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♦ Military Continues Religious Hostility:
Inspirational Painting Removed From Air Force Dining Hall
June 6, 2013
A painting that includes a Bible verse was removed from a dining hall at an Air Force base after the Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed a complaint, calling the art "repugnant." Now, the artist is accusing the Air Force of having a "clear anti-Christian agenda."
♦ Guest Opinion: Take a Poll For Peace. Move Our
Embassy to Jerusalem
June 5, 2013
Now is the time for American firmness and resolve. Now is the time for a dramatic shift in U.S. policy in the Mideast. Now is when the Obama administration should take its own advice. Liberals in the U.S.-a safe distance from Hezbollah rockets and bus bombings on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Street-are forever urging Israel "to take a risk for peace."
♦ Pentagon's Censorship of 9/11 Hero Painting Latest
Incident of Religious Hostility
June 4, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. - General Jerry Boykin, Family Research Council's executive vice president, expressed serious concerns today after learning that the Pentagon had ordered the removal of a 9/11 hero painting from Mountain Home Air Force Base in response to a complaint from anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein.
♦ Tea-Party Group Chairman Fires Back at Democrats
in Hearing
June 4, 2013
One of the members of the tea-party groups that were targeted by the IRS fired back at two Democratic congressmen for their "scurrilous" comments dismissing the agency's actions.
♦ Gay Marriage Loses In Illinois
June 1, 2013
After an impressive string of blue state victories beginning in November 2012, the Illinois House declined to vote on gay marriage, with the speaker saying he would bring a vote only if he had enough votes to pass.
NBC is now airing a Christian bashing program titled "Save Me," starring Anne Heche and Michael Landes.
♦ Obama, God, and the Profits
May 31, 2013
A surprising and public rift opened up last week between President Obama and his lawyers over whether profit-making businesses can pursue goals other than making money, including adhering to religious requirements.
♦ Religious Liberties Under Fire in Calif. Senate
Bill
May 31, 2013
California's Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would remove tax-exempt status from nonprofit organizations like the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for refusing to allow openly homosexual adults.
♦ Baptists plan exodus from Boy Scouts
May 31, 2013
For Southern Baptist pastor Tim Reed, it was Scripture versus the Scouts. "God's word explicitly says homosexuality is a choice, a sin," said Reed, pastor of First Baptist Church of Gravel Ridge in Jacksonville, Arkansas.
♦ Bible Class in Texas Schools Faulted as
Unconstitutional
May 29, 2013
In a Sonora, Texas, public high-school classroom usually used to teach computer programming and physics, four students are getting Bible lessons from a teacher who doubles as a pastor.
♦ How Did Wis. School's 'Gender Bender Day' Go?
Local News Had Trouble Finding Students Who Participated
May 29, 2013
Parents of students at a Wisconsin elementary school were upset over a themed Spirit Week day that encouraged girls to dress as boys and boys to dress as girls.
♦ Children's Network Launches Transsexual Superhero
Show
May 28, 2013
Nothing says "child-appropriate material" quite like gender-bending underage superheroes. At least that's the theory over at the Hub, the network co-owned by Discovery and Hasbro, which is trotting out its latest soon-to-be-dud, SheZow.
♦ New Gallup Survey: Mixed News for Social
Conservatives
May 24, 2013
This week Gallup released their annual survey that asks Americans to rate the morality of various social issues. Overall, the news was not particularly good for social conservatives. On a variety of issues relating to sex and marriage, Americans are becoming more social liberal.
♦ IRS Audited 69% of Adoptive Families Defending
Planned Parenthood
May 22, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service targeted a pro-life Iowa group that acts in part as a watchdog over the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
♦ IRS Morality: Defend Planned Parenthood, Deluge
Adoptive Families with Audits
May 22, 2013
Earlier this week, in a feeble attempt at humor on Facebook, I posted: "If you haven't been audited by the IRS during the Obama administration, can you even call yourself a conservative?" Given the scale of the abuses, I should probably just shorten it and say, "Only RINOs don't get audited."
♦ In U.S., Record-High Say Gay, Lesbian Relations
Morally OK
May 20, 2013
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' views toward a number of moral issues
have shifted significantly since 2001. Their acceptance of gay and
lesbian relations has increased the most, up 19 percentage points
in the past 12 years -- to a record high of 59% today. Americans'
tolerance toward having a baby outside of marriage is also now
much
♦ Supreme Court to Weigh In on Prayers at Public
Meetings
May 20, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a case involving a New York town's policy regarding prayers presented before public meetings. The high court affirmed America's long-standing practice of opening public meetings with prayer in 1983 and now has the opportunity to do so again.
♦ Ball State Investigating Intelligent Design
Class
May 20, 2013
Ball State University is looking into complaints by evolutionists that a science and religion class using material on intelligent design material is promoting Christianity to its students.
♦ Christianity Facing 'Catastrophic Collapse' in
Britain
May 17, 2013
The Telegraph reports:
Christianity could be facing a catastrophic collapse in Britain according to official figures suggesting it is declining 50 per cent faster than previously thought.
♦ Congressman: IRS Asked Pro-Life Group About 'The
Content of Their Prayers'
May 17, 2013
During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a pro-life group in Iowa.
♦ DOJ on 'gays': 'Silence Will Be Interpreted as
Disapproval'
May 17, 2013
Under President Obama, "justice" is anything but blind. Neither is it deaf. In fact, based on recent revelations, it appears to be watching your every move and listening to your every word. Still, if you happen to be a federal employee, now it's even listening for your silence.
♦ U.S. Education Department Bows to Gay Agenda,
Scraps 'Mother' for 'Parent 1' on Forms
May 17, 2013
The U.S. Department of Education has been criticized for replacing the terms "mother" and "father" with "parent 1" and "parent 2" on its student loan forms.
♦ Texas Lt. Gov. Demands Probe of Abortion Doc Who
Twisted Off Babies Heads
May 15, 2013
The Lt. Governor of Texas is today demanding an investigation of an abortion practitioner who is considered the second Kermit Gosnell.
♦ Franklin Graham Letter to the President
May 14, 2013
Read Franklin Graham's letter to President Obama regarding Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association becoming an IRS Target.
♦ Federal Bill Would Penalize Adoption Agencies That
Prioritize Heterosexual Couples
May 14, 2013
The Left has a funny way of celebrating Mother's Day. First, the President issues a bizarre tweet reminding moms that his gift is free birth control -- presumably so they never have to become mothers again. Then, of course, there was Secretary Arne Duncan's announcement that the Department of Education would stop acknowledging moms' existence altogether. Starting in 2014, the DOE is replacing "mother" and "father" with "Parent 1" and "Parent 2" on its student aid forms in an effort to be more politically correct (and anatomically incorrect).
♦ End of Life Bill Heads to Governor for
Signature
May 13, 2013
MONTPELIER - The Vermont House voted Monday night to give the last vote of approval to a bill that would make the state the first to legalize physician-aided suicide by legislation.
♦ Texas Cheerleaders Score Win for Religious
Freedom
May 10, 2013
Cheerleaders from a southeast Texas high school can continue to display Bible verses on their banners at football games, a judge ruled.
♦ Prayer Can Allegedly Do This to Your Relationships
with Significant Others and Friends
May 9, 2013
A new study is giving a boost to the actions of many religious people, as it found that praying for partners and close friends may actually have some beneficial outcomes. Among them, people purportedly become more forgiving and cooperative, the Christian Post reports.
♦ School Bans Religious Graduation Music
May 9, 2013
A Georgia school district will no longer allow prayers or songs with religious references at graduation ceremonies after a Wisconsin group threatened to file a lawsuit and suggested that forcing non-Christian students to listen to religious music was a form of bullying.
♦ PA Official: 'If We Had Nuke, We'd Have Used It
This Morning'
May 8, 2013
A senior Palestinian Authority has praised the use of violence against Israel, asserting that if the PA had the military wherewithal to rise up against the Jewish state, it would not hesitate to do so.
♦ Rear
Admiral Lee Addresses Restrictive Regulations on Religious
Liberty
May 7, 2013
Over the last several days we've watched the Pentagon double timing in their efforts to get ahead of the fallout from the April 23rd meeting between anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein and senior Air Force officials.
♦ Liberal Group Cited in Terrorism Case
May 2, 2013
Leo Johnson, a black man, has never received an apology from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Not a word. Which is passing strange for a group that proclaims itself to be "a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society."
♦ Obama to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz: "God
Bless You"
April 26, 2013
During his speech to the Planned Parenthood abortion business today, President Barack Obama asked God to bless the number one abortion performer in the United States.
♦ US Army Labels Southern Baptist Convention
'Hostile'
April 25, 2013
The United States Army has blocked the website of the Southern Baptist Convention from government computers, saying the Christian site contains "hostile content."
♦ New App Warns Drivers: Arab Mob Ahead
April 24, 2013
Only in Israel: a new app for android phones lets drivers know if they are about to drive into a mob of Arabs armed with firebombs and rocks.
♦ Egypt Persecutes Christians and Americans Pays the
Bill
April 22, 2013
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's governing majority, is not actually crucifying the nation's Christians. But they are nonetheless actively persecuting Coptic Christians who are said to be one-tenth of the population of the largest Arab country. A photograph of two young men set afire during recent demonstrations is pretty striking.
♦ America Plans to Bend Knee Before God
April 16, 2013
Time and again in the history of the United States, when the nation faced need or crisis, America's leaders have called upon the country to turn to its surest hope in darkened days: to bend its knees before Almighty God.
♦ Judge Rules in Favor of Lesbians Suing Hawaii B
& B
April 16, 2013
HONOLULU (AP) -- A judge has ruled a Hawaii bed and breakfast violated the law when two women were denied a room because they're gay.
♦ Urgency Marks Reaction to Day of Prayer
Plan
April 15, 2013
WASHINGTON - The tea-party political movement started in earnest with a rant by Rick Santelli on CNBC. Could the next big spiritual movement begin with a column in WND? That's what Joseph Farah is asking himself this week - just four days after the publication of a commentary he published calling for Sept. 11, 2013, to be "A National Day of Prayer and Fasting" to beseech God's help in, what he calls, "saving America from itself."
♦ Republican Party Says No to Same-Sex
Marriage
April 12, 2013
The Republican National Committee voted unanimously Friday to reaffirm the party's commitment to upholding the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, upending party efforts to grow support among younger voters.
♦ An Hour in the House on Gosnell
April 11, 2013
Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey said:
Murdering newborns in the abortion clinic, it seems to me, is indistinguishable from any other child predator wielding a knife or a gun. Why isn't that that child seen as a patient in need of medical care, warmth, nutrition and dare I say-love?
♦ Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Horror
April 11, 2013
Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven't heard about these sickening accusations?
♦ Should the Bible Have a Place in America's Civil
Discourse?
April 7, 2013
FOX News political commentator Bill O'Reilly created
considerable controversy last week when he suggested that
Christians shouldn't use the Bible when attempting to influence
the debate over gay marriage. The popular Fox News
Analyst sides with many liberal politicians and media pundits
who conclude the Bible has nothing to do with civil law.
If we want to influence public policy we should base
our arguments on facts, reason and persuasive discussion and
not refer to the Scriptures at all.
♦ There's a War on For Your Mind
April 6, 2013
In the video below, college professor and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry says your children are not yours - they are owned by the community. She says public education has failed because we have not allowed the state to confiscate more of our money.
♦ New York Judge Approves Over-the-Counter Sale of
Plan B to Teens
April 5, 2013
Federal judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York issued a ruling this morning that will force the sale of Plan B, the "morning after pill" to teenagers over-the-counter.
♦ Report: More Women Moving in Before
Marriage
April 4, 2013
Taylor Spearnak met her boyfriend in 2002, during her third year of college, when they were both congressional interns in Washington.
♦ 36 Examples of Religious Liberty Assault (Part
2)
March 31, 2013
Last week in Part 1, I gave 12 examples of how religious liberty has been assaulted in just the past two years in the U.S. Here are a couple dozen more instances just for good measure, as reported by the Family Research Council, the office of Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., and various media outlets.
♦ John Hopkins Denies Pro-Life Club, Equates Them to
White Supremacists
March 29, 2013
On March 12th, a pro-life group at Johns Hopkins University, Voice for Life (VFL), was denied the right to become an official student club by the Student Government Association (SGA) during a student Senate meeting, after having been recommended for approval by the SGA Appointments and Evaluations Committee.
♦ Planned Parenthood Official Argues for Right to
Post-Birth Abortion
March 29, 2013
Florida legislators considering a bill to require abortionists to provide medical care to an infant who survives an abortion were shocked during a committee hearing this week when a Planned Parenthood official endorsed a right to post-birth abortion.
♦ College Offers Course Devoted Entirely to
Pornography
March 29, 2013
A relatively new Pasadena City College class called "Navigating Pornography" - devoted to giving students a venue to study and discuss a touchy topic in an academic setting, according to its professor - has already prompted praise and concern.
♦ There are More STD's Than New Jobs or College
Graduates, According to CDC
March 29, 2013
Tyler , TX (KETK) - The Centers for Disease Control just released a shocking report.
♦ Obamacare Funnels $75 Million to Planned
Parenthood to Push Sex on Kids
March 27, 2013
While the White House says sequestration has eliminated funds for children touring the White House, President Obama has no problem spending $350 million federal tax dollars for sexual indoctrination programs starting in kindergarten for those same children.
♦ CDC: 110,197,000 Venereal Infections in US, Nation
Creating STD's Faster than New Jobs or College Graduates
March 27, 2013
According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. at that time to 110,197,000.
♦ Do Americans Still Believe Modern-Day Society
Needs the Bible?
March 26, 2013
These days, everyone's talking about the Bible. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's epic History Channel series is just one of the many reasons that the holy book is making headlines.
♦ Teacher Faces Firing for Opposing Planned
Parenthood
March 25, 2013
First Amendment controversies at schools aren't new, but this one involves a teacher rather than students.
♦ Why Gay Marriage and Conservatism are
Incompatible
March 25, 2013
Same-sex "marriage" advocates are orchestrating a series of high-profile public events intended to influence the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to impose same-sex marriage on an unwilling public. The announcements of several Republicans who say they now support gay marriage provide clear evidence of this.
♦ When Our Principles Don't Survive Contact with
Pain
March 25, 2013
There's an old military adage: "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." Its meaning is plain enough. The best-laid, comprehensively PowerPointed plans can and do fall apart when the enemy appears and chaos ensues. After spending my entire life in America's Evangelical Protestant churches, I've discovered the moral corollary to this military maxim: "No principle survives first contact with pain."
♦ Study: Unwed Mothers Account for Nearly Half of
First Births in US
March 25, 2013
This trend line has been headed in an alarming direction for decades, but hitting the 50 percent threshold only seems like a matter of time at this point.
♦ Holy Week and Holy War (part 1)
March 24, 2013
It's Holy Week, but what's not so holy is the assault on religious liberty in the U.S.
♦ Professor/Dem Party Official Makes Student Stomp on
Jesus
March 22, 2013
A Florida professor and high-ranking member of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party recently instructed his students to take out a piece of paper, write "JESUS" on it, then put it on the floor and stomp on it - and the Mormon student who refused to do so, calling the assignment morally offensive - was suspended.
♦ Bill Repealing Adultery Officially Signed into
Law
March 22, 2013
DENVER (AP) - A proposal to repeal the crime of adultery from Colorado's books has been signed into law.
♦ Mark Burnett Says 'Weird Things Happened' on 'The Bible' Set
Last Sunday, the first installment of History's five-part miniseries The Bible beat everything on television with a massive 13.1 million viewers, making it cable's most-watched entertainment telecast this year.
♦ War on Easter? Schools, Cities Planning Another
Round of 'Spring Egg Hunts'
March 21, 2013
In our increasingly politically-correct society, Christmas isn't the only holiday too hot to handle for school districts. Easter, another holiday rooted in Christian faith, is now being marginalized by governmental entities.
♦ Sacred Mystery: Blockbuster Ratings for 'The
Bible' Confound Hollywood
March 14, 2013
Sure, it's easy to criticize Hollywood, but try to remember that the entertainment industry today is an intellectually demanding environment, fraught with cognitively challenging, even intractable, questions, like, to take one recent example: How can the cable mini-series "The Bible" be such a ratings hit when there is no audience for overtly religious entertainment programming?
♦ 10 Eye-Opening Quotes from Planned Parenthood
Founder Margaret Sanger
March 11, 2013
Margaret Sanger has been lauded by some as a woman of valor, but a closer look reveals that Planned Parenthood's audacious founder had some unsavory things to say about matters of race, birth control, and abortion. An outspoken eugenicist herself, Sanger consistently promoted racist ideals with a contemptuous attitude. Read on to learn why Planned Parenthood hides behind a false memory of Sanger, and why, despite her extraordinarily prolific writing career, one rarely sees her quoted by Planned Parenthood leaders and apologists.
♦ NRB: Christians May Have to God over
Gov't
March 8, 2013
Leaders at this week's National Religious Broadcasters conference warned Christians may soon be forced to practice civil disobedience.
♦ Porn Turned Thousands of British Children into Sex
Offenders, Report Says
March 5, 2014
LONDON, March 4, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pornography and depictions of sexuality have turned more than 4,500 British children - some of them as young as five - into sexual offenders, according to a UK-based child welfare charity.
♦ Why Public Schools Should Teach the
Bible
March 1, 2013
Have you ever sensed in your own life that "the handwriting was on the wall"? Or encouraged a loved one to walk "the straight and narrow"? Have you ever laughed at something that came "out of the mouths of babes"? Or gone "the extra mile" for an opportunity that might vanish "in the twinkling of an eye"? If you have, then you've been thinking of the Bible.
♦ College Shuts Down Dorm Room Bible Study
March 1, 2013
Officials at a Florida college ordered a group of students to shut down a Bible study they were holding in the privacy of a dorm room - because it violated the rules.
♦ NYC College Students Pretend They're Killing
Fetuses in 'Unsettiling' YouTube Clip
February 27, 2012
A controversial video shows how some Hunter College students have fun: by making believe they're killing fetuses.
♦ 'Aid in Dying' is Assisted Suicide
February 22, 2012
Euthanasia/assisted suicide advocates are masters of word engineering. From the very beginning they have redefined terms, blurred definitions, and coined euphemistic phrases to deflect attention away from the core of their agenda, which is to make suicide and homicide an acceptable answer to human suffering.
♦ Childhood TV Addicts More Likely to Commit
Crime
February 19, 2013
Children who watch excessive amounts of television are more likely to have criminal convictions and show aggressive personality traits as adults, a New Zealand study has found.
♦ After 65+ Years, Jesus Portrait Suddenly
'Unconstitutional'
February 11, 2013
Atheist activist groups are once again looking to eradicate all things Christian from another public school.
♦ FORBES: America's New Government-Imposed
Religion
February 8, 2013
Catholic adoption agencies have been forced to close their doors in Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., because their religious beliefs about marriage were deemed unacceptable by their jurisdictions.
♦ Wounded Warrior Project Apologizes for Rejecting
Church Donations
February 4, 2013
The Wounded Warrior Project has apologized for rejecting donations from a Baptist church and said the incident was "blown out of proportion" even though the organization's website states that religious donations are not accepted.
♦ Tragic Consequences in Canadian Scouting
February 4, 2013
A Canadian pro-family leader says one only has to look to his
country to understand the devastating consequences of allowing
homosexuals to be members and leaders in the Boy Scouts.
♦ Documentary Celebrates Four Late-Term Abortion
Practitioners
February 1, 2013
Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival featured a documentary celebrating four "amazing" abortionists who evacuate wombs in the third trimester of pregnancy. The critics in attendance loved it. The Philadelphia Inquirer boasted it drew "two standing ovations - one for the doctors."
♦ Court Cases Point to Christian Persecution in
Britain
January 2013
The recent court cases underline the relentless secular persecution that exists in Great Britain in 2013. Although Nadia Eweida won her case for wearing a cross at work, three other Christians had their cases rejected.
♦ Missouri Playground Scrap Time Program Turns Down
Christian Preschool
January 31, 2013
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the exclusion of a Christian pre-school and daycare center from a Missouri program that provides recycled tires for children's playgrounds. Although the state highly ranked the center as qualified for the program, it denied its application solely because it is run by a church.
♦ Mennonite Pastor Refuses to Be a 'Rat'
January 25, 2013
The Amish Mennonite pastor who helped a woman and her daughter flee from Virginia to Nicaragua during a 2009 custody battle has refused to testify against others who assisted in the flight.
♦ Army Removes Crosses, Steeple from
Chapel
January 24, 2013
The U.S. military ordered soldiers to remove a cross and a steeple from atop a chapel and to board up cross-shaped windows at a remote American forward operating base in Afghanistan.
♦ New York Governor Pushing Bill for Third-Term
Abortions
January 24, 2013
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing a bill in the New York state legislature that pro-life advocates are aggressively opposing. They say the so-called Reproductive health bill is the "the most sweeping abortion legislation in the nation" because it would lift limits on third-trimester abortions and allow non-physicians to do abortions.
♦ Darwin Day Resolution in Congress
January 23, 2013
House Resolution 41, introduced in the United States House of Representatives on January 22, 2013, would, if passed, express the House's support of designating February 12, 2013, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of "Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge." Rush Holt (D-New Jersey), one of the few members of Congress with a Ph.D. in a scientific field, is the sole sponsor of the bill. After its introduction, H. Res. 41 was referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
♦ Pro-Life Display Destroyed by Vandals at Catholic
University
January 23, 2013
As many as 20 vandals destroyed an elaborate pro-life display at DePaul University, the nation's largest Catholic university.
♦ Very, Very Quiet Diplomacy on Religious
Freedom
January 23, 2013
The State Department's very quiet, if not silent, response to the imprisonment and abuse of an American citizen now on trial for his Christian faith in Iran, described by David French on the Corner, is consistent with its sphinx-like reaction to the new Egyptian constitution, which virtually enshrines repression of basic individual freedoms.
♦ Support Grows for Roe v. Wade
January 22, 2012
Seven in 10 Americans believe Roe v. Wade should stand, according to new data from a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, as the landmark Supreme Court abortion-rights ruling turns 40 on Tuesday.
♦ An American Pastor on Trial in Iran: Where's the
Obama Administration?
January 22, 2012
Back in December, I posted about an American pastor, Saeed Abedini, imprisoned and abused in Iran. The Revolutionary Guard seized him and held him in one of Iran's most notorious prisons, accusing him of unspecified "national security" crimes. Before becoming an American citizen, Pastor Saeed converted from Islam to Christianity and had participated in Tehran's very small house-church movement. Ordered to stop his work with the hous- church movement, he moved to Idaho but continued humanitarian work in Iran - most recently by raising money to build an orphanage.
♦ Five-Year Old Suspended, Labeled a 'Terrorist
Threat' For Threatening to Shoot Friend with Toy Bubble
Gun
January 19, 2013
A 5-year-old girl from Pennsylvania has been suspended after telling a friend she was going to shoot her with a pink toy gun that spits out bubbles, the Associated Press reports.
♦ Most Americans are Concerned About Restrictions in
Religious Freedom
January 18, 2013
From Louie Giglio's withdrawal from the Inauguration Day prayer, to Hobby Lobby's refusal to pay for health insurance that covers potentially abortion-inducing medicines, to President Obama's newly decreed January 16 as "Religious Freedom Day," the question of religious liberty and just how far it stretches and how much it covers is a media topic du jour.
♦ Mission Told Not to Feed the Homeless in Seattle
City Parks
January 18, 2013
The Bread of Life Mission, which has served the homeless community in Pioneer Square for more than 70 years, said the city has directed them to stop feeding the hungry in downtown parks.
♦ Egyptian Court Sentences Christian Family to
15 Years for Converting From Islam
January 16, 2013
The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come, according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation's Islamist government is bad news for Christians in the North African country.
♦ HHS Fights for Abortion Drug Mandate on Bible
Publisher
January 16, 2013
The Obama administration is appealing a judge's order blocking enforcement of the Obamacare mandate requiring a Bible publisher to provide abortion-inducing contraceptives to its employees.
♦ Focusing on Global Religious Persecution: 'Not to
Act Is to Act'
January 15, 2013
The growing severity of religious persecution against Christians internationally has been observed over the past year by sources as diverse as the Pew Research Center, Newsweek, Commentary, and the Vatican.
♦ Hobby Lobby Delays Obamacare Fines for Now; Avoids
$18.2 Million Penalty
January 14, 2013
Craft chain Hobby Lobby said it has found a way to delay compliance with the Obamacare mandate, which requires companies to cover contraception in their employees' health care. Pastor Rick Warren has warned that religious freedom, at the heart of the company's battle, might become this decade's civil rights movement.
♦ Phillipsburg School Board Terminates Substitute
Who Showed Bible to Student
January 14, 2013
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. - Just moments before the Phillipsburg Board of Education voted Monday night to terminate a substitute teacher who showed a student a Bible, a sudden downpour of rain could be heard hitting the roof of the middle school meeting area.
♦ Deaf twins who discovered they were going blind
and would never see each other again are euthanized in Belgian
hospital
January 14, 2013
A pair of identical twins, who were born deaf, have been killed by Belgian doctors after seeking euthanasia when they found out they would also soon go blind.
♦ Scout's Honor: 9th Circuit Rules Boy Scouts Can
Continue to Lease Public Land in San Diego
January 11, 2013
(CNSNews.com) - Following an 11-year legal battle, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has handed the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) a victory in California.
♦ GOP Won't Deserve Millenials If It Abandons the
Pro-Marriage Ones
January 11, 2013
Illinois GOP chairman Pat Brady thinks gay marriage is the secret to Republicans' winning Millennial voters, but he's wrong.
♦ Regarding Pastor Giglio
January 11, 2013
Thank you, Jordan, for highlighting the controversy surrounding Pastor Louie Giglio. He ran afoul of the first ethical principle of the sexual revolution: that no amount of virtue can overcome the vice of politically incorrect views about sex.
♦ Prayer at West Point Under Fire
January 11, 2013
Prayer at West Point is the latest Christian expression to come under fire. A secularist group protested invocations at various West Point events. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) opposed this protest in a letter Jan. 9 on behalf of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
♦ Fewer Americans View Homosexuality as a
Sin
January 10, 2013
(RNS) Americans' acceptance of gays and lesbians is continuing to grow, with a new poll showing that just over a third of Americans view homosexuality as a sin, down from 44 percent a year earlier.
♦ The Giglio Imbroglio - The Public Inauguration of
a New Moral McCarthyism
January 10, 2013
A new chapter in America's moral revolution came today as Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction at President Obama's second inaugural ceremony.
♦ Politically Correct Checklist for Those Praying at
Inauguration?
January 10, 2013
Once again, liberal activists have demanded a theological litmus test for the pastor who will pray at President Obama's Inauguration ceremony. Pastor Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta has been forced to withdraw his acceptance to pray at the inauguration because activists found a sermon from the mid-1990s where he preached the Biblical doctrine defining marriage as one man and one woman.
♦ Bill Clinton Named 'Father of the Year'
January 10, 2013
Former President Bill Clinton is getting props for being a good dad. Clinton was named the "Father of the Year" by the National Father's Day Council on Wednesday.
♦ Gallaudet Reinstates Diversity Officer
January 9, 2013
The Gallaudet University diversity officer suspended for signing a petition calling for a statewide referendum on marriage in Maryland was reinstated Monday.
♦ Raising Sons with Guns
January 9, 2013
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, I've had a number of conversations with my more liberal friends (all with kids the same age as mine) about guns, gun policy, and - interestingly - parenting. In short, I intentionally raise my son to not only understand how guns work but also to be quite proficient in their use. (I'm going to confine this post to talking about boys since they do show much more interest in guns and also commit the overwhelming majority of gun crimes).
♦ Supreme Court to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases in
March
January 8, 2013
The Supreme Court will in late March hear oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging laws that define marriage as a union of a man and a woman.
♦ God is Alive and Well in America, Gallup Chief
Says
January 8, 2013
Despite a deep drop in the number of Americans who identify with a particular faith, the country could be on the cusp of a religious renaissance, says Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of The Gallup Poll.
♦ New York Deserves Better
January 7, 2013
Yesterday, New York's Catholic archbishop Timothy Dolan joined other religious leaders in a press conference to highlight New York's shamefully high abortion rates.
♦ Stanford Gets an Atheist 'Chaplain'
December 22, 2012
It's an oxymoronic world. An atheist has been hired by a nonprofit to serve as a Stanford "chaplain" to atheist students.
♦ Rutherford
Defends Tree Farmer Cited for Giving Away Christmas Trees in His
Front Yard in Exchange for Donations to Raise Money for Cancer
Victims
December 21, 2012
The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a Christmas tree farmer threatened with fines and other legal action by the zoning board of Waynesboro, Va., for setting up a charitable Christmas tree donation drive on his property. Christian Critzer, a Christmas tree farmer, began a Christmas tree donation drive as a means of raising money for the Martha Jefferson Hospital Cancer Center Foundation, based in Charlottesville, Va., with the specific intention of raising money for custom wigs for those battling cancer and its after effects.
♦ US Pastor Visiting Iran Arrested for Converting to
Christianity?
December 19, 2012
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a Washington D.C.-based human rights firm, announced Dec. 19 that it will be legally representing the family of the Rev. Saeed Abedini, a Christian convert and U.S. immigrant who is currently being imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith.
♦ A Very Un-Merry Christmas for Nigerian Believers -
and What You Can Do
December 18, 2012
The term "Boko Haram" has a distinctly non-English sound to it. Rightly so, as it is the name of an Islamic terrorist group in Northern Nigeria.
♦ Synagogue Attendance Linked to Better Health,
Study Shows
December 17, 2012
The connection between good health and a religious lifestyle that incorporates faith in God and prayer has been puzzling the Western medical community over the last few years, as studies have shown that such factors as synagogue attendance are predictors of better all-round health.
♦ Educators Hopeful Over Future of Christian
Colleges
December 11, 2012
Christian higher education finds itself in a spiritual fight because of an America that's becoming increasingly secular.
♦ Chaplains Concerned About War on Christmas: Navy
Failed to Support Religious Liberty
December 11, 2012
WASHINGTON - The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty expresses disappointment over the Navy's decision to inhibit the religious liberty of military personnel at a U.S. military facility in Bahrain.
♦ 'Marriage and Self Government'
December 10, 2012
Here's our editorial on marriage, self-government, and the Supreme Court's announcement on Friday that it will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry and U.S. v. Windsor.
♦ "Poor" Household Getting $168 in Welfare Per Day
from Taxpayers
December 7, 2012
It's official. Taxpayers are no longer simply helping the poor, they're subsidizing the lives of welfare recipients at a better rate than their own. The Senate Budget Committee has released a report showing households living below the poverty line and receiving welfare payments are raking in the equivalent of $168 per day in benefits which come in the form of food stamps, housing, childcare, healthcare and more.
♦ Judge Overturns La. Voucher Program
December 1, 2012
Never underestimate the lengths to which teachers' unions will go to trap students in failing government schools to protect their education monopoly. In Louisiana, the union sued the state to have Governor Bobby Jindal's groundbreaking school-choice option overturned as unconstitutional.
♦ Fifty Shades of Ivy
November 30, 2012
News on the "smart" kids:
A Harvard student group that relishes in conversations about erotic sex has been officially recognized by the prestigious university based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
♦ Nonprofits Urge Obama, Boehner to Protect
Charitable Tax Deduction
November 29, 2012
Over 30 nonprofit organizations representing a broad cross-section of the nation's charitable sector have joined together in urging President Obama and congressional leadership to protect America's strong tradition of generosity by preserving historic incentives for charitable giving in the tax code.
♦ Buhler, Kansas City Seal With Cross Will Come
Down: Freedom From Religion Group Threatened to Sue
November 29, 2012
(KSNW) The city sign in Buhler, Kansas is coming down. It's been there for years, but a group threatened to sue.
♦ Ugandan President Repents of Personal, National
Sins
November 24, 2012
Should a president lead citizens in a national prayer of repentance? Uganda's Christian president believes so.
♦ Incoming Congress Least Devout, Most Religiously
Diverse
November 18, 2012
The 113th Congress won't be sworn in until January, but it's already making history on the religious-diversity front.
♦ FFRF Challenging Pastors' Free Speech
November 15, 2012
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued the Internal Revenue Service in an effort to force the agency to crack down on churches.
♦ 2012 Elections Was Chock-Full of Firsts
November 8, 2012
We saw lots of firsts in the 2012 election, with most of them having to do with the religion, sexual orientation and gender of winning candidates.
♦ 20 Things That Went Right on Election
Day
November 7, 2012
1. Republicans retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives. 2. Voters in Alabama, Montana, and Wyoming all passed measures limiting Obamacare.
♦ IRS Surrenders: Time for Churches to Get
'Political'
November 2, 2012
The jig is up. The news is out. Pastors across America have called the left's bluff. The empty words "separation of church and state" - a phrase found nowhere in the U.S. Constitution - have lost their sting.
♦ Why Homosexual Marriage Signals the End of
Heterosexual Rights
October 31, 2012
The homosexual push for "equal marriage," otherwise known as genderless marriage, can only lead to a ban on heterosexual rights. With a President in power who endorses gay causes and readily misuses executive orders, and emboldened by their numerous wins for gay rights at the legislative and judicial level, homosexuals have now moved beyond equal rights to the "more equal than you" level. As a result, gay organizations are working to ban that practice they fear the most -- heterosexual behavior
♦ Congressman Trent Franks Challenges Pastors and
Ministry Leaders
October 22, 2012
Congressman Trent Franks (AZ) issues a message to Christian pastors and leaders about what is at stake in the coming election, not only for America but also for our ally Israel.
♦ Widow's Prayer Rights Trampled in Senior Living
Facility
October 22, 2012
God is a defender of the widows-and He's using Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to take up one widow's cause in the Minneapolis area.
♦ From Jailing Evangelists to Church Bomb Plot,
Christian Persecution on the Rise in America
October 17, 2012
Throughout 2012, numerous incidents have been making headlines pertaining to the persecution of Christians in America. Some believe that persecution is on the rise, and that matters will only continue to get worse across the country on both the federal and local levels.
♦ Deaf Diversity Chief May Lose Her Job for Opposing
Gay Marriage
October 10, 2012
Gaullaudet University has put Dr. Angela McCaskill, its chief diversity officer, on paid leave because she signed a petition to put gay marriage before the voters of Maryland:
If your job is to promote diversity, signing a petition to get a referendum on overturning Maryland's gay marriage law on the ballot is bound to be controversial.
♦ Group Seeks Oklahoma Volunteers to Lobby Lawmakers
to Oppose Religion-Based Measures
October 6, 2012
A national group is seeking volunteers to lobby Oklahoma lawmakers to oppose religiously based measures, which have been on the increase since Republicans gained control of the Legislature four years ago.
♦ Abortion is Threshold Issue for 1 in 6 U.S.
Voters
October 5, 2012
A new Gallup poll finds one in six registered voters (17%) saying they will vote only for candidates for major office who share their own views on abortion. The poll, taken on Spetember 24-27, 2012, also finds another 45% of voters saying abortion will be one of the important factors they consider in voting.
♦ Atheists Ask Military to Drop 'Religious
Expressions' in Suicide Prevention Briefings
October 4, 2012
The leader of a chaplains alliance group says he hopes the U.S. military will dismiss an atheist group's request to eliminate "personal religious expressions" during a long-standing suicide prevention program that includes chaplains counseling service members.
♦ Iran Freed a Christian Pastor, Now Imprisons His
Muslim Lawyer
October 4, 2012
Several weeks ago, many of us rejoiced as Iran - against all odds - released Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani after first condemning him to death for apostasy. Pastor Nadarkhani faced a nightmare that Western Christians (thankfully) have not faced for centuries - a demand to recant his faith or face execution. Pastor Nadarkhani again and again refused to renounce Christ, and just when many of us thought his death was imminent, Iran freed him from prison.
♦ All Present for Pulpit Freedom: Pastors in 50
States, DC, Puerto Rico Will Fight IRS
October 1, 2012
More than 1,200 pastors in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have registered to participate in Alliance Defending Freedom's fifth annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday. This is the first year that all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico will be represented. Registration, which continues until Oct. 7, so far has reached a record participation of more than double last year's.
♦ How Common Are Stable Same-Sex Couples?
October 1, 2012
The October issue of Journal of Marriage and Family published an analysis by Charles Lau of a British probability sample, "The Stability of Same-Sex Cohabitation, Different-Sex Cohabitation, and Marriage."
♦ Study Finds Republican Female Lawmakers Look More
Feminine than Democrats
October 1, 2012
Last year, Newsweek magazine was criticized for its photo choice featuring Michele Bachmann on its cover. In the 2008 presidential election season, the looks of Sarah Palin and Hillary Rodham Clinton had a media presence as well.
♦ Pulpit Freedom Sunday - Coming October 7th
Pulpit Freedom Sunday is October 7, 2012. In case you or others you may know are undecided about participating, let me give you five very good reasons why your participation is so important. After considering these reasons, the next step is to go to www.pulpitfreedom.org and sign up.
♦ Police Stop Prayers Outside White House
September 30, 2012
Dozens of people have already been arrested over the weekend for kneeling and praying in front of the White House.
♦ Black Pastors Continue to Petition President Re:
'Gay Marriage'
September 29, 2012
A coalition of African-American pastors and leaders is visiting states important to President Obama to voice their opposition to same-sex "marriage." Most are Democrats, but are against the party's endorsement of such unions.
♦ This Denver Family is Not Entitled to Religious
Freedom, Obama's DOJ Argues
September 26, 2012
As the president of the United States was asserting his support for religious freedom at the United Nations Tuesday, his Department of Justice was filing an appeal in the case of the Newland family of Denver, who were granted a preliminary injunction in July to protect their Hercules HVAC business - for now - from the Department of Health and Human Services abortion-drug, sterilization, contraception mandate.
♦ Banned: Religious Expression Criminalized on
Bourbon Street
September 24, 2012
Religious speech is a criminal offense on New Orleans' Bourbon Street. At least it will be if Mayor Mitch Landrieu has his way.
♦ The Mandated End of Innocence
September 24, 2012
Once the federal government openly tramples on conscience rights in the name of public health, is it any surprise that New York City public schools would decide to dispense "emergency contraception" to girls without talking to their parents about it?
♦ Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion
September 20, 2012
This is the third in a series of reports by the Pew Research
Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life analyzing the extent
to which governments and societies around the world impinge on
religious beliefs and practices. These reports have drawn
widespread attention to the fact that a substantial portion of the
world's population - 75% as of mid-2010 - lives in countries where
governments, social groups or individuals restrict people's ability
to freely practice their faith.
♦ Pastors Pledge to Defy IRS, Preach Politics from
Pulpit Ahead of Election
September 20, 2012
More than 1,000 pastors are planning to challenge the IRS next month by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit.
♦ Church Leaders Refuse to be Intimidated Regarding
Political Activity
September 19, 2012
Liberty Counsel is overturning years of misinformation and intimidation, and pastors are responding! For years, leftist groups, such as Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU), have used deception and fear tactics to censor the church and muzzle pastors.
♦ FL Family Faces Fines for Holding Home Bible
Study
September 17, 2012
Over the past few years, a number of families have faced fines and other legal ramifications for hosting home Bible studies.
♦ Persecution of Christians on Rise - in
U.S.
September 17, 2012
A report by two U.S.-based religious freedom groups says anti-Christian persecution is on the rise in America.
♦ Bible Given Little Importance at Election
Time
September 13, 2012
The party conventions are over and the campaign is underway for the White House and other important offices. Meanwhile, a survey has been done on the influence of the Bible and faith on one's voting decisions.
♦ Atheists vs. the 9/11 Cross
September 11, 2012
The American Atheists organization has sued the National September 11 Memorial and Museum over the installation of the "9/11 cross" in the museum. The organization's president, David Silverman, insists that it will not "allow this travesty to occur in our country."
♦ 'We the People'
September 10, 212
For some Republicans, it is never the people's fault. I'll tell you what I mean: If the Republican nominee loses, it's always because he ran a lousy campaign. Couldn't communicate. Made tactical blunders. Etc.
♦ White House Goes All In on Gay Rights
September 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The White House and elected officials are offering highly visible support for gay marriage at the Democratic convention, electrifying activists and signaling that President Obama's campaign views the position as a political winner.
Did the Democrats remove God from their platform? David thought you should see this video to find out what happened.
♦ The Gay-Activist Science Deniers
August 31, 2102
Woe to any scientist with an interest in objectively researching and reporting on "LGBT"-related issues. If your findings fail the left's socio-political "butterflies-and-rainbows" litmus test, the "progressive" establishment will try to destroy you - guaranteed. Thus, on these matters, honest scientific inquiry will require courage.
♦ Gay Agenda Loses Battle Against Same-Sex Study
Author
August 30, 2012
Homosexual activists may have thought they had a University of Texas at Austin professor pinned. But Professor Mark Regnerus has been cleared of alleged "scientific misconduct" in his research study that shows the harmful effects of same-sex relationships on kids.
♦ This video from JudgingPresidents.com is designed for Pastors to share with their churches and is a great reminder of why Christians should vote in this upcoming election. We wanted to let you know about this great video and hope that you find it useful for your congregation.
♦ Same-Sex Marriage Deception Exposed in
Minnesota
August 28, 2012
Not so fast. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday ruled that two elected state officials overstepped their authority by replacing the legislature's ballot title for a proposed marriage amendment with an inaccurate one that better suited their pro-gay-marriage agenda.
♦ Brazil Allows Three-Person Civil Union
August 28, 2012
In Brazil, the BBC reports:
A notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has sparked controversy by accepting a civil union between three people.
♦ DNC Proceeds with 2-Hour Islamic 'Jumah'
Prayers
August 27, 2012
The host committee for the Democratic National Convention is raising a number of eyebrows after choosing to proceed with featuring Islamic "Jumah" prayers for two hours on the Friday before its convention, though Democrats earlier denied a Catholic cardinal's request to say a prayer at the same event.
♦ Congressman Randy Forbes discusses "Why America is a Christian Nation." Enjoy the 4-minute clip as he gives a historical perspective of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
♦ What Voters Will Remember About Abortion in
November
August 24, 2012
On November 7, we may well look back at this week's events and see that this was the week that President Obama lost the presidency - because of the abortion issue.
♦ Obama's 'Alert Observation' of Anti-Christian
Violence Must End
August 21, 2012
As Nina Shea discussed below, Pakistani authorities have incarcerated a 12-year-old Christian girl, who is believed to suffer from Down's syndrome, because she allegedly burned pages of the Koran. The Washington Post reported that "as many as 600 Christians have fled their colony bordering the capital, fearing for their lives, officials said, after a mob last week called for the child to be burned to death as a blasphemer."
♦ Study: U.S. Hostile to Religious Liberty
August 20, 2012
A new survey conducted by two conservative groups reveals proven hostility toward Christianity in the U.S.
♦ Photog Who Refused Same-Sex Wedding Assignment
Gets Day in Court
August 20, 2012
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review the case of an Albuquerque photographer forced to pay nearly $7,000 for declining to use her artistic expression to help two women "celebrate" a same-sex "commitment" ceremony.
♦ Obamacare Begins Child Sterilization, Without
Parental Consent
August 16, 2012
With back-to-school season in full swing across the nation, parents in Oregon have more to worry about than shopping for sweaters and purchasing pencils. In the state of Oregon, the Obamacare mandate, which went into effect on August 1, 2012, provides free sterilizations to girls as young as fifteen. Now, your daughter, your high school freshman, can choose, without your consent, to be permanently sterilized.
♦ Re: Democrats, Marriage, and Religious
Freedom
August 14, 2012
Full repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which the platform language calls for, also means that all states have to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states. It puts the party in opposition to letting states decide the issue, which is the current rhetorical posture of the president.
♦ Don't Be a Chicken! Register and Vote!
August 13, 2012
We cannot let elected officials take away freedom of speech by threatening to deny business licenses to those that disagree with them! Register and vote today at www.RegisterVote.org. (To download the Champion the Vote video, click here.)
♦ Valley Woman Told She Could Not Hand out Free
Bottled Water in Summer Heat
August 13, 2012
PHOENIX - The City of Phoenix could face a lawsuit if the city doesn't apologize to a Valley woman for telling her she could not hand out free bottled water to people in the summer heat.
♦ School Stands Firm on 'God Bless America'
August 10, 2012
An atheist organization is demanding that a Massachusetts high school band stop playing "God Bless America" at school functions because it violates separation of church and state.
♦ Bible Study Lands Arizona Pastor in Guantanamo
Bay-Like Jail
August 6, 2012
Pastor Michael Salman is serving his 60-day sentence for holding a home Bible study in Tent City Jail, a prison compound in Maricopa County, Ariz. The Phoenix pastor's attorney describes conditions there as similar to the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
♦ Why Is the West Ignoring Saudis' Persecution of
Christians?
August 6, 2012
Saudi Arabia's deportation of 35 Christian Ethiopian workers last week for holding a private prayer in advance of Christmas in December 2011 has brought the anti-Christian violence of the Saudi regime back into the public eye.
♦ Bakery Faces Boycott for Refusing to Make Gay
Wedding Cake
July 30, 2012
The owner of a Colorado bakery has been accused of violating the civil rights of a gay couple after he refused to bake their wedding cake - and now gay rights advocates are calling for a boycott.
♦ Judge to Let Arizona Abortion Ban Take
Effect
July 30, 2012
PHOENIX - A federal judge is allowing Arizona's new ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy to take effect.
♦ Arizona Supreme Court Denies Rutherford
Institute's Request to Intervene
July 23, 2012
PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by attorneys for The Rutherford Institute on behalf of a Phoenix man who is serving a 60-day jail sentence and was fined more than $12,000 for using his private residential property to host a weekly Bible study, allegedly in violation of the city's building codes.
♦ BBC Olympics 2012 Website Omits Jerusalem as
Capital of Israel
July 23, 2012
The British Broadcasting Company's Olympic website purposely omitted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Israeli page of the 2012 Olympic website states, "Seat of government Jerusalem, though most foreign embassies are in Tel Aviv." Furthermore, the website lists "East Jerusalem" as the "Intended seat of government" of "Palestine," even though there is no nation recognized as "Palestine."
♦ Chick-fil-A President: Gay Marriage is 'Inviting
God's Judgment on our Nation'
July 18, 2012
Dan Cathy, the president and chief operating officer of popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A, said in a radio interview this week that legalizing same-sex marriage is "inviting God's judgment on our nation."
♦ Arizona Pastor Arrested, Jailed for Holding Bible
Study in His Home
July 11, 2012
Bible study leader Michael Salman is sitting in jail today after his home was raided earlier this week by more than a dozen Phoenix, Ariz. police officers and city officials. His offense? The city says people aren't allowed to hold private Bible studies on their own property.
♦ Episcopal Bishops OK Trial 'Gay Blessing'
Prayer
July 10, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS - Episcopal bishops have approved an official prayer that blesses same-sex unions.
♦ Atheist Annoyed by Churchgoers, Files
Complaint
July 10, 2012
A legal representative is "incensed" that an atheist man has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a family-owned restaurant in Pennsylvania for offering discounts to churchgoers.
♦ General Mills Earns Spot on Boycott List
July 10, 2012
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has formally launched a boycott of General Mills for its opposition to Minnesota's Marriage Protection Amendment.
♦ Spencer: Christian 'Radicalization' is
Fiction
July 10, 212
A bestselling author and expert on terrorism finds it ridiculous that a Democratic member of Congress is calling on members to hold hearings on "radical Christianity."
♦ Introducing the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal
Act
July 10, 2012
In the House of Representatives today, Tennessee congresswoman Diane Black and Wisconsin congressman James Sensenbrenner, two Protestant lawmakers, are introducing the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act, seeking to repeal the fine on faith the Obama administration's abortion-inducing drug, contraception, and sterilization mandate imposes.
♦ A 'Severe...Confiscatory' Tax on Religious
Freedom
July 10, 2012
"Sebelius's taxman is coming. Sebelius's taxman is coming." That was the rallying cry of Jim Sensenbrenner on Tuesday in the House of Representatives, where along with his chief co-sponsor Diane Black, he announced the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act, meant to be "a follow-on" to the recently concluded Fortnight for Freedom called for by the U.S. Catholic bishops, focusing on prayer and education about religious liberty.
♦ Pro-Life? Obama Administration Considers You a
Terror Suspect
July 6, 2012
Pro-lifers have one more reason to be suspicious of the Obama Administration. The same domestic terrorism report that considered those who are "reverent of individual liberty" and "suspicious of centralized federal authority" to be part of the "extreme right-wing" terrorist group also singles out pro-lifers.
♦ Marriage Amendment Switcheroo
July 6, 2012
Traditional marriage groups in Minnesota are upset with the title chosen for a marriage amendment that will be on the state's November ballot.
♦ California Bill Would Allow a Child to Have More
Than Two Parents
July 2, 2012
Beaver had June and Ward. Ricky had Ozzie and Harriet. Mom and Dad, same-sex couples or blended families, California law is clear: No more than two legal parents per child. When adults fight over parenthood, a judge must decide which two have that right and responsibility - but that could end soon.