Indiana Senate candidate Mourdock gets support from pro-lifers
NEW ALBANY, Indiana (WordNews.org) Oct. 25, 2012 – Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for Senate in Indiana, is received support from pro-lifers and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Mourdouck created a firestorm when he said during a debate with his Democratic rival Joe Donnelly and Libertarian Andrew Horning that he opposed abortion even in the case […]
Read More →Ministry asks Obama administration to take down government links to anti-ex-gay websites
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Oct. 24, 2012 – The head of a ministry to former homosexuals and their friends and families is asking the Obama administration to stop linking to pro-gay websites that denigrate ministries like hers. Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), said in a letter to the […]
Read More →Man who threatened pro-life priest receives 41-month sentence
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (WordNews.org) Oct. 22, 2012 — Theodore Shulman, a pro-choice activist who in 2010 threatened to kill several pro-life leaders, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, according to Priests for Life. Shulman, 51, pleaded guilty in May to one count of transmitting a threat to injure another […]
Read More →A conversation with Chris August: Conviction (Part 5)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Oct. 19, 2012 – You know him as Chris August, Contemporary Christian recording artist. But seven years ago, he was known by his given name, Chris Megert – August is his middle name – and he recorded as a secular artist under the name Chris Megert and the Love Jones. He got the […]
Read More →Bishop calls on black Christians to leave Democrat Party
NORFOLK, Va. (WordNews.org) Oct. 17, 2012 – The head of STAND is urging black Christians to leave the Democratic party. Bishop E.W. Jackson has issued his called in an online video titled “Exodus Now,” which has been viewed 1.1 million times. Laura Ingraham, Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh have all played the message to black […]
Read More →Thousands to gather in San Francisco, 140 other sites to support religious freedom
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (WordNews.org) Oct. 16, 2012 – Thousands of people are expected to the U.S. Federal Building in San Francisco on Oct. 20 to rally for religious freedom. The Stand Up for Religious Freedom event, which begins at 1 p.m. (PDT), is the third rally sponsored by the California Civil Rights Foundation. Organizers said […]
Read More →A conversation with Chris August: Crazy Restoration (Part 4)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Oct. 12, 2012 – Chris August’s favorite song on his latest album, The Upside of Down, was born in the backseat of a “little weird minivan thing in India.” August and producer Ian Eskelin were on a mission trip in Kodaikanal, India, in January. “Anytime you drive in India it’s going to be […]
Read More →Phoenix City Council throws cold water on ordinance
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WordNews.org) Oct. 13, 2012 — Phoenix City Council members struck down an ordinance that prohibited people from handing out free drinking water in public, which was viewed by some as a direct attack on a Christian who was handing out bottle water and sharing her faith. Dana Crow-Smith, a Christian, was assembled with […]
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