Posted on February 27th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Barry Bowen, the editor of Christian Headlines, posts “this editoral(Christian Headlines Editorial: Evangelical leaders uncritically endorsing The Passion of The Christ lose their moral authority)”:http://www.christianheadlines.com/films/2004/02/26.html about evangelicals endorsing the “The Passion of the Christ” without any criticism of the movie at all. bq.. _After watching the *The Passion of The Christ*, I left the theater [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Staggering numbers concerning reported sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. bq.. _WASHINGTON About four percent of Roman Catholic clerics have been charged with sexual abuse since 1950, and nearly 11,000 people have claimed since then that they were abused as minors by priests, according to two unprecedented studies commissioned by America’s bishops._ _The [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
High School Bible club fights for the right to place bible and other Christian books in a hallway display case. bq.. _PORTLAND, Ore. The Hispanic Club, the Chess Club and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance are just some of the clubs that have displays in the hallways of Portland schools._ _But after the Bible [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The House has passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act with 61% of the Representatives approving the bill. bq.. _(CNSNews.com) – In a vote of 254-163, the House Thursday passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, a measure that would allow a defendant to be charged with two federal crimes when an unborn baby is [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
House to vote on Unborn Victims Bill which will determine the legal rights of children in the mother’s womb. bq.. _WASHINGTON Feb. 26 The legal rights of the fetus are at issue in a House vote on legislation that would make it two separate crimes to harm both a pregnant woman and her unborn [...]
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Filed under: Law, Marriage and Family, Society and Culture
Posted on February 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Rosie O’Donnell to marry partner in protest to President Bush’s recent stance against gay marriage, per Lesbian and Gay website, “The Advocate(The Advocate)”:http://www.theadvocate.com. bq.. _Rosie and Kelli O’Donnell will be legally married in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon, a friend of the O’Donnells tells Advocate.com. Rosie O’Donnell reportedly has said that this action is in [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Posted on February 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
US Supreme court sanctioned the state of Washington’s rescinding a student’s scholarship when it was discovered that the student would use the funds to pursue a degree in theology. bq.. _In a departure from its recent trend of allowing religion in state-sponsored settings, the U.S. Supreme Court voted today to allow states to single out [...]
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Filed under: Church and State, Education, Law, Ministries
Posted on February 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Gay Marriage ban may take a considerable amount of time for Congress to deliberate. bq.. _WASHINGTON – President Bush wants quick election-year enactment of a constitutional amendment prohibiting gays from marrying each other, but Republicans in Congress are not rushing to heed his call._ _After Bush’s announcement Tuesday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Human Rights Report: Modern-Day Slavery ‘Alive and Well’ in Fla., New York and Texas bq.. _TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Feb. 25 Modern-day slavery is alive and well in Florida, the head of a human rights center said Tuesday as it released a report on people forced to work as prostitutes, farmworkers and maids across the state._ [...]
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Filed under: Business, Ethics, Law, Society and Culture
Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
*Shrove Tuesday*From “Wikipedia(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page, the free encyclopedia. In the Christian calendar, Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent. In many countries in Europe and America this is the last day of Carnival. In some historically Francophone places it is Mardi Gras, French for “Fat [...]
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Filed under: Education, Ministries, Perspectives, Society and Culture
Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
So, after seeing the movie, what are your reactions to “The Passion of the Christ?” When posting comments, please include the date, time, and location the showing you attended and your comments. For instance, I am seeing it on *2/25/2003 at 11:30 AM* at the *Rave Motion Pictures* in *Little Rock, AR* with my wife, [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Remarks by the President – The Roosevelt Room !http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/images/20040224-2_d022404-250h.jpg! 10:43 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Eight years ago, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. The Act passed [...]
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Filed under: Church and State, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Marriage and Family
Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Not happy with affirmative action? The “Young Conservatives of Texas(Young Conservatives of Texas)”:http://yct.tamu.edu/ have announced a $10,000 Scholarship Fund for the “Overcoming Affirmative Action Essay Contest($10,000 Scholarship Fund for the ‘Overcoming Affirmative Action Essay Contest’)”:http://yct.tamu.edu/downloads/aascholarshipfinal.pdf bq.. _A conservative group at Texas A&M University has established a $10,000 essay contest for students who disagree with affirmative [...]
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Filed under: Education, General, Law
Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Pharmacist Gene Herr’s decision to not fill a rape victim’s morning-after pill prescription raises moral and legal questions. Should pharmacists be allow to follow religious and moral convictions when filling precriptions? bq.. _DENTON — A rape victim, wanting to guard against an unwanted pregnancy, tried to fill a prescription for the so-called morning-after contraceptive pill [...]
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Filed under: Business, Church and State, Ethics, Law, Perspectives, Society and Culture
Posted on February 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
With no warning or explanation, Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones of Houston signed an order against hearing arguments to reconsider Roe v. Wade. bq.. _SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Oral arguments on a motion to reconsider the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 31 years ago have been canceled by a federal appeals court, which [...]
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Filed under: Ethics, History, Law, Marriage and Family
Posted on February 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Is Robinson “blurring the line between the sacred and the profane” by accepting awards from PlanetOut and The Advocate? Conservatives tend to think so: bq. _Episcopal conservative David Virtue says “no honorable, believing Episcopalian can tolerate” Robinson’s “mockery of human sexuality.”_ More from AgapePress: bq.. _(AgapePress) – A conservative Episcopal theologian is denouncing his denomination’s [...]
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Filed under: Homosexuality, Marriage and Family, Ministries, Society and Culture
Posted on February 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A tale of two states and their gay marriage movements. bq.. _When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples this month, many in the gay rights movement nationwide cheered._ _But in Massachusetts, the sudden act of civil disobedience is setting off deep concern among some leading gay advocates, who worry [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Could the same-sex marriage issue be a decisive point for the US Presidential elections? Some political analysts believe Bush’s lack of official action related to gay “marriage”, could “cost him the re-election.” bq.. _President Bush, who has hesitated to support a constitutional amendment against homosexual “marriage,” is tangled in an issue that could cost him [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
In 1980, Former President Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” speech, American citizens were said to have been the blame of the then sagging US Economy and the country’s low morale. This past Saturday, Carter addressed St. Olaf College in a similar tone, but noted that Americans “don’t really care about what happens to [the rest of the [...]
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