Month: August 2005

Intelligent design is sorely misunderstood

Tuesday, August 9, 2005JOHN G. WEST Over the past several months, there has been a growing public debate about the theory of intelligent design, whether it is science, and whether it should be taught in public schools. President Bush’s recent endorsement of teaching about different ideas when studying evolution, including intelligent design, is sure to

Bush Praised for Defending Free Speech on Theory of Life’s Origin

By Jim Brown August 5, 2005 (AgapePress) – President Bush is being praised for stating that public school students should be exposed to different schools of thought on the subject of the origins of life. Earlier this week, the president told reporters that schools should feel free to include alternative theories to Darwinism, such as

Legal backlash after a convicted pedophile discovered working at recent festival

Credibility of SD Pro-Homosexual Group Challenged By Mary Rettig August 5, 2005 (AgapePress) – A San Diego “gay pride” organization is facing some public and potentially legal backlash after a convicted pedophile was discovered working at their recent festival. Last month, AgapePress reported that two pedophiles who are registered as sex offenders under Megan’s Law

Red Cross fires employee over gay pride celebration

San Diego, Aug. 08 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) A Christian employee of the American Red Cross was fired from his job last month after expressing his concerns to senior staff about an e-mail from the diversity office notifying him that June was “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.” Michael Hartman, who had worked at the Red Cross for eight

Christian Groups Protest The Da Vinci Code

Christian Groups Protest The Da Vinci Code; Film Studio Actually Listens Catholic organizations appeal to makers of The Da Vinci Code movie; studio requests suggestions on how to make film less offensive. by Josh Hurst | posted 08/08/05 The most controversial film of the year is a movie that won’t even make it to theaters

WorldNetDaily: The intelligent design bogeyman

David Limbaugh August 5, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern Our secular popular culture is throwing a fit over President Bush’s endorsement of teaching in public schools the controversies surrounding Darwinian theory. Note that the president did not recommend that the teaching of Darwinism be banned in public schools, merely that the theory of intelligent design (ID)

The Right Way to Debate Darwinism

(first of a two-part series) by Michael J. McManus President Bush was asked if he felt the “intelligent design” theory of the origin of the universe should be given equal treatment in public schools with Darwin’s theory of evolution. He replied, “I felt like both sides ought to be properly taught.” Richard Land, president of

Gay Community Protests ‘Love in Action’

By David Brody CWNews July 29, 2005 CBN.com – Can parents change their children’s sexual orientation? One Memphis, Tennessee father says, ‘Yes.’ That’s just what he’s trying to do for his own son. But, that city’s gay community is lining the streets to protest father Joe Stark’s actions, though his son is still a minor.

Trial set for dad who objected to homosexuality in son’s school

…Massachusetts father David Parker is still fighting a criminal trespass charge stemming from his April 27 arrest, which occurred after the Lexington man raised objections to homosexuality and transgenderism being promoted in his son’s kindergarten class and insisted upon parental notification. Parker spent the night of April 27 in jail, having been arrested and charged

Pastor Uses Blog to Expose Web Ad Promoting Pedophilia

By Jim Brown August 3, 2005 (AgapePress) – A support group for “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth” in Virginia is being accused of encouraging illegal sexual interaction between men and boys. Atlanta Pastor DL Foster recently noted on his personal web log that the Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth (ROSMY) had an