Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Digital Angel months ahead of schedule
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
Wouldn't life be grand if you didn't have to worry about being robbed? What if you didn't have to worry about losing your money? Or that there would be no more fraud which in turn would cause the…
Speakers at NAE meeting discuss ‘charitable choice’
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
DALLAS (ABP) -- Social-service programs that seek to evangelize their clients will not qualify for direct federal grants, the head of President Bush's White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives told a gathering of conservative Christian leaders.
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…
