Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Convicted Child Molester Leads Fight Against Boy Scouts
Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2001
"It is obvious that PFLAG has a NAMBLA, North American Man Boy Love Association, problem." Washington, D.C. Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, Chairman of Traditional Values Coalition, is appalled to learn of the immoral and illegal lifestyle of the…
Bush Inauguration Filled With Spiritual References
Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2001
Baptist Press) -- George Walker Bush was sworn in as the 43rd president of the United States Jan. 20 and began his first full day of his presidency with a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral and a…
Campaign-finance bill violates free-speech rights, critics say
Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--A bill reforming campaign financing that was approved by the U.S. Senate April 2 violates the free-speech rights of pro-life and other advocacy organizations, according to charges made before and after the vote.
ACLJ Applauds Bush Decision on Stem Cell Research
Posted on Friday, August 10, 2001
(Washington, DC)-- The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm and educational organization, said President Bush’s decision to prohibit the use of federal funds to destroy human embryos to obtain stem cells for…
ACLJ Applauds Bush Decision on Stem Cell Research
Posted on Friday, August 10, 2001
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm and educational organization, said President Bush’s decision to prohibit the use of federal funds to destroy human embryos to obtain stem cells…
Decision on stem-cell research divides abortion opponents
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Bush's decision on stem-cell research is dividing the pro-life religious community. According to a New York Times article published Aug. 12, the split doesn't fall along religious or theological lines, pitting, for example, Catholics…
Anti-American Statements in the Arabic Media
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
Anti-American statements are a common component of the Egyptian media, including in the weeks and days prior to September 11, 2001. Following are excerpts of such statements:
High-Stakes “Hot Potato” Over PLO Arms Shipment
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
US special "security" envoy Gen. Anthony Zinni ended his brief regional visit on Sunday saying chances for an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire were improving, despite Israel's daring seizure of a freighter loaded with weapons bound for the Palestinian Authority. Iran…
Powell Speech Injects New Urgency In Ending Intifada
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
In a highly-anticipated and carefully balanced foreign policy speech on the Israeli-Arab conflict on Monday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell sought to re-assert the American role in Middle East peace-making, reiterating the new Bush Administration line that…
Palestinian Islamist Journalist: ‘Why I Hate America’
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
Palestinian Islamist journalist Khalid Amayreh published two articles in the November issue of the London based monthly Palestine Times, titled "Why I Hate America," and "Jewish Islamophobia - The Most Virulent of All," in which he articulated his…
War On Islamic Terrorism Is Long Overdue
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
The massive catastrophe wrought by Muslim suicide terrorists in New York and Washington on September 11 has served as a "wake up" call to the United States and other Western democracies to a lurking global menace, yet few…
CDC Must Stop funding Homosexual Agenda to Focus on Bioterrorism
Posted on Friday, August 3, 2001
Washington, DC – Traditional Values Coalition Executive Director Andrea Lafferty is calling upon President Bush and Congress to force the Centers for Disease Control to stop funding sexually explicit workshops for homosexuals under the guise of fighting the…
Clinton Lauded on Return Visit to Israel
Posted on Friday, August 3, 2001
Former US president Bill Clinton was warmly welcomed back to Israel this week, where he again blamed PLO chief Yasser Arafat for turning down his generous peace proposals more than a year ago and opting for violence. But…
US Pressure Increases Terror Threat in Israel
Posted on Friday, August 3, 2001
Israeli security officials are warning that a major Islamic terrorist attack upon Israel, possibly on a similar scale to the calamities that struck New York and Washington, could be launched in the near future. Ironically, they say such…
