Life News reports:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an abortion advocate, will step down from her post days after President Barack Obama is inaugurated for a second term. Clinton is expected to seriously consider her own presidential bid in 2016.
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College Allows Transgender Man to Expose Himself to Young Girls
Fox News reports a rather disturbing story:
A Washington college said their non-discrimination policy prevents them from stopping a transgender man from exposing himself to young girls inside a women’s locker room, according to a group of concerned parents.
“Little girls should not be exposed to naked men, period,” said David Hacker, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom. A group of concerned parents contacted the legal firm for help.
Bishop to Pro-Abort Catholic Politicians, Bureaucrats, Voters: ‘God Is Not Mocked’
CNS News reports:
In a letter to be read in the Catholic churches of the diocese of Peoria, Illinois at all Masses this weekend, two days before the election, Bishop Daniel Jenky equates pro-abortion Catholic politicians and the people who vote for them with the mob that rejected Jesus Christ over Caesar and warns that “God is not mocked.”
Second Plaintiff Beats HHS Abortion Mandate in Court
Life News reports:
Another plaintiff has won a court ruling against the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate.
Federal District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan issued an opinion yesterday evening granting a motion for Preliminary Injunction that effectively halts enforcement of the HHS mandate against Plaintiffs Weingartz Supply Company and its owner and president, Daniel Weingartz.
Student Defies Christian College Administration and Shows Reality of Abortion
Life Site News reports:
For three years pro-life student Seth Gruber petitioned the College Student Association and Executive Team at his Evangelical Christian college, Westmont, located in Santa Barbara, California, to allow him to sponsor the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform’s Genocide Awareness Project on campus.
For three years they said no.
Finally, on the morning of October 23, Seth decided to show the reality of abortion to students anyway.
Shocking Obama Ad Copies from Vladimir Putin
Life News reports:
The shocking ad from the Obama campaign that compares voting to sex and first-time voting to losing one’s virginity is a copycat of an ad released during a Russian election campaign by Vladimir Putin. The Putin ad was also intended to appeal to younger voters based on sexual themes.
Canadian High Court Upholds Pastor’s Right to Oppose Homosexuality, Criticizes ‘Hate Crimes’ Law
Abortion is 27 Percent of Deaths in England, Wales
Billy Graham, John Piper Urge Christians to Vote
Evangelical leaders are increasingly voicing their opinions regarding next month’s U.S. presidential election. Fox News reports on Billy Graham’s efforts:
Billy Graham is featured in a national advertising campaign calling America back to God and urging Americans to “vote for biblical values” on Nov. 6th.
The Christian Post also informs readers that John Piper has joined the conversation:
“Having read several articles by people who don’t plan to vote in the presidential election, my conclusion is: I’m going to vote,” [Piper] wrote in a blog Tuesday.
Romney Releases New Television Ad Underscoring Support for Abortion, Contraception
Did Jesus Have a Wife? Scholar Calls Parchment ‘Forgery’
The story surrounding the discovery of a so-called “gospel of Jesus’ wife” has not yet been laid to rest. Jeremy Hsu explains in a piece at Fox News that university scholars and professors have been busy talking through blogs, Facebook and e-lists, sharing their research and constructing feasible theories based on the evidence they discovered. Their conclusion? The fragment of papyrus is a forgery.
State-by-State Advocacy of U.S. Religious Liberty Launches
Mormonism ‘Cult’ Claim Vanishes from Billy Graham Site
Apprising Ministries recently reported that, even as prominent evangelical leader Billy Graham was endorsing Mormon Mitt Romney for president, previous warnings on the website of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association which labeled Mormonism a cult mysteriously disappeared. The Citizen-Times now shares additional information:
A Billy Graham Evangelistic Association article labeling Mormonism a cult has been removed from the group’s website following the 93-year-old televangelist’s meeting with the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney last week.
Battle Against Abortion Mandate Now Includes SBC Ethics Entity
Planned Parenthood Marks 96th Birthday with 6 Million Abortions
Next President Could Decide Roe’s Future
Christian Apologist ‘Eastwooding’ After Richard Dawkins Refuses Debate
The Christian Post reports:
A video of a Christian apologist who “Eastwooded” atheist author Richard Dawkins in response to Dawkins’ refusal to debate him over the existence of God will soon be posted to YouTube.
The video features Dr. William Lane Craig, a research professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, delivering remarks at Contending with Christianity’s Critics Conference held at Watermark Community Church in Dallas on Sept. 29.
‘Parent 1’ and ‘Parent 2’ Could Legally Replace ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ in France
The Washington Times reports on a story that first surfaced several weeks ago:
If France’s new Socialist government has its way, mothers and fathers will cease to exist — in legal papers, that is.
Biden: ‘My Religion Defines My Life;’ Pope: ‘There Is a Grave and Clear Obligation to Oppose’ Legalized Abortion
VP Debate: Biden, Ryan Talk Catholic Faith, Abortion, Religious Liberties
The Christian Post reports:
During one of the more sober moments of Thursday night’s otherwise contentious debate, Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan revealed that they share the belief that life begins at conception. But where the Catholic candidates diverge is on how those beliefs should influence policy.
Evangelical Leaders Try to Get Out Christian Conservative Vote Despite Objections to Mormonism
“In poll after poll,” reports the Associated Press, “evangelicals have overwhelmingly said they would back the Republican presidential nominee despite theological differences with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But what had been thought of as a hypothetical question for American evangelicals for years, Southern Baptist leader Al Mohler said recently, is now a reality with this election and is being tested in a contest that will likely be decided by slim margins.”
Six Percent of Atheists and Agnostics Pray Every Day
Pope Prays in Arabic for First Time
Southern Poverty Law Center Pushes Homosexual Tolerance to Elementary Students with ‘Mix It Up’ Day
Christian News Network reports:
On Tuesday, October 30th, over 2,000 public and private schools across the United States are scheduled to participate in an observance spearheaded by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which begins at, but is not limited to, lunchtime. It focuses on encouraging youth to meet up with and affirm those who are different from them, not only persons of various races and ethnicities, but also those who are openly homosexual.
Spying Out the Land
Tim Challies challenges the Christian who chooses not to stray from his or her comfort zone. He points to himself as an example. “So much of what I do in life,” he says, “so many of the decisions I make, are driven primarily by considerations of my own comfort. I do what I do because it is more comfortable than the alternative; I choose to go this way instead of that way because the opposite looks like it may just bring too much discomfort. I’m kind of a coward, I guess, and kind of consumed with keeping life safe and easy.”