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Biden Calls Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban ‘Dangerous’
President Joe Biden has called Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban “dangerous.” On Friday, March 5, the President of the United States, a self-professed devout Catholic, tweeted his opposition to the Sunshine State’s new legislation protecting [...]
Oklahoma House Committee Approves Texas-Style Bill That Bans Nearly All Abortions
Republicans in Oklahoma passed a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit all abortions in the state, except for those done for to save the life of the mother. It relies on private lawsuits to enforce the law, [...]
High Court Takes Case Involving Refusal to Serve Gay Couples
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving Christian beliefs and the rights of LGBT people. The high court said Tuesday it would hear the case of Colorado-based web designer Lorie Smith. [...]
Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Other Groups Declines
Americans’ confidence in groups and institutions has turned downward compared with just a year ago. Trust in scientists and medical scientists, once seemingly buoyed by their central role in addressing the coronavirus outbreak, is now [...]
U.S. Inflation Rate Hits 40 Year High
Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy. The [...]
Appeals Court Rules Tennessee Can Ban Abortions Targeting Down Syndrome Babies
A federal appeals court reinstated late Wednesday a Tennessee law provision banning abortions performed due to race, gender, or a Down syndrome diagnosis. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by Tennessee’s [...]
Ruling Was Infected With Bias, But Hostility Allowed To Live On
A Christian couple in Oregon isn't out of the woods yet in an anti-discrimination case. Ten years ago, Aaron and Melissa Klein – who ran a small bakery in Salem, Oregon – faced discrimination charges when [...]
Two in Five Christians Are Not Engaged in Discipleship
What barriers keep Christians from being part of a discipleship community? For the new book Growing Together: A Three-Part Guide for Following Jesus and Bringing Friends on the Journey, Barna partnered with The Navigators to study [...]
Harvard’s Defense Of ‘Diversity’ Lands Before Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an affirmative action case involving Harvard University, where a group of Asian students are demanding changes to admissions standards after learning the school penalizes them because of [...]
Supreme Court Won’t Speed Challenge to Texas Abortion Limits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to speed up the ongoing court case over the Texas ban on most abortions. Over dissents from the three liberal justices, the court declined to order a federal [...]
Proclamation – Fasting Humiliation and Prayer – 1795, Massachusetts
Samuel Adams (1722-1803); Samuel Adams was a leader in the opposition to the acts by British Parliament which precipitated the American Revolution; he formed Boston’s Committee of Correspondence in 1772; was a member of the [...]
Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Set Sights on State Constitution
As predicted, the Colorado Legislature has passed a bill to permit abortion until birth and to deny any protection or rights for the babies. Giuliana Day of Life Decisions says the lawmakers chose to ignore the 300+ people [...]
Proclamation – Fasting Humiliation and Prayer – 1863
Following is the text of Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation for a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer along with Massachusetts Governor John Andrew's Fasting Proclamation. The proclamation was issued on March 30, 1863 and declared [...]