There is a battle raging in America over public displays of religion and our religious heritage. We have been covering these skirmishes for some time now on this blog. Crosses on public lands have become the most obvious targets particularly war memorials with religious quotes and themes. Then at Christmas time the battle heats up [...]
From the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader: Popular Lexington T-shirt printer Hands On Originals has triggered a wave of criticism after telling organizers of Lexington’s annual gay pride festival that it would not produce apparel for the event because Hands On is a Christian company. On Monday, the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington, which organizes [...]
(Image by expertinfantry via Flickr) There are around 9,400 atheists and agnostics in the US military according to Department of Defense records. Now some of these ‘non-believers’ are pushing for ‘chaplains’ of their own. Three major problems are standing in the way of atheists becoming military chaplains: 1. The requirement for at least 3 [...]
(Image via Wikipedia) A Federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow freedom of religious expression at national cemeteries. A lawsuit had been filed against a DVA policy that had resulted in restricting prayers and references to ‘God’ and “Jesus” during services at Houston National cemetery. We posted about this [...]
The NY State legislature passed it and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill allowing same-sex marriage in New York on Friday. However, nothing has changed from the Catholic perspective as Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the state’s top Catholic leader in the state called gay marriage: “detrimental to the common good” and a violation of “natural law.” [...]
(Chinese Flag via Wikipedia) More than 230 Chinese Christian leaders were invited to the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Nearly all of them were blocked by Chinese authorities from leaving China. The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization started on Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa without the Chinese delegation. According to reports the [...]
(Image by Getty Images via @daylife) Hugh Hewitt in an article about the ‘Ground Zero’ Mosque concludes that Ground Zero in NY City is ‘sacred space’ to all Americans as an American battleground/memorial where over 3,000 were killed and that designation should trump all other uses including a mosque. Hewitt concludes: Thus the controversy over [...]
