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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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Pressure Builds Against Christians in Sudan
SANTA ANA, Calif. – As pressure between Sudan and South Sudan builds, it seems that the church in Khartoum may expect renewed scrutiny and accompanying pressure. The Sudan Tribune reported on Tuesday that the chairman of the Islamic Centre for Preaching and Comparative Studies, Ammar Saleh, slammed his government for not taking decisive [...]
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James Dobson Ministry Accuses IRS of Discrimination
A Colorado-based Christian ministry says it has been the subject of biased treatment from the Internal Revenue Service, CBN News reports. Religious broadcaster James Dobson says it happened when his Family Talk Action Corporation applied for tax-exempt status. According to Family Talk’s Dr. Meg Meeker, the IRS sat on the application and said the [...]
Cleanup Underway After Deadly Texas Twisters
Massive cleanup is underway in Texas after 16 tornadoes ripped through the state Wednesday night, leaving at least six people dead and several still missing, CBN News reports. Entire neighborhoods are still cordoned off as rescue teams and police with cadaver dogs search for survivors in the debris. The devastation is spread across four [...]
More Americans Now See Homosexuality as Orientation From Birth
Currently, 47 percent of Americans view being gay or lesbian as a sexual orientation individuals are born with, while 33 percent instead believe it is due to external factors such as upbringing or environment, according to a new Gallup poll. That 14-percentage-point gap in favor of “nature” over “nurture” is the largest Gallup has [...]
Boy Scouts of America Approaches Vote on Gay Membership
Next Thursday, some 1,400 members of Boy Scouts of America’s national council are expected to vote on the resolution seeking to revise the organization’s membership policy on homosexuality at their annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas. If accepted, the resolution would lift an existing ban on youth who are “open or avowed” homosexuals. A ban on adult leaders, [...]
Blasphemy Charges Becoming New Weapon Against Egyptian Christians
According to a new study, blasphemy and evangelizing accusations are disproportionately used against members of Egypt’s Christian minority — particularly those working in education, Christianity Today reports. A study to be released at the end of this month by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) found that 41 percent of blasphemy cases taken [...]
Lawmakers Press for Answers on Ammo Stockpiling
WASHINGTON — Reports have been surfacing for months that the Department of Homeland Security is stockpiling ammunition. Now that has sparked a congressional investigation. The Government Accountability Office is now pouring over records at the Department of Homeland Security to find out the department purchases, tracks and stores ammunition. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, says his [...]
Captive in Iran: Women Share Horrors of Evin Prison
The story of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his faith, has the world focusing attention on Iran’s treatment of Christians. Now two Iranian women — Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh — are telling their story of persecution. In 2009, Rustampoor had come home from a dentist appointment and was resting on [...]
24abJames Dobson Ministry Accuses IRS of Discrimination
A Colorado-based Christian ministry says it has been the subject of biased treatment from the Internal Revenue Service. Religious broadcaster James Dobson says it happened when his Family Talk Action Corporation applied for tax exempt status. According to Family Talk’s Dr. Meg Meeker, the IRS sat on the application and said the organization was “not [...]
Search Underway after Deadly Texas Twisters
Massive cleanup is underway in Texas after a swarm of 16 tornadoes ripped through the state Wednesday night. At least six people are dead and several are still missing. Entire neighborhoods are still cordoned off as rescue teams and police with cadaver dogs to search for survivors in the debris. The storms battered the region, [...]
IRS Scandal Sparks Concerns about Obamacare
Former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is facing a day of tough questions from lawmakers Friday regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking to get to the bottom of the scandal and why the agency kept quiet about it, despite [...]
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