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FBI Access to E-mail and Web Records Raises Fears

07.30.2010 · Posted in Social, news

The administration’s proposal to change the Electronic Communications Privacy Act “raises serious privacy and civil liberties concerns,” Leahy said Thursday in a statement. “While the government should have the tools that it needs to keep us safe, American citizens should also have protections against improper intrusions into their private electronic communications and online transactions,” said ...

Cancer Victim Finishes Pregnancy with Chemo Despite Objections of Pro-Abort Groups

07.27.2010 · Posted in Social, morality

the Nicaragua abortion lobby was decidedly less excited by Amalia’s pregnancy; now that the baby has died, abortionist groups are reportedly demanding that an autopsy be done, paradoxically threatening legal action if the chemotherapy given to Amalia is found to have harmed her child. via Cancer Victim Finishes Pregnancy with Chemo Despite Objections of Pro-Abort ...

Abortion Clinic Owner’s Intimidation Efforts Backfire

07.12.2010 · Posted in Social, morality, news, political

Shall we call it poetic justice? The facility’s latest form of harassment, blasting a radio talk show through its outdoor speakers to keep women from hearing the message of pro-life counselors gathered outside, backfired when D.J. Doug McDuff’s scheduled talk show guest cancelled, and he opened the phone lines for comment. Seeing his chance, Rockford ...

Supreme Court Deals Blow to Liberty – HUMAN EVENTS

06.30.2010 · Posted in Social, news

The bottom line is that the government—whether acting through Congress or through a university administration—should not have the power to regulate away our fundamental rights. And those groups courageous to stand against such a power grab are defending liberty, not seeking special status. via Supreme Court Deals Blow to Liberty – HUMAN EVENTS. The bottom ...

Religion Clause: Court Upholds Texas Rejection of Graduate Program In Creation Science

06.22.2010 · Posted in Social, apologetics, creation, news

In Institute for Creation Research Graduate School v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, (WD TX, June 18, 2010), a Texas federal district court upheld the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s refusal to grant the Institute of Creation Research Graduate School a certificate of authority to offer a Master of Science degree with a major in ...

Baptist Press – Miss. opts out of health care abortions – News with a Christian Perspective

06.08.2010 · Posted in Family, Social, morality, news

I’m glad that my home state is #1 in something good. “Mississippi continues to be the safest place to be an unborn child in America today,” Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, said when he signed the bill May 24. “This bill ensures that taxpayer’s; money will not fund abortions if the health insurance exchanges are ...

Louisiana Falling, Rising, Falling

05.29.2010 · Posted in Social, news

Chuck Roger on the American Thinker says, Louisianians will never know for sure, but the paradise may have been defensible had people who wanted to act swiftly been allowed to act swiftly. Unfortunately, government corruption and incompetence run far deeper today than in the Katrina days, when “public servants” brushed aside needed flood prevention improvements ...

Helpful Link

05.15.2010 · Posted in Social, morality

We are in a sex-crazed culture.  God’s good gift to us has been perverted and misused.  This is especially so on the internet. This link is on the sidebar. I thought I would bring it to the attention of my readers so that they could have a resource to use,whether it is for themselves, or ...