Archive for February, 2012
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) This is something that could have never have happened in this country 10 years or so ago. First of all, an atheist group last year participated in a Halloween parade in the city of Mechanicsburg wearing costumes representing ‘zombie gods’ and religious leaders including a “Zombie Pope” and a “Zombie Mohammed.” […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Judicial Activism, Muslim Culture, Sharia Law, USA
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
(Afghanistan -Photo credit: The U.S. Army) A top Iranian Commander on Saturday said that the only way the Quran burning in Afghanistan can be resolved is for the US officers responsible to be hanged. Basij Commander Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Reza Naqdi told Iran’s Fars new agency: "The US has committed such an ugly act and […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Blasphemy Laws, Culture & Religion, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture, Quran, Sharia Law, USA
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
The inadvertent burning of Qurans at a NATO Airbase has resulted in at least 30 deaths and 200+ wounded from rioting all across Afghanistan. The favorite slogans of the rioters include: “Death to America” and “Death to infidels” It has become so dangerous for Americans in Afghanistan that those helping the Afghani government have been […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Culture & Religion, Islam and Christianity, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012
(P52 Fragment of John via Wikipedia) According to Dallas Theological Seminary professor Daniel B. Wallace, a number of fragments from an early manuscript of the Gospel of Mark has been discovered that may well date from the first century A.D. (CE). It could actually end up being the earliest NT documents extant. <<Read about it […]
Filed under: Gospel of Mark, The Bible
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) From Citizen Link: Federal District Court Judge Loretta Preska issued a preliminary injunction today in favor of the Bronx Household of Faith church and “similarly situated parties”* allowing them to use New York City public schools on weekends for worship services pending the outcome of the latest constitutional challenge raised by […]
Filed under: Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Lawsuits, Schools, USA
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com): In a decision that could impact the unfolding debate over the HHS mandate, today a federal court in Washington state upheld the First Amendment rights of pharmacists to refuse to distribute potentially abortifacient contraception and abortion-inducing drugs, such as Plan B and Ella, if doing so would violate their […]
Filed under: Abortion, Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Obama Administration, Politics & Religion, President Barack Obama, Pro-Life, Sanctity of Life, USA
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
(Quran -Photo credit: manitoon) Allegations that NATO troops at Bagram airbase had set fire to dozens of copies of the Quran sent thousands of Afghans into a frenzied protest against the foreign troops but particularly against America. The base guards shot rubber bullets into the crowd to control the situation as the mob shouted […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Culture & Religion, Islam, Quran
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) This is a story that just will not go away because President Obama refuses to budge from his stated mandate and so-called compromise on contraceptives and abortives. Meanwhile, over thousands of religious leaders including pastors, evangelical leaders, and every Catholic Bishop in America oppose the mandate and recognize it for what […]
Filed under: Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Obama Administration, Politics & Religion, President Barack Obama, Pro-Life, Progressive Agenda, USA
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) 50 years ago today (February 20, 1962), as the US Friendship 7 spacecraft rose from the launch pad and headed for space, Scott Carpenter at mission control reflected what every American was thinking at the time when he proclaimed: "God speed, John Glenn!" John Glenn became the first American to orbit […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, USA
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
(Emergency Contraception via Wikipedia) I am tired of seeing this referred to as a ‘contraceptives’ mandate when the most objectionable part involves abortives like RU486 the so-called ‘morning after pill’. Meanwhile, I have found this article that lists attorney Generals from 12 different states that are ready to challenge the Obama administration over this […]
Filed under: Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Culture Clash, Freedom of Religion, Media Bias, MSM, Obama Administration, Obama Health Care, Politics & Religion, Progressive Agenda, USA
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