Aug. 19 (CWNews.com) – A federal government investigator has confirmed that a scientist suffered harassment at the Smithsonian Institution because he agreed to publish an essay on Intelligent Design in a scientific journal that he edited. Dr. Richard Sternberg, the editor of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, reported that he was subjected
By Jim Brown August 19, 2005 (AgapePress) – A federal judge has told an Ohio school district it can no longer bar a middle school student from wearing a t-shirt with a Christian message. Judge George Smith has ruled that Sheridan Middle School in Thornville violated the constitutional rights of student James Nixon by prohibiting
Sunday, August 21, 2005 By BILL McKIBBEN ONLY 40 PERCENT of Americans can name more than four of the Ten Commandments, and a scant half can cite any of the four authors of the Gospels. Twelve percent believe Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife. This failure to recall the specifics of our Christian heritage may
Chicago, IL – A federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of an inmate who claimed that Wisconsin prison officials violated his rights under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because they refused to allow him to create a study group for atheists. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prison officials
Researcher Says Many Popular Publications Are Youth-Packaged Porn By Mary Rettig August 22, 2005 (AgapePress) – The director of research for the American Family Association (AFA) says parents have a new battle to wage in their efforts to protect their children. This time the problem is racy teen fiction books like the “Gossip Girl” series
Tupelo, MS – In three separate cases raising fundamental issues as to what makes a family and who qualifies as a parent, the California Supreme Court today ruled in each case that a child may legally have two mothers. In Elisa B. v. Superior Court, the court held that a lesbian who had agreed to
Calif. Lawmaker Agrees With APA By Ed Thomas August 22, 2005 (AgapePress) – The American Psychological Association has recently acknowledged that violence in video games is bad for children’s health, and that exposure to violent game content increases anger and aggressive thoughts and behavior. Those facts are nothing new to one California legislator, who has
By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff August 22nd, 2005 The Hamas terrorist organization has singled out Christian supporters of Israel, putting them on notice that it views their actions as “criminal,” making them enemies of the Palestinian Arabs. In an interview published in the Arabic language newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat last Thursday, Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Gaza-based
1 That ten United States presidents were educated at home? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 2 That Albert Einstein, Amadeus Mozart, and John Stuart Mill were home schooled? 3 That during the 2002-2003 school year, an
August 18, 2005 Fred Hutchison RenewAmerica analyst President Bush said that public schools should expose students to both evolution and intelligent design science and discuss the scientific controversies as the two models clash. The press unleashed a flurry of editorials that claimed that this would involve a comparison of science with religion and a comparison