Issues - news
Lowering Drinking Age: Research Says Bad Idea
Business, engineering, journalism, medicine, philosophy. The nation’s finest institutions of higher education pride themselves in rich traditions of academic study. more »
by: Doug Carlson - Aug 27, 2008 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Addictions, , Substance Abuse, Living, Health
Library worker alleges discrimination due to her faith
Southern Baptist files federal lawsuit after taking stand over Harry Potter
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.—A Missouri Baptist is suing after she says she was discriminated against and suspended from her job for refusing to promote a book she believes promotes “worship of the occult.” more »
by: Brian Koonce - Aug 27, 2008 - comments: 1 - topic(s): , Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Is embryonic stem cell research obsolete?
Scientists continue to deal blows to the campaign for embryonic stem cell research, some by shifting their allegiance to a more ethical form of experimentation and some by discovering new means of creating stem cells that do not harm donors. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research
I walk in freedom
My heart pounded as the Sunday School teacher asked us to break into small groups and discuss how we might reach the homosexual community for Christ. more »
by: Christine Sneeringer - Aug 26, 2008 - comments: 6 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Parents’, Educators’ Rights and Responsibilities
This past May, one of our own, former Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley, was quoted widely by media across the state expressing his concern about the publication of photographs of and interviews with two same-sex student couples in the Clovis High School yearbook. more »
by: John Loudat - Aug 26, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Children, Education, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Etowah ministers fight proposed bingo complex
Irish statesman Edmund Burke is supposed to have said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” And as the electronic bingo gambling “epidemic” attempts to spread to Etowah County, area ministers feel it’s time for God’s men and women to get involved in the fight. more »
by: Sondra Washington - Aug 26, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Addictions, Gambling
LIFE DIGEST: Pastor calls for Democrats to ‘resist’ abortion
Los Angeles pastor Charles Blake interjected a discordant note into an Aug. 24 interfaith religious service that served as the first official event of the Democratic National Convention. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - comments: 4 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Olympian shunned abortion; now has son & bronze medal
Tasha Danvers chose her unborn child four years ago over her hopes for an Olympic medal. Now she has both.
Running for Great Britain, Danvers won the bronze medal Aug. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
New HHS rule would protect pro-life docs
The freedom of conscience of pro-life doctors and other health-care providers would be protected under a new rule proposed by the Bush administration. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Calif. court: Fertility doctor must treat gays
The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to religious freedom Aug. 18, critics said, by ruling a fertility doctor cannot refuse to provide a treatment based on a patient’s homosexuality. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Religious Liberty