Exploitation of India’s ‘devadasi’ girls
It was once considered a holy calling but a BBC film shows that becoming a devadasi is a direct path into sexual exploitation When she was a three, the red and white beads tied around her neck by the adults in her southern Indian village were a plaything for Hanamavva. But they marked out her future; never allowed to be married, she was now ostensibly a “servant of God”, a devadasi. Hanamavva …
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Ten Commandments Return To Virginia Classrooms
ROANOKE – Virginia’s Giles County School Board has voted unanimously to put the Ten Commandments back in schools. They were in the schools for more than a decade before being removed last month. An attorney representing the “Freedom from Religion Foundation” wrote a letter to the superintendent saying it was unconstitutional. On Thursday night more than 100 people showed up to fight that …
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