Group charges prejudice against Israel at Olympics
LONDON (WordNews.org) July 27, 2012 — As the Olympic Games officially kick off tonight, one group is charging an anti-Israel bias at the games. The British Broadcasting Association’s Olympic website omitted Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; and the Olympic Committee declined to acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre with a moment of silence during […]
Read More →Planned Parenthood under fire for botched abortion death
CHICAGO (WordNews.org) July 27, 2012 – Pro-life groups are mobilizing to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for a botched abortion that resulted in the death of a Chicago woman. Tonya Reaves, 24, died July 20 following an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago. Pastor Ceasar LeFlore, Midwest director of Life Education and Research Network […]
Read More →Liberty Counsel delivers nearly 60,000 petitions urging repeal of Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 25, 2012 – Liberty Counsel Action delivered nearly 60,000 petitions today to Senate and House leaders urging them to repeal Obamacare. Liberty Counsel Action, citing figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation that the insurance provisions of Obamacare will cost American taxpayers […]
Read More →South Dakota abortion law upheld in court
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (WordNews.org) July 24, 2012 — A federal appeals court upheld a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions about the increased risk of suicide they will face, Reuters is reporting. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 7-4 ruling Tuesday, overturning a decision by a three-judge […]
Read More →Ministry effort seeks to ‘reclaim Hollywood for Christ’
BUENA PARK, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 23, 2012 — The Congressional Prayer Conference of Washington D.C. is starting a monthly prayer tour in Hollywood beginning Aug. 18. Chairman Pastor Wiley Drake of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, and his co-chairman Dr. Clyde Rivers, ambassador to the African country of Burundi, are spearheading this […]
Read More →AFA urges opposition to Office Depot’s promotion of gay issues
TUPELO, Miss. (WordNews.org) July 22, 2012 – Office Depot’s is promoting a gay agenda that states people are born homosexual, the American Family Association says. Office Depot is providing $1 million to the cause and teaming up with recording artist Lady Gaga to encourage students that they’re “born this way,” the title of a Lady […]
Read More →Man arrested for holding home Bible study
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WordNews.org) — A Phoenix man is serving a 60-day sentence in jail and must pay a $12,000 fine for holding a Bible study at his private residential property and allegedly violating the city’s building codes, according to The Rutherford Institute. The institute has petitioned the Arizona Supreme court for a writ of habeas […]
Read More →By the Book: “My Dad, Oral Roberts” Part 1: “Windows”
TULSA, Okla. (WordNews.org) July 17, 2012 — As evangelist Oral Roberts lie in a hospital room following a fall, his youngest daughter Roberta Roberts Potts could hear a loud voice coming from down the hall as she walked to his room. Roberts, 91, had been on morphine to deal with the pain and been in […]
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