Wal-Mart Policies Continue Alienating Workers, Pro-Family Shoppers
November 13, 2006
       - The union-backed movement "Wake-Up Wal-Mart" recently made public certain documents outlining the stores' new attendance policy, which reportedly considers employees absent for a whole day for typical scenarios like clocking in more than ten minutes late or leaving work early. Such practices have led to accusations that the retail giant is no lo...   Full Story...

Activist: Pro-Homosexual 'Payback' Already Coming in Penn.
November 13, 2006
       - A Pennsylvania pro-family group is denouncing Senator-elect Bob Casey, Jr., for pledging to advance hate crimes legislation once he's in Washington.   Full Story...

Conservative Analysts: Many Values Voters Feel Betrayed by Republicans
November 13, 2006
       - Looking back on the recent midterm elections, a number of conservative voices are suggesting that several Republicans who lost their constituents' vote of confidence were rightly defeated. In fact, one of the founding fathers of the modern conservative movement calls the current leaders of the Republican Party "corrupt and immoral" and says they...   Full Story...

College's Pledge Ban Exposes Need for SCOTUS to Address the Issue
November 13, 2006
       - A Christian law center is condemning a California college's ban on the Pledge of Allegiance. The move by the school's student leadership has prompted the legal group to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a final call on the constitutionality of the Pledge.   Full Story...

Republican Losses Blamed on Departures From Conservative Agenda
November 13, 2006
       - The chairman of a religious public policy group feels many evangelical voters who turned out on November 7 and helped place Democrats in office were looking for alternatives to Republicans who these voters felt were not fulfilling the conservative agenda.   Full Story...

New Mexico Judge Tosses Crosses Case
November 13, 2006
       - A federal judge in New Mexico has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop the city of Las Cruces -- Spanish for "the crosses" -- from using an image of three crosses on its official logo.   Full Story...

Christian Films Top Box Office, Says MovieGuide"
November 13, 2006
       - Following the completion of a 10-year study of the theatrical box office, Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher of MovieGuide and chairman of The Christian Film and Television Commission, found that "Christian movies make two to seven times as much money, and often four to six times as much money, as movies with explicit sex and nudity."   Full Story...

DC Schools Benefit When NBA All-Star Scores -- and Score He Does
November 10, 2006
       - A professional basketball player is scoring for schools in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The result is thousands of dollars in donations to area schools.   Full Story...

PJI Helps Calif. County Employee Win Religious Accommodation at Work
November 10, 2006
       - A Christian woman who works for a local government agency in California has won the right to have Sundays off so she can attend church services. The employee, who has asked not to be identified, has worked for a county agency in the East Bay area for 20 years and, until recently, was always able to be off on Sundays.   Full Story...

Rabbi Praises Interfaith Effort That Kept 'Gay Pride' Parade Off Jerusalem Streets
November 10, 2006
       - An Orthodox Jewish rabbi who is fighting what he calls "the homosexualization of the Holy Land," credits outcry from the religious community in part for the derailing of WorldPride 2006, a homosexual pride parade that was originally scheduled to hit the streets of Jerusalem today.   Full Story...

'Remember My Chains' -- Prayer for Persecuted Christians This Sunday
November 10, 2006
       - Christians in the United States are being encouraged to join in a corporate prayer effort for believers worldwide who face persecution.   Full Story...

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