Christian Newswire

Humanist Groups out to Ban Christmas and God from the Public Square Again This Year

A number of humanist and atheist groups are beginning their annual campaign to ban Christmas and God from the public square and they will fail as they always do. The American Humanist Association (AHA) has now introduced an advertising effort which has an elitist contempt for Americans believing in God. The lead motto for its campaign this year is "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake."

Child Sexual Exploitation in U.S. and Canada in Global Spotlight

Creating safe havens for trafficked children in the U.S. and increasing legal enforcement against child sex tourism in Canada should be two of the highest priorities for policies in North America to protect children from sexual exploitation, according to a report published jointly by Canadian and U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) this month.

House Church Leader Zhu Baoguo Sentenced to ‘Re-education Through Labor’

ChinaAid learned a house church leader in Henan province, Pastor Zhu Baoguo, was sentenced to one year of "re-education through labor," accused of being an "evil cult" leader. On October 12, 2008 five church leaders were detained during a church gathering of about 20 people at Dushu village, Yuguang town, Neixiang county, Nanyang city, Henan province. Pastor Zhu received 15 days of administrative detention, while the other four leaders were sentenced to five days.

Religious leaders, Protect Marriage Coalition unite against vicious attacks by Prop 8 opponents

Today, leaders representing the broad coalition of Californians who supported Proposition 8 called on leaders of the No on Proposition 8 campaign, in addition to Senator Diane Feinstein and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to denounce the attacks against citizens who supported the constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

NY Times Distorts First Amendment to Secularize Society

Don Feder, editor of the Boycott The New York Times website, called a Times editorial demanding "equal space" for the display of religious symbols part of the paper's "relentless drive to secularize society."

New Christmas Song Honors Female Soldiers

A new Christmas Song to Honor and Encourage our Female Soldiers is being distributed free online at [url=http://www.redwhiteandbluechristmas.com]http://www.redwhiteandbluechristmas.com[/url]. Download free and listen to both the Christmas 2007 and Christmas 2008 versions of "A Christmas Letter From Your Family."

UN Affiliated Atheist Group Launches Ad Campaign Targeting God and Christmas

The national advocacy group In God We Trust today blasted the atheist American Humanist Association for its ad campaign mocking the Christmas holiday and American's who believe in God. The ad campaign asks, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake," and will be placed on Washington, DC city buses.

Pro-Family Election Results Show America Remains a Center-Right Country

Despite what some have suggested, the 2008 general elections were not a repudiation of pro-family values. In key races and constitutional amendments across America, when voters were presented with well defined choices, pro- family values won many clear victories.

Post-Election, NY Times Still Smears McCain, Flunks Economics 101

In response to a New York Times editorial published November 5, Boycott The New York Times editor Don Feder said the paper continues to misrepresent John McCain and display a profound ignorance of basic economics.

Prominent Beijing Rights Defense Lawyers Fired from Law Firm

On October 30, Christian Attorney Li Subin was told he was fired from the Beijing Yitong Law Firm because he and 35 other Beijing lawyers signed an open letter in August calling for direct election of the leaders of the Beijing Lawyers Association [equivalent to Bar Association]. About five to seven other lawyers have also been dismissed or forced to leave their respected law firms for the same reason.

Infants Born Alive During Abortions Left to Die: ‘It Does Happen’

On October 30, 2008, Students for Life of America (SFLA) released undercover video footage recently taken of a nurse at a NJ Planned Parenthood facility in Freehold, NJ describing how an abortion would be performed on a 22 week old unborn child to a pregnant woman. In the footage, the Planned Parenthood nurse describes to the pregnant woman that the abortion procedure would involve inducing labor and delivering the baby, and after the woman asks if the baby can be born alive, the nurse admits that "it does happen, but it wouldn't be able to survive on its own so eventually the baby does die."

Christian Anti-Defamation Commission Challenges Obama Christianity Claims

Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for president of the United States, has repeatedly claimed to be a Christian, but there is more evidence disputing that declaration than affirming it according to Dr. Gary Cass, Chairman and CEO of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission.

89 Catholic Bishops Speak Out: In This Election, Abortion is the Defining Issue

"As Election Day nears, more and more U.S. Catholic bishops - 89, at latest count - are proclaiming that in this election, Catholic voters must make abortion their defining issue," says Sue Cyr, head of the Ad Hoc Committee in Support of Our Bishops. "That means not voting for pro-aborts."

Son of Pastor Bike Zhang in Critical Condition after Severe Beating from PSB Officials

ChinaAid has learned that Zhang Jian, the elder son of Pastor "Bike" Zhang Mingxuan, was severely beaten by Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials while at home with his mother, Xie Fenglan, in Beijing on October 16.

Third Presidential Debate: Flagrant Lies from Obama

During the third presidential debate on the night of October 15, 2008, the topic of Obama's opposition to the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act, a bill to protect infants surviving attempted abortions, was broached.

Pro-Life Reaction to Tonight’s Presidential Debate

Today, the President of the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund commented on tonight's discussion of the abortion issue at the final Presidential Debate:

‘Where did THIS John McCain Come From?’

"Finally!" Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said. "Senator McCain finally realized that he can win only if he nationalizes the election, if he makes it a fight between conservative and liberal ideology. And that's what he did tonight.

Project to Alert The Voting Public Obama’s Not Pro-life Reaches Phase Two

The Wisconsin Right to Life Political Action Committee is continuing its national E- card campaign to expose Senator Barack Obama's extreme positions on abortion and infanticide.

First Graders Taken to San Francisco City Hall For Gay Wedding

In the same week that the No on 8 campaign launched an ad that labeled as "lies" claims that same-sex marriage would be taught in schools to young children, a first grade class took a school-sponsored trip to a gay wedding.

Barrie Hussein: Congenital Liar?

Senator Obama's response to the media finding his stem cell ads to be false, is to air more of them. The Democrat candidate's camp is claiming that Senator McCain opposes "stem cell research". In the latest ad, heard running on WLW radio in Ohio on 10/6, there is no distinction made between adult stem cell, umbilical cord stem cell, and embryonic stem cell research. Obama, in addition to counting on his supporters to not know the difference between the various forms of stem cell research, also relies on them to be unaware that McCain has a position opposite to that which the ads claim.