THE concept of the separation of church and state is axiomatic in the North American political consciousness. In the United States, it is enshrined in the constitution, although one might not know that after listening to some of the Republican presidential candidates and their supporters in this year’s election. In Canada, it is just kind [...]
As a vowed member of the Society of Jesus, I take seriously the mission of the Jesuits, expressed succinctly in the apostolic letters Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae and Exposcit Debitum: …He is a member of a Society founded chiefly for this purpose: to strive especially for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the [...]
Court Rules Texas Ultrasound Law Can be Enforced Now by Steven Ertelt | Austin, TX | LifeNews.com | 1/13/12 6:25 PM Print Email<!–Email–> A federal appeals court has issued a second ruling related to a Texas law allowing women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child before having an abortion — saying [...]
Posted by John Jansen (January 13, 2012 at 3:41 pm) Sign posted at Rockford’s NIWC abortion mill before its license was suspended on Sept. 30, 2011. NIWC is now closed for good. [Photo via Pro-Life Corner] The notorious Northern Illinois Women’s Center in Rockford just became the first abortion clinic in the U.S. to shut [...]
by Jen Green I promised you more . . . here it is. Until his mid-50s, Romney was consistent on abortion – he was all for it. As a senate candidate in 1994, Mitt Romney forcefully declared himself pro-choice, stating, “You will not see me wavering on that.” When Kennedy called him “multiple choice” in [...]
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Last week I shared how I was going to split the kids up and work with Superstar in the morning and Web-princess in the afternoon. It’s only been one week, and Superstar has been sick for 1/2 of it so I haven’t been able to really test it out. Although the days that I was [...]
Gay-marriage backers still short by a couple votes in state Senate By admin on January 14, 2012 — Comments Off OLYMPIA — Only two votes in the state Senate stand in the way of legalizing gay marriage in Washington, but approval is anything but sure. “I spent 11 years trying to find one vote for [...]
There are a variety of lawyers you could get. There are lots of unique departments involving legislation, and every part has unique other categories. It actually is these kinds of smaller departments in which specialized legal representatives tend to be found. The branch associated with law that they apply typically segregates attorneys, nevertheless they generally [...]
The GuardianMormon bashing part of dirty politics in SCStandardNetMitt Romney’s campaign, just a few weeks away from the 2008 presidential primary in a state where evangelicals look skeptically on the former Massachusetts governor’s Mormon faith, condemned the bogus card as politics at its worst. …South Carolina – where politics get (even more) nastyThe GuardianEvangelicals have [...]
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Contact: Robyn Williams, WinePress Group, 360-802-9758, robyn@winepresspublishing.com ENUMCLAW, Wash., Jan. 9, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ – Author Jeffrey Wick, an educator in the public school system for twelve years, has watched the tragedy unfold before his eyes. Pressured by the expectation to meet government requirements, many schools have lowered academic standards and pushed children through the system, [...]
Does God care who wins football games? And what do you think of Tim Tebow and his public displays of devotion? I want to start by saying that I have no problem at all with Tim Tebow and I can understand some of the fascination with him. As he illustrates in the commercial, “They Said,” [...]
In this first part of a new series, an expert on the Middle East explains the perils of the Arab Spring for Middle Eastern Christians. ICC Note: Kurt J. Werthmuller, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, writes the first in a series of articles focusing on “the background, present status, [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/12/zakaria-the-real-threat-in-the-middle-east/ ____________________________________________________ During the uprising in Egypt, he wanted the U.S. to stubbornly cling to Hosni Mubarak–who had cooperated with Israel on mutual security issues–as millions of Egyptians gathered in public squares across the country to demand … ask us to change our way of life for them. they start [...]
Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints still feel unaccepted and discriminated against in America, even as Republican candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, inches closer to becoming the GOP presidential nominee this year. Results of the first national survey of Mormons by the Pew Research Center were released Thursday. Researchers found [...]
You don’t belong to this world – you are Heaven’s citizens. And we know that unbelievers are not persecuting you: they are persecuting Him. Pray, and have patience. ICC Note: A Nepali Christian writes to encourage the persecuted church in Iran and Afghanistan. 1/12/2012 Iran (Mohabat News) – Below you read an encouraging interview with [...]
This week the United States Supreme Court made a landmark unanimous decision that protected the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The decision, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, rejected an argument made by the Obama Justice Department, which sought to eliminate the “ministerial exception” in employment discrimination law. The ministerial exception [...]
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A vacant lot in a depressed neighborhood a block from an abandoned school building seems an unlikely place to start a peace movement. But that’s what the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center did a decade ago at the corner of Douglass and Hamilton in Orange Mound. It was the late Alcine Arnett’s idea. A neighborhood [...]
Tej and I submitted this to the Register just now re: SOPA/PIPA. What a horribly misguided piece of proposed legislation….. “Our elected leaders are always promising to put Americans back to work and create jobs. However, Congress is now considering legislation that would stifle innovation and impede expansion of the economy. The Stop Online Piracy [...]
In the aftermath of increasing sectarian violence, Christians in Nigeria have pledged to defend themselves should attacks against their communities continue. The decision came in the aftermath of a recent bombing that occurred at an Arabic school, located in the country’s primarily Christian south — an attack that has left many Christians in the area [...]
I look across the landscape of Christianity in America and I see people and faces full of emotion and happiness, yet devoid of Biblical wisdom and joy. I see men and women standing at the head of their congregations waving their arms and telling clever stories in an attempt to entertain the masses. These shepherds [...]
The following is Mei’s account of her survived abortion in her own words. Mei vividly describes China’s strict one child policy — an effort to reduce the country’s population. Today, more than 13 million abortions are performed in China each year and an estimated 55 percent of Chinese woman have had an abortion. Watch Mei’s [...]
Christianity and numerous other religions are sometimes described by category, Coach Bags rather than by denomination, as conservative, liberal or cultural. To that, I would add a fourth category: political Christian, i.e. a candidate for public office who feels the need to profess deeply held Christian beliefs. In my home state of South Carolina, Governor [...]
WASHINGTON – Seeking more power to shrink the government, President Barack Obama on Friday suggested smashing six economic agencies into one, an election-year idea intended to halt bureaucratic nightmares and force Republicans to back him on one of their own favorite issues. “The government we have is not the government we need,” Obama told business [...]
WASHINGTON – Rick Santorum is brash and blunt — and proudly so — but it’s a trait that will make it easy for Democrats to use his own words against him if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee. Far from apologetic, Santorum takes an “I-am-who-I-am” attitude. Lately, though, as he tries to emerge as the [...]
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – The only trail where you might catch Ron Paul this weekend is the biking one here. While the other Republican presidential candidates were campaigning in South Carolina, the Texas congressman whose recent momentum is arguably second only to front-runner Mitt Romney’s is home taking a break, just as his often belittled [...]
One of the Republican candidates in the 2008 race, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, is hosting this year’s GOP candidates at a noon forum in Charleston, S.C. Saturday’s event will feature five of the candidates running in the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary. Only congressman Ron Paul is not participating. Before the forum, Rick Perry [...]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A group supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says it will remove errors from a film it made about Mitt Romney’s business experience — if Romney helps them figure out what is inaccurate. The political action committee Winning Our Future sent Romney a letter asking him to respond to several questions about [...]
WASHINGTON – Iowa and New Hampshire have had their say. Next up are South Carolina and Florida, with Germany and France lurking in the background. What happens across the Atlantic with Europe’s troubled economies could rain down political thunderclaps across the United States. If Europe tanks, it could take the fragile American economy with it, [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for authority to close the Commerce Department and create a new export agency, an overhaul that could save $3 billion and help inoculate him against Republican election-year charges that he is a big-government liberal. White House budget official Jeffrey Zients told reporters the reorganization [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for power to consolidate agencies that promote U.S. exports, a move he cast as crucial to streamlining a sprawling bureaucracy struggling to meet the demands of a 21st century economy. In proposing to close the Commerce Department and merge six trade and business agencies, Obama [...]
WASHINGTON – Two veteran House Republicans received discounted mortgage loans from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, a congressional official said Friday. The discounts went to Reps. Howard McKeon and Elton Gallegly of California, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the loans and requested anonymity. Their identities [...]
(CBS News) Solar panel maker Solyndra received a $528 million Energy Department loan in 2009 – and went bankrupt last year. The government’s risky investment strategy didn’t stop there, as a CBS News investigation has uncovered a pattern of cases of the government pouring your tax dollars into clean energy. Take Beacon Power — a [...]
Written By : TrogloPundit Oh, this is perfect. Wisconsin Democrats are looking for volunteers to help put the finishing touches on their recall efforts. Here’s their announcement: Petition Processing Strike Force – Sign Up Form We need assistance prepping boxes and processing the final petitions to ensure that everything is ready for submission to the [...]
Written By : William Teach Well, all are heavily liberal other than one (Washington Times) Eleven states and the District of Columbia are siding with the Obama administration in the legal battle over the constitutionality of the new health care law, as more than half the states prepare to challenge the law before the Supreme [...]
(CNSNews.com) – New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera and NYC religious leaders organized a rally at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City speech on Thursday to protest the city’s decision to stop 60 churches–but not other groups–from meeting in public schools. Protest at New York City Law Department protesting the city’s decision to evict 60 churches [...]
Performer Janelle Monae embraces President Barack Obama at a campaign event at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, Chicago. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) (CNSNews.com) – The Obama campaign’s under-40 organizing arm, Generation 44, is hosting a dance party on Jan. 18 to raise funds for the president’s reelection campaign. The [...]
Police stand next to the bodies of four men that were left next to a wall in the town of Medellin, near Veracruz, Mexico, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. All four men showed signs of torture. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (CNSNews.com) — The Mexican government reported that there were 12,903 drug-related homicides in the country during the first [...]
If Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love wins her bid for Congress, she will be the first black Republican congresswoman in history. But don’t try to put her in that box. Love is running in Utah’s newly created 4th Congressional District. She will face a primary field including state Reps. Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer on [...]
International outrage over a video of U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters consumed media coverage Friday. Some conservatives cheered the Marines for showing such profound disrespect to the dead insurgents, while many on the political left demanded more forceful condemnation. HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher broke with many of his ideological compatriots and declared on his Friday [...]
The video of Marines urinating on Taliban corpses does not in any way diminish my respect for the armed forces. But the behavior should be strongly condemned — and certainly not praised. When Rep. Ron Paul argues that foreign intervention leads to unintended consequences, he’s not entirely wrong. But the benefits of intervention, I would [...]
Kevin Russell Contributor Posted Sat, January 14th, 2012 9:00 am Sometimes, oral argument can be misleading. An advocate can spent much of her time being battered by one or two Justices, leaving an uncareful observer to walk away thinking that the advocate’s chances are slimmer than they are, when one takes into account that there [...]
The federal government plans to change the law to legally recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who came to Canada to wed, even if the laws of their home country do not, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Friday. “I want to make it very clear that, in our government’s view, these marriages should be valid,” [...]
From Congressman Randy Neugebauer Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — I would like to share some information with you regarding the work my Congressional Prayer Caucus colleagues and I have been doing to protect religious liberty in America and preserve our nation’s rich spiritual heritage. Our initiatives recognize the influence of faith in our nation’s [...]
Proponents of Indiana’s school voucher program have won the battle, but not the war. At least that’s according to plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to stop the controversial school choice program from moving forward. The vouchers, approved by the General Assembly last spring, redirect money from public schools to help offset private-school tuition for students [...]
January 13, 2012 Updated Jan 13, 2012 at 10:18 PM EST ARLINGTON, Va. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) — Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program is perfectly constitutional. That, according to a news release issued by the Institute for Justice, was the ruling issued Friday by Marion County Superior Court Judge Michael Keele in Meredith v. Daniels. According to the [...]
BY JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK—The U.S. Embassy in Thailand warned of possible terrorist attacks in Bangkok and Israel issued a travel warning, amid growing tensions with Iran following the assassination of a nuclear scientist in Tehran. Police in Bangkok were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah on Friday after the [...]