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Archive for the '-Politics & Religion' Category

-New York: A Huge Unexpected Victory for Traditional Marriage

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

The Democratic party in the New York state legislature was trying to ram through a bill on Same-Sex marriage. On Monday 2 Democrat State Senators defected from their party and voted with the Republicans to replace the Democrat leadership thus stopping plans to institute gay marriage in New York.
This is a huge victory [...]

-Connecticut vs. Roman Catholic Church

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

(State Seal via Wikipedia)

The battle between the State of Connecticut and the Roman Catholic Church started in March with the surprise introduction of a bill in the state Senate that would have reorganized the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in the state. 
Bill #1098 would have mandated a change in the internal structure of [...]

*Update: San Diego Bible Study

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

(SD County Seal via Wikipedia)

UPDATE: San Diego County is already backing down and will allow the Bible study in question to continue. However, the county administrator is still framing it as a “land use” issue rather than a regulation of religious expression. We will continue to follow and monitor this situation.
Meanwhile here are some quotes [...]

-San Diego Christians-Time to Rise Up and Be Counted!

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

(Picture of San Diego- by John in LA via Flickr)

Yesterday I posted on the news that San Diego Country code enforcement bureaucrats were demanding that a home Bible study stop meeting unless they get a permit—which the county office obviously has no intention of issuing in the first place. As I noted, this is harassment [...]

-SD County Says Home Bible Study Needs Permit

Friday, May 29th, 2009

 
Pastor David Jones and his wife, Mary, host a weekly Bible study in their home, usually attended by 15 or so folks. A San Diego County code enforcement officer Visited and served the couple with a citation notifying them that they were in violation of county regulations. Stipulating that they must immediately stop "religious assembly" [...]

-India: Christians More Secure After Election Defeat of Hindu Party

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Christians all across India, but particularly in Orissa, are feeling a bit more secure since a radical Hindu nationalist party was defeated in the recent elections. A local centrist party took charge this week in the state of Orissa, taking over the reigns of government from the radical Hindu group which actually encouraged the [...]