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California Capitol Update
California Capitol Update In This Issue Legislative Update No Room in the Clinic Stand by the Boy Scouts Lawmaker Demands Audit of CPS After Baby Is Taken From Parents Extra! Extra! Read all About It Legislative Update AB 154 – Abortion Expansion (Atkins) Assembly Appropriations Read the AB 154 SB 323 – Attack [...]
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President Obama Honors Fallen Heroes
President Barack Obama marked the Memorial Day weekend by saying America needs to do more to help those left behind by fallen heroes. Mr. Obama said that the country shouldn’t just remember such heroes, but that Americans should help care for their families. The president used his weekly radio and internet address to also say [...]
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‘Fetal Pain’ Abortion Bans Face Court Scrutiny
As abortion laws in states such as North Dakota, Alabama, Arkansas and Kansas have become more restrictive, critics have taken the new “fetal pain” restrictions to court, Christianity Today reports. In one of the first rulings by a federal appeals court on such bans, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck [...]
Catholic Church Explains Pope’s Comment on Atheists Receiving Salvation
After Pope Francis’ comments during Wednesday Mass in Rome that God redeems nonbelievers, a number of people were left asking whether the Catholic leader believes atheists and agnostics go to heaven. The Vatican on Thursday issued an “explanatory note on the meaning to ‘salvation,’” CNN reports. The Rev. Thomas Rosica, a Vatican spokesman, said that [...]
Gosnell’s Defense Attorney Says U.S. Needs 17-Week Abortion Ban, Yearly Clinic Inspections
Jack McMahon, defense attorney for abortionist and convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell, shocked America Wednesday during his first live cable news interview since the jury’s verdict in his client’s case, the Christian Post reports. McMahon twice spoke the words “Thank God” and revealed to Fox News host Megyn Kelly that he believes banning abortion after [...]
Pastor’s Tornado Tweets Stir Up Theological Debate
(RNS) – Oklahoma’s devastating tornado stirred up a theological debate that was set off from a series of deleted tweets referencing the Book of Job. Popular evangelical author and speaker John Piper regularly tweets Bible verses, but two verses tweeted after the tornado struck some as at best insensitive and at worst bad [...]
Boy Scouts Overturn Ban on Gay Members
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) — Delegates to the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Thursday (May 23) approved new membership guidelines which open the ranks of the organization to homosexual members. Young men who openly claim to be homosexual may now participate as Scouts. The decision, the BSA leadership said in [...]
Illinois African-American Caucus: No Gay Marriage Bill
The President’s home state of Illinois could redefine marriage next week. LGBT activists are pushing a gay marriage bill but not without a challenge. Illinois already recognizes civil unions. However, supporters of the same-sex marriage bill are finding major pushback from the African-American Caucus in the House. The bill has been stalled there since the [...]
‘Resilient’ Oklahomans Picking Up the Pieces
MOORE, Okla. — President Obama heads to Moore, Okla., this weekend to honor the victims of Monday’s deadly tornado. Meanwhile, people there are still picking up the pieces of their lives after a long and difficult week. It’s become a familiar scene: A helping hand finds something of value, like a family Bible, and puts [...]
24aeIRS Places Lois Lerner on Administrative Leave
The head of the IRS division that targeted conservative groups has been replaced. Lois Lerner came under fire this week after refusing to answer questions at a congressional hearing. Congress and the Justice Department are investigating the tax agency for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status before the 2012 election. Ken Corbin [...]
Faith Leaders Mull Implications of Boy Scout Vote
Supporters are celebrating Friday after the Boy Scouts of America decided voted to lift its ban on openly gay Scouts. “We want every kid to have a place where they belong, to learn and grow and feel protected,” Boy Scouts of America President Wayne Perry said. Former pack leader Jennifer Tyrell applauded the decision. “This [...]
Oversize Truck Blamed for Wash. Bridge Collapse
An evening commute turns into a nightmare Thursday for drivers along a major West Coast highway that crosses a bridge in Washington state. I-5 runs through Washington, Oregon and California. It runs across the Skagit River in Washington. The bridge there collapsed, plunging at least three people into the river. Investigators say the impact of [...]
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