Georgia Dems Demand Governor Retract Claims About Senators Blocking His Legislation
March 6, 2006
- Two Democratic lawmakers in Georgia are calling on the governor to retract statements he made in a recent interview with American Family Radio (AFR) News. In that conversation, Georgia's Governor Sonny Perdue criticized Senate Democrats impeding passage of his Faith and Family Services Amendment, a measure that would let the state contract with ... Full Story...PTC Council's Study Finds Children's TV Content Disturbingly 'Mature'
March 6, 2006
- The Parents Television Council (PTC) has released a report on its first study of children's television, which -- according to the media watchdog group's research -- features even more violence than adult-oriented television. But the head of that pro-family group says that is not all that should concern parents about what their kids may be viewin... Full Story...
High Court Ruling Backs Military Recruiters on Campuses
March 6, 2006
- Conservative observers are praising a Monday ruling handed down from the Supreme Court requiring colleges that accept federal money to allow military recruiters on campus. Full Story...
Will Another Episcopal Diocese Choose a Homosexual Bishop?
March 6, 2006
- A conservative Anglican leader says if one of the two openly homosexual priests who are candidates to become bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California is elected, the fallout could rival that of the controversy over the denomination's 2003 ordination of homosexual Bishop Vicki Gene Robinson. Full Story...
Stories, Upsets, Contradictions: Just Another Night at the Oscars
March 6, 2006
- There were no blockbusters to root for at the Academy Awards this year. All of the films had an indie feel (though only one Best Picture nominee is truly from a small independent studio -- the rest are from small arms of the big players). Still, a hush fell across the conservative blogosphere as the Best Picture was announced. Having picked up a... Full Story...
Focus, Exodus Respond to 'Gay Task Force' Criticism of Reparative Therapies
March 3, 2006
- Two conservative, faith-based organizations are responding to charges by a homosexual group that they are hurting teens who are struggling with same-sex attraction by offering parents therapies to turn their children away from homosexuality. Full Story...
Attorney Hopes Illinois Will Pass Measure Protecting Pro-Life Pharmacists
March 3, 2006
- Pro-family forces are urging concerned Christians in Illinois to encourage their lawmakers to approve a law that would protect the state's pharmacists who, for faith or conscience reasons, refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives. Full Story...
Students' Free-Speech Rights at Issue in Two Penn. Lawsuits
March 3, 2006
- Two public universities in Pennsylvania -- Temple University and Penn State -- are simultaneously facing federal civil rights lawsuits filed by a Christian group. Full Story...
India's Christians Face Violence, Intimidation Tactics From Hindu Radicals
March 3, 2006
- A spokesman for a ministry to the persecuted Church says anti-Christian hostility and maltreatment of Christian believers in India has reached new levels. According to Gospel for Asia (GFA), Hindu extremists have launched dozens of attacks against Christians and their churches since January. Full Story...
Winners of 'Christian Oscars' Announced
March 3, 2006
- Disney and Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, WB's 7th Heaven, ABC TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and PAX TV's Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye won the three biggest honors at the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDEŽ Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Be... Full Story...
The Academy Awards: Whose Vote Really Counts?
March 3, 2006
- In Doc Hollywood, Michael J. Fox plays Ben Stone, a doctor planning to run from his inner-city trauma care unit to a cushy job liposucting fashion models/actresses in Hollywood. Stone justifies the move to his exhausted colleagues by saying that the plastic surgery for the rich and famous is what makes all the free third-world cleft palate surge... Full Story...
Best Film Oscar Nominees Suggest Radical Hollywood's Political Agenda
March 3, 2006
- According to a pro-family activist, Hollywood's agenda will be on display like never before at this year's Academy Awards ceremony. Campaign for Working Families director Gary Bauer says this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture are controversial message movies that reveal the entertainment industry's true objectives. Full Story...
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