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Abortion Doctor Murdered Attending Church; Pro-Lifers Fearing Backlash

Abortion Doctor Murdered Attending Church; Pro-Lifers Fearing Backlash

Controversial and late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, was murdered today while attending his church.
Tiller, 67,  who was acquitted in March for breaking an abortion law, was shot by a handgun inside the lobby of his longtime church, Reformation Lutheran Church, just after 10 a.m. (Central Time).
Adam Watkins, 20, told the Associated Press that he was [...]

May 31 2009 | Read More »

San Diego County Says No More Home-Based Bible Study Group

San Diego County Says No More Home-Based Bible Study Group

A local pastor must stop hosting bible studies at his home or face thousands of dollars in fines and court action, says San Diego County.
Pastor David Jones of the South Bay Community Church says the bible study has been conducting a bible study and praying at his house every Tuesday for the past 5 years, [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Google Wave May Change Law Firm Communications

Google Wave May Change Law Firm Communications

Google has just announced a new product that will revolutionize how Internet users collaborate with one another. The yet to be released product, named Google Wave, is “a new model for communication and collaboration on the web.”
Google Wave,  mixes old technologies like e-mail, IM and online documents in a unified, socially-oriented view. Wave users are [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Liberty University Readies to Fight Back Against Group

Liberty University Readies to Fight Back Against Group

Liberty Counsel responds to the Americas United Against Church and States (AU) complaint to IRS and plans to file a complaint itself on Monday.
The AU claims that Liberty did not abide by IRS regulations for a nonprofit organization when it dropped endorsement of the school’s College Democrats club.
In a school press release, Mat Staver, Founder [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Group Attacks Liberty University Over Tax Exempt Status

Group Attacks Liberty University Over Tax Exempt Status

The Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) is challenging Liberty University’s tax-exempt status because the school dropped endorsement of the school’s College Democrats club.
The AU, a hostile liberal group that is known for attacking christian leaders and organizations as well as making unfounded complaints to the IRS, has said the university’s  tax-exempt [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Singapore Christian Couple Found Guilty for Distributing Anti-Islamic Tracts

Singapore Christian Couple Found Guilty for Distributing Anti-Islamic Tracts

SINGAPORE  — A Christian Singaporean man and his wife were found guilty of sedition for distributing Christian literature that cast Islam in a negative light.
Court officials told the Associated Press that the Christian couple, Ong Kian Cheong and his wife Dorothy Chan had been distributing “seditious” publications to two Muslims and sending a second such [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Openly Gay Male Student Voted Prom Queen At LA High School

Openly Gay Male Student Voted Prom Queen At LA High School

LOS ANGELES, Cali. — An openly gay teenage boy has been voted prom queen at his Los Angeles high school.
The Associated Press reports that Sergio Garcia, 18, who admitted he’s “not your typical prom queen candidate,” felt “invincible” when he was crowned queen of the Fairfax High School dance — a school that obviously has [...]

May 28 2009 | Read More »

Lousiana Federal Court Says Town Violated Christian’s Free Speech Rights

Lousiana Federal Court Says Town Violated Christian’s Free Speech Rights

A federal court Wednesday ruled that the city’s use of an ordinance banning “annoying” and “offensive” speech violated the First Amendment rights of a Christian who was threatened with arrest for sharing his beliefs.
The issue occurred in November 2006, when John Todd Netherland was standing approximately 75 to 100 feet away from the entrance of [...]

May 28 2009 | Read More »

Supreme Court Overrules Right To Counsel Precedent

Supreme Court Overrules Right To Counsel Precedent

The U.S. Supreme Court has threw out the landmark mid-1980’s ruling that forbid police from questioning suspects without their attorney present. The 1986 case, Michigan v Jackson, was overturned on Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling in a similar case, Montejo v Louisiana..
The majority 5-to-4 ruling, consisting of Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., [...]

May 28 2009 | Read More »

Prisoner Sues County Over Forced Stay At Religious Institution

Prisoner Sues County Over Forced Stay At Religious Institution

EUGENE, Ore.  —  An Oregon man filed a federal lawsuit claiming his civil rights were violated when allegedly he was required to live at a place with daily religious services following his release from prison.
In July 2005, Jason Dwain Davies, 32 pleaded guilty to identity theft, drug possession and resisting arrest and sentenced to 6 [...]

May 27 2009 | Read More »