- 09/30/2011
Ohio Church Under Attack by Atheist Group
When Christ Cathedral Church in Columbus, Ohio had an atheist billboard removed from its property back in June, it thought it had heard the last from the billboard’s sponsor, the so-called Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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09/29/2011Evangelical Pastor Faces Imminent Execution in Iran
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani needs Christians around the world to stand in the gap for him as he faces execution Thursday at the hands of the Iranian government. That was the urgent email message disseminated Wednesday by International Christian Concern, a Washington, D.C., organization that assists the worldwide persecuted Christian church.
- 09/28/2011
Calif. Student Punished for Saying 'Bless You'
“Bless you.” For uttering those words, a student at William C. Wood High School in Vacaville, Calif. was punished this week by a teacher who claimed that the student disrupted his classroom.
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09/28/2011Obama Health Care Reform Not Delivering on Promises
Is the federal health care law pushed by President Obama yielding unintended consequences? A study released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group, suggests it just may be.
- 09/27/2011
ACLU Challenges Nevada Religion Requirement to Conduct Marriages
A federal District Court judge heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging a Nevada law requiring that nongovernmental officials be affiliated with a church or religious organization in order to perform marriages.
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09/27/2011Obama’s California Day Trip Raises More Than $3M for His Campaign
President Obama is not very popular at the moment in much of America, where most voters disapprove of the job he is doing in the White House. But he remains very well liked in California, where on Monday he raked in more than $3 million in campaign contributions at three fundraisers.
- 09/27/2011
Senate Agreement Averts Government Shutdown
“We’ve averted a disaster,” said Senator Ben Campbell, D-Colo. “Until the next one.” He was speaking of the deal the Senate struck Monday night that will keep the federal government open for business beyond Friday, the end of the current fiscal year.
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09/23/2011GOP's White House Hopefuls Talk Social Issues, But Not at Debate
For social conservatives, Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Orlando was the anticlimax in a day of appearances featuring the candidates. The main event actually was a forum a few hours before the debate hosted by the Florida Chapter of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
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09/22/2011Intuitive Thinkers Tend to Have Stronger Belief in God, Study Says
Is there a correlation between an individual’s cognitive “style” and his or her belief in God? A new study by three Harvard researchers published this week in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General suggests there is.
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09/22/2011No Housing Recovery Through 2015, New Survey Says
It’s been a bad news week for the nation’s beleaguered housing sector.On Wednesday, a survey of more than 100 economists, real estate experts, investment analysts and marketing strategists was released in which most respondents said the housing market would continue to struggle for the next four years.
Tags Economic Crisis - 09/22/2011
House Vote Increases Prospect of Government Shutdown
The House Wednesday rejected a stopgap spending bill that would have put to rest fears of a government shutdown on Oct. 1. A total of 182 Democrats were joined by 48 Republicans in opposing the measure, albeit for very different reasons.
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09/21/2011$16 Muffins? Justice Department Review Uncovers Wasteful Spending
Even Starbucks doesn’t charge $8.24 for a cup of coffee. But that’s precisely how much the Department of Justice overpaid for the beverage it served at one of its conferences, according to a review released Tuesday by the department’s Inspector General.
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09/20/2011Congressional Black Caucus Not Very Happy With Obama
The Congressional Black Caucus opens its 41st annual legislative conference on Wednesday as a former caucus member with whom they have misgivings is now in the White House.
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09/20/2011Coalition Irked by Obama Support for Faith-Based Hiring
President Obama received a letter Monday from a coalition of organizations complaining that he is backsliding on his campaign promise to target faith-based discrimination in federally-funded jobs.
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09/19/2011Judge: Public Has Right to See Prop. 8 Trial Video
In another victory for foes of California’s Proposition 8, a federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Monday that video recordings of the trial concerning the state’s ban on same-sex marriage should be made public.
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