Indiana's House is now considering a constitutional amendment to protect marriage between one man and one woman.

The measure passed for the fourth time in the Senate with 80 percent of the vote -- and while its fate in the House is not certain, the Indianapolis Star says it is expected to "meet a quick death."
 
"The Senate has passed the Marriage Protection Act in Indiana, I believe, five times, and every time the Indiana House has rejected it, refused to give it a hearing or held it up in committee," laments Micah Clark, executive director at the American Family Association of Indiana.

(I have different thoughts on this issue. When a law is needed to protect marriage between one man and one women the chances are it is too late. Those who don't follow God are not about to submit to his will far as marriage goes. I also wish those who are fighting same sex marriage would focus more on saving marriages between one man and one  lady. Read more on this issue  Indiana marriage bill may get stalled again.)

Commissioners in Forsyth County, North Carolina, are deciding whether to appeal a court decision against conducting prayer at meetings.

Two atheist organizations sued the county because most of the invocations mentioned Jesus, and Judge James A. Beaty, Jr. recently ruled that the county cannot allow sectarian prayers before meetings. That allotted time at commissioners meetings will now be devoted to a moment of silence instead of prayer.  (  Moment of silence replaces prayer)

  Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is handling the case and cites the federal court's ruling. "Any reference to a sectarian deity, specifically a reference to Jesus, in a public invocation is somehow inherently unconstitutional," he reports.

(Why is it so often people who don't believe in God keep fighting him. How can this prayer hurt. America needs a spiritual and moral change. We should all pray God will bring  that. He is our only hope.)

A pro-family leader wonders where the outrage is in the wake of the cold-blooded murder of two Christians who were street-witnessing in Florida.

Tite Sufra, 24, and 23-year-old Stephen Ocean were recently shot to death by a man they had witnessed to in Boynton Beach.
 
According to police, the men met 18-year-old Jeriah Woody and spoke with him for 15 minutes on the public sidewalk. The witnessing encounter was halted when Woody received a phone call and told the preachers he had to go. Police say as the pair walked away, Woody turned and followed them, pulled a gun and shot both men. He has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
 
Dr. Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission wonders why the tragic murder has not received widespread media attention.
 
"Had these been other types of people -- perhaps two Muslim clerics or even two rabbis -- I know we would never hear the end of it," he comments.

(Dr. Cass has a good question. I also wonder if there will be any talk of charging this killer with a hate crime. OH that is right followers of Jesus are not part of a group which the left favors. Read more on this issue  Christians murdered, story overlooked.)

A bestselling author and terrorism expert says it's absolute hypocrisy that a radical Islamic organization has filed a federal civil rights complaint against a Southern California mayor after stating during a recent talk that his city was "growing a Christian community."

Lancaster, California, is a desert bedroom community about 40 miles north of Los Angeles. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice claiming Mayor R. Rex Parris violated the civil rights of non-Christians during his State of the City address. (  Hypocrisy seen in CAIR's complaint)

Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, argues that "CAIR of course is completely inconsistent because it has never said a word about actual Muslim communities in the United States." He also adds that those are "closed communities [where] Islamic law is in force, and the mayor was expressing his personal sentiments as a believing Christian."

(Yes CAIR doesn't care about being fair. We are bending over backwards  to be fair to followers of Islam. They can follow their faith and what they believe but those who follow another faith don't have the same freedom. A person who is a follower of another faith don't have freedom to follow it in a Islam nation. ) 

Liberty Counsel is encouraging young people to take an abstinence pledge before Valentine's Day.

This marks the seventh year Liberty Counsel has spearheaded the Day of Purity, and the observance asking young people to pledge to remain sexually pure until marriage will be marked on Friday.
 
Amber Haskew, national coordinator for the Day of Purity, says with an estimated 24,000 American teenagers contracting a sexually transmitted disease every day, the need for such an initiative is great.

(If young people will  wait until marriage  they will be kept safe far as getting a sexual illness. Those who think young people can't wait much not have much faith in today's youth. We teach young people to wait far as drinking goes why don't we believe the same far sex goes. Good for Liberty Counsel for doing this. Read more of the above story   'Day of Purity' on Friday.)

A late-term abortionist in Florida has temporarily lost his medical license.

The State Medical Board has suspended the license of James Pendergraft for two years and is requiring him to pay $20,000 in administrative costs. In addition, Pendergraft will be under three years' probation when his license is restored and under the direct supervision of a board-certified OB-GYN. 
 
Cheryl Sullinger, spokesperson for Operation Rescue, indicates that in the latest case, the abortionist perforated the uterus of a woman and gave her an overdose of drugs.
 
"The Florida Board said that he had a flagrant disregard for the laws of the state of Florida and a willingness to endanger the lives and health of his pregnant patients," Sullinger reports. "I think that's a pretty strong condemnation of him and his lack of medical skills," she adds.

(This is good news. Anytime a doctor who kills babies is removed from the job all of us who care about women and the babies  should be very thankful and praise the Lord. Read more on this issue Botched abortion = suspended license.)

 A lawyer for 10 U.S. missionaries detained in Haiti says parents of the children they're suspected of kidnapping told a judge they freely handed over their kids.

Aviol Fleurant says the parents' testimony means no law was broken, and "we can't talk any more about trafficking of human beings."

Fleurant said Tuesday he's "confident" the judge will  dismiss the case.

(This group might not had broken the law but there is a right way to do things. I believe this group meant well but instead of taking kids out of Haiti they should have stayed in Haiti and worked with a Christian group who was already in that nation. Those of us who are people of faith at times go some place and try to do something different instead of working with those who are already there. Read more on this issue Lawyer for Haiti missionaries: No laws broken.)

Armani Exchange is being called into question over its controversial advertising.

The poster ad employs three frames -- two men embracing in the first frame, a man and woman in the middle, and two women in the last. Bill Johnson, executive director and board president of the American Decency Association (ADA), feels that no parent should want his or her child exposed to it. (   Valentine's Day ad over the line)

 
"[Do] people really want their young person to be involved in premarital sex and [their] young man kissing another young man and [having] intimacy with a young man, or a woman with a woman or involved in a threesome?" Johnson asks. "I don't think so." The ADA board president believes people should feel indignation over the national chain's ad campaign and believes that Armani Exchange is pushing an agenda practiced by a small minority as much as it is trying to sell merchandise.

( The truth is that young people are having their lives ended because they didn't follow  God's will far as sexual activity goes.)