More than 60% of respondents in a survey by gfs.bern for national broadcaster SRG said they’d approve liberalizing marriage in a national vote scheduled for Sept. 26. Like Italy, Switzerland currently only provides for registered partnerships. Marriage for same-sex couples is already possible in neighboring France and Germany.
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Social scientists are researching what humans can do to improve their quality of life. Their findings echo what religious practices perfected centuries ago.
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While straight couples who are trying to conceive through intercourse can receive coverage from Aetna simply by saying that they have tried for six or 12 months, couples of other sexual orientations or genders who cannot conceive through intercourse must initially pay out of pocket for six or 12 months of intrauterine insemination (IUI), according to the complaint.
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An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required COVID-19 vaccination. In Washington state, thousands of state workers are seeking similar exemptions.
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The Portland City Council scrapped a plan to boycott Texas businesses because of their new law that prohibits most abortions there and instead set aside $200,000 to fund reproductive care.
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The family we grow up in is a learning ground for trust, self-esteem, communication skills, boundaries, and intimacy. How we’re treated as children sometimes determines whether or not we absorb internalized shame, and it may influence our attachment style and level of comfort in close relationships.
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especially of a teen or preteen girl, you should read this Wall Street Journal article on Instagram’s effects on girls and what Facebook knows about those effects. For example:
“We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls,” said one slide from 2019, summarizing research about teen girls who experience the issues.
In a Sept. 7 Zoom conference, the doctors each told how assisted suicide or euthanasia laws in their own countries were damaging palliative care, destroying trust between doctors and patients, causing the marginalization and bullying of dissenting physicians and putting the lives of vulnerable patients at increased risk.
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