The Irish Times – Tuesday, January 3, 2012 PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent THE DEMORALISED state of Irish society and the inadequacy with which this is being met has been addressed in two significant new year homilies and one message by three senior church figures. Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady devoted a significant amount of [...]
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In the final run-up to the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses, a handful of Republican presidential candidates highlighted their pro-life bona fides in a nationally simulcast “teletown hall” forum sponsored by Personhood USA and several pro-life organizations. Significantly, all four of the participants in the National Presidential Pro-life Forum — Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and [...]
January marks National Sanctity of Life Month and Family Research Council has launched a new campaign called “I’m Pro-Life because…” to raise awareness for it. 1/2 Christian Pro-Life Activists List Top 10 Wins Over Abortion in 2011 Pro-Life Groups in South Dakota Propose Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks House Approves Planned Parenthood Funding, Cuts [...]
Earlier tonight, David Frum tweeted an Associated Press report that says Rick Perry and other GOP candidates oppose abortion even in cases in which the life of the mother is at risk. This claim sounded incorrect when I first read it. After doing some digging around, it looks like the AP has made an error [...]
Saturday, 31 Dec 2011 07:06 PM By Jim Meyers Rick Santorum’s endorsement of Arlen Specter, a strong supporter of abortion who gave President Barack Obama the key Senate vote to pass Obamacare, is becoming a key issue as the Iowa caucuses near. Polls show that Santorum is seeing a last-minute surge in Iowa, but pro-lifers [...]
Paul Harvey One more AHA/ASCH session for you all to consider, especially for those of you interested in contemporary evangelical subcultures, home schoolers, and prayer warriors: Teaching, Playing, and Praying: Evangelical Networking and Community Building in Modern America Session AbstractViolence in public schools, anonymous neighborhoods that lack a sense of community, and legalized abortion all [...]
One of the big, unanswered questions of the new session of the New Hampshire Legislature: Will the Republicans have enough votes to override Gov. John Lynch’s promised veto of any attempt to repeal the state’s gay marriage law? For many legislators, 2012 will be the first time they will have voted on this issue. This [...]
Alabama Children’s Family Act is a ‘fit parent’s bill of equal rights’ – Huntsville divorce support | Examiner.com: MONTGOMERY (Examiner.com) – The new year’s resolution of parents rights advocates in Alabama? To provide better safeguards for every fit parent’s equal rights to their children. Some folks talk about how Alabama has a long history of [...]
FirstpostVoters will face intriguing political contestsAllentown Morning CallIn the world of politics, even-numbered years are always the most exciting for voters and campaign aficionados. They promise the highest profile races, largest slate of candidates and most engaged public. Nowhere is the excitement more present than in …Why money matters more to American politics than democracyFirstpostInside [...]
Voting for President of the United States begins today in Iowa. For the next ten months it will be hard to avoid hearing about politics. This is welcome news to political junkies and tiresome for everybody else. But whether you are into politics or not, you should care about the political process. And as Christians [...]
Since my New Year’s prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012 (and Joe Biden would become Secretary of State), I’ve been swamped by requests for my GOP prediction. Here goes. You can forget the caucuses and early primaries. Mitt Romney will be the nominee. Republicans may be stupid but [...]
HOW would you like it if your child’s social studies text books contained flawed chapters that had an inherent Islamic agenda that tries to demean Christianity and fuel anti-Semitism? Two organizations in the US have come together to highlight the Islamic agenda at work in editorializing in school textbooks used in Florida’s public schools. Christian [...]
Christians have been urged to let the values of Christianity reflect in their daily lives as worthy examples to others. “Unfortunately too many of our prayers to God at various times become only external performances only which are devoid of depth.” Very Reverend Father Evaritus Amegadzi of the Catholic Church gave the exhortation at a [...]
Christians And Lions The world’s most widely followed faith is gathering persecutors. Even non-Christians should worry about that 12/31/2011 Islam (The Economist)-CHRISTIANITY is growing almost as fast as humanity itself, but its 2.2 billion adherents cannot count on safety in numbers. That is partly because the locus of the world’s largest religion is shifting to [...]
In this post, I want to discuss a research paper by evangelical Christian philosopher Michael J. Murray. The title of the paper is “Who’s Afraid of Religion?” Murray begins with a distinction, as philosophers love to do: …we would be perfectly happy to have a discussion of claims like…”Mahayana Buddhism emerged in the first century [...]
by Raymond Ibrahim via Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2011: “Everyone is Born a Muslim” :: Stonegate Institute. The so-called “Arab Spring” continues to transition into a “Christian Winter,” including in those nations undergoing democratic change, such as Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis dominated the elections—unsurprisingly so, considering the Obama administration has [...]
SANTA ANA, Calif. While the crowded GOP field for U.S. president wrangles over major national issues such as the economy, taxes and traditional values that are important to Christian conservatives, a ministry is hoping to expand the topics to include religious freedom. In addition to the Republicans, Open Doors USA is also planning to [...]
Disclaimer: I don’t profess to be an expert on this area, it’s just reading some articles recently and my experience being in these 3 countries recently ‘inspired’ me to write this piece. Please feel free to comment. Thanks. Introduction Being a Christian in Singapore and also due to my sociological leanings, I am rather interested [...]
January 3, 2012 by FindMyHost News Web Hosting Services – McLean, VA – ServInt, a pioneering provider of managed hosting for enterprises worldwide, today announced its Chief Operating Officer, Christian Dawson, will be a featured speaker on the January 10th Consumer Electronics Show (CES) panel that will examine and provide alternatives to copyright-infringement legislation Stop [...]
In April of this year my family and I moved to Thailand so I could be closer to the projects that we have developed in S.E. Asia over the past decade and a half. It is a short flight to most of our programs in Laos, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. We continue to [...]
A man imprisoned for sexually abusing a child at his now-closed Cahaba Heights day care center was sued Friday by one of the victims and her mother, court records show. The suit was filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court against Robert Eugene Frost, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the Bullock Correctional Facility after [...]
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It’s been quite some time since I last made an appearance here; and I really do have a lot to say, but I’m thinking a more concise and structured format different from free flowing thought would be best. Also, during this little hiatus from writing, I’ve realized through reading a series of other blogs that [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Ron Paul is hopeful that the more structured organization of Iowa supporters he has built in his second bid for the Republican nomination will turn out big in the state’s leadoff presidential caucuses. “We, the people, are growing and I’m optimistic,” Paul told an audience in Davenport on the last full [...]
PERRY, Iowa – A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president’s name actually surfaced. “We’ve had, in the past, a couple of presidents from Texas that said they weren’t interested in wars … like George W. Bush,” a voter said to Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who has [...]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will waste little time getting back in front of voters following a 10-day Hawaiian vacation spent largely out of the spotlight. Air Force One landed just before daybreak in Washington on Tuesday morning after an overnight flight from the island of Oahu. The president is returning from vacation the same [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – In the kickoff contest of the 2012 presidential race, Republican candidates argued up to Tuesday’s finish line in Iowa over which candidate the voters can trust and who they can count on to defeat President Barack Obama. With large numbers of likely caucus goers still undecided or willing to change their [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Mitt Romney on Tuesday backpedaled a bit from his earlier prediction of a first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses as he made his final pitch to voters here “It’s hard to predict exactly what’s going to happen,” Romney said on MSNBC. “I think I’ll be among the top group.” Monday night, [...]
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) DES MOINES, Iowa–Mitt Romney has long been considered the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, but if he wins Iowa’s caucuses on Tuesday, it will be partly because of one extraordinary fact: Not one of his Republican rivals ran a negative TV ad against him in the state. Sure, Romney was [...]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies. Some unions say the Keystone XL pipeline would create thousands of jobs. [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Iowa Republicans cast the first votes of the 2012 White House campaign on Tuesday, with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in a high-stakes battle to win the party’s kick-off nominating contest. Voters will gather in schools, libraries and other public spots across the state to render judgment in [...]
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Onetime Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich called on campaign rival Mitt Romney Tuesday to “just level with the American people” about his moderate political views. Asked point-blank in a nationally broadcast network interview if he was calling the former Massachusetts governor “a liar,” the former House speaker replied, “Yes.” In the interview [...]
Written By : John Hawkins We have no way to know for sure who’ll win in Iowa. Mitt Romney is the favorite and holding steady. Ron Paul is close behind, but seems to be losing stream. Rick Santorum is behind both, but seems to be surging. Perry and Gingrich, who has had his brains beaten [...]
Written By : William Teach Obviously, doing this will not only upset Democrats because Obama’s words are being used in context, but, will be surely called raaaaacist (ABC News) On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the Republican National Committee is touting an expansive new video database that party operatives say is their most potent [...]
Written By : William Teach It’s finally here, the long, long, long talked about Iowa Caucuses. What comes next? (USA Today) Republican presidential candidates have been warming up for months for tonight’s Iowa caucuses. The results will start a sprint — or a marathon. For more than three decades, the opening contest here in Iowa [...]
American Airlines planes at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez) (CNSNews.com) – As the European Union on Sunday began charging all airlines entering European airspace for their carbon emissions, the German carrier Lufthansa became the first to warn that ticket prices will inevitably rise as a result. A legal challenge against inclusion [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies. Some unions say the Keystone XL pipeline would create thousands of [...]
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. (AP Photo) Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Virginia Board of Elections Chairman Charles Judd, who in 2008 served as executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia, says that in 2008 the party did [...]
Salma Hayek: Knight? The Puss In Boots actress was among those named by President Nicolas Sarkozy to receive the Légion d’Honneur Sunday. Hayek, 45, will enter the five-tiered honor academy with the grade of Chevalier or “Knight.” Full story: Salma Hayek will be ‘knighted’ in France
The stats that mattered in Oklahoma State’s 41-38 win over Stanford in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, from Justin Blackmon’s finest three quarters, to Andrew Luck’s completion percentage, to five missing points. Jan 3, 2012 - 87.1: Andrew Luck’s completion percentage. As with Oregon-Wisconsin, both offenses had to work for their success in this game. Stanford took away Oklahoma [...]
1.) Debbie Does Caucus — The Iowa caucuses are mere hours away, and you can feel the excitement. That is, if you can still feel anything after Saturday night. (Jager bombs? You’re not in college anymore, dude. Wait… did you even go to college?) The Republicans are getting all the attention today, and the Democrats [...]
Aaron Tang . Posted Tue, January 3rd, 2012 9:14 am Our topic for this week’s Community discussion is the Texas redistricting cases, which involve challenges to the state’s newly enacted legislative districting maps and the propriety of a federal district court’s interim order replacing those maps with maps of its own. The Court is scheduled [...]
Adewale Kupoliyu 3 January 2012 opinion The raging controversy on same-sex marriage (SSM) may not easily fizzle-out any time soon, going by the sensitive nature of the issue. The Nigerian Senate recently passed the Same-Sex (Prohibited) Bill, making it illegal for a marriage between persons of same sex, approving 14 years’ imprisonment for gays and [...]
Commenting on the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council of Resolution 16/18, “Combating Intolerance, Negative Stereotyping and Stigmatization Of, and Discrimination, Incitement to Violence, and Violence Against Persons Based on Religion or Belief,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that “Together we have begun to overcome the false divide that pits religious sensitivities [...]
A veteran lawmaker wants voters to carve an exception into the Arizona Constitution to allow state aid to private and parochial schools. Rep. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, said he believes students who have been in foster care or are disabled should be able to attend schools that may suit their needs better than the regular state-funded [...]
ATLANTA — You’re invited to the premiere screening of a very important film about Georgia’s public school system. The Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Foundation, a free-market educational organization, will host a screening of Making the Grade in Georgia: Educational Freedom and Justice for All this week. “This documentary uncovers the desperate state of Georgia’s school system, with [...]
The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday published an official statement that addressed the Torres del Paine National Park fire, rejecting Chilean calls for Israel to remunerate Chile for the damages. The ministry said that Israel will plant seedlings in the Chilean nature reserve hit by wildfires but will not send Chile compensation. In the statement, [...]