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  • Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM


    Ohaiyo Business MagazineAuthority Authority: 135
    Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
    7 hours ago
  • EU commission demands Britian to abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights in anti-discrimination laws.


    Values Voter NewsAuthority Authority: 148
    Related: In Europe a heated battle is waging between the EU and national sovereignty. European Parliament votes 349 to 218 to condemn Lithuanias law on protecting minors from homosexuality, bisexuality and polygamy. Click here for link to actual debate in the British House of Lords as they recently debated and ...
    9 hours ago
  • Report: ‘Serious violations’ of human rights in Turkey


    AOI ObserverAuthority Authority: 516
    Here’s an introductory clip from Forum 18’s “TURKEY: Religious freedom survey, November 2009″:Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council May 2010 Universal Periodic Review of Turkey, Forum 18 News Service has found that the country continues to see serious violations of international human rights standards on ...
    17 hours ago
  • Lawsuit Challenges Reference to God at US Capitol Visitor Center


    Free Christian PressAuthority Authority: 139
    WASHINGTON, DC /Christian News/ — The nation’s top conservative public interest law firm is once again battling to protect America’s heritage. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 44 members of Congress asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the ...
    19 hours ago
  • Over 150,000 Sign Manhattan Declaration in Less than a Week


    Free Christian PressAuthority Authority: 139
    (LifeSiteNews.com) — The unprecedented pro-life, pro-marriage and pro-religious freedom Manhattan Declaration, unveiled in a press conference last Friday, has already been signed by over 150,000 individuals in less than a week, and the numbers are continuing to rise by the second.The 4,700-word “Manhattan ...
    1 day ago
  • Council of Europe Resolution Will Regulate Right to Conscientious Objection


    The United Families International BlogAuthority Authority: 431
    The Council of Europe is currently debating a new draft resolution that would make a women’s right to abortion legally superior to a doctor or health care provider’s conscientious or religious objection to such procedures. The new resolution, entitled “”Women’s access to lawful medical care: the problem of ...
    1 day ago
  • Crackdown in Kyrgyzstan


    2 Worlds CollideAuthority Authority: 119
    Unregistered religious activity is now outlawed in Kyrgyzstan under the Religion Law which was passed in January.  Muslims, which garner the ethnic majority in the nation, have registered their mosques with ease while Protestant congregations and other religious minorities, which have several hurdles to overcome in ...
    1 day ago
  • Native believers taken hostage, under pressure to recant their faith


    Particular Baptist Kev's Random ThoughtsAuthority Authority: 138
    Sixteen members of Colombia’s Kogui tribe were recently kidnapped in an attempt to force them to recant their Christianity, says Voice of the Martyrs Canada. Currently held in a remote location, these believers won’t be released until they renounce their faith in Christ, reports MNN.Consisting of men, women and ...
    2 days ago
  • Switzerland: Minaret Ban would Breach Religious Freedom


    loonwatch.comAuthority Authority: 422
    The Swiss people will be going to the polls on Sunday to vote on a referendum on whether or not to ban Minarets. Amnesty International has stated that they if a ban on Minarets passes it will be a breach of religious freedom. Amnesty International: Ban would breach religious freedom A ban on the construction of ...
    2 days ago
  • A More Serious Threat to Catholic Identity than Removing Public Crucifixes


    God's Politics BlogAuthority Authority: 649
    In his article “Benedict’s ongoing battle against secularism,” National Catholic Reporter columnist John Allen claims that European secular attacks on Catholicism led to Pope Benedict XVI’s recent controversial decisions to allow the Society of St. Pius X and conservative Anglicans into the Catholic…
    2 days ago
  • Catching a cold in Mecca: Turkmen pilgrims forced to stay home


    neweurasia.netAuthority Authority: 498
    Image by neweurasias Schwartz (CC-usage). Click on it to read the story by the Chronicles of Turkmenistan. This year, more than two million people across the world are heading, as if pulled by a magnet, to one single spot on earth: Mecca.  But no Turkmen will be joining this great human current.  Although ...
    2 days ago
  • Repost – The First Thanksgiving


    RochesterConservative.comAuthority Authority: 424
    Here’s original accounts about the First Thanksgiving and how it became a national holiday, from the Pilgrim Hall Museum website. Please comment and share with us, your family traditions on Thanksgiving and what you are thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to All RochesterConservative.com readers and authors! The ...
    2 days ago
  • Church in Gilbert sign flap may soon have permanent home


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    Arizona Republic : "Religion speech should not be treated as a First Amendment orphan, said Defense Fund attorneyDavid Cortman. Churches should certainly have the same First Amendment rights to speak, and thats the principle of this case."
    3 days ago
  • N.H. high court to hear case of girl ordered out of homeschooling


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    Christian Post : "Courts can settle disputes, but they cannot legitimately order a child into a government-run school on the basis that her religious views need to be mixed with other views. That’s precisely what the lower court admitted it is doing in this case, and that’s where our concern lies, said Alliance ...
    3 days ago
  • Tale of two creation films denied First Amendment rights on Darwin’s anniversary


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    Earned Media : "In a letter dated Nov. 23, 2009, Daniel Blomberg, ADF litigation counsel, informed the USSRC executives that their refusal is in direct violation of Vision Forums First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and he highlighted the fact that the USSRC had shown two pro-evolutionary films, The Magic of Flight ...
    3 days ago
  • Germany: Judge Fines Homeschoolers, No Jail Sentence


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    HLSDA : "Jurgen and Rosemarie Dudek of Archfeld, Germany, were found guilty under the German State of Hessen’s criminal law that requires that all children go to school. Even as Judge Drier recognized that the family was doing a fine job in educating their children, he still imposed a fine of 120 euros on them."
    3 days ago
  • Why he signed the Manhattan Declaration


    AOI ObserverAuthority Authority: 516
    R. Albert Mohler Jr., the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes on his blog that he is not usually “inclined to sign manifestos or petitions.” Because he is not reluctant to speak out on matters of faith and on public square issues, he is not usually “impressed” with public statements ...
    3 days ago
  • Fla. school district agrees to end ban on fliers for children’s event at church


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    ADF filed suit after district refused to allow church to participate in flier program open to other community groups.
    3 days ago
  • Mayflower Compact


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    "Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia, [We] Do by these Presents solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine our selves ...
    3 days ago
  • Lawsuit Challenges Museum’s Cancellation of Pro-Intelligent Design Film


    ADF Alliance AlertAuthority Authority: 532
    Religion Clause Blog : "A press release yesterday from the American Freedom Alliance (AFA) reports on a lawsuit it has filed against the California Science Center (CSC). AFA says its free expression rights were infringed when CSC, a state agency, cancelled a scheduled showing in its IMAX Theater of "We Are Born of ...
    3 days ago

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