BSA Bans Gay Advocacies

After losing most of their members to emerging groups such as Trail Life USA, the Boy Scouts of America decided recently to revise its rules to emphasize a duty to God and ban political advocacy. This means that organizers who are applying for a troop with unwanted Gay leaders will not be entertained.

The changes come at the end of a turbulent year that saw the organization lift a blanket ban on gay leaders only to see its membership reduced to historical low.

World's First Rape Center for Men

In a bid for gender equality, Sweden opened its first rape center specifically for male victims last October, Metro reported. The clinic opened at Södersjukhuset, one of the largest hospitals in Stockholm. The new clinic is understood to be the first emergency department devoted solely to male rape victims.

Previous report cited Sweden having the highest rate of rape in Europe, and the hospital already operates a 24-hour, walk-in clinic for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted, treating from 600 to 700 patients a year. Roughly 370 cases of sexual assault on males were reported in the country in 2014, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. Multiple political parties in the country hailed the male rape center launch.

Banning Muslims in the US is a Sound Idea

If you can't control them, ban them. That's the message US Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to convey to all those who are frustrated from the strings of attack against the Americans.

In a press statement issued last 7 December, Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

Germaine Greer's Interview on Women and Transgender

Matthew Rodriguez of MIC recently reported on what is billed as feminist author Germaine Greer's first appearance since her controversial Newsnight interview. She spoke to the Update about anti-feminism, equality and, yes, transgender issues.

Greer is famous for her many books, especially "The Female Eunuch." She is also infamous in her view that a transgender woman is under a delusion "that he is female."

Court Says Texas Can File Immigration Case

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas more time to file court papers in its legal dispute with the federal government over President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration in a move that would still allow the justices to decide the case during their current term running through June.

Last 1 December, 26 Republican-governed states led by Texas sued to stop Obama's 2014 plan to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Lower courts blocked the executive action, prompting the Justice Department to launch an appeal to the Supreme Court on 20 November.

Concubinage Filed Against Cong. Amante

ABS-CBNnews.com reported that the wife of Agusan del Norte 2nd District Rep. Erlpe John Amante has filed concubinage charges against the lawmaker and his alleged mistress, saying she could no longer bear the insults and the pain they have caused her and her children.

Ms. Judy Amante, accompanied by her lawyer, also filed charges against her husband for violating the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act before the prosecutor's office in Cabadbaran City.