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Archives for September 2008

VIDEO AND ANALYSIS – 33 Pastors Defy IRS Ban on Political Endorsement

September 30, 2008 by Michael Peabody

Some analysis by Michael Peabody – These pastors are deliberately challenging the IRS law prohibiting political endorsement from the pulpit. This shadows a story from a few years back when a pastor at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena endorsed Kerry. These pastors, however, have mostly endorsed John McCain as having the divine right of […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Politics

INDIA – 27 Seventh-day Adventists Die in Religious Violence

September 30, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in India have reported at least 27 Adventists dead from anti-Christian brutality that developed in the eastern India region of Orissa in late August. Church leaders said there are still violent outbreaks in the area despite India’s Central Reserve Police forces patrolling the state.

Filed Under: Current Events, International Tagged With: Adventist, hindu, India, Maoist, Orissa, Paka Jesurathnam, Phulwani Advenitst Church, Samuel Naik, Seventh-day Adventist, violence

Controlling Freedom of Conscience

September 28, 2008 by Robert Moon

By Robert Moon, Ph.D. – Historically, most governments required citizens/subjects to have the same religion or belief-system (e.a. Fascism and communism ) as the ruler(s). Exceptions were seldom tolerated. Those who publicly practiced an alternate belief system to the ruler(s) were often intimidated, persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, and martyred. In the discussion that follows paradigms typically used by governments attempting to control freedom of conscience are referred to as: the Gold Rule Paradigm (GRP), the Gatekeeper Paradigm (GP), and the Over Stimulation – Fantasy Paradigm (OS-FP).

Filed Under: Current Events, Top Story

U.S. State Department Releases 2008 Report on International Religious Liberty

September 26, 2008 by Michael Peabody

The US State Department (United States Council on International Religious Freedom – USCIRF) released the 10th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. Read it here.

Filed Under: Current Events, Human Rights, International Tagged With: Catholic, Condoleezza Rice, International Religious Liberty, Islam, John V. Hanford, Jordan, muslim, Report, Seventh-day Adventist, state department, US Department of State

VIDEO ROUNDUP – ECONOMIC CRISIS – “The Sky is Falling, $700 Billion Should Fix It”

September 25, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

he economic landscape of the United States is facing a crisis of epic proportions. We are told that we are facing an economic depression if Congress does not sign a contract that will essentially admit liability for this crisis and that will form a new branch of government with no oversight. Video clips from news sources, analysts, citizens, and an old film.

Filed Under: Current Events, Economics, Top Story Tagged With: bailout, citizen, depression, Education, fed, Howard Beale, Marcy Kaptur, Network, Norman Finch, Paul Krugman, Rachel Maddow, recession, Ron Paul, treasury

VIDEO UPDATE: Troy Anthony Davis Granted Temporary Reprieve

September 24, 2008 by Michael Peabody

Less than 2 hours before Troy was to die by lethal injection, the U.S. Supreme Court , the highest court in the United States, granted a stay of execution. AP Video and updates about Terry Benedict’s film project.

Filed Under: Constitution, Current Events, Human Life, Top Story Tagged With: death penalty, Terry Benedict, Terry L. Benedict, Troy Anthony Davis

SHOCK! Popular UK Magazine Promotes Sterilization for Women in their 20s

September 23, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“By the time I was 18, I knew I was never going to change. I couldn’t imagine letting something take over my body and then my whole life. I couldn’t even look at a baby without feeling uncomfortable.” Chloe, sterilized at age 20

Filed Under: Current Events, Family, Human Life, Top Story Tagged With: contraception, eugenics, hitler, Marie Stopes, Marie Stopes International, nazi, sterilisation, sterlization

ECONOMY: Chinese government paper urges new world order for economy…

September 23, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

BEIJING (Reuters) – Threatened by a “financial tsunami,” the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday.

Filed Under: Current Events, Economics Tagged With: China, Economy, investment, Lehman Brothers, new world order

CANADA: Symposium to be held on Conscientious Objection

September 20, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada is sponsoring a Symposium on Conscientious Objection in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Symposium is planned for November 6 ñ 9, 2008 in Oshawa, Ontario.

Filed Under: History, Military Tagged With: Barry Bussey, canada, conscientious objection, Ginger Hanks Harwood, Jeff Crocombe, Karen Scott, Lincoln Steed, Olaf Clausen, Ronald E. Osborn, Ronald Lawson

THIS WEEK: Christian-Hindu Unrest leads to Violence in India

September 19, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Thousands of Christians staged road blockades in several parts of the city on Sunday, after suspected Bajrang Dal activists carried out a series of attacks on prayer halls in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, alleging conversion…

Police resorted to caning to disperse the protesters, including nuns and women, in the evening near Milagres Hall complex, while a few people threw stones at the police. In the melee, some were hurt and a few vehicles damaged.

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, International, Top Story Tagged With: Bajrang Dal, Believers Church of India, Belthangady taluk, Bethesda Aradanalaya, Chikmagular, christian, Christianity, Dakshina Kannada, DK, Francis Serrao, hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva, India, Indian Pentecostal, J Krishna Palemar, John Dayal, Kanhamal, Karnataka, Kodikal, M Maheshwar Rao, Mahesh Bhat, Mahima Prathanalaya, Mangalore, Milagres, New Life Society, Orissa, Oscar Fernandes, Parivar, Perpetual Adoration Monastery, Puranik, Puttur, Raikia, RSS, Sullia, Tumuliband, Udupi

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

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Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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The terrorists may scream from the roof tops that their crimes are God’s will; but you can’t frame God for what thugs do. This is a kind of criminal anarchy that we are witnessing. Any idiot can murder a human being, but there isn’t a sword sharp enough to destroy truth.

— John Kerry

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