Ivy League Leader Lets Porn Parade as Protected Speech, Prof Says
March 26, 2004
A leading First Amendment scholar says Harvard University is allowing free-speech rights to be exploited on its campus, but he asserts there is no such thing as the "right to pornography." Full Story...Pro-Lifers Celebrate Senate's Passing 'Laci And Conner's Law'
March 26, 2004
Pro-life advocates are hailing an important victory in the U.S. Senate, yesterday's passage of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which President George W. Bush has promised to sign promptly into law. Full Story...
British Pols Adopt Policy Allowing Teens to Participate In, View Hard-Core Porn
March 26, 2004
A contingent of politicians in the United Kingdom believes high-school age children have a right to not only look at hard-core pornography, but also to participate in it if they wish. Full Story...
Christians Go to the Movies
March 25, 2004
Mel Gibson is making big waves with his biblically-based film, The Passion of the Christ, which was released on Ash Wednesday. Controversy swirled around the project for months. Critics claim it is anti-Semitic. Some say its depiction of the beating of Christ is too violent. Others seem only to take offense that Gibson would invest $25 million of h... Full Story...
Employers Ponder Same-Sex Benefits Questions
March 25, 2004
Those who believe the homosexual marriage issue does not affect them may want to rethink their stand when its economic impact reaches their wallets. Full Story...
Back from Iraq, Pastor Describes Near Miss, Laments U.S. Missionary Deaths
March 25, 2004
A Canadian pastor who recently returned from Iraq says his team was supposed to be in Mosul the very same day four Baptist missionaries from the U.S. were murdered there. Full Story...
Christian Adoption Ministry's New Program Seeks Prayer Partners
March 25, 2004
A Michigan-based ministry is encouraging churches to help children in need of adoptive homes. Full Story...
UMC Traditionalists Disagree with Lesbian Pastor's Trial Verdict
March 25, 2004
The president of a women's movement in the United Methodist Church says the acquittal of lesbian pastor Karen Dammann could very well split the denomination. The decision of a UMC panel to exonerate the pastor on charges of "practices incompatible with Christian teaching" is already drawing opposition from several denomination members. Full Story...
Outbreak Hits Compassion International's Indonesian Ministry
March 25, 2004
A dengue fever outbreak in Indonesia is affecting the operations of a Christian child development ministry. Since January, more than 35,000 people in Indonesia have fallen ill from the fever, and more than 450 deaths have resulted. Full Story...
California School Board Members Refuse Policy Changes Redefining Gender
March 25, 2004
Despite the threat of losing millions of dollars in state and federal funding, a California school board is refusing to adopt a new anti-discrimination policy that would offer special protective status to transsexuals and others confused about their gender. Full Story...
Urban Outfitters Heeds Public Outrage, Pulls 'Jesus Dress Up'
March 24, 2004
After receiving a flood of complaints from angry Christians, a major clothing retailer has decided not to carry what one pro-family activist calls "the most blasphemous product" he has ever seen. Full Story...
The Pledge on Trial: SCOTUS Hears 'Under God' Arguments
March 24, 2004
The U.S. Supreme Court has begun the process of deciding if God has a place in the Pledge of Allegiance. The constitutionality of the phrase "under God" has been challenged by an avowed atheist who sued on behalf of his nine-year-old daughter -- whose mother he never married and over whom the two parents are in a bitter custody dispute. Full Story...
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