Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Are beheadings and ‘honor killings’ related to Islam or just plain old domestic violence? There are all sorts of folks that have come out of the woodwork since the ‘beheading in Buffalo’ apologizing for Islam and contending that it is just a form of ‘cultural’ domestic violence and not related to the Muslim religion at [...]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Islam, News Commentary
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
(-India via Wikipedia) Here is a link to a Compass Direct report of numerous incidents where Christians have recently been persecuted by Hindu activists in India. Although the Supreme court of India recently declared that there is ‘freedom of religion’ in India, many of the Indian states have provisions against converting from Hindu religion. In [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Politics & Religion, -Religious Persecution, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, India, News Commentary, Religious Conflict
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
(Image via Wikipedia) The Prop 8 saga continues! Now the state Assembly Judiciary Committee has filed a friend-of-the-court brief this last week asking the California Supreme Court to overturn the Prop 8 vote. They are contending that voters should not have a say at all in the issue–that voters cannot be trusted to make the [...]
Filed under: -Marriage, Culture Clash, Homosexual Marriage, News Commentary, Politics
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
(Run time- 6:54) A great Video commentary by John Whitehead on religion in American public schools–well worth 6 minutes and 54 seconds of your time. Found this on OneNewsNow. John Whitehead, founder of The Rutherford Institute, is quoted in an interview: “God has become THE four-letter word in most public schools in the United States, [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, News Commentary
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
(-Huntington Beach Pier via Wikipedia) A veteran counselor at Orangewood Children’s Home was suspended for six weeks without pay for “exposing” four teens to Christian music. The Home is an emergency shelter in Orange County California for “neglected and sexually, physically or emotionally abused children.” Maureen Loya, a counselor at the home for more than [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, News Commentary
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
(Image via Wikipedia) Am I the only one that thinks that the passage of Prop 8 (California’s Traditional Marriage Amendment) might have had something to do with Sean Penn winning an Oscar? Hardly! For a couple of months now we have heard from movie reviewers nothing but raves and superlatives about Mickey Rourke’s acting performance [...]
Filed under: -Movie Industry, Culture Wars, Gay Activists, Homosexual Marriage, News Commentary
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
d (-Picture by Getty Images via Daylife) Years ago in the ’60′s the Beatles were quoted as saying that they were more popular than Jesus. The statement at the time caused a considerable controversy. The results of a recent Harris Poll was released on Thursday which named President Obama as the person they admire enough [...]
Filed under: News Commentary
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