Archive for April, 2009
Abortion Law ‘Not the Highest Legislative Priority’ for Obama
President Barack Obama says a bill eliminating state restrictions on abortion will take a back seat to other challenges facing the country. “The Freedom of Choice Act is not the highest legislative priority,” Obama told reporters at a prime time news conference marking his 100th day in office. “I believe that women should have the […]
In: Abortion, Religion and Politics · Tagged with: barack obama, Freedom of Choice Act, God, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, religion
Hate Crimes Bill Heads for Vote Amid Mixed Christian Reactions
WASHINGTON – Conservative Christians and a few like-minded congressmen launched their last effort Tuesday to persuade Americans, especially Christians, that a hate crimes bill is not only unneeded but dangerous. “Let me just say: everybody here believes as I do that every human being in America deserves protection, everyone,” stressed Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) at […]
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: civil rights, congress, gay rights, God, hate crime, politics, religion
My Lord and My God – Insight from a fellow blogger
A fellow biblioblogger caught one of my posts on the Creeds, (Here) and posted a question: Something I should ponder in my own Preaching too, “Am I, diministing Christ in my preaching by preaching even if subtly that he is only Lord and not God?” What do you think?
In: Creeds · Tagged with: faith, God, Jesus Christ, Lord, religion
Promise Keepers welcome women to summer conference
DENVER – The evangelical men’s organization Promise Keepers waived conference admission fees and brought in standup comics trying to recapture its mid-1990s influence. The unprecedented move it’s trying now: opening an event to women. After 20 years of men-only events, Denver-based Promise Keepers is urging men to bring “the women in their lives” to a […]
In: Religious News · Tagged with: God, men, promise keepers, religion, women
How the Antiabortion Movement Sees Obama’s First 100 Days
Family Research Council Action senior VP Tom McClusky, one of Washington’s top antiabortion lobbyists, has tallied a list of setbacks to the antiabortion cause in the first hundred days of the Obama administration. Democrats and progressives will contest some of McClusky’s claims and terminology—he calls the Terri Schiavo case one of “assisted homicide” and refers […]
In: Abortion, Religion and Politics · Tagged with: barack obama, God, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, religion
10 Most Important Obama Faith Moments
100 days are up…. From expanding the White House’s faith-based office to opening his rallies with prayer, Barack Obama has embraced faith in a more visible way than any other president in recent memory. At the same time, Obama’s actions on a variety of fronts, from abortion policy to accepting a speaking invitation at Notre […]
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: barack obama, faith, politics, religion, white house
Study explores reasons people change faiths
A new report released today explores how and why Americans move from one faith to another, from religion to no religion, and sometimes, back again. Most people raised without a religious affiliation now belong to a religion, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Eighty percent of people who grew up Protestant […]
