Parent-Activist Says School Board Put Censorship Fears Over Students' Welfare
January 2, 2004
Ignoring the concerns of area parents, a California school board has approved a sexually explicit book that was previously removed from district classrooms. Full Story...Pro-Family Leaders Predict New Year Will Be Crucial In Culture War
January 2, 2004
As battle lines continue to be drawn over issues such as the definition of marriage and the public acknowledgement of God, family values advocates are saying 2004 could be a pivotal year in the culture war. Full Story...
Recovered Addict Offers Help to Men Living in Sexual Sin
January 2, 2004
Steve Gallagher's victory over sexual sin and porn addiction provides the perfect foundation for a pioneering ministry that helps other men trapped in sexual addictions. Gallagher, founder and president of Pure Life Ministries, says his organization is the world's first such ministry to help men find freedom from sexual addiction. Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: Decency Advocates Claim Victory as A&F Pulls Explicit Catalog, Ceases Publication
January 2, 2004
A frontal assault by pro-family groups against a major clothing retailer has apparently worked, as Abercrombie & Fitch announces plans to permanently discontinue its pornographic catalogue. Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: House Committee, Members Holding FCC Accountable for 'Obscenity' Ruling
January 2, 2004
Scores of elected officials in Congress are, in effect, calling the FCC on the carpet for its recent decision that use of the "f-word" over the public airwaves does not constitute indecency or obscenity. Representatives of the Federal Communication Commission met on Thursday with members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees... Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: Mass. Supreme Court Okays Homosexual Marriage
January 2, 2004
After delaying its decision for several months, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the state cannot deny homosexual couples the right the marry. The decision in favor of same-sex "marriage" could threaten the traditional, biblical concept of marriage -- that being the union of one man and one woman -- across the nation. Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: 'Ten Commandments' Judge Has No Regrets
January 2, 2004
Thursday the Alabama Court of the Judiciary voted to remove former chief justice Roy Moore from his position on the Alabama Supreme Court for defying a federal judge's order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building. Now several Christian conservatives, including a number of legal experts, are saying the removal of Moor... Full Story...
Bauer Comments on Democratic Dissent about Howard Dean
December 31, 2003
There appears to be an "anybody but Howard Dean" movement brewing in the Democratic presidential race. The former governor of Vermont is being pummeled with criticism these days -- and the attacks are originating from within his own party. Full Story...
Ministry Spokesman: More Must Be Done About Worldwide Religious Persecution
December 31, 2003
A recently released U.S. State Department report reveals that religious oppression is widespread across the globe, and a spokesman for a leading Christian ministry to the persecuted Church says more must be done to bring such treatment to an end. Full Story...
New Anglican Network Forms to Combat ECUSA's 'Huge Lie'
December 31, 2003
A traditionalist Episcopal bishop is offering details on a new rival network of parishes set up in protest of the Episcopal Church USA's endorsement of an openly homosexual bishop. The head of this body of dissenting Episcopalians says although his group is not leaving the American branch of the Anglican Communion, it will continue to expose heresy... Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion is Now the Law of the Land
December 31, 2003
It was a long time coming for pro-lifers. Many of them who had devoted years of effort in defense of the unborn had reason to celebrate on Wednesday as President Bush signed into law the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. Full Story...
Top Stories of 2003: Consecration of Homosexual Bishop a 'Done Deal'
December 31, 2003
Conservative Episcopalians are bemoaning Sunday's consecration of an openly homosexual man as bishop of New Hampshire. One theologian in the denomination describes it as "a defiant and divisive act of a deaf church" that will rip the church apart. Full Story...
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