Pakistan’s Highest Court declares government may not pardon Christian convicted of blasphemy against Mohammed
“If Asia Bibi is put to death, it could mean a rise in prosecutions of Christians – not just in Pakistan, but also in other nations where Islamic law is enforced” The Pakistani government was barred on Monday by the country’s high court from pardoning a Christian woman sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. A... Continue Reading
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia slams high court for inventing ‘living constitution,’ right to abortion
(G)overnment by judges is inevitable when the original meaning of legal language in laws and constitutions is not respected. This attitude, he said, allows “five out of nine hotshot lawyers to run the country.” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia slammed the modern U.S. judiciary and the high court for using the idea of a... Continue Reading
United States Sees 53 Million Abortions Since Roe in 1973
Americans saw a political milestone this month as more pro-life lawmakers were elected to the House of Representatives than ever before, but the nation also quietly reached a less joyful mark. In January, the National Right to Life Committee provided a new analysis of the total number of abortions done in the 37 years since... Continue Reading
Europe, Immigration, and German Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Values
Not only has (Chancellor) Merkel upset the European political class by saying what everyone knows—that multiculturalism has “utterly failed” – but she also argued that the issue was not “too much Islam” but “too little Christianity.” It’s not often senior European political leaders make politically-incorrect statements, but Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has recently made a... Continue Reading
Afghani Christian faces trial for alleged conversion from Islam; subject to death by Sharai Law
“…it would be referred to sharia law where the judge has an open hand in reaching a verdict,” Shenwari said. Under sharia law, converting from Islam to Christianity is punishable by death. An Afghan Christian, detained for months for allegedly converting to Christianity from Islam, could face trial as early as next week – and... Continue Reading
Federal Judge reinstates lesbian AF Nurse to active duty; Justice Department fails to file delay motion pending appeal
The US Justice Department filed a last minute appeal of a federal judge’s ruling to reinstate an openly homosexual servicewoman to the US Air Force, dismissed under the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The government, however, chose not to seek a stay of the judge’s order in its appeal to the 9th US... Continue Reading
Just When You Thought Things Couldn’t Get Worse for Christians In Iran……
…Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei targets the Church in a speech outlining various ways he sees that Islam is attacked. Iran’s Supreme Leader is taking off the mask. Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs USA says, “This is another step in what is becoming a very open animosity between the Iranian government and... Continue Reading
Discrimination case against Michigan woman seeking ‘Christian roommate’ dropped
A civil rights complaint accusing a Michigan woman of illegal housing discrimination has been dropped by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. Tricia Rowe, of Alger Heights, Michigan had posted a notice on her church bulletin board seeking “a female Christian roommate” to share... Continue Reading
Separate U. S. Court of Appeals Districts issue decisions favoring free expression of religious speech.
In the 2nd Circuit, the decision involved license plates; in the 5th Circuit, the decision involved ‘Under God’ in a state Pledge; in the 7th Circuit a classroom moment of silence was approved Vermont license plates: In 2004, Vermont resident John Byrne applied for a vanity plate with the state’s motor vehicle department. The proposed... Continue Reading
Supreme Court: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Will Stay, For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to allow the 1993 law against homosexuals serving in the military to remain in place while a constitutional challenge to the ban wends its way through the federal appeals process. The Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual GOP lobby, had filed an emergency request with the high court to reinstate... Continue Reading
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