Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 19th, 2009
Here is the story from Compass Direct of two Christian sisters, age 14 and 18 who were abducted, repeatedly raped and forced to convert to Islam. Later in court, their father was actually beat up by the kidnappers and their lawyers while they were waiting for the case to come before a judge. The case […]
Filed under: Culture Clash, Freedom of Religion, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Persecution, Religious Persecution, Sharia Law
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
(-Cardinal Bertone via Wikipedia) -LA Times article–Mexico City: The Vatican has suggested excommunication as a possible punishment for the drug gangs whose war with the government has led to the deaths of over 5,000, plus incredible violence, and thousands of kidnappings just in the last year alone. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
(Picture via Wikipedia) Link to original article from OneNewsNow.com. The treaty was originally written by the UN ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ nearly 20 years ago and was signed by President Clinton in 1995. However, it has never been ratified by the Senate for very good reasons. Although the the Clinton administration submitted […]
Filed under: Commentary, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, Families
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
(-Madonna via Wikipedia) Coming from the UK: EXCLUSIVE: Superstar’s fear as Jewish links make her a target over the Gaza war Islam fanatics vow to behead Madonna Ex-Israeli agents guard her 24hrs a day She warns Guy: Beef up kids’ security Madonna has urgently beefed up her family’s security after being targeted by Muslim fanatics […]
Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Commentary, Culture Wars, Islam, Jihad, Judaism, Religious Persecution, Terrorism
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
According to a study by the Elliot Institute, coercion and forced abortion is an increasing problem in America. In an article by OneNewsNow, a number of cases and situations are documented where women were forced into having abortions. Amy Solby, a spokesperson for the Elliot Institute observed: “There’s not any necessarily real hard numbers […]
Filed under: Abortion, Commentary, Culture Wars
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
The City of Houston, Texas is having some success in enforcing city ordinances against adult businesses. In 1997, the city passed an ordinance requiring adult/sex oriented businesses to operate at least 1,500 feet from schools, churches, parks, and daycare centers. Since then they have been about to shut down some of the more notorious sex […]
Filed under: Christian living, Commentary, Culture Clash
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
(Image via Wikipedia) Found this on Jihad Watch— originally from AFP–Palu, Indonesia: Angry Indonesian Muslim students stormed a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Thursday in protest against Israel’s military strikes on the Gaza Strip. About 300 protesters gathered outside the US fast food outlet in Palu, Central Sulawesi, waving Palestinian flags, burning US and Israeli […]
Filed under: Commentary, Israel, Jihad
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
(Larry Flint via Wikipedia) With all the billions of dollars being handed out by the government lately to ailing industries, Larry Flint the ever in-your-face pornographer piped up today and suggested that the ailing porno industry could use a boost: “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are […]
Filed under: Commentary, Culture Wars
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Muslim cleric Salah Sultan appeared on Egypt’s Al-Nas TV last week and called for death and destruction to come to the US because of continuing support of Israel: America, which gave [Israel] everything it needed in these battles, will suffer economic stagnation, ruin, destruction, and crime, which will surpass what is happening in Gaza. […]
Filed under: Commentary, Culture Wars, Freedom of Religion, Islam, Jihad, War on Terror
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
According to a nationwide survey involving a cross-section of Americans, 82 percent think that abortion should be legally limited and only 9% percent held that abortion should be legal for any reason during all phases of pregnancy. The poll was commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in order to better understand the current […]
Filed under: Abortion, Commentary, Culture Clash, Sanctity of Life
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