Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
House panel approves unborn victims bill
Posted on Thursday, September 7, 2000
WASHINGTON (BP)--The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved March 28 a bill to provide legal protection for unborn children who are harmed during federal crimes against their mothers.
Beyond the stem cell controversy, questions of life’s purpose arise
Posted on Monday, September 4, 2000
DEERFIELD, Ill. (BP)--The human embryonic stem cell debate has been at an impasse since the discovery of the unusual properties of unique precursor cells. In 1998 two teams of privately funded researchers were able to isolate and culture…
Talented Officers Leaving Army, Expressing Disappointment
Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2000
(AgapePress) - Army officers, disappointed with eight years of Bill Clinton, are leaving the service in droves. According to the Army Times, the Army is losing about 300 more captains per year than the planned 1,125. The exodus…
“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
As American, Israeli and Palestinian leaders converge in New York for the UN's opening Millennium summit, there are no signs of an imminent breakthrough to the negotiating impasse over Jerusalem, only hardening Arab positions and gloomy forecasts of…
Lieberman: Pop culture critic with abortion rights record
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
WASHINGTON (BP)--Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Vice President Al Gore's choice as a running mate, is known as a man who faithfully practices his Orthodox Jewish religion and who cries out against the evils of a coarse popular culture. He…
US Veto Spares Israel Another Blow at UN
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
In one of the first major foreign policy moves of the new Bush Administration, the US on Tuesday night vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an international observer force to "protect" Palestinians.
Bush, Sharon Pressed on Israeli MIA Issue
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
If thirty US Senators have their way, President George W. Bush will make sure he agrees to help visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon locate Israel's MIA's.
Bush Set to Appoint Kurtzer as Israeli Ambassador
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
US President George W. Bush is poised to name Daniel Kurtzer, currently US envoy to Egypt and a veteran of the Middle East peace process, as the next American ambassador to Israel.
Clinton Dragging Jewish Figures Down With Him
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
Israeli and American Jewish leaders continue to figure prominently in the most controversial of a long list of last-minute pardons granted by disgraced former US President Bill Clinton, with three of his key White House aides telling Congress…
US Congress May Ask Israelis to Testify in Rich Probe
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
A US congressional committee investigating former president Bill Clinton's pardon of renowned racketeer Marc Rich is considering asking for written testimony from Israeli and American Jewish leaders who lobbied Clinton to pardon the fugitive.
Halloween 200
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
"We have the holiday back again. These pagan calendars are imprinted in our genes. They cannot be taken away."[1] Wiccan author Zsuzsanna Budapest
