Calif. Lawmaker Calls for State-Level Action Against Video Game Violence
August 24, 2005
Recently the American Psychological Association released findings linking video game violence to aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, and aggressive behavior in children, and the organization recommended the video game industry look at cutting back on overall violence in the games. One California legislator is gratified that the APA has spoken up o... Full Story...Lawsuit Demands Indiana School Excuse Student's Absence for Religious Event
August 24, 2005
The United States Justice Department is participating in a lawsuit to compel an Indiana school district to accommodate the religious beliefs of one of its Christian students. The Justice Department has filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the youngster, who is suing for the right to be excused from school for the purpose of attending an a... Full Story...
U.S. Churches Have Chance to 'Get Behind' Left Behind
August 24, 2005
The latest movie based on the best-selling "Left Behind" end-times series will open this fall through a new distribution system involving churches across America. Full Story...
Harvard Initiative Putting Its Biased Foot Forward, Says Christian Apologist
August 24, 2005
The president of Answers in Genesis, a creation apologetics group, says Harvard University's new "Origin of Life in the Universe Initiative" will not be known for its true scientific research. Full Story...
Pat Robertson Taken to Task for Urging Foreign Leader's Assassination
August 24, 2005
Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) founder Pat Robertson is showing no sign of regret over the controversial remarks he made Monday on his 700 Club television program, calling for the U.S. assassination of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, a leader the evangelist described as "a terrific danger" to America. Full Story...
Survey: Two-Thirds of Evangelicals Doubt Jesus' Words Regarding Salvation Thru Him Alone
August 23, 2005
There's a new poll out which points to a growing rejection among Evangelicals that Jesus is the only way of salvation. Full Story...
Attorney: 'Height of Idiocy' for Court to Declare Atheism a Religion
August 23, 2005
A federal appeals court has sided with a Wisconsin prison inmate who claimed his constitutional rights were violated with officials would not allow him to create a study group for atheists. Full Story...
Intelligent Design Proponent Optimistic About Current Worldview Shift
August 23, 2005
The head of a biblical creationism museum sees a major worldview shift on the academic level from neo-Darwinism to intelligent design. Full Story...
California Court Declares One Child Can Have Two Moms
August 23, 2005
A spokesman for a leading West Coast pro-family organization says his group is shocked and saddened over an August 22 ruling by the California Supreme Court abolishing the traditional definition of parenthood. In three separate cases that raised fundamental issues as to the definition of family and parent, the court decided in each case that a chil... Full Story...
Annual 'Best Colleges' List Released Along With 'Party School' Rankings
August 23, 2005
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named America's top "party school" in a survey of 110,000 college students across the nation. That dubious distinction is just one of the many to be discovered in The Princeton Review's newly released 2006 edition of U.S. college rankings, "The Best 361 Colleges." Full Story...
Christian Doc: Parents Must Combat Media Vanity With Biblical Truth
August 23, 2005
A Christian doctor believes a spiritual reason is behind increased steroid and supplement abuse among teenagers. According to pediatrician Nick Yates, a nationwide survey published in the journal Pediatrics indicates that teens often turn to dangerous body-building and performance-enhancing substances for vanity's sake. Full Story...
Calif. AG Ordered to Fix 'Misleading' Summary of Marriage Protection Initiative
August 23, 2005
A court has ordered California's Attorney General Bill Lockyer to rewrite a ballot initiative that would recognize as marriage only unions between a man and a woman. The Florida-based legal advocacy group Liberty Counsel requested changes in the Lockyer's initial wording, claiming the summary prepared by the attorney general was misleading, and a j... Full Story...
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