Opposing sides in the debate over new social studies standards for Texas schools will square off today before the State Board of Education as it prepares to decide what Texas students should be taught in U.S. history classes. More than 130 people have signed up to testify on the proposed curriculum standards, and the hearing... Continue Reading

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) recently released its annual performance report for 2008-2009. Despite an economic downturn and a slight decrease in annual income, the abortion industry giant boasts of increased activity across all of its lines of work, including condom distribution, advocacy and abortion services. IPPF’s overall income for 2008 was US$119.7 million, down... Continue Reading

The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (CADC) has released its list of the top ten incidents of anti-Christian defamation, bigotry and discrimination in the US from last year. The list was selected by the subscribers to CADC’s e-mail list and was selected from a list of twenty of CADC’s top stories from 2009. “It is arguable that... Continue Reading

The warden at Virginia’s largest women’s prison is retiring amid allegations the prison discriminated against gay inmates and denied others access to religious services. State Sen. Frank Ruff asked the department in June to look into allegations that the prison curtailed inmates’ access to religious services and separated masculine-looking prisoners from the rest of the... Continue Reading

The Supreme Court has blocked a federal judge’s plans to tape the trial on the California same-sex “marriage” ban for public viewing. The Court will review the concerns of attorneys defending the state constitutional amendment, who argue that the standard policy of federal courts prohibiting cameras in the courtroom should be retained in light of... Continue Reading

With time running out, Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz has called all Catholics to actively rally behind a ballot initiative that would require abortion practitioners to obtain permission from — or at least inform — parents before performing abortions on minor girls in Alaska, reports Catholicanchor.org. In order for the Parental Notification Initiative to go before... Continue Reading

“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela. 2009 marked fifteen years of freedom from the chains of the apartheid era for South Africa, a time to celebrate the successes of a peaceful transition to... Continue Reading

The federal judge who will preside over a highly anticipated gay marriage case in California will allow the trial to be videotaped for later showing on YouTube despite the negative effects that doing so could have on witnesses. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker decided Wednesday to have court employees record next week’s legal showdown... Continue Reading

It is a lie that the Hyde Amendment will protect American taxpayers from funding elective abortions if the merged version of Health Care Overhaul goes through. Hyde is legislation that must be renewed annually and covers abortions through Medicaid in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment of the mother. Right now, seventeen states offer... Continue Reading

Religious broadcasters have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to reallocate any broadcast spectrum for wireless, saying it will disproportionately impact Christian TV broadcasters. Responding to an FCC request for input on how the public’s welfare would be impacted were the commission to “diminish” over-the-air TV coverage in order to recover spectrum, the National Religious... Continue Reading