October 27, 2011
Two staff members at the grisly abortion business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will plead guilty over their roles in the botched abortion deaths and the abortion-infanticides of dozens of unborn children that took place at the clinic.
Gosnell, his wife, and staff members face various charges — including eight charges for killing a patient in a botched abortion and killing unborn children in the brutal infanticides that saw him stick medical scissors into the backs of unborn children purposefully induced prematurely so he could “snip� their spinal cords and take their lives.
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- Author: Steven Ertelt
- Source: LifeNews.com
October 27, 2011
WASHINGTON – A panel of experts at an event sponsored by the Family Research Council Wednesday argued that the State Department has been failing to advance religious freedom abroad.
Five speakers – Elyse Anderson, Ann Buwalda, Dr. Thomas Farr, Emmanuel Ogebe, and Tina Ramirez – addressed the issue of international religious freedom at the event, titled “International Religious Persecution: Why U.S. Policy Matters More Than Ever."
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- Author: Michael Gryboski
- Source: Christian Post
October 27, 2011
A Christian woman convicted of "blasphemy" in Pakistan still faces the death penalty as she remains imprisoned (see earlier story). But according to her husband, she is still trusting in God.
Asia Bibi received the death penalty on "trumped up" charges of blasphemy against the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern (ICC) recently received information from Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, who has visited his wife in prison. "Asia Bibi is weak and frail, but he continued and said that she's in high spirits," Racho reports.
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- Author: Charlie Butts
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 27, 2011
An Oklahoma school district has revoked the license of a Christian club for students and is discouraging the club from promoting itself anywhere else.
The Owasso Public Schools revoked the ability of the Kids for Christ club to promote its events. At the same time, other groups and businesses were allowed to distribute flyers, signs, and announcements. Matt Sharp, litigation staff counsel for Alliance Defense Fund, is helping defend the Christian club.
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- Author: Bob Kellogg
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 27, 2011
A Jacksonville, Fla., elementary school principal came under fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation recently, when he wrote in a newsletter to teachers that they could pray together at the school flagpole once a week before classes begin.
“Our prayer around the school’s flagpole event is to pray for the nation, for each other, and for the school,� Clay Hill Elementary School Principal Larry Davis wrote.
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- Author: Karla Dial
- Source: CitizenLink
October 27, 2011
On Nov. 3, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin debate on a bill that would effectively repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), opening the gate to same-sex marriage nationwide.
“It will be an end run around all the states that have decided to protect marriage,� said CitizenLink Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne.
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- Author: Karla Dial
- Source: CitizenLink
October 26, 2011
A constitutional amendment facing voters in Mississippi on Nov. 8, and similar initiatives brewing in half a dozen other states including Florida and Ohio, would declare a fertilized human egg to be a legal person, effectively branding abortion and some forms of birth control as murder.
With this far-reaching anti-abortion strategy, the proponents of what they call personhood amendments hope to reshape the national debate.
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- Author: ERIK ECKHOLM
- Source: The New York Times
October 26, 2011
A Kansas district judge Monday postponed a pre-trial hearing in the state’s criminal case against Planned Parenthood after prosecutors revealed in court filings that Kansas health officials shredded documents related to felony charges the abortion giant faces.
In 2005, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was under the direction of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a pro-abortion Democrat who now serves as secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration.
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- Author: Les Sillars
- Source: WORLD Magzaine
October 26, 2011
Children of God for Life, a nonprofit pro-life organization, announced on Tuesday that it filed a shareholder resolution last week calling on PepsiCo to stop using an aborted fetal cell line in its research and development activities.
The resolution, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the company, seeks to prevent the HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney) cell line from being used to develop flavor enhancers for its beverages.
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- Author: Brittany Smith
- Source: Christian Post
October 26, 2011
Three more Christians imprisoned for practicing their faith have died while inside military prison camps in western Eritrea, said officials from an international persecution watchdog group.
The number of believers in Christ now dying in the country while serving time in prison for their belief totals 21, said officials at Open Doors USA.
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- Author: Alex Murashko
- Source: Christian Post
October 26, 2011
An atheist and local advocate for the separation of church and state has sued San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro over the invocations he allows at city council meetings.
Patrick Greene, who is representing himself, claims the mayor is violating a state law that prohibits using government buildings for sectarian purposes. Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel suspects that is because most of the prayers are made in the name of Jesus.
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- Author: Charlie Butts
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 26, 2011
A Chicago-based homosexual activist group says it won't condemn a vandalism attack against a Christian academy and pro-family group.
On October 15, homosexual activists, who later took credit for the attack, threw concrete bricks through the door and windows of the Christian Liberty Academy in suburban Chicago (see earlier story). The site was chosen for the attack because it hosted a fundraising banquet for Americans for Truth About Homosexuality.
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- Author: Charlie Butts
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 26, 2011
At a news conference Monday, New York City parents and a few elected officials protested a graphic new sex education curriculum that’s being proposed for middle and high school students. Parents say they need to be allowed to opt their children out of more than just sections dealing with contraception.
State law mandates that sex education be taught in all schools next year — but the proposed curriculum sends students to a website featuring details on extreme aspects of sexual behavior, such as bestiality and fetishism. Children are given homework assignments asking them to plan a route from school to a clinic providing birth control and disease testing, while writing down its confidentiality policy.
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- Author: Karla Dial
- Source: CitizenLink
October 26, 2011
The New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee voted 11-6 along party lines today to send a bill restoring the definition of “marriage� as the union of one man and one woman to the full House after Christmas.
The bill — HB 437, sponsored by Rep. David Bates — would also expand the state’s civil-union law to any two unmarried adults, even if they’re related.
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- Author: Karla Dial
- Source: CitizenLink
October 25, 2011
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales who perform at marine parks - an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is nonetheless likely to stoke an ongoing, intense debate at America's law schools over expansion of animal rights.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing the SeaWorld parks of keeping five star-performer whales in conditions that violate the 13th Amendment ban on slavery. SeaWorld depicted the suit as baseless.
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- Author: DAVID CRARY and JULIE WATSON
- Source: Associated Press
October 25, 2011
A housing manager in Manchester, England, was demoted by the organization he works for after sharing his beliefs against gay marriage in a post on his personal Facebook page.
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Adrian Smith, a 54-year-old Christian man, is now suing the Trafford Housing Trust, saying his free speech rights have been violated and the punishment was inappropriate, according to Daily Mail. Following a disciplinary hearing, Smith was demoted from his position as a housing manager and his salary was reduced from £35,000 (about $60,000 USD) per year to £21,000 (about $34,000 USD).
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- Author: Jeff Schapiro
- Source: Christian Post
October 25, 2011
Leaders of a support organization for persecuted Christians are relieved that the group has been exonerated by the United Kingdom’s Charity Commission after being accused of campaigning against Muslims in Britain.
Barnabas Aid has been exonerated by the U.K. commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales, from any wrongdoing in passing out one of the group’s Operation Nehemiah booklets, Slippery Slope.
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- Author: Alex Murashko
- Source: Christian Post
October 25, 2011
A federal court has decided that a Pennsylvania elementary student will now be allowed to distribute invitations to church Christmas parties.
A fifth-grader in the Pocono Mountain School District was told last December she could not hand out invitations to her church's Christmas party, even during non-instructional time. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) represented the student.
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- Author: Bob Kellogg
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 25, 2011
Atheists want a statue of Jesus removed from a remote area of U.S. Forest Service property in Montana -- because of the remote chance someone might be offended by it.
Jesus statue in Montana forestThe statue has stood on a 25-by-25-foot parcel of land leased to the Knights of Columbus since 1953. But because of a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Forest Service has not renewed the lease.
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- Author: Charlie Butts
- Source: OneNewsNow
October 25, 2011
An organization purposed to save the lives of people in nursing homes or hospitals where doctors or families want to pull the plug says some people are condemned to die when they really just need a chance to live.
Terri's Life and Hope Network was formed after the death of Terri Schindler Schiavo, a Florida woman who suffered brain damage after a heart attack. After a lengthy court battle, food and hydration tubes were removed by court order, and she died in March 2005. (See earlier story)
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- Author: Charlie Butts
- Source: OneNewsNow
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