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Home: No place for Bible study-Say County Officials

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A San Diego pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a county official and warned they will face escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home. Full Story

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The Patriot Act and the Future of Religion

Friday, May 22, 2009

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As I am sure you have heard of the Patriot Act before. It was passed just over 40 days after 9/11. I think that is pretty quick to pass a massive document that will forever change our freedoms. If you have not ever ( which I had not) glanced at it, you would find just the first few pages interesting. We are living in unprecedented times in our earth’s [...]

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Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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(CNSNews.com) - Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”–symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there. As of Wednesday afternoon, the “IHS” monogram that had previously…Full Story

Georgetown Jesus, obama, religious freedom, white house religion

U.S. State Department Releases Religious Freedom Blacklist

Monday, March 30, 2009

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The State Department headed under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released this week the religious freedom violator blacklist designated by the Bush administration in January before leaving office. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice re-designated the same eight countries named in 2006 – Burma, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, the Peoples Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan – as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC) on Jan. 16. Full Story

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Evangelicals Give Top Priority to Dealing with Moral Breakdown…which will?

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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This is the kind of research that shows exactly where our nation is headed. Throw another great crisis in the mix and people will demand a ’solution’ for our moral decay. What do you think that solution will be? 59% - Evangelicals Give Top Priority to Dealing with Moral Breakdown While members of different faiths seem to agree on the No. 1 issue facing the country (hint: it’s the economy, [...]

moral decline, morality, religious freedom, Sunday Law

Awaking the Sleeping Giant

Friday, March 13, 2009

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The ‘Sleeping Giant’ Awakes: Connecticut Church Rallies Against 1098 The Connecticut legislation that proposed to strip administrative authority from Catholic priests and bishops has clearly woken a “sleeping giant” – the state’s Catholic population. Bishops from the state’s three dioceses, along with other speakers, including Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, addressed a crowd of more than 5,000 Catholics and others concerned for religious freedom. You can [...]

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New Director of U.S. International Religious Freedom-The Associated Press

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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-The Associated Press WASHINGTON - James Standish, a former legislative affairs official with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been named executive director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Standish, whose appointment was announced Aug. 20, succeeds Joseph R. Crapa, who died last fall. The commission is an independent, bipartisan federal agency that advises the president and Congress on religious freedom issues worldwide. Standish worked for seven years as director [...]

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President Bush says: America will help China with Religious Freedom

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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President Bush has pledged to give America’s full support to showing and urging the Chinese Communist leaders that the citizens should enjoy religious freedom. Full Story “In his speech, Bush specifically mentioned religious freedom violators Iran, Eritrea, Sudan, North Korea, Burma, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. But China received the president’s most detailed comments and expression of concern.”-Ethan Cole

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If elected President, McCain says he too would Spy on Americans…

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans. Now this is still the same country that gives us the right to bear arms. Do you find it interesting with all of this Patriot Act business over the last few years how our freedoms are slowly being taken away? Is it too far out there still to think that [...]

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