House Panel OKs $2.5B in Annual Cuts to Food Stamps After Debating Whether Jesus Would Approve

After squaring off with biblical scriptures on whether or not Jesus would approve, politicians in the House Agricultural Committee approved a farm bill on Wednesday that cuts the federal food stamp program, which supported 47 million people last year, by $2.5 billion annually.

Ohio Congressional Delegation to Obama: Resolve Russian Adoption Ban With Putin

Laura Ingraham Every member of Ohio's delegation to the U.S. Congress, including Republicans and Democrats, both senators and Speaker of the House John Boehner signed a letter to President Barack Obama asking him resolve the issue of orphans who have been adopted by American parents, but are not allowed to leave Russia.

Atheist Group Sends Books to Georgia State Parks to Place Next to Gideon Bibles Inside Cabins

Nathan Deal The American Atheists of Cranford, N.J., announced Friday they will be sending books on atheism to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to be placed next to Gideon Bibles inside every cabin and lodge at the state's parks.

NOM Chairman: IRS Scandal Possibly 'Grounds for Impeachment'

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) announced Tuesday that it will sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the March 2012 release of confidential donor information.

Arizona House Approves Bill Further Protecting Religious Freedom

On Wednesday, the Arizona House passed a measure which would offer further protection for the religious liberties of state citizens.

Minn. Gov. Signs Gay Marriage Bill; Some Brace for God's Wrath

Mark Dayton Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton signed the Freedom to Marry bill during a ceremony held on the state capitol steps on Tuesday, making Minnesota the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, following Delaware and Rhode Island that also legalized homosexual marriage during the last two weeks.

Ariel Castro's Murder of Unborn Highlights Abortion Debate

ariel castro The news that Ariel Castro might be tried for murder for ending the pregnancies of the women he held captive has brought to the fore an older debate over fetal homicide laws. If ending a pregnancy is murder, what does that say about the legal status of the unborn?

James Dobson Says Family Talk Action Also Targeted by IRS

New allegations claim the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) not only delayed the applications of new conservative groups, but also targeted a Christian group, Family Talk Action, and a well-established group, the Leadership Institute.

John Piper, Policy Expert Agree, President Obama's 'God Bless You' to Planned Parenthood Blasphemous

John Piper Washington's Ethics and Public Policy expert George Weigel skewered President Obama's recent blessing of Planned Parenthood's work as blasphemous on Wednesday and popular Calvinist theologian John Piper has tweeted in tacit agreement with the bold comment.

Bill Banning 'Foreign Law' Passes North Carolina House

A highly-debated North Carolina bill forbidding the application of "foreign law" in domestic and child abuse cases passed the state's House vote Thursday.

Washington Post Poll Claims Majority in Bible Belt State Support Gay Marriage

A recently released poll from The Washington Post indicates that a Bible Belt state may be moving toward majority support for same-sex marriage.

Obamacare 2.0: Why You Should Care About the Farm Bill

A bill as large as Obama's healthcare law might pass by, unnoticed. On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved the Farm Bill, a $955 billion over 10 years reform measure aimed at food stamps and farm subsidies.

Sen. Graham Urges Religious Groups to Rally Support for Foreign Aid to Combat AIDS

Lindsey Graham The U.S. government program that helps treat and prevent AIDS in foreign countries is threatened by budget cuts, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned Tuesday. He urged faith-based organizations to increase their efforts at rallying support for the program.
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March for Orphans Brings Attention to Broken International Adoption System

Craig Juntunen About 500 people, representing 37 states, gathered Friday in Washington, D.C., for the "Step Forward for Orphans March." The marchers had firsthand experience with the brokenness of the international adoption system. Some came with the children they struggled to adopt, others marched with photos of the children they have adopted, or want to adopt but are unable to due to political barriers put in the way.
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Pro-Life Groups Say IRS Targeted Them, Too

About a week after the Internal Revenue Service admitted to targeting tea party and other conservative organizations for tax-exempt status violations, at least two pro-life groups say they, too, were singled out for unnecessary demands by IRS agents.

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IRS Scandal: NRB President Tells Congress to Focus on First Amendment Rights

Frank Wright National Religious Broadcasters President & CEO Dr. Frank Wright asked members of Congress investigating the IRS over its alleged inappropriate scrutiny of conservative and faith-based groups to focus on First Amendment protection for such organizations.

George Soros-Funded Groups Prod IRS to Investigate Conservative Organizations

IRS Amid the uproar over shocking revelations that the Internal Revenue Service strategically targeted conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status are new findings that George Soros-funded organizations are sending letters to the IRS prodding them to investigate conservative groups, such as Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS.

Franklin Graham: IRS Targeted Samaritan's Purse, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, speaks on America Evangelist Franklin Graham has stated in a letter to President Barack Obama that the Christian charities he is leading were also targeted by the IRS along with conservative groups last year.

German Homeschool Family Loses Asylum Case; Home School Legal Defense Association Will Appeal

Romeike's and Michael Farris A U.S. appeals court sided with the U.S. Justice Department and denied asylum for the Romeikes. They fled from Germany after they were threatened with the possibility of losing custody of their children when they decided to homeschool and refused to send their children to the German public schools.

Is Congress Asking Hourly-Paid Americans to Work More for Less Pay?

John Boehner and Eric Cantor Democrats, Labor Unions and Republican legislators are now at loggerheads over a bill passed in the House of Representatives last Wednesday that seeks to allow private employers to offer hourly-paid workers compensatory time off instead of time-and-a-half pay for overtime.

Obama: 'No Tolerance' for 'Outrageous' IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups

obama President Barack Obama warned at a press conference on Monday that if the allegations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups are proven true, then it will have to be held accountable.

Justice Ginsburg Says She Favors 'Judicial Restraint' on Abortion; How About Gay Marriage?

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in all 50 states, benefited the pro-life cause and harmed the movement in favor of legal abortion, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who favors legal abortion, said Saturday. Her argument in favor of "judicial restraint," as she called it, could have implications for pending gay marriage cases.

Judge Denies Obama Administration's Bid to Stay 'Morning-After' Pill Ruling

Plan B (File) A federal judge, who ordered last month that the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be made available to young teens and girls without a doctor's prescription, denied on Friday the Obama administration's request to temporarily halt the order, calling the bid "frivolous" and politically motivated.

Gosnell Murder Trial Spurs House Republicans to Demand States Regulate Abortion Clinics

Blackburn Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have set a May 22 deadline in which they expect public health officials from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. to provide them with "details on state licensing of abortion clinics and providers, information on revoked licenses, state inspections of clinics and disciplinary actions," so they can "examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women."