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This Month in the News... updated May 11, 2008
The Incredible Shrinking Evangelical Ah, spring. Fresh flowers, fresh leaves, fresh leases on life...and, in step with a tradition dating back to around 2004--the year when Christian "values voters" reportedly seized our fragile nation's helm--there's also a fresh crop of new books unabashedly bashing evangelicals...// by Heather Wilhelm
posted May 11, 2008 RealClearPolitics.com
Abortion Provider Seeks 'Mother's Day' Gifts for Itself Planned Parenthood, a major abortion provider, is soliciting Mother's Day gifts for itself. In a May 3 e-mail blast, Planned Parenthood Federation of America's president, Cecile Richards, asked recipients to "Make a Mother's Day Gift" by donating to the organization - a solicitation that some critics say is ironic given that many Planned Parenthood clinics perform abortions...// by Penny Starr
posted May 09, 2008 CNSNews.com
Violent 'Grand Theft' Game Wows Players, Shocks Parent Groups "Grand Theft Auto IV," the latest in a series of phenomenally successful video games, debuted last week, eliciting widespread acclaim from game players, and howls of outrage from parents and family advocates concerned about its highly violent and overtly sexual content...// by Evan Moore
posted May 05, 2008 RealClearPolitics.com
Conservatives Seek Showdown with Liberals Over Medicare As federal lawmakers appeared headed toward a pre-Memorial Day showdown over key changes to Medicare benefit and reimbursement policies, the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) today offered a comprehensive blueprint to put the program on a more solid fiscal foundation - without tax hikes or price controls...
posted April 25, 2008 theConservativeVoice.com
Heroic Effort Fails To Pull Pro-Life SJR 127 To House Floor 6 pro-abortion sub-committee members continue to speak for 6 million Tennesseans on the matter of abortion regulation after efforts failed today to bring pro-life SJR 127 to the full House for debate and consideration. SJR 127 calls for a public vote to allow Tennesseans to decide whether or not our state abortion policy ought to be dictated by the people and their legislators or by a handful of activist judges...
posted by www.tnrtl.org
Black Pro-Lifers Protest Planned Parenthood, Criticize Obama A group of black pro-lifers joined a protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic here on Thursday, calling for an end to federal funding of the abortion provider and expressing opposition to Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) pro-abortion stance... // by Penny Starr
Conservatives Must Be Aware of Liberal Agenda Last week the House passed the "Jubilee Act" to cancel debt for poor countries, a move that could cost Americans billions of dollars. House leaders failed to attach promised reforms to the debt cancellation, despite Treasury Undersecretary David McCormick's request that "any debt relief should be conditioned on the adoption of policies that promote sound economic practices." Apparently, they don't mind promoting unaccountable lending and forgiving nations that lack the will and/or the ability to repay their American taxpayer-financed loans... // by Brian Darling
posted April 21, 2008 HumanEvents.com
Pro-Family Groups Lobby Marriott for Porn-Free Rooms Officials with Marriott International have agreed to meet with pro-family leaders to discuss the hotel giant's policy of selling in-room pornographic movies to consumers at some of its properties... // by Penny Starr & Lois Owen
posted April 21, 2008 CNSnews.com
NRA executive Wayne LaPierre blasts Obama, Clinton in visit to Kingsport KINGSPORT - National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre took aim Friday night at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent comment that people in small-town America are "bitter about their lives and that's why they cling to their guns and their religion." LaPierre, speaking to about 200 people at an event organized by the Tennessee Conservative Political Action Committee,.. // By Hank Hayes
posted April 18, 2008 timesnews.net
Judge Blocks City's Attempt to Impose Gun Control (CNSNews.com) - A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked new gun control regulations from taking effect in Philadelphia, in a case brought by the National Rifle Association. The five city ordinances that passed on April 10 would ban the sale of assault weapons; require owners to report a lost or stolen gun within 24 hours; and limit firearms purchases to one a month. The NRA argued that the city, in passing its own gun regulations, is pre-empting state law. "On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of NRA members in Pennsylvania who are frustrated by Philadelphia's mayor and city council, we are pleased with today's ruling," said Chris Cox, the NRA's chief lobbyist. "Philadelphia's politicians have made it clear they care nothing for the rule of law or the state's constitution. They are going to have to learn, one way or another, that state law applies to them, too." According to the NRA, even the city's district attorney said the gun control proposals unconstitutional. A hearing on a permanent injunction is scheduled for April 28th.
posted April 19, 2008 CNSnews.com
How Dare ABC News Treat Obama as if He Were a Conservative! Richard A. Viguerie, publisher of ConservativeHQ.com, appears to have had the same reaction as many conservatives to Barack Obama's performance and his subsequent complaints regarding the ABC News debate in Philadelphia between Hillary Clinton and Obama: Barack's performance lacked any sort of dignity desired in a president and he showed clear thinking Americans he's nothing more than an "empty-suit."... // by Jim Kouri
posted April 19, 2008 theConservativeVoice.com
Pope Admonishes US Bishops to Oppose Homosexual Marriage While largely ignored by much of the major media, Pope Benedict XVI admonished the nation's Catholic bishops to promote traditional marriage in a speech delivered Wednesday after a vespers service at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.... // by Pete Winn
posted April 18, 2008 CNSnews.com
Oklahoma Enacts Ultrasound Bill Pro-life groups are praising the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate for overriding the governor's veto of a bill that strengthens an Oklahoma law that requires that pregnant women be told where they can obtain a free ultrasound and fetal heart tone services before an abortion... // By Melanie Hunter-Omar
Obama's Extreme Liberalism Still Under the Radar The thing that drives Republicans craziest about Barack Obama is that they can see it coming. They know that behind the dulcet intonations of togetherness and unanimity lies a politician whose beliefs are uniformly liberal. Over time, they suspect, the smooth talk will give way to everyday politicking. But will it be before Barack the President will shows himself to be something entirely unlike Barack the Candidate?... // by Sean P. Trende
posted April 8, 2008 HumanEvents.com
Thousands Rally to Support Lawmaker Targeted by Homosexual Activists Public officials have the right to bring their religious convictions into the public square, but that right is under assault when Christians mention their deeply held beliefs about homosexuality, according to former homosexual Stephen Black... // by Pete Winn
posted April 8, 2008 HumanEvents.com
Planned Parenthood Kills Record Number of Preborn Babies In Kansas, judge delays hearing on 107 criminal charges. A record 289,650 preborn babies were killed at Planned Parenthood clinics in fiscal year 2006-07, an increase of nearly 25,000 from 2005-06. The nation's largest abortion provider, which received $336 million in taxpayer money last year, is responsible for 25 percent of all abortions in the U.S. Jenn Giroux, president of Women Influencing the Nation, said the numbers in the 2006-07 annual report show Planned Parenthood is clearly a for-profit business... // by Devon Williams
posted April 7, 2008 citizenlink.com
Making Big Bucks Through Abortion Question: Does the federal government have the right to utilize your tax dollars to fund organizations whose core values completely differ from your own? Answer: Absolutely. In fact, just this week it was revealed that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s most prominent abortion provider, received an astounding $336 million in government (both federal and state) grants. But get this: Planned Parenthood took in more than $1 billion last fiscal year, according to its own annual report, for the first time in its history. It is apparent that there is big money to be made in abortion... // by Jonathan Falwell
posted April 7, 2008 theConservativeVoice.com
Hear first-hand from the president of the Family Action Council of Tennessee, David Fowler in an interview with Stuart Shephard, as he talks about the council's purpose and goals.
posted April 2, 2008 YouTube.com
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