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The Giglio Imbroglio — The Public Inauguration of a New Moral McCarthyism

A new chapter in America’s moral revolution came today as Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction at President Obama’s second inaugural ceremony. In a statement released to the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Giglio said that he withdrew because of the furor that emerged yesterday after a liberal watchdog group revealed that almost twenty years ago he had preached a sermon in which he had stated that homosexuality is a sin and that the “only way out of a homosexual lifestyle … is through the healing power of Jesus.”

In other words, a Christian pastor has been effectively dis-invited from delivering an inaugural prayer because he believes and teaches Christian truth. Keep Reading

The Briefing 01-10-13

Story 1 - Consequences of rejecting authority of Scripture: National Cathedral to hold same-sex marriages Keep Reading

The Briefing 01-09-13

Story 1 - Important influence of pregnancy centers recognized by New York Times

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The Briefing 01-08-13

Story 1 - What Obama’s nominations say about the future of our country

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College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be — A Conversation With Andrew H. Delbanco

College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be — A Conversation With Andrew H. Delbanco Keep Reading

The Briefing 01-07-13

Story 1 - Abortion rights: TIME sounds the siren, but much work remains to be done

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The Briefing 01-07-2013

Story 1 - Abortion rights: TIME sounds the siren, but much work remains to be done

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Losing Ever Since Roe? — TIME Sounds the Siren for Abortion Rights

The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade will bring the nation face to face with the abortion question once again. More accurately, it will serve as an opportunity for activists and supporters on both sides of the abortion controversy in America to consider where the nation stands, four decades after Roe.

Roe was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973. The divided Court handed down a confusing and complex decision, constructed by Justice Harry Blackmun in an effort to put the abortion controversy to rest. The decision was simple enough in its main point — that a woman had a constitutional right to an abortion for any reason or for no reason within the first trimester of her pregnancy. The effect was to legalize abortion on demand nationwide.

Nevertheless, Roe did not put the abortion issue to rest. The decision was constructed out of Justice Blackmun’s own constitutional and obstetric creativity. He invented the notion of three trimesters of pregnancy as a legal concept and then created an unfettered right to abortion within the first trimester. From the onset, abortion advocates have opposed any effort to restrict abortion in the second and third trimesters, or to regulate abortion providers and clinics. Keep Reading

The Briefing 01-04-13

Story 1 - Growing diversity in Congress is a wake-up call to Christians

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The Briefing 01-04-2013

Story 1 - Growing diversity in Congress is a wake-up call to Christians

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