Life News reports:
A federal appeals court has determined a federal judge was right to throw out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.
The American Bible Challenge Premieres Tonight On Game Show Network
NBC Gets No Romney Campaign Help on Mormon Special
Atheists’ Road Signs Attack Faiths of Romney, Obama Ahead of Democratic Convention
Fox News reports:
Just as the city of Charlotte, N.C., gears up to host the Democratic National Convention, an atheist group is mounting a billboard campaign attacking the religious faiths of President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
The signs, paid for by American Atheists Incorporated (AAI) and appearing along key local highways, include messages such as: “Christianity: Sadistic God, Useless Savior” and “Mormonism: Magic Underwear, Baptizes Dead People, Big Money, Big Bigotry.”
Toplessness in America: The Next ‘Civil Rights’ Movement?
Christian News Network reports:
on August 10th, Mike Stockwell of Cross Country Evangelism was cited with disorderly conduct after a female heckler exposed her breasts to the open-air preacher in the presence of police. While he was shocked that he was issued the citation instead of the woman, Stockwell was informed that going topless is not illegal in Philadelphia. Police explained that just a few weeks prior, a female protester was walking through the streets without a blouse, yet was not prosecuted.
Mars Hill Bible Church Announces Successor to Shane Hipps
David Barton Gave Them Revisionist History They Wanted
Foul-mouthed, Liberal Talk Show Host Blames FRC Shooting on ‘Gutter Christians’
How Are Christian Values Faring in GOP Platform?
The Christian Post reports:
The Republican National Convention may not be officially opening until Monday, but the hard work of finalizing the GOP platform – often referred to as its mission statement – is now under way in Tampa, Fla. Christians are paying particular attention to this year’s committee meetings given the fact that the Democrats have voted to include same-sex marriage in their platform for the first time in history.
Personhood USA Says Romney-Ryan Campaign is Wrong on Abortion
Christianity Today Writer Ken Smith Founded Company Fined for Deceptive Business Practices; With Child Porn Ties
The Christian Post reports:
The co-author of a recent Christianity Today article is one of the founders of Zango, a company fined by the FTC for unfair and deceptive business practices, including lax distribution of software that furthered child pornography. The Christianity Today article was co-written by Ted Olsen and Ken Smith, who founded 180solutions (which later became Zango), a company with software that had been “distributed in conjunction with child pornography,” according to documents obtained by The Christian Post.
Wine Country Vintners to Church: ‘We Don’t Want Your Kind Out Here!’
Christian Newswire reports:
Calvary Chapel Bible Fellowship (“The Barn”) is gearing up to file a federal lawsuit against the County of Riverside, CA, in the event the County continues its ban on churches in the Temecula Wine Country, an area that is being expanded from approximately 7,000 acres to over 18,990 acres. A public hearing will occur on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, over the fate of churches in this region. The hearing will position the Wine Country Vintner’s Association against the church congregation and many other Christians from the area.
Romney-Ryan Campaign Vows Not to Oppose Abortion in Cases of Rape, Incest and Life of the Mother
Tim Tebow Responds To Jesus Pose Accusation
Black Bishop Calls for Mass Exodus of Christians From Democratic Party
Wounded Security Guard: ‘I Feel God Put Me in a Position to Be There at That Time’
CNS reports on the security guard who was shot by a gunman at the Family Research Council on Wednesday:
Leo Johnson, the building operation manager at the FRC, a conservative policy group that promotes “faith, family and freedom,” has been hailed as a hero by authorities for not letting an armed gunman get too far past the front door. In an interview with WJLA-TV, Johnson described how the shooter, Floyd Lee Corkins II, posed as an intern and opened fire without warning just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Homosexuality and Jonathan Merritt
Shooter Opens Fire at Offices of Family Research Council; Guard Wounded
Tim Tebow ‘Jesus’ Pose in GQ Stirs Controversy
Fox News reports on a controversial photo of Tim Tebow inside GQ Magazine. In the photo Tebow is shirtless with legs crossed and arms outstretched as if he is posing as Jesus Christ on the cross. This is not the first time the photo has appeared in GQ. According to Fox, the same photo was in the magazine when Tebow was quarterback for the University of Florida.
Unification Church Founder Rev. Moon in Critical Condition
Democrats Officially Add Homosexual ‘Marriage’ to Party Platform
Christian News Network reports:
The Democratic party has voted to officially add homosexual marriage to its platform, and has called for a repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The decision came down Saturday in Detroit, Michigan in front of a full platform committee. The vote to support “marriage equality” and “to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples” was unanimous.
Theologian Rejects Claim That Jesus Never Addressed Gay Marriage
The Christian Post reports:
A Southern Baptist theologian is rejecting a popular argument made among gay activists who say Jesus never addressed the issue of same-sex marriage.
“Is it indeed the fact that Jesus never addresses the issue of same sex marriage?” asked Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., in a recent commentary.
Study Reveals Anti-Conservative Discrimination among Psychologists
The Christian Post reports:
A significant number of social and personality psychologists have told researchers they would discriminate against conservatives in decisions about publishing, grant applications and hiring, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science.