's secular schools, begin more gays and lesbians in Christian colleges to come from the Cabinet, a right, their identity and shape, proposals to proclaim campus clubs and rejecting to seek help in suppressing homosexual desires.

Many newly assertive students grew as Christians and developed a sense of his sexual identity only after the start of College, and after years of internal torment. They spring from a new generation of Evangelical youth who is oldest of all, much less hard views of homosexuality than his.

But in their efforts to claim, whether in the campus clubs or more is public on Facebook, homosexual students against administrators who are running to defend what they describe as God right to sexual morality, and that must respond to conservative Trustees and alumni.

Scholarships or the risk what steps against vague prohibitions against "Homosexual behavior", many students care - holding hands with a partner, say, or a photo on a gay website book - could endanger expulsion.

"It is an immovable object, as an unstoppable force meeting", said Adam R. short, student at Baylor University, which is freshman engineering openly gay and has fought without success, to discuss recognition of clubs campus fight sexuality and homophobia.

Some more liberal religious colleges, as Belmont University in Nashville, which has origins Baptist, reluctantly allowed the formation of gay student groups, in Belmont's case after years of heated debate, and soon after the University a lesbian football coach to resign were forced.

But typical has the answer with 15,000 students of the country of Baylor, largest Baptist University, and who has refused to approve the Forum sexuality.

"Baylor expected students not to participate in interest groups promoting an understanding of sexuality, in contrast to biblical teaching, is", said Lori Fogleman, a University spokeswoman.

Despite the rebuff, more than 50 students weekly gatherings of their sexual identity continue to hold Forum and keep looking for the moral validation that would come with formal status, said Samantha A. Jones, a senior and President of the group.

"The student body at large is ready to do so", said Saralyn Salisbury, Mrs Jones's friend and also a senior at the Baylor. "But not the Administration and the rulers."

Abilene Christian University in Texas, several students are openly gay and many more to push for change behind the scenes. In the spring the University education an Alliance gay straight enable denied.

"We want to engage these complex questions, and give assistance and guidance to students, with same-sex attraction, fight," said Jean-Noel Thompson, Vice President of the University for student life. "But we will accept no advocacy for gay identity."

Harding University in Arkansas, which is connected like Abilene Christian churches of Christ, half a dozen current and former students booked an online magazine early March with personal accounts of the struggles of gay students. The University blocked access to the site on the University Web server, which helped, cause website in the world of religious colleges go viral.

In the Chapel, Harding's President, David B. Burks, students, said that "we are not trying your thinking taxes", but "it was important for us, block the website due to the of Harding, what it says, who we are and what we believe." Mr. Burks called the site name, huqueerpress.com, offensive.

They say the most Evangelical colleges not disciplining students who admit to same-sex attractions - only those who "Behavior on same-sex" or "Action." (On the Evangelical campus sexual intercourse outside of marriage for anyone is prohibited.)

Abilene Christian sees a big difference, Mr. Thompson said feelings between a student privately fighting homosexuals and "a student who says in E-mail, on Facebook and elsewhere" I am publicly gay, this is a lifestyle, I would argue, for regardless of", where the University stands."?”

Amanda Lee Genaro said that it was ejected in 2009 from North Central University, a Pentecostal Bible College in Minneapolis, as it was more assertive about their gay identity. She had with her feelings for years, fought Mrs Genaro said, if it a 2006 visit to the campus of the SoulForce, a national group of gay inspired religious college graduates who tried to incite discussion campus.

"I, wow, I thought God loves me even if I women, such as" Mrs Genaro reminds. In the year 2009 after they finish "reparative therapy", came on MySpace and approved, that a romantic if unconsummated, relationship with a woman, the University suspended, she said that she could apply in a year if she had rejected same-sex marriage. Transfer to a non-Christian school.

Gay students say that they are often asked why they visit Christian colleges at all. But the question, students say, is unfair. Many have been in intense Christian homes with anticipation for the participation at a religious College and long fought their homosexuality. You are in the school, "hopes that College in turn would just us, and then once we that this happened, was not realized, there was nothing you can do about it." as one of the authors expressed Harding Web

The students who come to the campus to say it is a relief, but remains, that the life hard.

"I am lonely," Taylor Schmitt said in his second year in Abilene Christian arrives with a scholarship and a hope that can change its inner itself somehow. At the end of his first year, said Mr Schmitt, he took his homosexuality. In English, he moved from the Bible Studies Department, which he said "the past illusions Roch and I created falsehood to me."

Rather than transfer and taking diploma early in the year additional classes, giving up his scholarship.

Some still atheists who disappointed students at the end of gay with Christianity, while others are looking for more liberal churches.

David Coleman was by the North Central University in his senior year in 2005, after he distributed advertising a leaflets gay support website and stopped admitted to the intimate relations (but not sex) with other men. He calls the University environment "spiritually violent."

Mr Coleman, 28, is now at the United Theological Seminary of the twin cities in New Brighton, Minnesota, are registered is executed by the more accepting United Church of Christ. He still dreams of becoming a priest.

"I have a vocation," he said.

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Belarusians fight to explain u station blast - BBC News

12 April 2011 last updated at 11:19 pm grieving gathered at the monument by an entrance to the u-Bahn-Station of Belarusians, an explanation for the massive explosion that ripped through a metro station in Minsk, groping, found are killed 12 people and injured more than 200, Reported earlier this week, David Stern.

Belarus is what high alert now believe officials of a terrorist attack was.

You say a bomb at close at 1800 local time, at the height of the rush hour, in the Oktyabrskaya station - one of the Minsk busiest went.

The explosive device, which was packed with nails and ball bearings, and 5 kg was TNT, was placed under a bank on the platform, they add. It can by remote control was ignited have.

The Interior Minister, Anatoly Kuleshov, said that the attacker was "as possible to kill so many people".

Memorial

Tuesday's grieving by the entrances to the u-Bahn-Station, where a spontaneous Memorial to sprung collected.

Each time someone would forward, put a flower on one of the many rapidly growing stack or a votive candle light step.

Stand as if on the ground people rooted with a view to the Metro station

In recesses of the road was there a formal shrine - six boards with the names of the victims simply printed on it. Above was a low, red platform where one always was even greater bunch of flowers.

The crowd, which sometimes grew to a few hundred, was quiet for the most part.

Stand as if on the ground rooted people with a view to the makeshift Memorial, their faces with disbelief etched.

"I am shocked," said Lidiya Vintskevich, a journalism student who works at a local radio station. "I can't believe that something like this could happen in our city, we are so small."

The Belarusian security services, which are known under its acronym of Soviet era KGB, said a composite photo of the possible perpetrators spread now is.

"The man was nichtslawische look up to the 27 years old, and well built." In a brown coat and a woollen hat was dressed ", KGB Chairman Vadim Zaitsev said he added that the suspect could have hired to place the bomb."

Also said the country's Deputy Prosecutor, that more than one person was detained but no further details.

' No meets

Belarus has come under increasing political and economic pressure in the past few months.

The United States and the European Union slapped harsh sanctions on the Belarusian Government, after it down on the country of the opposition after presidential elections last year clamped.

President Lukashenko has promised Belarus "inside out", enable to find responsible

President Alexander Lukashenko and other top officials were prohibited from travelling to the West.

Now to run Central Bank of the country's hard currency, and many analysts predicting a steep devaluation of the currency, the ruble.

President Lukashenko already regulates what is considered Europe's most stringent authoritarian State. Many Belarusians support him, but partly out of gratitude for the stability and law and order that he provides.

Mr Lukashenko has promised, Belarus turn "inside out", which is responsible to find.

In comments only after the explosion, he also said that an attempt would destabilize the country, and was possibly a "present from abroad".

However, many Belarusians are at a loss to imagine who would benefit from such an attack.

"I can imagine not why someone would do this", said Stepan, a businessman who asked not with his last name. "I can not imagine what they would win or what they hoped to achieve." "It makes absolutely no sense."

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Misurata wounded speak to fight to fix - CNN International

The Turkish cruise ship that Ankara was transformed into a hospital ship. It has picked up 360 patients from the Libya.A Turkish hospital ship has collected some 360 Libyan patients "by God, I would go the first chance back to Misurata I get" the ship will take in Turkey for the treatment

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) - hundreds of people in the fighting in the Libyan city of Misurata were injured by a Turkish hospital ship Sunday and said the violence, which they left picked up.

Despite the fierce fighting, many of them severely injured or grief left behind family members, said that they would return on board in the besieged city in a heartbeat.

"By God, I go back to Misurata first the opportunity I get," Muhammad said el SUKER, 28. A seller turned rebel was in the stomach by shrapnel, fighters, el SUKER hit forces him to his father, mother, seven brothers and three sisters.

He said he is concerned about his family and a disturbing picture of a war torn city.

"There are so many killed," he said. "they are killing, violated our honor to Rob our houses." They do everything that is wrong. "You can imagine what happened."

The ship, with the name of Ankara, is actually a cruise ship that went to pick up patients after Libya. It took on more than 300 people in the Misratah, then naval port in Benghazi went to the Sunday to get medical care and about 60 more patients.

The Ankara is expected for the Turkish port of Cesme, leave, in the patient medical care get opposition officials said.

"We need a lot of help in Misurata." There is so much death are, "said Mustafa Abdul Hamali, 46-year-old taxi driver, who lost a leg half."

"I was in my car with my wife go, and my car just exploded." I know not what happened, "he said." His wife suffered burns, he said, but he has not seen her in weeks, because it their way, sent to with family remain.

He said twice in the leg by a sniper Khalid Moteridi, 32-year-old businessman, was shot. Three of his brothers are missing, he said.

"We fought with light weapons, but she had so much more," he said of the pro-Government forces. "Artillery, mortars, bazookas, anti-tank missiles." "This is how they fought back."

Moteridi said, there is no electricity, food or water home.

He said "We troops are trapped from all sides of nepotism". "I know don't like the feeling of leaving my family and people behind, (but) I'm going back to Misurata if God wants I better, and..." "Nepotism and his gangs are defeated."

Fierce fighting between the opposition and loyal to the Libyan leader Moammar nepotism has since raged weeks in Misratah, third largest city in the country, is located on the coast in the western part of the country.

Pro-Government forces in Misratah peeled a medical clinic Sunday, one person killed and identifies wounded 15 others, according to a doctor, not for security reasons.

The clinic patients due to the recent attacks, was evacuated an other doctor in the Misratah hospital received patients said. The victims were opposition "Fighters and young people", which were guarded the clinic, the doctor said.

A Misratah resident he said the sound of which heard heavy bombardment of the port area Sunday. Misurata port is under rebel control, and is regarded as the main page of help for people in the contested city.

Nepotism on the roofs of buildings surrounded support troops that city with sniper towers, he said.

"If you are the patients you sad, get", said Jami Sokuci, a Turkish doctor on board the ship. "You know, many elderly patients." Child patients... If you do not see it, you get sad. "

Twenty-year-old student Ibrahim el Sheikh said that he was shot by a sniper. In his hospital bed he had a stone that at home he stay of Misurata, his way of close to, while he is away.

Mohamad Hamdi Sheikh, 64, was his half-conscious 12-year-old son Muhammad, his right leg broke, lost an eye and suffered cuts on his face and arms as an explosive device hit their house.

"I feel complete is proud and true honour for what happens, because fate because of the country is my children," he said.

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