State Dept. Religious Freedom Report Finds Old Problems, New Concerns
September 17, 2004
The U.S. Department of State has released its sixth Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom. This year, new names have been added to the list known as "Countries of Particular Concern." Full Story...Harvard Study Finds Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools
September 17, 2004
A new study indicates that charter school students tend to perform better on reading and math tests than their counterparts in traditional public schools in America. Full Story...
Study Shows U.S. Schools Flunking Affordability Test
September 17, 2004
A new study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education finds that in many states it has become much more difficult in recent years for students to afford higher education. Apparently, for many cost-conscious students and parents, many U.S. colleges are failing to make the grade in the key area of affordability. Full Story...
Ownership Question Central to Mt. Soledad Cross Controversy
September 17, 2004
The Thomas More Law Center is challenging a private deal between an atheist and a veterans group to remove a 43-foot cross from atop a California mountain where it has stood for 50 years. Full Story...
School District Drops Discriminatory Stance Against Religion Classes
September 17, 2004
A lawsuit threat has prompted a New York school district to rethink it's decision to exclude a teacher from leading community education classes on religious topics. Full Story...
Attorney: District's Discrimination Suit Settlement Good News for Kids
September 17, 2004
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Christian club and the Virginia school district it had charged with discriminatory practices. Now the after-school Good News Club will be able to use district facilities for its meetings without having to pay a special "access fee." Full Story...
NY Town Seeking to Regulate Where Adult Club Can Operate
September 16, 2004
A Christian attorney is working with a New York community that is trying to protect itself from the negative effects of a sexually oriented business that wants to open there. Full Story...
TBN Regrets Decision to Buy Silence of Paul Crouch's Accuser
September 16, 2004
Officials with the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) say they now regret reaching a financial agreement with a former employee seven years ago who threatened to go public with scandalous allegations against the network's founder. Full Story...
MRC Says Anti-Bush Reports Costing CBS Credibility
September 16, 2004
A Virginia-based media watchdog organization is challenging CBS to apologize to America and come clean with the public about its news reporting based on controversial documents that cast President Bush in a bad light. Full Story...
Baptists' Disaster Relief Truck Gears Up to Help Hurricane Evacuees
September 16, 2004
Churches throughout Mississippi are serving as shelters for coastal residents fleeing Hurricane Ivan as disaster relief workers and volunteers gear up to respond to the needs of those displaced by the massive storm that has swept in from the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story...
Storm Won't Stop Louisianans' Vote on Same-Sex 'Marriage' Ban
September 16, 2004
In Louisiana, supporters of an effort to pass a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex "marriage" say, storm or no storm, the measure could very well pass with more than 70 percent of the vote this Saturday. Meanwhile, government and community leaders statewide and nationwide continue to defend to critics the need for the amendment. Full Story...
Grade Inflation Hinders Education, Harms Kids, Expert Says
September 16, 2004
A columnist and longtime educator says grade inflation is a massive and growing problem in primary and secondary schools across the U.S. In schools nationwide, students are being misled as to whether a youngster is making adequate academic progress. Full Story...
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