Here is a change of pace culture clash story.
A group of seven Amish farmers in Michigan are refusing to tag their livestock with radio frequency ID devices claiming that the Federal tagging program:
  “constitutes some form of a ‘mark of the Beast’ and/or represents an infringement of their ‘dominion over cattle and [...]

(Video length- 4:45) I found this video on Michelle Malkin’s blog. It shows the San Francisco police department  protecting and escorting a group of Christians out of the Castro District in San Francisco, CA. It’s only 4 minutes and 45 seconds long but it seems to last forever–actually viewing it for a minute is probably [...]

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Now the fun begins! Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejab has been talking about an apocalyptic Shia/Islamic scenario for several years now–predicting that ‘the Hidden Imam‘ would soon return as the end-time Mahdi that establishes Islamic rule over the entire world.
Following the election of Barack Obama, some Shities actually believe that Obama [...]

Map (Orissa -darkened area) via Wikipedia

 
This has been a very bad year for Christians in India, particularly those living in the state of Orissa. Here is a summary of the unbelievable persecution and violence against Christians so far this year:
-In Orissa State, 65 identified people have been killed and 85 are still unaccounted for. Among [...]

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All across the nation today, gay activists are picketing and demonstrating in front of Mormon temples, houses of worship, and LDS owned businesses. Yesterday, ‘white powder’ was mailed and received at a number of LDS temples.
What brought all this on–all this reaction against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
There [...]

Photo: American Humanist Association
 
Washington D.C.: The American Humanist Association announced plans this week to plaster ads over 200 buses bearing its “godless holiday” message:
“Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake”

The atheist group plans to run the ads through December. The move comes one month after the British Humanist Association [...]

Picture of activist ‘Bash Back’ group
Last Sunday (November 9, 2008) service started out the same way it usually does at Mount Hope Church in Lansing Michigan–announcements, worship songs, and prayers for the sick and for the new new President Elect–then all heck broke loose literally. The attack was summarized in one report:
the Michigan [...]

At a news conference on Monday (Nov. 10) in New York, leaders of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors said that their negotiations with the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) had ended rather badly.
The Jewish holocaust survivors have asked the LDS leaders to refrain from posthumous baptism of [...]

Today (November 11, 2008) is Veteran’s Day in America. A day to be thankful for the service and sacrifice of 24.5 million veterans in America.
This is a great day to thank that special veteran that you know–father, brother, sister, uncle, neighbor…etc., and remember those who have passed on.
Thanks to everyone of you who [...]

Sunday Nov. 9 is The International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the persecuted church. Please join hundreds of thousands of Christians all around the world praying for those who are being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
Here are some specific prayer requests from the VOM Persecution Blog:
Please pray: The Lord will give courage to His [...]