Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Family Friendly Movieguide(R) Airs on Pax-TV Beginning in June
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2001
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (ANS) -- Millions of North American television viewers will be able to become "media-wise" when PaxTV begins airing Dr. Ted Baehr's 60-second movie reviews, in a late night slot starting June 1. It is the start…
Supreme Court to review Internet pornography case
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed again to decide whether Congress has abridged free speech rights in its attempt to protect children from pornography on the Internet.
ACLJ Calls On Supreme Court To Protect Children In Porn Case
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2001
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the Congressional authority to limit children’s access to…
ACLJ To Defend Nebraska City in Ten Commandments Lawsuit
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2001
(Virginia Beach, VA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will defend the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska which has been sued by the ACLU to remove a monument…
Peaceful Pro-Life Prayer Vigil Ends In Wrongful Arrests
Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2001
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Citing Free Speech Violations WASHINGTON - Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several residents of the city of Fargo, North Dakota,…
Faith’s role in birth of science reviewed at think tank conference
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2001
SEATTLE (BP)--Today's scientific advances owe their genesis to Christianity, and every new discovery of the cosmos is an affirmation of God at work in the universe he created, noted scientists and educators said in addressing a "Cosmos and…
Field Updates Available to Web Users Through ‘Macedonian Call’
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Cutting edge technology combined with up-to-the-minute reports from indigenous missionaries around the globe is enabling Christians to experience their own "Macedonian Call" via their computer desktops.
Teacher Forced to Halt Native American Religious Rituals
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
Pinole, CA - A fourth grade school teacher at the Ellerhorst Elementary School in Pinole, California has halted the religious Native American rituals that she has been performing in her classroom, to the objection of a number of…
Baptist, Jewish congregants share Passover Seder service
Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2001
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (BP)--I can't believe I waited 41 years for this," exclaimed Frank Ingram, pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Boynton Beach, Fla. about the Passover Seder his church celebrated with Kol Dodi Messianic Congregation on Palm…
ACLJ: Nation at “Cultural Crossroads” On National Day of Prayer
Posted on Friday, May 4, 2001
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the country is standing at a “cultural crossroads†on this National Day of Prayer as religious expression – including prayer…
Senate, House Move Closer to Action on Education Bills
Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2001
WASHINGTON D.C. (HSDLA) - According to Congressional Daily, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said yesterday that most outstanding disagreements with Democrats over a rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (S. 1) were worked out over the…
