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1. Domino’s Pizza Founder Obtains Last-Minute Injunction Against Obamacare’s Abortion Pill Mandate
Ann Arbor, Michigan – The founder of the popular pizza chain Domino’s Pizza, now real estate mogul, has obtained an injunction against the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare, just before the requirement went into effect today. Thomas Monaghan, a Roman Catholic, had filed suit in federal court last month on behalf of himself and his property management company, Domino’s Farms Corporation, contending that the contraception mandate in Obamacare violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act...“Causing death can never be considered a form of medical treatment,” his legal challenge outlined...On Sunday, Judge Lawrence Zatkoff ruled in favor of Monaghan, exempting him from the mandate while his case proceeds in court. He opined that Monaghan had sufficiently demonstrated that the requirement will “substantially burden his exercise of religion.”
2. Same-sex marriage ceremonies begin in Maryland
Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year's Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line on New Year's Day.
3. Colorado gets members-only clubs for legal pot use
With reggae music pumping in the background and flashing disco-style lights, members of the recreational pot club lit up in celebration of the new year — and a new place to smoke legally among friends.
4. New Jersey bans smiles on driver's licenses to safeguard facial recognition
Residents of New Jersey aren't allowed to smile on their driver’s license, but there isn't a prohibition on looking pleased. Jersey is just the latest state that's inputting identities in a vast information system running facial recognition software.
5. TSA VIPR Team Keeps Tabs on NFL Fans
TSA agents were out in force during yesterday’s Vikings-Packers game at the Metrodome in Minnesota, in addition to a surveillance drone that was spotted keeping tabs on fans — another illustration of how the federal agency is expanding its remit well outside the realm of transportation.
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Isaiah 60:2 'For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people...'
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