THE ISSUE: The Catholic church, and others, object to a health care mandate requiring employer coverage of birth control. THE STAKES: The right answer will preserve the line between church and state. One of the pillars of our great experiment in democracy is the understanding that the law applies equally to everyone, with very few [...]
What do you get when you cross: the Gospel, 110 street evangelists, and the largest sporting event in North America? The 2012 SuperBowl Outreach! This past weekend, yours truly and our friendly neighborhood presuppositional apologist, Sye Ten Bruggencate, hit the road bound for 3 grueling and God-glorying days of street witnessing in Indianapolis, Indiana. Not [...]
Oklahoma City – For the 21st year, hundreds of pro-life protesters are expected to rally at the state Capitol building in Oklahoma City to urge lawmakers to place stricter restrictions on abortion. Called “Rose Day,” the event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, and participants will bring roses to their state senators [...]
« Santorum!!!! | Main | Santorum, Part Deux » February 08, 2012 What Do Pro-Life Activists Think of Mitt Romney’s Abortion Record? You could believe Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum: Santorum Accuses Romney of Forcing Mass. Catholic Hospitals to Offer Emergency Contraception …As David French detailed in a Corner post a few days ago, Romney [...]
<!– pat dup image remove attempt End of remove dup image attempt –> By Karen Cross NRL Political Director Karen Cross On ABC’s “The View” today, while discussing the Texas sonogram law, Barbara Walters inaccurately stated, “First of all, it is interesting in every primary the subject of abortion comes up and it is always [...]
It’s always depressing to watch Christians fight – especially those so dedicated to the Gospel of Life. But today was a day when the forces of division won small battles in the war for love, unity, and life. As reported in the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), Today during an Energy Commerce hearing that covered the [...]
Keyboard Town PALS Software teaches children the location of the 30 letters, and symbols on the keyboard within one hour. KTP bolsters academic skills, and liberates creative expression to allow children a greater possibility of success in school and life. In effect, KTP becomes the “missing link” between the child’s intellectual capabilities, and the technological [...]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the [...]
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FirstpostWill ‘super PACs’ ruin politics?Los Angeles TimesNow Obama has done almost the same thing, despite his longtime opposition to massive special-interest spending in political campaigns. His decision to embrace Priorities USA Action, a political action committee founded by two former aides, …Super PACs: The new flood of money poisoning US politicsFirstpostIn Reversal, Obama Embraces Super [...]
Ashley Mote: Independant Member of European ParliamentWeekly Letter from Brussels. Starting in next few days:Letter from the Asylumashley mote……………………………….. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST OF MANY INTERVIEWS WITH ASHLEY MOTE. website http://www.ashleymote.co.uk/Britain is committing collective suicide”Sensational new pamphlet J’Accuse…!calls on British “to re-install own standards”Most of the elderly in Britain are indigenous. Most [...]
The current resurgence of those wanting to give the states the right to outlaw contraception and whatever else they deem “fit” for proper citizens is not so much alarming to me as it notes the growing pains of our little experimental plutocratic democracy and the evolution of Christianity. It is also another reason why the [...]
Related articles and links | 1 of 2 Here’s what you can do in a New York City public school after hours: You may gather people together once a week (or more often). You can start off with praise choruses and Bible reading. Someone can stand up and teach that Jesus is Lord, that he rose [...]
I watched a program on iPlayer about social networking. It was a rant against Facebook mainly, but a couple of other networking sites were also mentioned. It was shocking to see what was going on: cyber bullying, hateful commenting…Really horrible stuff. The main push of the program was, what is Facebook doing about it? You [...]
There is one group today which is experiencing more persecution worldwide than any other group. And at the same time this seems to be one of the most ignored stories by the mainstream media. If you had only the MSM to rely on, you would for the most part not even be aware of all [...]
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In Walden v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (11th Cir., Feb. 7, 2012), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by Marcia Walden, a counselor in an employee assistance program at the CDC, that her free exercise rights under the 1st Amendment and RFRA were violated when she was laid off because of [...]
The Obama administration is waging war on Christianity. Somehow, the networks haven’t seen this as newsworthy. On January 20, Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its perverse attempt to force Catholic schools, hospitals, and other charitable agencies to finance sterilization, abortifacients and contraceptives in their insurance plans starting in 2013. Speaking for the [...]
Written by The American TFP At least 142 U.S. Catholic bishops, representing almost 80% of America’s dioceses, have strongly denounced the religious persecution expressed in the rules promulgated January 20, 2012 by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HSS), in connection with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [...]
Press Statement From ANCOPSS VETERANS – We former National Executive Members of the All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools from 1986 to 1992 under the aegis of ANCOPSS ASSOCIATES are worthy and respected Nigerians from different states and parts of the Federation – Most of us (all graduates and noble teachers of our time) [...]
From Christian Families News Source- http://kgvo1290.com/ravalli-county-issues-audio/ ____________________________________________________ Ravalli County Commissioner Matt Kanenwisher speaks out on local issues . … By: Peter Christian | 1 minute ago. Ravalli County … Ravalli County Commissioners are considering several issues of interest to their constituents. On Monday, they met to discuss ways to return the county to three commissioners [...]
It looks like the Greens and Labor are having a competition to see who can win the homosexual booby prize. They are stumbling over each other as they rush to get same-sex marriage legalised in Australia. They are nicely showing their true colours here – both are in bed with the militant activists, and don’t [...]
Do You Flaunt Your Freedom? Having lived in the Bible belt my entire life, I’ve run across my fair share of legalists. A legalist is a person who measures his spirituality and that of others based upon a list of permissible or forbidden activities. To a legalist, your salvation is suspect if you drink the [...]
The Obama administration’s new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers’ birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issues have surged to the forefront in the presidential campaign. Conservatives who believe religious freedom always trumps gender equity in the public arena are outraged. But so too are Roman Catholic [...]
ATLANTA – Mitt Romney still can’t seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party. Despite primary victories that have established him as the GOP presidential front-runner, his stunning trio of defeats this week laid bare the difficulties that still could undercut his path to the [...]
ALLEN, Texas – One day after Rick Santorum’s startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead. “We definitely are the campaign right now with the [...]
CLEVELAND – Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney’s strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner. Rick Santorum’s stunning success in this week’s elections in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but no one is pushing the panic button – yet. That could change quickly, however, if Romney does not reverse Tuesday’s three-state losing streak to Rick Santorum by winning in Arizona and Michigan on February 28, and then having a [...]
Mitt Romney seems to be finally paying attention to Rick Santorum, since the former Pennsylvania senator staged a three-state election sweep Tuesday. The Romney camp has designed a Santorum-specific banner graphic that will grace future anti-Santorum news releases issued from the campaign press shop. The image reinforces Romney’s line of attack against Santorum, highlighting Santorum’s [...]
WASHINGTON – Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to face the challenge that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activities, according to a report by Republicans on a House Armed Services subcommittee. [...]
WASHINGTON – The House has passed a bill to ban members of Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading. But critics from both parties accuse House Republican leaders of caving in to investment firms by eliminating a proposal to regulate people who try to pry financial information from Congress. The 417-2 vote Thursday will [...]
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American “boots on the ground.” McCain tells “CBS This Morning” there are several options available, ranging from medical care and technical assistance to safe havens for refugees of the violence. [...]
Written By : Victor Davis Hanson On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama once called for a “reset” policy with Iran. Supposedly, the unpopularity of the Texan provocateur George W. Bush and his administration’s inability to finesse “soft power” had needlessly alienated the Iranian theocracy. After all, the widely quoted but highly politicized 2007 [...]
Written By : William Teach We’ve already had confirmation on massive errors in the UN IPCC’s “science”, and know that the errors were used intentionally to scaremonger. We know that the data came from an unfounded report which had no scientific data, written by a grad student who did no field research, like so much [...]
Written By : William Teach It boggles the mind why Obama would want to pick this fight with Catholics, which also means Conservatives, Tea Party members, Republicans, and the 60+% of Americans who oppose ObamaCare get riled up again, in an election year. Democrats, including Obama, avoided mentioning ObamaCare during the 2010 mid-term elections in [...]
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leaves after speaking at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry) (CNSNews.com) – Following his clean sweep in Tuesday’s nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum sent his supporters a letter, making [...]
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The smallest cattle herd since the 1950s likely will mean higher beef prices at the supermarket for the next two years. Experts said beef prices could climb as much as 10 percent a year in 2012 and 2013, and the increase could be even greater if demand from other countries increases. [...]
President Obama has nominated Nancy Powell as ambassador to India. (Photo: State Department) (CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration’s nominee to serve as ambassador to India assured lawmakers this week that concerns about India’s energy relationship with Iran will be among her “top priorities” if she’s confirmed. But after India’s foreign secretary held talks with senior [...]
Dr. House is hanging up his cane. The network will conclude the long-running medical drama House this season. “The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years — but also because the show itself [...]
Freshman Austin Rivers stunned North Carolina with his game winning buzzer beater last night that gave the Blue Devils an 85-84 win over the Tar Heels. In just his first appearance in the Battle of the Tobacco Road, Rivers and his teammates took the floor for the first of the teams’ two meetings this season. Needless [...]
Eastman Kodak has shocked the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business. By the end of June, Kodak expects to phase out its digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and digital picture frames, the company announced today. The company plans to focus heavily on its current brand licensing and attracting companies [...]
Scott Dodson Guest Posted Wed, February 8th, 2012 11:35 am When Patrick Wood, a Colorado state prisoner, was too late in seeking federal habeas-corpus relief, the state told the federal district court that it neither challenged nor conceded the timeliness of Wood’s petition. The district court denied the petition without addressing its timeliness, and Wood [...]
Olympia, WA, United States (AHN) – Washington state is poised to legalize same-sex marriage following passage of legislation in the state House, a victory for rights advocates who early this week celebrated a court ruling striking down California’s ban on gay marriage. The House voted 55-43 to approve the bill introduced less than a month [...]
When David Axelrod signaled that the Obama administration might be open to “compromise” on its new contraception policy, I started to worry. The policy requires health plans to cover birth control without a deductible or co-pay, upsetting social conservatives who think religiously affiliated institutions deserve an exemption. What might “compromise” mean? In many Democratic dictionaries, [...]
WESTFIELD, N.J. – Gov. Christie called for the resignation Wednesday of a top official of the state’s largest teachers’ union for making a seemingly dismissive remark about poor children in failing school districts. “Life’s not always fair,” New Jersey Education Association executive director Vincent Giordano said on a program that aired this week on NJTV. [...]
Printer-friendly version Email story link Fewer transfers are allowed in name of more balanced schools By Jennifer Anderson The Portland Tribune, Feb 9, 2012 Christopher Onstott / Portland Tribune Seventh-grader Dylan Wells (left) might have applied for a spot at Grant High School when it’s time to start high school but now doesn’t have [...]
The Middle East continued its slide into chaos this week. Hamas and Fatah reached agreement on a new Palestinian unity government to be headed by current P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas until new elections are held later this year. The United States closed its embassy in Damascus, Syria, amid the deteriorating situation in that country. Riots [...]
In Israel various attacks on Arabs nothing is ever Israel’s fault. The victims are always to blame or, some third party. Israeli politicians become very adept (in their oen minds) at evading and dodging responsibility for anything. When Israel has a doemstic issue that requires pinning some blame then all these politicians go into auto [...]
Mehdi Marizad / Fars via AP file A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan. 11, killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan, is removed by a mobile crane. The photo was distributed by the semi-official Iranian photo agency Fars. By Richard Engel and Robert WindremNBC News Deadly [...]