Pro-Family Group Rips Wal-Mart for Promoting Brokeback
March 24, 2006
- An official with a pro-family advocacy group is encouraging concerned Christians to contact Wal-Mart regarding the upcoming home video and DVD release of the movie Brokeback Mountain. He claims the retailer's plan to distribute the pro-homosexual film is evidence Wal-Mart has strayed from its family-friendly roots. Full Story...Pro-Lifers Cite Need to Pull RU 486 From Market, Review Drug's Approval Process
March 24, 2006
- The associate executive director of a Christian medical association says it's saddening that two more women have died apparently as a result of using the abortion drug RU 486. He says more women should not have to die to prove it is a dangerous drug. Meanwhile, a national pro-life group believes the White House and the FDA should be held account... Full Story...
Judge Grants Injunction Allowing Child's Recess Bible Reading and Sharing
March 24, 2006
- A federal judge has ordered an elementary school in Knoxville, Tennessee, to stop prohibiting a fifth-grade student from reading his Bible with a friend during recess. Full Story...
Staver: Teacher's Bible-Based Opinion on Homosexuality No Grounds for Discipline
March 24, 2006
- A Florida-based Christian attorney says a Miami public high school was wrong to publicly reprimand a teacher for stating her biblical opposition to homosexuality while being interviewed for a student video project that was broadcast throughout the school. Full Story...
Female Voters Are Slipping Democrats' Grip, Women's Forum Editor Says
March 23, 2006
- A conservative women's organization says the Democratic Party is losing its longtime lock on the support of women voters. Full Story...
FAIR Likes Frist's Ultimatum on Immigration Reform Proposals
March 23, 2006
- A Washington, DC-based immigration research organization hopes Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will take charge and introduce a proposal that strengthens enforcement of the border, but does not grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. Full Story...
Student Expelled for His Conservative Views Wins Suit, Returns Determined
March 23, 2006
- An army veteran and graduate student at Le Moyne College in upstate New York who was expelled from his degree program because of his conservative philosophy of education is back in the classroom and speaking out. Full Story...
Oklahoma House Approves Limiting Children's Access to Explicit Library Materials
March 23, 2006
- Oklahoma lawmakers have approved legislation that would place books containing sexually explicit content in an adult-only section of public libraries across the state. House Bill 2158 would withhold public library funding if books containing graphic sexual references are not placed out of the reach of minors. Full Story...
Preventing Teen Sex Is No Mystery
March 23, 2006
- While so-called sex education "experts" are always quick to tout condoms as the solution to problems like teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, one pro-family advocate says the solution is to prevent sexual activity in the first place. Full Story...
Filipino Church Battling to Keep Its Property from Being Condemned
March 23, 2006
- A California church is weighing its options after city officials move ahead with plans to condemn the church in order to build condominiums. Full Story...
Florida Amendment Would Hold Activist Courts in Check
March 23, 2006
- In an attempt to resurrect their state's school voucher program, Florida lawmakers are considering a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit when the state's courts can declare a law unconstitutional. Full Story...
Former College Paper Editor Fired for Reprinting Muslim Cartoons May Sue
March 22, 2006
- The former editor-in-chief of the student newspaper at the University of Illinois says he was unjustly fired for re-publishing controversial cartoons depicting Muhammad. The images originally published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September 30 of last year have generated widespread outrage and sparked violent riots and destruction ... Full Story...