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What Will Obama Mean to Christian Radio?

Posted on January 21, 2009
Radio World Online reports: . . . “We’re fairly certain that we’re going to see a major sea change in terms of the increase of threats, either expressed or implied, to the freedom of Christian broadcasters to broadcast opinions and viewpoints freely...

WV Supreme Court Considering Same Sex Adoption Case

Posted on January 21, 2009
WVMetroNews: The state Supreme Court will decide whether a baby girl will stay with the lesbian couple in Fayette County that wants to adopt her . . . The state should do everything it can to make sure that kids are placed in a home with a married mom and dad...

Venezuela: tear-gas attack on apostolic nuncio

Posted on January 21, 2009
Catholic Culture: “Supporters of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez hurled tear-gas canisters at the residence of the papal nuncio in Caracas on Monday morning, January 19, after a speech in which Chavez denounced his critics, including the country’s Catholic bishops ...

Pro-abortion Biden receives standing ovation at DC Catholic parish

Posted on January 21, 2009
Catholic Culture reports: “Vice President-elect Joe Biden received a standing ovation during Mass yesterday at Washington?s Holy Trinity Catholic Church, where President John F. Kennedy regularly attended Mass while president . . . ” LifeNews coverage of Biden’s stance on abortion Visit Site » Share This

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?Swedish proposal on gay marriage presented to parliament?

Posted on January 21, 2009
AFP: Sweden may allow homosexuals to wed in the Lutheran Church or civil ceremonies as of May if parliament adopts legislation presented to parliament Wednesday, the prime minister’s party said . . . According to the proposal, pastors who do not want to perform a same-sex wedding ceremony would have the right to refuse, something gay rights’ [...

Freedom From Religion group asks Obama to ?rebuild that wall?

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Capital Times reports on a new ad campaign by the Freedom from Religion Foundation encouraging Obama to “rebuild that wall” and dismantle the “Faith Based Initiative.” The report indicates: Arguing that government “should run on facts, not faith,” the foundation asks Obama to “restore the Jeffersonian ‘wall of separation between church and state...

?Bolivia Prepares to Vote on Abortionist, Homsexualist and Secularist Constitution?

Posted on January 21, 2009
LifeSiteNews.com: Bolivia will hold a nationwide referendum this Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution containing pro-abortion language, and providing special rights for homosexuals and “transgender” people. The new document will also nullify Bolivia’s existing recognition of Catholicism, declaring that the government adheres to no religion ...

Virginia: Lawsuits allege religious discrimination for refusal to work on the Sabbath

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Daily Progress: . . . Jeffery King, a pastor at Rosehill Baptist Church in Albemarle County, filed suit against Cardinal Health Inc. on Jan. 7 in Charlottesville?s federal court . . . In September, the EEOC filed a suit against the Ohio-based medical supply company on behalf of Howard Thompson, a Sabbatarian who claimed he was [...

Swedish national library in child porn scandal

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Local: Sweden?s legacy of lax attitudes toward pornography has come back to haunt the country?s national library, which has been found to have large quantities of child pornography in its collection . . . Citing ?the child?s right to sexuality?, the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (Riksförbundet för sexuellt likaberättigande [...

?Prop. 8 foes push new ballot measures to reverse gay marriage ban?

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Sacramento Bee: Angered by the passage of Proposition 8, grass-roots activists are working to place measures on the ballot to reverse California’s ban on same-sex unions . . . Two groups took the first step toward qualifying a ballot measure last week with the state Attorney General’s Office, asking for an official title and summary...

LA Times: ?Now, about gay marriage?

Posted on January 21, 2009
The LA Times carries this editorial with this subcaption: “On the heels of Pastor Rick Warren’s invocation, Obama should drop the semantics and acknowledge that denying same-sex marriage is discriminatory.” Visit Site » Share This

Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine

Posted on January 21, 2009
The NY Times: Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor. After an aunt from California called the sheriff?s department here, frantically pleading that the [...

Hawaii lawmakers consider gambling and marriage redefinition

Posted on January 21, 2009
AP: “. . . Hawaii lawmakers convene a new session Wednesday in which they expect to consider legalizing gambling, recognizing gay marriage and preserving Hawaiian lands. The session runs through May 7 . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Church in Spain demands right to choose religion teachers

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Catholic News Agency: “The Supreme Court in Spain has stripped the Diocese of Canarias of the right to determine the qualifications of teachers hired to teach the Catholic faith. The court ruled this week in favor of a woman who is living with another man outside of marriage, whom the Diocese said was incompetent [...

Italian politician will prevent discrimination of Christians in the EU

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Christian Telegraph reports: “In an interview with the L?Osservatore Romano, Italian politician Mario Mauro said he sees the prevention of discrimination against Christians as an important aspect of his new role in the European Union, reports Catholic News Agency...

36th Memorial of Roe v. Wade

Posted on January 21, 2009
Operation Save America has issued this press release on the Christian Newswire: “Local pastors, business leaders, crisis pregnancy center directors, and Christians will join Operation Save America for a press conference and a Memorial Service, mourning 36 years of unabated child-killing ...

Man fatally shot inside Mass. strip club

Posted on January 21, 2009
AP: “A 22-year-old man has been shot and killed inside a Springfield strip club.” The report indicates he was shot in the back of the head while sitting at the bar after being involved in a fight. Visit Site » Share This

MN: ACLU sues charter school over religion - Islam

Posted on January 21, 2009
Kare11.com: “The Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says it’s suing a charter school that caters to Muslim students. The ACLU names Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, or TiZA, and the Minnesota Department of Education in a lawsuit in federal court ...

With Obama in power, WhiteHouse.gov now backs abortion rights, ?gay rights?

Posted on January 21, 2009
Michael Foust writes in the Baptist Press: Five minutes before noon — before Obama had taken the oath of office — the website still had a link to then-President Bush’s statement backing a ban on partial-birth abortion and supporting a “culture of life” and his proclamations underscoring the need for “speaking up for the weak and [...

North Dakota: Strippers to Register

Posted on January 21, 2009
KXNet.com reports: “Law Enforcement want to know more about strippers and others in the adult entertainment business. That’s why a bill says those individuals in sexually orientated businesses have to register with the state Tax Department ...

California: Selma fights sexually oriented business

Posted on January 21, 2009
ABC: Hill’s exotic dancer agency would be directly across the street from the studio, where little girls are learning to dance ballet, and tap. Deanna Garcia’s daughter is one of the students . . . Parents and business owners took their concerns, and a petition with over five hundred signatures on it to the Selma City Council [...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Pa. Home-Schoolers? Case

Posted on January 21, 2009
The School Law Blog reports: “The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the appeals of several families in a challenge to Pennsylvania’s record-keeping requirements for home-schooled children . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

The Rutherford Institute Wins Court Victory for West Virginia Constitution Party?s Right to Circulate Petitions at a State Park

Posted on January 21, 2009
Rutherford Institute: “Judge John Preston Bailey of the Northern District of West Virginia has ruled that a First Amendment lawsuit dealing with the right of a political group to circulate petitions and collect signatures at a state park can move forward ...

?Lambda Legal Defends Lesbian Mother in Ohio Custody Matter?

Posted on January 21, 2009
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that reports on an Ohio lesbian custody case where: “Lambda Legal argues that Ohio’s antigay constitutional amendment has no impact on Ohio courts’ authority to order shared custody between former same-sex partners...

Colo.: Grand Junction strip club liquor license considered tonight

Posted on January 21, 2009
Grand Junction Free Press: “The Grand Junction City Council tonight will again consider a liquor license for Fantasy, a strip club proposed by Kevin Eardley for an industrial north Grand Junction neighborhood. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall, and the item is listed toward the end of a long agenda ...

Partial birth abortion bill introduced as pro-life Ariz. Gov. assumes office

Posted on January 21, 2009
East Valley Tribune: The language of HB 2400 is designed to mirror the federal law, a move Murphy believes will immunize it from future legal challenges, including an exception from the ban to save the life of the mother. And it allows a doctor accused of breaking the law to seek an opinion from a medical [...

More than 1,200 alleged incidents of trafficking

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Border Fire Report: In the first 21 months of operation, the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS) recorded information on more than 1,200 alleged incidents of human trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice?s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today ...

Ky. court blocks move to seize gambling domains

Posted on January 21, 2009
AP: “Kentucky may not seize 141 online casinos’ Internet domain names in an attempt to block them from operating within the state’s borders, a three-judge appeals panel ruled. In a 2-1 opinion Tuesday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals panel said an Internet domain name is not a gambling device...

?Same-Sex Marriage Used to Defend Polygamy in Canada?

Posted on January 21, 2009
"If (homosexuals) can marry, what is the reason that public policy says one person can't marry more than one person?" said Suffredine, a former provincial lawmaker.

Lousiana Appeals court upholds New Orleans domestic partnerships

Posted on January 21, 2009
The AP reports: A three-judge panel from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal rejected a Christian civil rights group’s argument that the city violated the state constitution and ran afoul of public policies that favor marriage over unmarried cohabitation ...

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