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| 11/16/11 | Brooklyn Museum Rejects Bishop’s Call to Pull Ants-on-Crucifix Video from Gay Art Exhibit The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn told officials at the Brooklyn Museum that a video depicting Jesus Christ on a cross with ants crawling over him is “disrespectful” to Christians and requested that it be removed, but Bishop Nicholas DeMarzio is not making public the correspondence between him and the museum. The video, “A Fire in My Belly” by the late gay activist David Wojnarowicz, was pulled from a “gay erotic” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. last year after CNSNews.com reported on it and Catholic groups and some members of Congress complained that the exhibit should be closed and that the video was offensive to Christians. |
| 11/15/11 | Nurses: Lawsuit hasn't halted abortion duties A group of nurses threatened with termination are setting the record straight after the hospital where they are employed denied forcing them to train and participate in abortions. In September, the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey implemented a policy requiring that nurses undergo training that involved assisting in abortions and indicated they could be subject to termination if they did not comply. After being told in October that nurses would be scheduled, 12 nurses filed suit against UMDNJ on religious and ethical grounds. |
| 11/15/11 | Atheists in Military Demanding Their Own Chaplains Atheists and humanists serving in the U.S. military are leading an organized push to have their own chaplains, or something akin to chaplains, and contend they are being left out when their ranks outnumber enlistees of religions that have smaller demographics. While retired Army Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis can see a case for accommodation if the numbers and organization justify it, he believes there could be problems with a humanist chaplain that does not believe in life after death. |
| 11/14/11 | OPINION: Canada Should Not Legalize Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia Although this is about Canada, the piece is filled with excellent information on the dangers of legalizing physician-assisted suicide.♠ |
| 11/14/11 | Judge sides with school, Hispanic students A federal judge has ruled that officials of a California high school didn't violate the First Amendment when they prohibited three students from wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the American flag during a "Cinco de Mayo" celebration. |
| 11/11/11 | Court: NY can choose pro-life tags Pro-lifers in New York are looking forward to being able to purchase "Choose Life" auto license plates, now that a federal court has ordered the state to approve them. The Children First Foundation filed a lawsuit in 2004 after the New York Department of Motor Vehicles rejected its application for a plate design with a crayon drawing of a yellow sun behind the faces of two smiling children. The state claimed a significant segment of the population would consider the design "patently offensive" because it included the words "Choose Life." |
| 11/11/11 | OPINION: No 'Glee' About Virginity In Hollywood, the only truly serious sexual disease is virginity. It's a dire and embarrassing condition, desperately in need of elimination. Teenagers that still have "it" are woefully immature. They might as well consider themselves to be walking the school hallways in diapers. Along comes Fox Entertainment to enlighten us. Get ready. It's sick. |
| 11/11/11 | EEG Detects Awareness in Vegetative State A simple technique using electroencephalography (EEG) may aid in detecting residual cognitive function and conscious awareness in patients otherwise apparently in a vegetative state, a new study suggests. Researchers report that responses on EEG showed signs of residual awareness in 3 of 16, or almost 20%, of patients otherwise meeting clinical definition of a vegetative state. |
| 11/07/11 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Saying Life Begins at Conception Is ‘Extreme and Radical’ Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chair of the Democratic National Committee, said Thursday that for states to enact constitutional amendments that say human life begins at conception is “an extreme and radical step.” “For the vast majority of Americans, including people on both sides of the abortion issue, this is an extreme and radical step,” she said. |
| 11/03/11 | Educator's pro-'gay' advocacy challenged An Illinois-based pro-family group has written a public letter urging a psychology professor at a Christian college in Pennsylvania to publicly apologize for his "pro-homosexual activism." Peter LaBarbera, founder of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, tells OneNewsNow that Grove City College educator Dr. Warren Throckmorton was at one time a respected person in the pro-family movement who said it is possible for homosexuals to leave their lifestyle. |
| 11/03/11 | House Reaffirms 'In God We Trust' As National Motto; 8 Dems, 1 Republican Vote No On a 396-9 vote Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution reaffirming 'In God We Trust' as the official national motto of the United States. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) sponsored the measure to reverse what he called a "disturbing pattern of inaccuracy and omissions regarding the motto." |
| 11/01/11 | OPINION: Hating Tim Tebo I'm not much of a football fan, but I know who Tim Tebow is. He's known to me as the player who, with his mother, made a Super Bowl commercial for Focus on the Family. It's hard to forget because of all the controversy it generated. Women's groups demanded that CBS not use it, claiming that to air an anti-abortion commercial would be divisive. |
| 11/01/11 | Jefferson misquote doesn't go unnoticed According to a Christian apologist, a billboard put up by a California atheist group as an attack against Christianity has no historical basis. |
| 11/01/11 | Cain Says ‘Planned Genocide’ -- CDC: Black Abortions 36.5%, Three Times Rate of Black Population in America Republican presidential contender Herman Cain defended his claim that abortion-provider Planned Parenthood is “planned genocide,” emphasizing that the business disproportionately locates its facilities in black neighborhoods and that its founder wanted to prevent "black babies from being born." That claim, in terms of abortion rates among blacks, seems to be indirectly confirmed by data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
| 10/28/11 | Encouraging schools to defy 'unconstitutional' demands A group that works to defend religious liberty recently advised a Texas school district to ignore demands to cancel a non-religious school assembly because it would have been a "complete violation" of the Constitution to do so simply because the presenters are Christians. |
| 10/28/11 | Girl Scouts Allow 7-Year-Old Boy to Join Because He is ‘Living Life as a Girl’ The Girl Scouts of Colorado are allowing a 7-year-old boy to join a local troop because he is “living life as a girl.” “We make the distinction that if a child is living life as a girl and the family brings the child to us and says my daughter wants to be a Girl Scout, we welcome her,” Rachelle Trujillo, vice president of communications with Girl Scouts of Colorado told CNSNews.com. |
| 10/27/11 | 'Pain capable' legislation making a difference Abortion has become a withering business in Nebraska in the aftermath of the passage of a new pro-life bill. Figures show that abortions in The Cornhusker State have dropped ten percent overall following the October 15, 2010, implementation of L.B. 1103, a bill that recognizes that unborn babies can feel pain at least at 20 weeks gestation and bans abortions after that point. |
| 10/27/11 | Battling (still) for equal access on campus An Oklahoma school district has revoked the license of a Christian club for students and is discouraging the club from promoting itself anywhere else. The Owasso Public Schools revoked the ability of the Kids for Christ club to promote its events. At the same time, other groups and businesses were allowed to distribute flyers, signs, and announcements. Matt Sharp, litigation staff counsel for Alliance Defense Fund, is helping defend the Christian club. |
| 10/26/11 | First 5 up for disciplinary hearings Five abortionists are scheduled to face the Texas Medical Board on Friday to answer to the complaints filed against them by a pro-life Christian activist organization. The allegations against Robert Hanson, Alan Molson, William W. West, Jr., Franz Theard, and Douglas A. Karpen followed a three-month undercover investigation conducted by Operation Rescue and young people from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust. Troy Newman, president of the former, will be allowed to give statements to the board at the hearings. |
| 10/26/11 | California city lifts prayer ban An advocate for religious liberty applauds a decision by one California city to end a policy that prevented religious leaders from invoking the name of Jesus in prayers. Laguna Niguel city council members agreed to alter the city's religious neutrality policy and removed statements that banned all mention of Jesus Christ or other religious figures. They also changed the guidelines for the city's holiday parade. The Orange County Register notes that the parade will now accept entries that display "religious, political and social viewpoints" provided they do not promote a particular agenda. |
| 10/24/11 | Mandatory Sex Ed Details May Be Too Racy for Parents: Report Details about the new sex education curriculum in New York City public schools are out -- and some are concerned the lessons are too racy. The New York Post obtained workbooks that will be used for the new recommended curriculum, which begins in middle schools and high schools around the city next spring. Parents, they say, may be shocked by details of the work. |
| 10/24/11 | Let the hearings begin Planned Parenthood of Kansas goes to court today to face its 107 criminal charges and for officials to determine whether the abortion giant will proceed to trial. At the request of Operation Rescue in 2003, former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline launched an extensive probe of the clinic that resulted in the criminal complaints and the largest criminal case in history to be brought against the abortion giant. Operation Rescue president Troy Newman is hopeful the trial will produce convictions and that Planned Parenthood will lose both its tax-exempt status and its federal funding. |
| 10/24/11 | Target under fire for 'gay' teen promotion Teen Nick is now featuring a show that encourages the nation's youth to embrace alternate lifestyles, so a traditional values group is taking action. MTV's channel "Teen Nick" has begun airing a promotional announcement for The Trevor Helpline, "a free and confidential service that's open for gay and questioning youth. Be proud of who you are." The organization's website has a constant link called "Things to consider when coming out" and is currently promoting "Gay History Month." |
| 10/21/11 | Adult stem cells help kidney transplants Adult stem-cell therapy may allow kidney transplant patients to dispense with anti-rejection drugs. Adult stem-cell therapy using the kidney donor’s stem cells may help kidney transplant patients to get off of anti-rejection drugs. These immuno suppressive drugs make the patient more receptive to infections, making even the common cold potentially dangerous for them. They also may have other side effects of high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer. |
| 10/21/11 | Sharia now the law in Sudan Sudan is officially declaring sharia to be the law of the land -- and that spells trouble for Christians there. The government is introducing an entirely Islamic constitution, which means a very strict form of sharia. President Omar Al-Bashir is quoted as saying the new constitution will reflect the fact that 98 percent of the people are Muslim. "The official religion will be Islam and Islamic law the main source," he stated on October 12. Al-Bashir had voiced similar warnings last December, before the secession of South Sudan. |
| 10/20/11 | Former Mexican President: U.S. Should Legalize All Drugs; 'It's to the Benefit of Everybody' Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said the United States should legalize all drugs, starting with marijuana, because it will have enormous benefits for Mexico, where violence associated with drug trafficking has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths in recent years. At an event held by the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., CNSNews.com asked Fox, “Do you think the U.S. should legalize all drugs?” |
| 10/20/11 | Webcam procedure on its way to Wisconsin? Minnesota abortionists have begun utilizing "telemed" procedures, and the practice is likely making its way to Wisconsin. During a telemed abortion, a physician meets with an abortion prospect from miles away via webcam and pushes a button to provide her with RU-486 to take home for completion of the abortion. But Barbara Lyons of Wisconsin Right to Life reports that the drug is not safe. |
| 10/17/11 | United Nations Women’s Agency Openly Promotes Abortion Call it “the Columbus Day Surprise”: On a day most Americans were celebrating a national holiday, a senior UN official for women’s rights outlined a vision for a Brave New World that incorporates a push for a global “right” to abortion. This institutional UN affirmation of abortion rights — even though such a right has never been agreed upon by UN member states and does not exist in any major international human rights document — came via a presentation made to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on Monday morning at the start of a three-day discussion about the advancement of women. |
| 10/17/11 | Rep. Lankford on Pelosi: ‘Women Who Are Inside the Womb, She Doesn’t Mind If They Die’ In regards to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stating that women will “die on the floor” if the GOP’s bill to cut off funding for abortion through Obamacare passes, Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said it was a “sad comment” and revealed that Pelosi does not care about women in the womb, “she doesn’t mind if they die.” |
| 10/13/11 | Uganda Shows Contraceptives Not the Answer to HIV/AIDS The fatal danger of relentlessly pushing contraceptives on Uganda and other African countries was laid bare recently in an alarming new report showing that the most popular contraceptive in Eastern and Southern Africa may actually double the risk of contracting HIV. After experiencing success in combating HIV/AIDS in Uganda through an anti-contraception initiative, it’s not surprising to hear that contraceptives are part of, and not a solution to, the problem. |