Barack Obama

DefendChristians.Org released a list of its top 10 anti-Christian acts in the U.S. for 2011 and the majority relate to gay rights, abortion and religious liberty.

The group asked its online members to submit events they saw as discrimination against Christians or religious liberty this year. Voters listed the bill signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown forcing public school curriculum and textbooks to "celebrate" homosexuals, transgenders, and bisexuals as the number one anti-Christian act of 2011.

Brown signed the bill back in July. It requires public schools in California to revamp their social studies curriculum to ensure that it includes contributions from famous gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. more >>

As Iowa caucuses begin today, the Occupy movement in the state is acting on their own caucus last week – they met together to decide whom they disliked most and would protest against.

After the various Iowa Occupy groups gathered to decry money politics last week, People’s Caucus organizer Ed Fallon told CSPAN the people broke into groups to sort themselves by the candidates they disliked most and determine whose headquarters they would occupy this week.

The results were, Fallon said, “About 30 percent of the people planned to go to Obama’s headquarters, another 60 percent chose one or more of the Republican candidates and about ten percent said they were uncommitted.” more >>

President Obama signed into law a controversial $662 billion military funding bill titled the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve.

Obama vowed to interpret the meaning of the legislation moderately and that he would not necessarily use all the powers granted to the executive branch under the new law. The new bill details how the military is to be funded and also expands the powers of the federal government in regards to the War on Terror to include indefinitely detaining terrorist suspects without trial – even U.S. citizens. The U.S. military now also has the authority to conduct anti-terrorism operations on American soil.

The law is considered by many to be extremely vague and therefore policy makers on both sides of the aisle are leery. Obama stated that he signed the bill into law with “serious reservations.” more >>

The White House’s multi-million dollar investment in the now bankrupt solar power company Solyndra landed Barack Obama on a watchdog group’s top 10 corrupt politician list.

Conservative non-partisan group Judicial Watch included the president in its “Top 10 Most Corrupt Politicians in Washington D.C.” list, released Thursday, for his involvement with the failed green energy company.

“When it comes to Obama corruption, it may not get any bigger than Solyndra,” the group said. “Solyndra was once known as the poster child for the Obama administration’s massive ‘green energy’ initiative, but it has become the poster child for the corruption that ensues when the government meddles in the private sector.” more >>

Republican candidates vying for the White House need to switch focus from attacking Barack Obama to reconnecting with blue-collar workers and rebuilding the American dream, said former GOP candidate Mike Huckabee and political observers.

Huckabee, the winner of the 2008 Iowa Republican Caucus, said the Republican Party is wrong if it believes political attacks are going to help them win the 2012 general election.

“I watched this whole cycle unfold, sadly the focus seems to be about who can tear each other up as Republicans or how can we tear up Barack Obama, not whether we can build up the country,” he told The Christian Post. more >>

Mike Huckabee is a former Arkansas governor, former Republican presidential candidate and host of a Fox News talk show. He is also a pro-life advocate and host of the new documentary, “The Gift of Life.” The film was unveiled in Iowa on Dec. 14, and has received rave reviews from social conservatives, pro-life groups and presidential candidates. Huckabee shared the message behind the film as well as his view on the Personhood Amendment and the 2012 presidential race in an interview with The Christian Post.

CP: How did you learn about this project and what led you to be a part of it?

Huckabee: Well, for me the pro-life issue has been something I’ve been very passionate about since the 70s, and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics. As I’ve often said, I didn’t become pro-life because of politics. I got into politics largely because my pro-life positions led me to believe there is not enough being said and done about it. Before I ever ran for office, I was involved in an initiative to bring a constitutional amendment in Arkansas to define life at the beginning of its conception, which was eventually passed after several attempts. more >>