Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
New California State Regulations Mandate Pro-Homosexual Curriculum
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Sacramento, CA - The California Department of Education's Tax Force has finalized twelve pro-homosexual recommended mandates for public schools to follow. These recommended mandates include: * Integrating pro-homosexual viewpoints throughout all public school curriculum * Requiring the personal…
MI School System May Be Sued Over Student Homosexual Club
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
(AgapePress) - A Michigan public school may be facing a lawsuit for allowing a student homosexual organization to meet. A Lansing attorney says the Jackson Public Schools may be violating the state constitution by allowing students to form…
House approves faith initiative, but battle awaits in Senate
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Debate about government funding of religion and the separation of church and state took center stage on the floor of the House of Representatives July 19 as President George W. Bush's "faith-based" initiative passed by…
Human rights should play bigger role in election
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Human rights violations are on the rise in many countries. People are being persecuted, tortured and killed for no reason other than their religion. However, we, the American voters, have not had a chance to hear what the…
The World Has a Hunger for Things Supernatural
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
The re-released and slightly extended version of the movie "The Exorcist" should serve to remind Christians that the world has a hunger for things supernatural -- although they're looking in all the wrong places. However, while demon possession…
Mitchell Committee Tries to Reassure Both Sides
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
As the international community scrambles to develop plans for inserting an observer force in the disputed territories, the US-led fact-finding committee came and went with little fanfare, leading many in Israel to wonder if the committee will really…
Clinton Passing Bush Hot Baton in Mideast
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
The renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington on Tuesday comes just as US President-elect George Bush and his growing list of apointees arrive in town to pick up the scrambled pieces of American diplomacy in the Middle…
Clinton Sticks to Deadline For Answers to Peace Outline
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With less than four weeks left in office, US President Bill Clinton is holding to a Wednesday deadline for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to agree to accept his "outline of principles" for resolving their differences. The short time…
Israel Follows US Lead in Approving War Crimes Tribunal
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
The Israeli government reversed its stand at the last minute and decided on Sunday night to sign a charter establishing the International Criminal Court to try individuals for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Arafat, Arab League Closing Door on Clinton
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton's hasty drive to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by January 20 sputtered again on Thursday when Arab foreign ministers enshrined the Palestinian right of return as "sacred." The decision reinforces PLO chief Yasser…
Clinton Runs Out of Time and Options For Mideast Peace
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton appears to have finally given up on his long quest to forge a landmark Israeli-Palestinian peace pact before leaving office, as his special Mideast envoy Dennis Ross on Wednesday postponed a planned trip…
Rare Blip Appears In Powell Nomination
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In the first spot on an otherwise squeaky clean record, US Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell has run into a flap for recently accepting a large sum of money for delivering a university lecture subsidized by a senior…
Bush May Have Different Take on Sharon
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Many leaders in the international community are troubled with the increasing probability that Likud chairman Ariel Sharon will be elected prime minister of Israel in early February, but US President-elect George W. Bush may have a different opinion,…
More Fallout From Jerusalem Rally
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani hosted a gallery of guests from Israel at a gathering in New York City Hall on Thursday afternoon in a display of unity and support for undivided Jerusalem and Jewish sovereignty over the…
