Chicago’s Urban Prep Achieves Another Year of Perfect College Acceptance
For the fifth year in a row, all of its students were accepted into four-year colleges
In Urban Prep tradition, 240 seniors, all African-American males, celebrated their success on Tuesday April 8 at a ceremony where they exchanged their red uniform ties for a red and gold striped tie, a symbol of their new accomplishment. “The tie represents to me moving on from a boy to becoming a young man and... Continue Reading
Obamacare Religious Exemption Hard To Get
In the fine print of the Affordable Care Act is a clause that allows people of certain religions to seek an exemption from the requirement to carry health insurance or pay a fine
It won’t fly with the IRS, the agency that will collect fines from those who were supposed to buy health insurance and didn’t. Why? Because the exempted religions must have been established prior to 1950. That mirrors the exemption clause from a big government program: The Amish in particular neither pay into nor collect from... Continue Reading
Boehner Rival Loses Christian College Job Over ‘Electile Dysfunction’ Ad
A campaign ad including House Speaker John Boehner in a parody commercial has cost his Republican primary opponent a teaching job at Cedarville University in Ohio
The ad, “When the Moment is Right,” spoofs commercials for the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis by asking whether the Ohio Republican (using an alternate pronunciation of Boehner’s last name) has “electile dysfunction.” Winteregg told The Washington Post he is hopeful he can beat Boehner. (RNS) A campaign ad including House Speaker John Boehner in... Continue Reading
Why Al-Qaeda Declared ‘We Must Eliminate the Cross’
When Islamists destroy crosses or talk of destroying the cross, they are emulating the anger they believe Jesus has towards the cross.
The Islamist offensiveness at the sight of a cross comes from these teachings about Sharia. Since they believe Jesus finds it so offensive that he will one day break the crosses, these Islamists believe they are commanded to likewise be offended by Christianity and the symbol of the cross in particular. There is disagreement among... Continue Reading
China Accused Of Anti-Christian Campaign As Church Demolition Begins
Activists accuse Communist Party of ‘barbaric’ campaign against Christianity after demolition teams and police descend on a church that became a symbol of resistance
Church members told The Telegraph authorities had attempted to silence the congregation and said they believed their communications were being monitored. “My phone is not safe,” said one. Bob Fu, a US-based Christian activist, said: “This government-orchestrated barbaric forced demolition represents a serious escalation against religious freedom in Zhejiang. The Chinese regime chooses to disregard... Continue Reading
The Closing of the Academic Mind
An iron curtain has descended across academia
But there is an alternative to Liberal Orthodoxy. It is liberal education. Liberal education can be pursued today, as it has been for most of history, outside the official “educational” institutions of the society. Those institutions have embraced their closed-mindedness. But that doesn’t mean the American mind has to close. There is a great country... Continue Reading
‘Praise Darwin!’ UConn Professor Goes Ape During Campus Preaching
A University of Connecticut professor asserted that he came from an ape during a campus gospel presentation that included discussion on evolution
As Rappaport began preaching, Boster again became agitated, and at one point began shouting in Polish. “He literally got two inches from my face and started yelling at me that I was ignorant,” Rappaport said. “I start trying to transition to the gospel and he then tried to get the crowd to tell me to... Continue Reading
Married Lesbian ‘Troulpe’ Expecting First Child
Three Massachusetts lesbians claim they got “married” to each other and are now expecting their first child
Each woman has her own household role. “I’m the breadwinner, as I work a 40-hour week and make the majority of the family’s income,” said Brynn, who had been married twice to women before tying the knot with Kitten. “Doll does the cooking, and Kitten does the cleaning. It works perfectly for us.” Here... Continue Reading
Unborn Child Has ‘Inalienable’ Right to Life ‘At All Stages of Development’: Alabama Supreme Court
Children in the womb should have the same legal standing as other children, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled Friday
“According to Justice Tom Parker, who wrote the majority decision, “It is impossible for an unborn child to be a separate and distinct person at a particular point in time in one respect and not to be a separate and distinct person at the same point in time but in another respect. Because an unborn... Continue Reading
New Study By Sociologist Mark Regnerus Suggests Religion Can Predict Sexual Behavior
New research on marriage and sex suggests that religion and sex are tracking more closely than ever before
In his new study, Regnerus conducted a survey of 5,738 people ages 18 to 39, asking them about behavior from porn use and masturbation to marriage and views on social issues. ”Religion and sex are tracking each other like never before,” he said in an interview. While the research included those of other faiths, Regnerus’ presentation to... Continue Reading
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