Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
U.S. Economy Shrank 2.9% in First Quarter
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The Gross Domestic Product fell at a 2.9 percent annual rate, the economy's worst performance in five years. Growth has been revised down 3.0 percent since the government's first estimate was published in April, worse than economists' expectations.
Federal Judge Says Warrantless Bulk Surveillance is Legal
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
U.S. District Judge Garr King denied a man's motion to dismiss his terrorism conviction saying the U.S. government's bulk collection of phone and email data under U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was legal.
U.S. Must Be Global Leader in Promoting Gay Rights
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
White House national security adviser Susan Rice addressed 200 gay rights advocates saying, "America's support for LGBT rights is not just a national cause but it's also a global enterprise."
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Most of EPA Regulations
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can require greenhouse-gas controls on power plants, however the Court said the agency had gone too far in interpreting its authority.
Biden: Protecting Gay Rights Trumps Culture and Traditions
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden told a gathering of gay rights advocates that "protecting gay rights is a defining mark of a civilized nation and must trump national cultures and social traditions," the Associated Press reported.
U.S. Building Illegal Children Processing Center in Texas
Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2014
More than 52,000 unaccompanied minors have entered the U.S. illegally and have been arrested since October. In order to handle the increased numbers of minors, the United States is converting a 55,000-square-foot warehouse into a processing facility near…
Declassified Memo Released: Drone Killing of American Justified
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014
According to a newly declassified Justice Department memo, released by a Federal Appeals Court Monday, the U.S. Government can kill an American overseas if authorities cannot apprehend them, whose "activities pose a continued and imminent threat of violence,"…
School Network Censors Jesus, NRA, Pro-Family, and Republican Party
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014
A student in Connecticut was conducting research for a debate to learn both sides of an issue, only to find that the school district blocked conservative web sites across the board, while web sites espousing liberal viewpoints weren't.
Homeland Ballistic Missile Defense System Passes Test
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014
The U.S. Military successfully intercepted a target fired from the South Pacific with a rocket launched from California, more than 2,400 miles away marking its latest achievement toward a Homeland Ballistic Missile Defense System, the Pentagon stated on…
Is Global Warming Data Fudged? Yes, According to Some
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014
The United States has been cooling since the 1930's. However, climate records published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are 'adjusted' according to computer models, instead of data from true temperature readings, the Telegraph reported.
Illegal Kids Can Stay in U.S. for Years
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
Thousands of illegal kids entering the United States can live in American cities, attend public schools and work without ramifications due to an "overburdened, deeply flawed system of immigration courts and a 2002 law intended to protect children's…
