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Neb. lawmakers to discuss fetal pain abortion bill

Posted on February 25, 2010
AP: "A group of lawmakers is pushing to make Nebraska the first state to outlaw most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the argument that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure."

NCAA Pulls the Plug on Focus Ad After Protest: Organization caters to homosexual activists over benign ad

Posted on February 25, 2010
Citizen Link: The NCAA took a Focus on the Family ad off of its Web site after homosexual activists complained. The print ad shows a father holding his young son. It's titled: Celebrate Family. Celebrate Life. And the picture is captioned: All I want for my son is for him to grow up knowing how to do the right thing.

Would Open Homosexuality in the Military Expose Religious Liberties to Greater Attack? Perkins Expresses Disappointment and Concern over Rescinded Invitation

Posted on February 25, 2010
FRC: On January 29, Perkins received a letter from the chaplain's office at Andrews AFB rescinding the invitation to speak at the prayer luncheon, citing FRC statements 'which are incompatible in our role as military members who serve our elected officials and our Commander in Chief...

Hon. Leah Ward Sears: Love, yes, but be committed to marriage

Posted on February 25, 2010
"But after years of thinking about and studying this country?s divorce epidemic, I now believe that the key to most successful marriages is when the couple is more committed to the health and longevity of the marriage than to each other."

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Bill to Grant Native Hawaiians Sovereignty Passes House

Posted on February 25, 2010
Fox News: "A bill that would give native Hawaiians the same right as Native Americans is halfway through the congressional process but opponents say the legislation is divisive and would turn over valuable land and resources out of U.S. hands."

Muslims attack Christian churches, homes in Pakistan?s largest city

Posted on February 25, 2010
Catholic Culture: "A mob of Muslims in Karachi vandalized two Protestant churches, beat up Christians in the streets, and attacked Christian shops and homes on February 21 following a dispute between a Muslim merchant and a Christian customer."

Israeli lawmakers defeat civil marriage bill

Posted on February 25, 2010
Jerusalem Post: "Kadima MK Meir Sheetrit?s bill to permit civil marriage in cases in which couples could not be married by the Chief Rabbinate fell by a landslide 58-22 in its preliminary reading, with a third of Kadima MKs absent from the roll-call vote...

KY: House Health and Welfare Committee blocks abortion ultrasound bill

Posted on February 25, 2010
WTVQ: "The House Health and Welfare Committee, on a seven-seven vote, blocked a Senate bill which would have required abortion providers to show a woman the ultra sound of her unborn fetus prior to the procedure. The bill had passed the Senate last month 32-4...

Pentagon urges Congress to slow down on normalization of homosexual behavior

Posted on February 25, 2010
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military leaders want Congress to hold off on lifting restrictions on homosexuals in the armed forces until a yearlong review is completed, the Pentagon said on Thursday."

Obama Told at White House Health Care Summit Americans Don?t Want Abortion

Posted on February 25, 2010
LifeNews: "It took almost the entire length of the debate at the White House health care summit for the issue of abortion to come up and, when it did, pro-life Rep. John Boehner told President Barack Obama that Americans don't want abortion funding in the health care bill Congress is considering...

Catholic League: Tony Perkins Censored at Air Force Base

Posted on February 25, 2010
Catholic League: "I will now contact Major General Darrell D. Jones, Commander of the Air Force District of Washington, at Andrews Air Force Base asking for a probe into this matter."

Maryland Catholic Bishops respond to AG opinion on marriage

Posted on February 25, 2010
A Maryland Catholic Conference report links to the Bishops' statement which begins: "We take strong exception to Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler?s opinion that the state may recognize same-sex ?marriages? performed in other jurisdictions. We trust our legislature and the people of Maryland will also object, and will act accordingly to counteract this opinion...

Australian Senate rejects same-sex ?marriage? bill

Posted on February 25, 2010
The Age: "The Senate has comprehensively defeated a bid to legalise gay marriage, although a third of the senators did not turn up for the vote. Before the gay pride Mardi Gras in Sydney this weekend, the bill was rejected by 45 votes to five, with only the Greens voting to liberalise the marriage laws...

Wyoming: ?Religious Recruitment: Letters sent by Northwest College president raise concerns?

Posted on February 25, 2010
Powell Tribune: "A letter written by Northwest College President Paul Prestwich and mailed to 1,002 Mormon students earlier this month was intended to generate interest in the college. The letter has indeed accomplished just that ? but likely not the kind of interest Prestwich originally had in mind...

Chaplains keep wary eye on efforts to normalize homosexual behavior in the military

Posted on February 25, 2010
"The implication of that is that the military is going to force military personnel ? both Christians and non-Christians ? to accept that value . . . "

Pro-Family Leaders from 35 Countries Oppose Institution of Same-Sex Marriage in Mexico City

Posted on February 25, 2010
Christian Newswire: "In response to a move to institute same-sex marriage in the Federal District which includes Mexico City (on March 4), more than 120 pro-family/pro-life leaders from 35 countries have signed the 'World Congress of Families Leadership Petition To Save Marriage In Mexico City...

Israel says heritage plan will not harm Muslim prayer

Posted on February 25, 2010
Reuters: "Israel said on Thursday its plan to rehabilitate Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank, which has drawn Palestinian and Western criticism, will not affect Muslim worshippers or change the status quo."

?Va. legislators still weighing charter-school bill?

Posted on February 25, 2010
WTKR.com (AP): "The Senate Education and Health Committee was to vote Thursday on the measure, one of Gov. Bob McDonnell's priorities during his campaign. The bill underwent last-minute changes to make it more palatable to some opponents, so the 15-member committee allowed discussion of the issue and postponed action until next week, said bill sponsor Sen...

Protect Marriage Washington Files Supreme Court Brief to Protect Privacy of Petition Signers

Posted on February 25, 2010
otect Marriage Washington filed its opening brief today in the United States Supreme Court case of Doe #1 v. Reed.

?HUD seeks help with anti-gay discrimination study?

Posted on February 25, 2010
Mercury News: "As the government prepares a first-ever study of housing discrimination against gays, however, the issue is more complex. How do you design a study to make an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity as obvious as race and color? Starting Thursday, the U...

Israel: ?Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men?

Posted on February 25, 2010
BBC: "A study of 10,000 Israelis found both bachelors and those in loveless marriages had a far higher risk of fatal stroke than happily married men . . . The study, carried out by Uri Goldbourt from Tel Aviv University, analysed questionnaires filled out in the early 1960s by male civil servants and municipal employees...

Penn. Superior Court overrules presumption against ?gay parental custody?

Posted on February 25, 2010
Leonard Link: "I am delighted to report that on January 21, 2010, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued an en banc decision in M.A.T. v. G.S.T., 2010 PA Super. 8, 2010 Westlaw 204148, in which Constant A. was officially overruled as a precedent. It took a quarter of a century, but finally we are rid of that homophobic presumption against gay parental custody in Pennsylvania ...

Charter school for LGBT youth opens in Los Angeles

Posted on February 25, 2010
SDNN.com: "Educators and community activists in the Los Angeles area have established a new school aimed at preventing cases such as King?s. The new charter school provides LGBT and LGBT-friendly youth the opportunity to earn their high school diploma in a safe environment, free from persecution...

Utah leaders warn child pornography may be on the rise

Posted on February 25, 2010
ABC 4: "Utah leaders are worried child pornography crimes in the state are on the rise. Today, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force joined Utah legislators to sound a voice of warning."

ADF files appeal of ruling barring prayer before Forsyth County board meetings

Posted on February 25, 2010
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Wednesday of a district court decision that prevents the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners from opening public meetings with prayer that may mention a particular deity.

Canada: Warrant reveals mom?s grisly secret: dead babies hidden from boyfriend

Posted on February 25, 2010
Times Colonist: "Months before Harsimrat Kahlon was found dead in her basement suite with the hidden bodies of three newborn babies, she told her live-in boyfriend she'd had an abortion."

NC: Invocation court ruling adds controversy to traditional prayer

Posted on February 24, 2010
StarNewsOnline: "Sue strongly defends his commission's invocation practice. 'When I can't end a prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, I'll quit praying. And I won't quit praying,' he said. 'This country was founded on religious freedom, and that's the reason the settlers came to this country...

?Lutherans Seeing Fallout Over Gay Clergy Issue?

Posted on February 24, 2010
NY Times: "Until a few weeks ago, the Rev. Gail Sowell was pastor at two Lutheran churches in the small Wisconsin town of Edgar. That was before members of both congregations jumped headfirst into the simmering debate over gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America...

Another Bloody Day for Christians in Iraq

Posted on February 24, 2010
Christian Newswire: "'It was a bloody day yesterday in Mosul,' an Iraqi worker of Open Doors reported today. 'In one house all the family members were killed -- five people. First the attackers drove by and shot from their car. Then they forced themselves into the house and gunned down the entire family...

MO committee approves constitutional religious liberty amendment

Posted on February 24, 2010
OneNewsNow: "Missouri lawmakers are proceeding with a constitutional religious liberty amendment . . . 'We've had success with this constitutional amendment in the Missouri House the last two sessions,' [Joe Ortwerth, executive director of the Missouri Family Policy Council] explains...

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