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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a recent poll, 41 percent of Americans believe Jesus will return by the year 2050, 68 percent of younger Americans believe we will experience another world war during that time and 31 percent believe the earth will be struck by an asteroid.
Psychiatrist to Open "Death with Dignity" House in Oregon
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A psychiatrist in Portland, Oregon is planning to open a “Death with Dignity” house in a suburban neighborhood where the terminally ill can come to kill themselves.
President Grants Family Leave to Same-Sex Couples
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a White House reception for gay activists in honor of gay pride month, President Barack Obama announced that he intends to expand the existing family leave law in order to include the needs of same-sex couples.
Dismantling the Shack
For those of you who have been following the controversy surrounding the orthodoxy of the wildly popular best seller The Shack, World Net Daily has announced the publication of a new book written by a seminary professor and former colleague/neighbor of Shack author William Paul Young who says the book wasn't written to be a creative way of dealing with God but to teach an unorthodox philosophy.
New Book Dismantles “The Shack”
For those of you who have been following the controversy surrounding the orthodoxy of the wildly popular best sellerThe Shack, World Net Daily has announced the publication of a new book written by a seminary professor and former colleague/neighbor of Shack author William Paul Young who says the book wasn’t written to be a creative way of dealing with God but to teach an unorthodox philosophy.
Parents Outraged by Graphic Sex Ed Program
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parents of students at an Iowa high school are expressing outrage over a graphic sex ed program produced by Planned Parenthood that was shown to their children.
Comedy Central Correspondent Calls Mocking Church “Pure Joy”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone wondering why Comedy Central seems to be so anti-Christian need only listen to a strange interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with one of the show’s correspondents who who reveals it was like to be raised by a Wiccan and atheist while attending a “progressive” Catholic school and calls mocking the Church “pure joy.”
Judge Overturns Drilling Ban
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal judge in New Orleans delivered a stunning blow to the Obama Administration yesterday when he overturned the President’s offshore drilling moratorium, saying the government failed to prove that the ban was necessary.
Vatican: Gulf Oil Spill is a Lesson in Humility
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a recent interview on Vatican television, the director of the Vatican Press Office cited the “impotence and slowness” of both BP and the U.S. government to plug the blown oil well in the Gulf, saying the disastrous episode should serve as a lesson in humility to all of us.
Christian Missionaries Arrested at Muslim Festival in Dearborn
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what many are describing as police enforcement of Shari’a law at a Muslim festival last weekend, the Thomas More Law Center has agreed to represent four Christians who were arrested for peacefully proselytizing at the event.