IRS Inquiry Re: Televangelist's Finances 'Routine,' Says Ministry Spokesman
July 7, 2005
The IRS is investigating televangelist Benny Hinn's ministry about its operations and finances. A spokesman for the ministry says the agency's questions, however, are routine. Full Story...Arkansas Gifted Program Angers Parents With Explicit Homosexual Curriculum
July 7, 2005
A spokesman for Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee says students should not have been exposed to a sexually explicit play at a summer educational program for the state's gifted high school seniors. Full Story...
Freedom's Blessing
July 7, 2005
Twenty years ago, pursuing a dream of academic excellence and artistic mastery, I left my homeland in communist Eastern Europe and arrived in the U.S. wide-eyed and anxious. What I found was immeasurably greater than all my dreams combined. I found American freedoms, the most precious one of which I didn't even know one needed -- the freedom to kno... Full Story...
Embattled Pro-Life Group Returns to SCOTUS to Refute N.O.W. Charges
July 7, 2005
A defendant's prediction of a third trip to the U.S. Supreme Court in a nearly 20-year-old landmark abortion protest case has come true. Joe Scheidler of Chicago's Pro-Life Action League says his lawyers will again have to present arguments against the National Organization for Women (NOW) in a case in which the high court has already ruled in favo... Full Story...
UMC Bishop Pulls Rank on Local Pastor for Denying Homosexual Membership
July 7, 2005
A conservative United Methodist activist is speaking out against the suspension of a Virginia Methodist minister who refused to admit a self-avowed, practicing homosexual as a member of his congregation. Full Story...
Nat'l Guardsman Trusts Iraqis Will Soon Be Equipped to Handle Terrorists
July 6, 2005
A non-commissioned officer serving with the U.S. National Guard in Iraq says the training of Iraqi security troops is going well -- so well, in fact, that car bombings have been greatly reduced, and the terrorists are leaving the area. Full Story...
U.S. Expert Claims Socialized Medicine Risks Citizens' Health
July 6, 2005
The director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute says the U.S. should take note of what's happening with Canada's health-care system. According to PRI's John Graham, a recent decision by Canada's Supreme Court proves that country's socialized version of health care does not work. Full Story...
Mass. Governor Nixes Pro-Homosexual Use of Taxpayers' Money
July 6, 2005
The governor of Massachusetts is being praised by a pro-family group for vetoing a 70 percent increase in funding for homosexual programs in the state's public schools. Full Story...
Petition Urges Bush to Nominate Conservative to Supreme Court
July 6, 2005
A petition with tens of thousands of signatures from concerned Christians urging the president to select a conservative nominee to the Supreme Court will be delivered later this week. Full Story...
Set Aside the Busy-ness of Life to Read this Book -- Twice, If Necessary
July 6, 2005
This book should be required reading -- even if it means cutting out a couple of hours of useless TV watching in order to do it. Your mental and physical health may depend on it. This is no exaggeration. Today, people are dying of heart attacks and strokes related to stress, caused by simply trying to do too much. Full Story...
Best Buy Regulates Violent Game Sales
July 6, 2005
Retailer Best Buy has implemented strict policies to prevent sales of mature-rated video games to children and teens. Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS) said that company's new rules may be the toughest policy in place among major retailers in the U.S. Full Story...
Texas Group Calls on Lawmakers to Fund Pro-Family Textbooks
July 6, 2005
As Texas lawmakers continue to haggle over the state's education budget, a pro-family group is urging the legislature to include funding for new middle and high school health textbooks that emphasize abstinence. Full Story...
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