Recent US News

By Peter J. Smith TACOMA, Washington, July 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family campaigners will once again try to shield the identities of individuals who signed a petition for a referendum (R-71) contesting Washington state’s “everything but marriage” domestic partnership law. The law gives homosexual couples in domestic partnerships all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, except the name, putting the state one step closer to legal same-sex “marriage.”  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Protect Marriage Washington (PMW) intends to file a motion requesting a specific exemption from the state’s public disclosure law, which requires the names and addresses of all petition […]

By Kathleen Gilbert JACKSON, Mississippi, July 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Mississippi school district's decision to capitulate to the demands of a teen who sued for permission to wear a tuxedo and bring her same-sex partner to a high school prom has done great harm to high schools across America, the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) Wednesday morning. The Itawamba County School District agreed this week to pay $35,000 in addition to legal fees to Constance McMillen, who became a darling of the homosexualist movement for suing the school after it cancelled the prom rather than allow her to bring […]

By Kathleen Gilbert Updated 2:30pm EST 7.22.10 PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Unhampered by police, a peaceful pro-life rally devolved into chaos Sunday after an army of homosexualist activists shouted down presenters, screamed insults, and even targeted for harrassment small children of families who had come in support of marriage between a man and a woman.   A group organized by Queer Action Rhode Island began by chanting loudly through bullhorns as they approached the rally, organized by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) as part of the month-long Summer for Marriage Tour 2010, in front of […]

Friday July 16, 2010 Next Obama Takeover, Education? By James Tillman WASHINGTON, July 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some education policy experts and Republicans are expressing concern that the Obama administration is moving education in the United States further beneath Washington’s control – and is doing so behind Congress’ back. The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is a project led by the National Governor’s Association’s Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The website for the CCSSI claims that the nation-wide educational standards they propose are “in no way mandatory.” But according to […]

Wednesday July 14, 2010 CDC Finds Most Teens are Virgins, Contrary to Planned Parenthood: ALL Washington, D.C., July 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study last month showing that most teens are virgins – which American Life League (ALL) has said contradicts propaganda disseminated by sex-education giant Planned Parenthood. “This study has huge significance for our nation’s public and even private schools – many of whom have been regurgitating Planned Parenthood’s dangerously inaccurate sex-education curriculum,” said Judie Brown, president of ALL. In the 2006-2008 period, 58% of never-married teen girls and 57% […]

INDIANAPOLIS, July 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The youth-led pro-life group Live Action released a new undercover video today showing staff at an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic using manipulative and medically inaccurate counseling to convince a young woman to have an abortion. This is the third undercover video Live Action has released showing abusive counseling practices at Planned Parenthood of Indiana.   When the woman, purportedly 10-weeks pregnant, asks the clinician, named “Sarah,” when her baby's heart begins to beat, Sarah replies, “It's around I think the 8th or the 9th week that you can hear the heartbeat.” The heart actually begins […]

By James Tillman July 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A total of 22,357 abortions were reported in Michigan in 2009.  This is a 13.9% decrease since 2008 and a 54.4% decrease since 1987, which saw the greatest recorded number of abortions in Michigan. “We are extremely grateful for the continuing decrease in Michigan abortions despite the hard economic times we've faced in Michigan,” said Right to Life of Michigan President Babara Listing. “The fact that fewer mothers are having abortions in Michigan shows more and more women are coming to the realization that abortion is not the answer for an unplanned […]

By Kathleen Gilbert CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A disabled black pastor was arrested in Charlotte Saturday after giving pro-life witness on public property outside an abortion facility. At 8:30 AM on July 17, Pastor Ronnie Wallace, a pastor and disabled veteran, was arrested by seven police officers on the public right of way in front of the Family Reproductive Health Abortion Clinic on Hebron St, Charlotte N.C. The police reportedly insisted that Wallace was violating an ordinance that forbids blocking the right of way “in consideration of the harm or risk created by the obstruction.” Pastor […]

Friday July 16, 2010 Denver Archdiocese Vindicates Priest Falsely Accused of Sex Abuse By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of Denver has released a statement that highlights the other victims of the sex abuse scandal that has battered the Catholic Church in the United States and other parts of the Western world: innocent priests defamed by false accusations. Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput announced Tuesday that a deceased priest was vindicated of allegations of sexual abuse, said to have occurred decades ago, after a thorough diocesan investigation. Monsignor William Higgins, a priest who served […]

Thursday May 13, 2010 New Documentary on Homosexual Threat to Religious Freedom By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The Family Research Council (FRC) has released a new documentary addressing the threat that a homosexualist non-discrimination law being pushed in America poses to religious liberty and to freedom of speech. The documentary, entitled “ENDA: The End of Religious Freedom in America,” exposes the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which ostensibly intends to prohibit businesses from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation. However, as pro-family leaders warn, the legislation has already been shown to wreak […]