Christian News Brief Monthly Archive - Nov 2003
3 Nov 2003
Alabama Decalogue Case Won't Make it to the Supreme Court
The Alabama Decalogue case won't get to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices are refusing to hear an appeal from suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. He fought to keep a monument depicting the Ten Commandments on public display in Alabama's judicial building. Moore lost the fight in lower ...
3 Nov 2003
Colorado Senator Introduces Religious Liberties Restoration Act
Colorado Senator Wayne Allard has introduced a bill that, if passed, will have an impact on people of faith. Allard says the Religious Liberties Restoration Act is intended to protect America's Judeo-Christian heritage. According to Allard, the way the courts are going now, "they want to remove th ...
3 Nov 2003
Kansas Republican Congressman Out to Protect Oath of Allegiance
Kansas Republican Congressman Jim Ryun wants to protect the Oath of Allegiance which is required of anyone wishing to become a citizen of the United States of America. The congressman says there are those who would attempt to water down the oath's forceful demands. He says establishing the oath as ...
3 Nov 2003
Southern California Churches See Increased Attendance After Wildfires
According to Associated Press reports, many Southern Californians are finding consolation in Sunday church services as they reflect on what has been lost to the wildfires ravaging the state -- and as they offer thanks for what they still have. In San Bernardino, some 125 people held a service in th ...
3 Nov 2003
Ultra-Feminist Patricia Ireland Firing Raises Questions About Why She was Hired to Begin With
The sudden firing of ultra-feminist Patricia Ireland as head of the YWCA has raised questions about why she was hired in the first place. Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute, an arm of Concerned Women for America, says there is a leadership problem within the organization. He notes that s ...
3 Nov 2003
Congress and Public Confused About FBI Handling of Whistleblowers
Some in the U.S. Congress and the American public have been confused by the way the Federal Bureau of Investigation has handled some of the whistleblowers that have come forward in recent years. Some members of Congress are demanding a probe to find out why. The FBI has suffered a black eye from the ...
4 Nov 2003
US Supreme Court Will Not Hear Roy Moore Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear the appeal of suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's concerning the controversial Ten Commandments monument around which the embattled judge's trials have centered. Moore's suspension was the result of his refusal to obey a co ...
4 Nov 2003
Homeland Security Agents Round Up 56 Foreign Sex Offenders
A pro-family group is praising the successes of Homeland Security agents who recently rounded up 56 foreign sex offenders who were living in the New York-New Jersey area. More than 1,300 foreign nationals have now been rounded up since the effort began in midsummer. Maryam Kubasek of the National Co ...
4 Nov 2003
American Life League Doesn't Want Tax Dollars to Help Establish Abortion in Iraq
As Congress debates the $87 billion Iraq funding bill, the pro-life group known as American Life League (ALL) is urging President George W. Bush to ensure that none of the money he is requesting for the rebuilding of Iraq will go toward "pro-death" organizations that seek to push abortion and cont ...
4 Nov 2003
Mexican Government Must Do More to Prevent Illegal Immigration
A recently retired director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service says America must convince the Mexican government to do more to keep Mexican citizens from illegally crossing into the United States. Brian Perryman served 34 years in immigration law enforcement, most recently as the dir ...
5 Nov 2003
Election Day Not a Good Indicator of Things to Come
As millions of Americans cast their votes in local and state elections across the country yesterday, one election analyst warned that no matter how things turn out, U.S. elections may not be reliable indicators of what the future holds. While some cultural observers say the results could signal the ...
5 Nov 2003
Biased Media Fails to Adequately Cover Details of Partial Birth Abortion
In a study of the "big three" television networks, the Media Research Center found that out of 217 stories on partial-birth abortion, the medical basics of the gruesome procedure were only explained 18 times. To critics of the secular media, the findings are evidence that the networks are biased i ...
5 Nov 2003
Church Has Been Too Quiet on Porn Explosion
A pro-family advocate says the Church must share some of the blame for what he calls the "porn explosion" in contemporary society. Family Research Council consultant and anti-porn activist Pat Trueman says Christians are being inundated by pornography along with the rest of America because "we ha ...
5 Nov 2003
Colin Powell Would Need Special Powers to Clean Up State Department
An investigative reporter says if U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell ever decides to clean up the bureaucratic mess at the State Department, Congress must give him special powers to do so. Author Joel Mobray has written a new book titled Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens Amer ...
5 Nov 2003
Female Member of China's Unofficial Protestant Christian Church Beaten To Death in Jail
According to Associated Press, a Hong Kong human-rights group has reported that a female member of China's unofficial Protestant Christian church has been beaten to death in jail after her arrest for "illegal religious activities." The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy says 33-yea ...
6 Nov 2003
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Lasts Less Than 1 Hour Before Judge Issues Injunction
Less than an hour after President George W. Bush signed into U.S. law a ban on the gruesome procedure known as partial-birth abortion, a federal court judge issued a temporary injunction preventing implementation of the ban. Judge Richard Kopf's court order applies only to the four abortionists who ...
6 Nov 2003
South Florida Boy Scouts Get Money From United Way Under Threat of Lawsuit
South Florida Boy Scouts are getting some of the money their group was promised by the local United Way agency, but the agreement came only after the Scouts threatened to sue. Like many other regional United Way agencies across the U.S., the United Way of Miami-Dade County announced some time ago th ...
6 Nov 2003
Vonette Bright Named Co-chair of Mission America Coalition
Vonette Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI), has been named Honorary Co-chair of the Mission America Coalition (MAC). This announcement was made at the Coalition’s recent annual meeting in New York City. "Sharing Christ in Word and Deed - A National Leadership Forum ...
6 Nov 2003
National Public Radio Two Million Richer Thanks to Recently Deceased Joan Kroc
National Public Radio is suddenly very rich, having learned yesterday that the recently deceased Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's restaurant chain founder Ray Kroc, left $200 million to the taxpayer-funded broadcast network. The amount of the bequest is more than twice the network's annual budget, a ...
6 Nov 2003
Family Research Council Hosts Symposium on Child Care
The Family Research Council hosted a symposium on child care Wednesday at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. FRC president Tony Perkins told participants it is urgent that the matter be addressed, because child care is "certainly an issue that affects the family all across America." Perkin ...
7 Nov 2003
Terri Schiavo's Parents Kept Out of Court Battle
In Florida, a judge has denied the parents of Terri Schiavo the right to help defend the new law that is designed to keep her alive. Terri Schiavo's husband is challenging the law that led to her feeding tube being reinserted, thus keeping her from starving. The Florida state court rejected a motio ...
7 Nov 2003
Texas Biology Books Treat Evolution as Fact, Not Theory
In Texas, conservatives have apparently lost their battle to ensure that state schools use biology textbooks which take a more critical look at evolution. According to Associated Press, the Texas State Board of Education has voted 11-4 in favor of books that basically treat evolution as fact. The Te ...
7 Nov 2003
Iraq Intelligence Improving
The growing death toll of American soldiers in Iraq is giving rise to criticism about the White House decision to continue the campaign. Military expert (Ret.) Colonel Bob Maginnis says America is facing a tough challenge in Iraq because the guerilla war being waged against the U.S. there is well pl ...
7 Nov 2003
Americans Keep an Eye on Syria While Fighting War on Terror in Iraq
As American troops fight the war on terror in Iraq, they are keeping a close eye on the neighbor to the east, Syria. Heritage Foundation terror expert Jim Phillips says that country is, historically, one of the longest and strongest supporters of terrorism in the Middle East region. Phillips points ...
7 Nov 2003
Americans Have Trouble Understanding the Truth About the Nature of Islam
Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy has reached the conclusion that Americans are having trouble understanding the truth about the nature of Islam. But Gaffney feels Americans urgently need to recognize the danger of Islam before they are subdued by it. He says it is not only important b ...
7 Nov 2003
Pastor John Hagee Program Pulled from Canadian TV Station
A well-known American evangelist has been thrown off a Canadian television station because the manager didn't like the preacher's tone and body language. Several years ago, Focus on the Family raised the ire of some Canadian listeners when it did a program critical of homosexuality. Now comes word ...
7 Nov 2003
Swift Punch and the Name of Jesus Saves Young Man From Ten Foot Crocodile
Crike! According to Associated Press, a hunter in the Australian Outback was recently attacked by a 10-foot saltwater crocodile and might have been killed if not for an unexpected intervention. Nineteen-year-old Manuel Pascoe was returning from a Saturday evening of hunting geese when the crocodile ...
10 Nov 2003
Hollywood Out of Touch With Mainstream America - Current Programming Proves It
Television networks tried to push the envelope this season with racy adult-oriented programming. But while critics raved about the shows, viewers turned them off. Fox cancelled the new show Skin after just three episodes. NBC's explicit Coupling is headed for the shelf during the fall sweeps whe ...
10 Nov 2003
Christian Parents Need to Be on Guard Regarding Entertainment for Kids
For 25 years, Dr. Ted Baehr has reviewed secular movies and shows from a Christian perspective. The entertainment critic says now more than ever, concerned parents need to be on guard when it comes to entertainment for their teenagers and children. Baehr says sex and violence are so common in tele ...
10 Nov 2003
Children Who Come Home to Empty House Get Into A Lot of Trouble
A study by Brown University has found that children who come home to an empty house often get into a lot of trouble -- and while that information may not surprise many people, some may find the depth of the problem quite startling. About a third of the 10- to 14-year-olds studied were into anything ...
10 Nov 2003
Nine Illegal Aliens Arrested at Walmart Last Month Now Suing The Company
A report says nine of the illegal aliens arrested at Wal-Mart stores last month are now suing that company, claiming they are victims of discrimination. They say they were paid lower wages and offered fewer benefits because they are Mexicans. They also accuse Wal-Mart and its cleaning contractors ...
10 Nov 2003
Senate Select Intelligence Committee Accused of Purposely Trying to Discredit Bush with Investigation
The Senate Select Intelligence Committee is embroiled in a scandal of sorts. A Democratic Party memo has surfaced outlining a strategy for discrediting the president through the Committee's investigation of the Iraqi war. Cliff Kincaid of the think tank America's Survival is stunned by the memo. ...
10 Nov 2003
Reports State US Special Operations Units Being Consolidated in Hunt for Hussein and Bin Laden
There are reports from the Pentagon that some U.S. Special Operations units are being consolidated into a new fighting unit that will target Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Task Force 21 will be an all-star Special Ops unit with unique capabilities. That is what appears will be needed to captu ...
10 Nov 2003
US Supreme Court Justices Kennedy and O'Connor Should be Impeached for Suggesting European-Style Laws
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor have indicated that American ought to adopt European-style laws. But at least one leading conservative is recommending impeachment for even suggesting such a thing. Pro-family activist and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer ...
11 Nov 2003
Catholic Bishops Meeting Used to Push Hand of Out of Touch Catholic Politicians
Pro-life groups are using a meeting of Catholic bishops in Washington to issue a challenge to those church leaders. American Life League president Judie Brown says there are currently 71 members of the U.S. Congress who claim to be Catholic yet promote the "culture of death" through abortion. Br ...
11 Nov 2003
Daycare System Destroying Traditional Family Values
A spokesman for the Washington-based Family Research Council has offered his assessment of the daycare industry and where it is taking the nation. Dr. Allan Carlson says today's daycare industry grew up out of the socialist movement dating back to Plato's writings. The concept claims the state - ...
11 Nov 2003
Fighting Men and Women Deserve to Be Honored This Veterans Day
Retired Brigadier General Thaddeus Malanowski, who spent 28 years as a military chaplain, says the fighting men and women he's seen deserve to be honored on this Veterans Day. He points out these soldiers have always been well aware of the danger and peril they faced. "But they also knew that th ...
12 Nov 2003
US Supreme Court Reliance on European-Type Law First Step to One World Government?
A high-profile conservative says he's rethinking his skepticism over claims that there appears to be movement toward a one-world government. What has caused him to do so, says Gary Bauer, are recent statements from some U.S. Supreme Court justices advocating greater reliance on European-type law. ...
12 Nov 2003
Terri Schiavo Can Be Starved, But a Dog Deserves Better?
A leading pro-family advocate says if Terri Schiavo's husband and the courts had their way, the disabled Florida woman wouldn't get the basic care to which even a dog is legally entitled. Thirty-nine-year-old Terri Schiavo remains alive today because the Florida legislature intervened and stopped ...
12 Nov 2003
Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski Stands Up For Stay At Home Parents
A U.S. senator is hoping to offer some help for families who still believe in stay-at-home moms. Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski says it is unfortunate that government is often a huge obstacle to that goal. "When one parent leaves the workforce to stay home and raise a child, he or she is not al ...
12 Nov 2003
Hillary Will Likely Run on Bill Clintons Legacy in 2008
An author and magazine editor says the American people need to know the facts about the 1990s because Hillary Clinton is going to run for president based on her husband's legacy. Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, has recently released his book Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years. ...
12 Nov 2003
Matricula Consular Cards Lack Thorough Interview Process
A recently retired INS official says the Mexican government doesn't conduct thorough interviews when issuing its controversial Matricula Consular cards. Consequently, some non-Mexicans have obtained the cards. Brian Perryman spent 34 years as an immigration law enforcement officer. At the recent ...
13 Nov 2003
Bush Praises Homosexual Church - Pro-Family Shocked and Dismayed
Shock and dismay -- that's how pro-family groups are reacting to news that President Bush wrote a letter of praise to a homosexual church last month, just days after he had issued an official proclamation for Marriage Protection Week. In the letter from the White House, the president praised the M ...
13 Nov 2003
Law & Order: SVU Misportrays Homosexual Counseling on Leaving the Lifestyle
A prominent pro-family group says instead of entertaining its television audience, an NBC drama went out of its way this week to deliver "misinformed drivel" about homosexuality. Tuesday's episode of Law & Order: SVU featured the character of a therapist who was counseling men and women about le ...
13 Nov 2003
"Trilateral Commission" Bent on Destroying Traditional Values
A noted pro-family leader says the forces of evil have formed a "trilateral commission" that is bent on the destruction of traditional values. That group, she says, includes federal judges and the American Civil Liberties Union. Janet Folger of the Christian group Faith2Action says traditional, ...
13 Nov 2003
Right-to-Die Advocates Gather Support for Upcoming Bills
Right-to-die advocates are mustering as much support as they can for a series of euthanasia laws they hope to introduce in Congress soon. Pro-life activist Peggy Hartshorn of Heartbeat International laments the situation. She says in the same way that abortion advocates want a woman to be able to ...
13 Nov 2003
Foreign Insurgents Continue to Carry Out Jihad Against American Troops
Outside insurgents continue to infiltrate Iraq in an effort to carry out their own jihad against American troops. Many military experts believe large numbers of these Muslim terrorists are coming from Syria. Retired Col. Bob Maginnis does not think Syria will lift a hand to help prevent the insurg ...
13 Nov 2003
The American Center for Law and Justice Plans to File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Regarding Detainees
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear two cases involving detainees taken during the war on terrorism, several groups are asking to be heard. One of them is a group that normally takes on religious liberty cases. The American Center for Law and Justice says it plans to file an amicus b ...
14 Nov 2003
Unlike Alabama, Other States Embrace Displays of Faith
While a federal judge and state authorities in Alabama have concluded Roy Moore has no right to place a Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building, officials in other states are taking a very different view on such displays. A federal court in Texas has given its blessing to a public ...
14 Nov 2003
Abercrombie & Fitch Comes Under Fire Again for Sexual Content in Catalogue
Retail clothing giant Abercrombie & Fitch is under fire again for the sexual content of its catalogue. Another pro-family group is calling for a boycott. A&F calls it their "maga-log" and says it is designed to sell clothes. But Family News In Focus says those who are mounting an awareness camp ...
14 Nov 2003
Billy Graham, 85 and Still Going Strong
He turned 85 last week, but evangelist Billy Graham is showing no signs of slipping quietly into retirement. Graham's son Franklin confirmed this week through Associated Press that his dad is planning even more crusades in the new year. "We're got three crusades we're planning for him next yea ...
14 Nov 2003
Conservatives Generous With Own Money, Liberals Generous With Other People's Money
A new study is taking a shot at an old stereotype -- the one that says liberals are generous and conservatives are stingy. The Massachusetts Catalogue for Philanthropy puts out a generosity index every year. It gauges giving around the nation. According to Family News In Focus, the report finds t ...
14 Nov 2003
New Iraq to Have Religious Freedom
The recently approved $87 billion financial aid package for Iraq includes a mandate that the new constitution must include provisions for religious freedom. The Coalition Provisional Authority is under U.S. control, so directives passed in Congress become the law of the land in Iraq. To date, ther ...
17 Nov 2003
Vision America Starting Petition in Wake of Roy Moore Removal
In the wake of the removal of Roy Moore as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, a group that is staging Ten Commandments rallies across the United States is unveiling a new petition in defense of public display of the commandments and other religious symbols. Vision America president Rick Sca ...
17 Nov 2003
Bush Letter to Homosexual Church a Mistake by an Underling
The White House is under intense scrutiny right now from pro-family groups who want an explanation for a letter of praise being sent by President George W. Bush to a homosexual church in Los Angeles. The letter was sent shortly after Bush proclaimed a week in October as Marriage Protection Week. Def ...
17 Nov 2003
Steven Curtis Chapman Thanks God at Award Show Despite Jimmy Kimmel Protest
Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman is offering no apologies for publicly thanking God during a recent music award program, despite instructions from the emcee not to do so. At a recent American Music Awards ceremony broadcast live from Los Angeles, Chapman was named this year's favorite contemp ...
17 Nov 2003
Pro-Life Activists Targeting RU-486
Following up the momentum of the recent victory regarding the ban on partial-birth abortions, pro-life activists have set their sites on protecting the lives of pregnant women against the abortion-producing drug RU-486, which many experts consider too dangerous for use. The Food and Drug Administrat ...
17 Nov 2003
Military Expert Agrees that it's Coming Time to Withdraw from Iraq
As the Bush Administration defends its policies in Iraq against war protesters and policy analysts who feel withdrawal of American troops from Iraq is long overdue, one military expert is agrees that "the clock is ticking and that people will eventually grow tired of our occupation." Retired Colon ...
18 Nov 2003
Tax Payers in New Mexico Footing the Bill for Low Income Abortions
Taxpayers in New Mexico are now footing the abortion bill for women who do not have medical insurance, a change of policy that comes compliments of the administration of Governor Bill Richardson. The new access to the abortion drug RU-486 is billed as "righting a wrong" by making the dangerous che ...
18 Nov 2003
Black Author Says Blacks in America Need to Trun Away from Self-Appointed Liberal Black Leaders
A conservative black author and activist hopes his new book will pound home the point that blacks in the U.S. need to turn away from the self-appointed liberal black leaders who have done so much damage to their communities. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of the Brotherhood Organization ...
18 Nov 2003
Wal-Mart in Trouble of Illegal Immigrant Workers
One of the nation's leading retailers may be pressing its luck in court as it stares down the "double whammy" of possible criminal prosecution and a civil action. Phil Kent of the American Immigration Control Foundation (http://www.aicfoundation.com) says Wal-Mart is really under fire today, with ...
18 Nov 2003
Pennsylvania Preacher Arrested for Preaching on Public Sidewalk Has Been Acquitted
A Pennsylvania minister who was arrested for preaching on a public sidewalk has been acquitted -- but he feels his arresting officer may be the one who got convicted. The case involving field preacher Michael Marcavage of the Philadelphia-based group Repent America (repentamerica.com) was dismissed ...
19 Nov 2003
Democratic Critics of Bush Bench Nominee's Don't Hesitate to Lie to Defeat Them
The man who formerly headed up a judicial nominee watchdog group says Democratic critics of President Bush's choices for the bench do not hesitate to lie in the effort to defeat the nominees. According to John Nowacki, who is now with the Department of Justice, attacks on Bush's Christian pro-life ...
19 Nov 2003
Americans Should Not be Concerned with Anti-Bush Comments from the British
A former advisor to Lady Margaret Thatcher feels Americans should not be too concerned about the anti-Bush comments made by the mayor of London, or by the anti-American protests surrounding the U.S. president's visit to the British capital. A Guardian newspaper poll finds that more of the British p ...
19 Nov 2003
Former Home-Schooler Shuts Down Porn Pusher in Virginia
A home school graduate and current Christian college student who took on a pornographic video vendor and won says if people do not stand up for family and community values, then they cannot expect anything to change. Naomi Harralson, who was home-schooled, went on to attend Patrick Henry College in ...
19 Nov 2003
Jessica Lynch Didn't Start the Hype - Should be Praised for Setting Record Straight
Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, says Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch and her family had nothing to do with all the hype surrounding her ordeal in Iraq, and the military analyst is praising the young soldier for setting the record straight at the first opportun ...
20 Nov 2003
Hot Social Issues Boil Down to Differing World Views
An expert on the family says many of the social issues that are being debated in today's American culture are the result of contrasting worldviews. Whether it is the daycare debate, battles over feminism, or efforts to redefine marriage and the family, Dr. Allan Carlson of the Family Research Counc ...
20 Nov 2003
Childcare Crisis in America
Heidi Brennan of the Family and Home Network believes the U.S. is currently in the midst of a childcare crisis. And she thinks she may know why; Brennan is convinced that the crisis is the result of bad judgments on the part of "experts." She notes that being an expert about the needs and interest ...
20 Nov 2003
US Supreme Court Puts America in the Early Stages of a Constitutional Crisis
One of America's leading constitutional scholars, Ambassador Alan Keyes, claims the U.S. is in the early stages of what could become a constitutional crisis. In a recent Supreme Court decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy cited European law in the majority view; and last week, Justice Sandra Day O'Con ...
20 Nov 2003
Republicans Flip Flop on Constitutionality of Filibusters
From the floor of the Senate, Republicans have been claiming that the Democrats' filibusters of judicial nominees are unconstitutional and that the Democratic Party is trying to rewrite the U.S. Constitution by forcing a super-majority of 60 votes instead of a simple majority of 51 votes in order t ...
21 Nov 2003
Black Friday Shopping Boycott
A Christian housewife in Delaware wants other concerned believers to refrain from shopping on the busiest retail day of the year in a symbolic protest against companies that have no concern for family values. Barbara Goodchild of Townsend, Delaware, says God is being removed from society, so concern ...
21 Nov 2003
Rev. James Potter Being Sued for Erecting a Ninety Foot Cross Next to Interstate Highway
The Rev. James Potter of Oneida, Tennessee, is being sued by Anderson County officials for violating zoning codes and a stop-work order and proceeding to set up a 50-foot cross beside an interstate highway in his area. Associated Press reports that the property owner, who is leasing to Potter the la ...
21 Nov 2003
America First Party Condemns Mass. Supreme Court Ruling For Gay Marriage
The America First Party (AFP) has issued a statement harshly condemning the Nov. 18 decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to sanction homosexual marriages. In a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the court ruled that homosexuals should have the right to marry, a decision that many opponents of the mea ...
21 Nov 2003
Louis Farrakhan Should be Treated as Domestic Enemy
A conservative African-American activist and author says Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan should be treated as a domestic enemy, especially in light of the recent conviction of one of his followers. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), is the aut ...
24 Nov 2003
Book of Revelation a Call to Urgency
A pastor in Colorado says believers need to realize that the final book of the Bible is relevant for Christians today. In his book, Eternity now: Encountering the Jesus of Revelation, Peter Hiett writes that the Book of Revelation is a call to urgency. He says it is not just about seven little churc ...
24 Nov 2003
Scam Costs Religious Groups Millions
A scam has allegedly cost religious groups millions of dollars. Federal officials say a businessman exploited his connection to evangelical Christians to create a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded religious organizations their leaders out of more than $160 million. Gregory Earl Setser and four ass ...
24 Nov 2003
Delaware Housewife Launches "Suit Up!" Website
A Delaware housewife, mother and grandmother, has launched a new web site called "Suit Up!" (suitup.infopop.cc)which is designed to give Christians critical information that will better prepare them to intelligently discuss important issues with non-believers. The brainchild of a Townsend, Delawar ...
24 Nov 2003
Intelligence Reports Osama Bin Laden May Have Sought Sanctuary in Iran
Independent intelligence reports are surfacing reporting that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden may have sought sanctuary in Iran -- somewhere along the Iraqi border. If these reports are true, retired Colonel Bob Maginnis says it is because the American military have taken away the al Qaeda leader' ...
24 Nov 2003
The American Sound Brought Back to Life by Conservative Congressmen
The "behind closed doors" thinking of members of Congress is about to be opened to the world. A journal of thoughts and ideas, The American Sound, is being brought back to life by a group of conservative congressmen. Ohio Republican Representative John Boehner says The American Sound will provide ...
24 Nov 2003
Bush Comments on Christians and Muslims Serving Same God Draws Christian Ire
Some evangelicals are speaking out against President Bush's claim that Christians and Muslims serve the same god. Referring to Bush’s statement last week at a news conference in London, the reference has drawn the ire of many Christians. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention says Bush is ...
25 Nov 2003
Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard
A native of India says the multi-cultural explosion in the United States is a great mission field for Christians. In his book, Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard, Rajendra Pillai says the influx of foreign students to the U.S. presents an untapped opportunity for Christians. But he says that the ...
25 Nov 2003
No Excuses: Standardized Tests are Not Worthless or "Racially Biased"
Two co-authors and experts on public education are attempting to debunk the notion that standardized tests are worthless and "racially biased." In their new book, No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom argue that major achievement tests do matter and are not ...
25 Nov 2003
Terry Jones to Retire from Point of Grace
In a recent meeting with the Word record label family, Terry Jones announced her departure as part of premiere Christian vocal group Point of Grace. "For sometime now," Jones said, "and after much prayer and counsel, I have felt God calling me to be home and retire from Point of Grace. With three ...
26 Nov 2003
Bush Must Get Judicial Nominees Approved
A pro-family attorney says the recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to approve same-sex marriage makes it imperative that President Bush gets his judicial nominees approved -- even if it takes recess appointments to do so. Steve Crampton, Chief Counsel for the American Family ...
26 Nov 2003
ACLU Threatens Lawsuit if Colorado School doesn't Censor Christmas
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is threatening to sue a Colorado public school if the principal refuses to censor Christmas for students. Recently, the ACLU, along with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), sent a letter to Les Gray, principal of the Elbert County Charter School in Elizabeth, ...
26 Nov 2003
Gun Owners of America Stalls Bill Promoting Left-Wing Revisionist History in America's Schools
A leading Second Amendment rights group has been successful in stalling a bill that gives huge amounts of money to promote left-wing, revisionist history in America's schools. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Roger Wicker of Mississippi, would throw $25 million at the left wing history establish ...
26 Nov 2003
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
Bush Administration officials are on the road conducting a series of education conferences for Hispanics in the United States. Last weekend in San Diego, California, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans kicked off a new campaign designed to encourage Hispanic A ...