The race has tightened over the past six weeks and is expected to be close. A Field Poll released Friday found 49 percent of likely voters oppose the ban and 44 percent favor it. In mid-September, the measure was losing by 17 points.
Tight California Prop. 8 race closely watched (AP) Read More »
With a few exceptions, whatever seemed odd or fringe trumped serious discussion about how candidates’ religious beliefs shape their approach to governance.
The loser in this election is religion. (AP) Read More »
A federal appeals court on Friday, October 4, halted the execution of a Georgia inmate convicted in the 1989 killing of a police officer, the third time in 16 months that a stay of execution has been ordered in the case.
UPDATE – Troy Anthony Davis Execution Stayed a Third Time Yesterday (New York Times) Read More »
For Hill’s part, she said polygamists would never have to fear being prosecuted for their religion. She contends that the state’s bigamy statute is unconstitutional in the wake of the 2003 Supreme Court ruling Lawrence v. Texas.
Polygamy central issue in Utah Attorney General race Read More »
World leaders vowed Saturday in Beijing to overhaul the global financial system in the face of recession fears.
Saudi King – World facing covert economic war (SaudiGazette.com.sa) Read More »
Sarah Palin discusses her faith in an interview with the 700 Club.
Sarah Palin’s Interview on Faith (CBN) Read More »
Discusses support of a California Ballot Proposition.
ReligiousLiberty.TV Endorses California Proposition . . . Read More »
The woman, a British citizen, worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking to work around 8 a.m., the police said. Najib Samsoor, a district police chief, originally said the woman was from South Africa, but the British government later said she was British.
Taliban say they killed aid worker for spreading Christianity (AP/Reuters) Read More »
Faith-based groups or individuals are playing a crucial role on
both sides of the battle to make Washington the second state, after
Oregon, to allow physicians to legally prescribe deadly medication —
hardly surprising, since the issue deals with literal matters of life
and death.
Dr. Catherine Kim of Simi Valley, Calif. can’t do it. Her practice as an obstetrician-gynecologist is based on medical science. But her convictions as a born-again Christian sculpt every aspect of her life, from the Bible stories she reads to her kids before bedtime to the prayers she offers people who visit her office.
Disputes over religion and health care land in Calif. courts (ScrippsNews.com) Read More »
