A federal judge ruled this month that the prayer’s presence at Cranston High School West was unconstitutional, concluding that it violated the principle of government neutrality in religion. In the weeks since, residents have crowded school board meetings to demand an appeal, Jessica has received online threats and the police have escorted her at school, [...]
As Dr. Michael S. Horton puts it: ‘And we wonder why according to one study eighty percent of those raised in evangelical churches leave the church, they don’t join a church, they don’t even go to church by the time they are sophomores in college. Well, you have to ask the question: are they really [...]
Michigan Senate Panel Approves Choose Life License Plates by Steven Ertelt | Lansing, MI | LifeNews.com | 1/25/12 2:56 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Yesterday, the Michigan’s Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved pro-life legislation which would allow the state to offer drivers the ability to purchase specialty license plates with the phrase “Choose Life” on them. S.B. [...]
In additional reference to the Sanctity of Life Sunday two days ago and the March for Life in Washington, D.C. yesterday, I have a few items I think you’ll find of value. * First of all, for those of you who live in Nebraska, please make note of the Walk for Life coming up this [...]
January 2012 Dear Pro-Life Friends, It was a banner year for the pro-life movement throughout America — EXCEPT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Last year, nearly 200 measures were enacted which advanced the pro-life cause — EXCEPT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Millions of tax dollars were diverted from Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider — EXCEPT IN [...]
A Pro-Life Youth Rally the evening of the Jan. 22 at Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg, Md., drew about 500 young people the night before the March for Life in Washington. – Jeffrey Bruno WASHINGTON — Victor Bermudez, the president of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s pro-life group, accompanied 400 students from Steubenville, Ohio, to the [...]
Admittedly, I’m not the first to grab a placemat and draw a place setting on it. However, my reasons for doing so are not just to teach my children how to properly set a table. This quote from Kim Eddy’s book, A Joyful Momma’s Guide to Shopping and Cooking Frugally really hit home. “I learned from an [...]
OLYMPIA — For Senate Democrats, the last big decision left on gay-marriage legislation is when to take a floor vote. The bill legalizing same-sex marriage cleared the Senate Government Operations, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee on Thursday with a 4-3 party-line vote after Democrats beat back several attempts to amend the bill. Supporters say they [...]
I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC). I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife [...]
NewsdayHillary Clinton dodging political ‘high wire’NewsdayNation Newsday News Nation Hillary Clinton dodging political ‘high wire’ Originally published: January 26, 2012 1:48 PM Updated: January 27, 2012 5:41 AM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants …Clinton: Done with the ‘high wire’ of politics. Really.Washington Post (blog)Hillary Clinton [...]
ABC Religion and Ethics 25 Jan 2012 The emergence of a Christian democratic political movement in America could actually advance a pro-life cause currently stagnating in the Republican political swamp. The emergence of a Christian democratic political movement in America could actually advance a pro-life cause currently stagnating in the Republican political swamp. In his [...]
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Katherine Stewart heard about a Christian group forming at her daughter’s school, and instead of closing her eyes and wishing it would go away, she dove in. She researched and researched and researched. She talked to people, went to symposia, delved into a world that wasn’t hers and where she very much did not want [...]
The Debate Rages On – Feedback Friday I love a healthy debate, and thought I would continue last week’s highly active discussion. Two friends of mine got into a highly explosive argument over this post and are currently not speaking. I thought the subject of their discussion was worth opening up to all of you. [...]
Saudi Arabian Officials Assault, Strip Search Christian Prisoners ICC Urges Saudi Arabia To Release The Prisoners Washington, D.C. (January 24, 2012) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Saudi Arabian officials strip searched 29 Christian women and assaulted six Christian men after arresting them for holding a prayer meeting at a private home in [...]
The Republican presidential candidates want you to look past the stiff suits and debate rhetoric and see that they’re good guys — husbands, fathers, Christians. That’s why Newt Gingrich points to his religious conversion when asked about cheating on his wife. It’s why Mitt Romney highlights his 43-year marriage, and Rick Santorum is photographed with [...]
Al Arab Al Yawm, Jordan Arabs and Muslims in the West By Dr. Jamil Greisat Translated By Brian Jones 25 January 2012 Edited by Mark DeLucas Jordan – Al Arab Al Yawm – Original Article (Arabic) Although the law in the United States prevents discrimination and outlaws bias between people concerning factors of color, race, sex, age [...]
On January 24, during his State of the Union Address, the president of the United States has a chance to expose the plight of religious minorities living in Muslim majority nations. Doing so would not merely shed light on one of the most ignored humanitarian crises of the 21st century; it would help alleviate it. [...]
Many people died hard, so that I could live freely. Both politically and religiously, I am completely free to be or believe whatever I want because men and women sacrificed their lives in grotesque ways I’ll never know. As a Christian, white, American male, I have a lot to be thankful for because of the [...]
“Tropic of Chaos – Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence,” by Christian Parenti, 2011 Well, this book shoots that theory of ‘super-imperialism’ all to hell. (Super-imperialism – oligarchic corporations completely control world market with no national issues remaining.) Instead, Parenti describes a world where the violent patterns of the old ‘cold’ war, neo-liberalism [...]
New here? You can subscribe to our blog via RSS feed and email. Thanks for visiting! We began our ministry in India in 1997 with the Child Sponsorship Program. In 2003, we started the Child Survival Program, and the Leadership Development Program followed in 2004. Country Director Paul Asveen joined our ministry as Country Director [...]
Constantine married Christianity to Empire. Henry VIII married Christianity to Monarchy. Evangelicalism, it seems to me, is the attempt to marry Christianity to parliament. This is the theme of a good deal of my thoughts lately. I began by investigating the abolition of slavery in Great Britain. The story of Wilberforce is powerful and inspiring, [...]
As Islamic blasphemy cases pile up in Egypt’s court system, frustrated Coptic Christians are accusing authorities of not applying fair standards in the interpretation of the country’s contempt of religion law. Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, an influential businessman and founder of the Free Egyptians Party, tops the growing list of perpetrators who have been charged [...]
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View full size Brent Wojahn/The OregonianAnti-abortion activists marched to the Willamette River on Sunday following the Rally for Life in PortlandâÂÂs Pioneer Courthouse Square. Here, the march heads South on SW Broadway.Nearly four decades after the U.S. Supreme Court reached its controversial landmark decision Roe v. Wade, people on both sides of the abortion debate [...]
Jan 26, 2012 by Buddy Hanson Answers to Common Objections are a regular column on Explicitly Christian Politics. These answers were written by Buddy Hanson and published in the appendix of his book, The Christian Civil Ruler’s Handbook. Buddy has written a number of books on applying God’s Word to culture, civil-government and politics and [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama this fall. The former Massachusetts governor turned in his best debate performance yet Thursday night, putting [...]
NEW YORK – Forget the so-called liberal media. Right now Newt Gingrich’s most ardent critics are conservative pundits and columnists, many of whom have launched aggressive campaigns to discredit him and trip up his run for the Republican nomination. This crew has largely been lukewarm about Gingrich’s chief rival, Mitt Romney, considering him too moderate. [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than a million Hispanic voters are the prize as Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich campaign hard in Florida after a feisty, final debate that served to heighten political tensions with the state’s GOP primary just days away. Romney was the aggressor Thursday night in the second debate in [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took the fight to chief rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday in his most aggressive debate performance yet, five days ahead of Florida’s primary vote. A neck-and-neck race for Florida and its importance for the Republican presidential nomination made for a combustible atmosphere at the University of [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No matter what polls say about tax fairness, the Republican presidential candidates all say calls to tax the rich fall flat with them. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in a GOP debate Thursday night that government should shrink to fit tax revenues. And he wants something akin to a flat tax. [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Newt Gingrich wants America to establish a colony on the moon. Mitt Romney says it’s not worth the enormous cost. The GOP presidential debate turned to space Thursday night as the candidates were asked about Gingrich’s call for developing a permanent lunar presence as a way to invigorate a key Florida industry. [...]
SANTA FE, N.M. – Republican Gov. Susana Martinez suffered a temporary political setback Thursday in a bid to stop New Mexico from granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. A legislative committee shelved her proposal and approved a Democrat-backed alternative that continues to allow licenses for illegal immigrants but with new restrictions. The politically-charged fight is [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney is back on track. Less than a week after a stinging setback in South Carolina, Romney moved ahead of rival Newt Gingrich again in Florida polls on Thursday and turned in his strongest debate performance yet in a seesawing Republican presidential race. Three new polls showed Romney taking a solid [...]
CAMBRIDGE, Md. – President Barack Obama’s populist election-year pitch and middle-class message have unified House Democrats. The bitter divisions among Republican White House hopefuls have helped bring them together, too. “Long may it last,” said Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., on the prospect of a drawn-out, bare-knuckle GOP nomination fight between top candidates Mitt Romney and [...]
Yonathan Melaku was sneaking through Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery, his backpack filled with plastic bags of ammonium nitrate, a notebook containing jihadist messages, and a can of black spray paint. The 23-year-old former Marine was heading to the graves of the nation’s most recent heroes, aiming to desecrate the stones with Arabic statements [...]
Written By : William Teach Quite obviously, there has to be a bit of narcissism in any person who wants to run for the presidency. Yet, with Barack Obama, everything seems to be all about himself. Does anyone get the feeling that Obama wants to be president to help anyone, to be a good steward [...]
Written By : William Teach Why? Because “There’s no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world’s economy.” After a few paragraphs describing how not every scientist is a Warmist, and the numbers who are opting out of previous held beliefs that Mankind is mostly or solely at fault, we get to (h/t [...]
Starbucks coffee symbol(s). (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) — The National Gun Victim’s Action Council (NGAC) will lead a national boycott of Starbucks Coffee products on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, to try to change the company’s “open carry” gun policy at its locations. Starbucks currently allows guns to be openly carried by patrons in its stores in [...]
In this Jan. 19, 2010, file photo Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, addresses the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club in Houston. Hutchison announced Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, that she will retire after her current term expires next year. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File) (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas), speaking on the Senate floor during a [...]
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Taxing the wealthy is not going to solve the national debt, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) told CNSNews.com after President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union Address. Before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening Obama said, “Tax reform should follow the ‘Buffett Rule.’ If [...]
That’s what everybody’s saying, but I’m not hearing it: I guess it kind of sounds like it? For a second there? And of course, it wouldn’t be the first time he said something that would be ruinous if he was a Republican: Maybe he started to go into an Indian accent, then his brain cell [...]
Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic “Welcome Back Kotter,” died from an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen home this morning. He was 60. Hegyes, who also co-starred on “Cagney and Lacey” and taught occasional [...]
I was a great fan of Superman comic books when I was a kid. Among my favorites were those in which the Man of Steel traveled to Bizarro World — a dimension in which everything was the opposite of our normal world. Watching the last few Republican presidential debates, I now have a pretty good [...]
Kali Borkoski Manager Posted Wed, January 25th, 2012 7:51 pm The petitions of the day are: Posted in Cases in the Pipeline Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski, Petitions of the Day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 25, 2012, 7:51 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/01/petitions-of-the-day-4/
AUGUSTA, Maine — Advocates of gay marriage submitted more than 105,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday to begin what’s expected to be a long and passionate debate over the right to marry in Maine. Dozens of advocates packed the small State House Welcome Center to announce their intention to get a [...]
By DAVID SKEEL A pair of momentous new government decisions on religion—in particular on whether religious institutions are exempt from secular laws—has given advocates of religious liberty a severe case of whiplash. Early this month, the Supreme Court held (in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) that a Lutheran school’s [...]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – School vouchers, running for President and Right-to-work. Those are all topics Governor Daniels addressed at a high school in Fort Wayne Thursday. His main objective was to check in with students and parents to see how the school voucher program’s doing. It has been nearly six months since students across [...]
Print 5:00 AM By: Vince Gallagher Kingston Catholic School is participating in National School Choice Week. The mission is to empower parents to select what they feel is the best school for their children. Vince Gallagher reports. ‘); if(infobox==’True’ ShowInfoBox_l571543_1==false){ jQuery(“#player_infobarl571543_1″).trigger(‘click’); ShowInfoBox_l571543_1==true; } }; $.setup_player(Play_Conf); //info bar setup jQuery(‘#player_infobarl571543_1′).click(function() { var $info =jQuery(‘#player_info_contentl571543_1′); if($info.text()!=”){ var $content [...]
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Thursday night that US President Barack Obama “threw Israel under the bus” by designating the pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace talks, while Newt Gingrich reiterated his controversial remark that the Palestinians are an “invented” people. Speaking at a CNN Republican debate in Florida ahead of Tuesday’s [...]