Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
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…
Operation Mobilization Announces Search For New Ship
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2001
ATLANTA, GA (ANS) -- Operation Mobilization has begun the search for a vessel to replace one of the current OM ships. The mission agency's ship ministry currently operates the M. V. DOULOS and M. V. LOGOS II and…
Pro-lifers condemn creation of embryos only for research
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2001
Recent reports of scientists creating human embryos or attempting to clone embryos solely for research with their stem cells, thereby destroying the early unborn babies, has stirred widespread condemnation from pro-life advocates.
Changes in faith-based legislation ‘absolutely essential,’ Land says
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--A legislative version of President Bush's faith-based initiative has cleared two congressional committees, and the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public-policy agency welcomed changes related to religious liberty made in the measure.
“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem
Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2001
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…
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…
