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-Buffalo: Christian Threatened with Jail for Handing Out Tracts

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

                       (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is another one of those situations lately where Christians involved with street ministry -preaching or handing out tracts have been subjected to threats or arrests by the police in America. The incident happened in Buffalo, New York during the Italian Festival last year. The police threatened to arrest a Christian [...]

-Court: Colorado Day of Prayer is Unconstitutional

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

           Colorado highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) From the Denver Post: The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that governors’ proclamations of a state Day of Prayer violate the Constitution’s provisions for religious liberty. When the state sponsors the particular religious practice of prayer, the three-judge panel found, it sends a message that those who pray [...]

-Mass. School Removes ‘God’ From Lee Greenwood‘s ’God Bless the U.S.A’

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

                     (God Bless the USA -Photo credit: Wikipedia) Stall Brook Elementary School in Bellingham, Mass. planned to use Lee Greenwood’s, “God Bless the U.S.A.” song during a fourth-grade assembly. Only problem, the school administrators planned to drop ‘God’ from the lyrics and use the phrase- “We love the U.S.A.” instead. After parents complained the song [...]

-Franklin Graham Says He Would ‘Break the Law’

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Franklin Graham says that he would ‘break the law’ if the government passed a mandate that would force his ministry to hire employees who did not share his Christian faith and outlook. This came in an interview with NewsMax senior editor David Patten: “What I’m concerned about as a faith-based organization is that I’m going [...]

-A Choice Between Progressive Agenda and Religious Freedom?

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

                                  (Image via CrunchBase) The continuing saga of President Obama verses the Catholic leaders on Contraceptives and abortives is drawing out many to take sides and causing some to say some  things that they have thought for years, spoke about only among friends, but haven’t dared to speak about in public. Last week it was [...]

-Wash. Post Editor: Maybe the Founders Were Wrong to Guarantee Free Exercise of Religion

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Washington Post editor Melinda Henneberger on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews last night made this startling statement ‘defending’ the Catholic Church: “Maybe the Founders were wrong to guarantee free exercise of religion in the First Amendment but that is what they did and I don’t think we have to choose here.” Here’s a transcript of [...]

-NY City Councilman and Others Arrested for Prayer Protest

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

                                                (Image via Wikipedia) A New York City Council member and 6 other church leaders were arrested on Thursday for holding a prayer vigil in front of a government building protesting the new city policy prohibiting churches from meeting in public buildings. City Councilman Fernando Cabrera along with other pastors and church leaders were arrested [...]