Bill Targeting Parents Who Spank with a Switch Passes Committee
April 20, 2007
The controversial California spanking bill passed its first legislative hurdle Tuesday on a party-line vote, Democrats for, Republicans against. Despite a flood of opposition phone calls and emails from California parents, AB 755 continues to assume that good mothers and good fathers who discipline their own children with "a stick, a rod, a switch" are committing criminal child abuse. Full Story...Sandra Cano 'Doe' and 180 Women Hurt by Abortion Applaud Supreme Court's Ban on Abortion
April 20, 2007
The Justice Foundation's Amicus Brief is cited in Wednesday's Supreme Court's ruling in the Partial Birth Abortion case, Gonzales v. Carhart. The Justice Foundation, which represented Sandra Cano, the "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton and 180 women hurt by abortion in the brief, applauds the Supreme Court's ruling that upholds the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. Full Story...
Christian Women Forced to Have Abortions in Guangxi and Shandong; Immediate International Intervention Urged
April 20, 2007
China Aid Association has learned that a massive forced abortion campaign is ongoing in China's Guangxi Province (Autonomous Region). One Christian lady, Ms. Linrong Wei, 7 months pregnant, was dragged into the hospital from her home on April 17 at 8:45 AM (Beijing time) by ten officials from the Population and Family Planning Commission in Baise City, Guangxi. Full Story...
TV Star Promotes Abstinence
April 20, 2007
Cee Cee Michaela, better known to many as Yvonne--William's zany cop fiancee on the hit UPN comedy series, Girlfriends--and most recently-known for her role as Simone in the movie, Hair Show where she stars along with Mo'Nique and Vivica A. Fox, is on a mission to help improve the lives of young people with an emphasis on sexual abstinence. Full Story...
Hollywood Comes to the Midwest
April 19, 2007
A new chapter of a Los Angeles-based ministry to entertainment professionals has been formed in the Upper Midwest. Minneapolis is the latest city to start a chapter of the Hollywood Prayer Network. Full Story...
Thriving Church in Mormon Country Emphasizes Community
April 19, 2007
In a valley considered the spiritual heart of LDS culture, a 600-member evangelical church is remarkably healthy, with at least half the seats filled with ex-Mormons. All this has come without Mormon-bashing, or any special training or messages to Mormons at their worship services. Full Story...
Vietnamese Authorities Continue to Arrest and Torture House Church Degar Christians
April 19, 2007
Five men and one woman have been beaten and imprisoned for refusing to join the officially-sanctioned Vietnamese government church. The Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation (MFI), which is dedicated to the preservation of the Indigenous People of the Central Vietnam, says the Vietnamese government is continuing to use its religious reform laws as a means of control. Full Story...
Religious Freedom Threatened at UN
April 19, 2007
Last Friday, the United Nations passed a seemingly innocuous resolution combating the "defamation of religions." Further investigation reveals that this motion has erroneously equated legitimate discussion of religious beliefs with the incitement of religious intolerance. Full Story...
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Ban On Partial-Birth Abortions
April 18, 2007
The United States Supreme Court today issued a sharply divided 5 - 4 ruling upholding the Federal law that bans Partial-Birth Abortions. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had filed a "friend-of-the-court" brief with the Supreme Court supporting the Federal ban. Full Story...
Media Violence and School Shootings; Is There a Connection?
April 18, 2007
While investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the worst shooting in the nation's history, many are asking is there a connection between such senseless violence and what's being fed to us through a daily diet of violent TV programs, films, musical lyrics, and especially violent video games? Full Story...
Operation Rescue Uncovers Tiller History of Illegal Abortions
April 18, 2007
Operation Rescue has uncovered three source documents that reveal a pattern of illegal abortions by the Tiller family spanning seven decades. "George Tiller himself has a documented pattern of disregard for the law spanning four decades," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. Full Story...
Dilapidated Box Office
April 18, 2007
With the failure of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's GRINDHOUSE at the box office, the Los Angeles Times and Box Office Mojo called the simulated double feature dilapidated and predicted the demise of Bob and Harvey Weinstein's company and the careers of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Full Story...
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