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Author: Tina Whittington The photos plastered everywhere in the media from the Hobby Lobby case over the summer were of young women celebrating the decision. It was quite the coup for the pro-life movement, who for decades have been portrayed as groups of older men and women, usually white, and never compassionate. Pro-choicers have shown pro-lifers yelling at women going into abortion clinics, taking pictures of the cars of patients, and engaging in all kinds of other cringe-inducing behavior. So it’s really no wonder that pro-choicers don’t want to engage in discussions with pro-lifers and automatically write them off. But what if the pro-life movement got a makeover? What if they really were portrayed as compassionate – caring about both the woman and her unborn child? Students for Life of America is seeking to change this stereotype. For the past several weeks they have been touring college campuses all across the country with a display called the We Care Tour. It seeks to bring awareness to sexual assault that happens all the time on college campuses and let victims know that there is help and where to get it. And because sexual assault does happen so often, pregnancies inevitably result. Therefore, the tour also addresses how to talk about abortion in cases of rape in a compassionate and non-Todd Akin kind of way. READ THE ENTIRE STORY HERE
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BEIRUT - The Islamic State group released a graphic video on Sunday in which a black-clad militant claimed to have beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, who was captured last year.
The militant was standing over a severed head, but it was not immediately possible to confirm that it was Kassig, 26, who was pictured in the video. U.S. officials said they were working to determine the video's authenticity and the Kassig family said it was awaiting the outcome of the investigation. The video, which was posted on websites used by the group in the past, appeared to be the latest in a series of blood-soaked messages to the U.S. warning of further brutality if it does not abandon its air campaign in Iraq and Syria. "This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen, of your country; Peter who fought against the Muslims in Iraq, while serving as a soldier," the militant says near the end of the nearly 16-minute video. He speaks in an audible British accent despite his voice being distorted to make it more difficult to identify him. The video identifies the militant's location as Dabiq, a small town in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, near the Turkish border. The video also shows what appears to be the mass beheading of several Syrian soldiers captured by the group. The militants warn that U.S. soldiers will meet a similar fate. "We say to you, Obama...you claim to have withdrawn from Iraq four years ago," the militant said. "Here you are: you have not withdrawn. Rather, you hid some of your forces behind your proxies," he said, apparently referring to Western-backed Syrian rebels, Kurdish fighters and the Iraqi military. "Here we are, burying the first American crusader in Dabiq, eagerly waiting for the remainder of your armies to arrive." Source: Christian Concern
A Wellington College student, who is proud to be a virgin at 18 and urges other young people not to rush into a sexual relationship, has received supportive letters and emails from all over the world since publishing his story in The Guardian. Phin Lyman says those who support him have thanked him for his honesty. “I’m certainly not the only one. When I researched my article I found a survey that showed that 27% of young men aged 15 to 24 have never had any form of sexual contact; and that's up from 2002 when the figure was 22%,” says Phin. Read more (Guardian) > Source: The Blaze
Author: Jason Howerton A mother in Union County, North Carolina, told WJZY-TV that her son, a freshman at Porter Ridge High School, brought home a worksheet on Islam containing some questionable answers. She was upset enough over the assignment that she contacted the school and her local news station after reviewing the material. The sentence that bothered the mom the most stated, “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian.” Read some of the other answers from the world history assignment below: Source: The New American Written by Selwyn Duke It’s a shocking revelation. Authorities in the UK ignored a child-trafficking ring — and the beating, terrorizing, and sexual abuse of children. And it was for a very troubling reason: The perpetrators were Muslim. The Associated Press details the abuse: About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in a northern England town, a report concluded Tuesday.... Report author Alexis Jay cited appalling acts of violence between 1997 and 2013 in Rotherham, a town of some 250,000. ... The report described rapes by multiple perpetrators, mainly from Britain's Pakistani community, and how children were trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, abducted, beaten, and intimidated. "There were examples of children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone," Jay said. "Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators." Source: Mad World News Author: SEAN BROWN A group of Satanists, recently arrested for murdering and eating two prostitutes in North Carolina, have a terrifying connection with Islam. According to Shoebat, Pazuzu Algarad had not only a fascination with jihadists and the Muslim faith, but he went to great lengths to show them support, as well as had an extensive knowledge of the Arabic language. Yesterday, we reported that police had released video from inside Algarad’s home, which he shared with his mother and girlfriend. After seeing the same video and noticing an abundance of Arabic writing inside the home, Shoebat started digging deeper into Algarad’s interests and what ties he had to the Muslim faith, and the parallels he discovered are terrifying. Algarad was arrested in October after police found the remains of two people in shallow graves in the backyard of his North Carolina home. As details emerged from the case, we discovered that prior to burning their bodies and burying them, Algarad had eaten portions of their flesh. Source: Black News Mark Ciavarella Jr, a 61-year old former judge in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for literally selling young juveniles for cash. He was convicted of accepting money in exchange for incarcerating thousands of adults and children into a prison facility owned by a developer who was paying him under the table. The kickbacks amounted to more than $1 million. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by him between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles – including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Some of the juveniles he sentenced were as young as 10-years old. Ciavarella was convicted of 12 counts, including racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud and tax evasion. He was also ordered to repay $1.2 million in restitution. His "kids for cash" program has revealed that corruption is indeed within the prison system, mostly driven by the growth in private prisons seeking profits by any means necessary Source: Christian News Net
A video showing a little girl with pigtails screaming at a street preacher to ‘shut up’ as she relentlessly mocked him and his message of redemption through Jesus Christ has gone viral. The video posted on Live Leak, which has been viewed more than 250,000 times, shows a child approaching Austin Coppock, who had been preaching on Salem’s busy Essex Street pedestrian mall during the city’s annual Halloween celebration. Salem, which is also known as “The Witch City” and where police uniforms and patrol cars are even marked with the slogan and an image of a witch on a broom, hosts an annual event attracting tens of thousands of people to the city streets. This year police estimated upwards of nearly 100,000 people visiting the city for the annual celebration. READ MORE HERE Source: PHILIP ROSS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
A deadly illness from abroad has made its way to the U.S. – but it’s not Ebola. Several cases of “kissing bug” disease, known formally as Chagas disease, have recently been identified in Texas, according to researchers gathered Tuesday at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans. The Washington Post reports that health officials found 17 Houston residents who had been infected with Chagas, a disease native to Latin America that is spread to humans through contact with the parasitic triatomine bug, or so-called kissing bug. The tiny insect feeds on human blood by biting people’s faces during the night. It carries a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes the disease. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/chagas-kissing-bug-disease-in-texas-2014-11#ixzz3Icx0eD00 Source: Christian Headlines Author: Carrie Dedrick A restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina offers a surprising deal: if patrons pray before their meal, they receive 15 percent off. Mary’s Gourmet Diner has been giving praying customers a break for four years, but the unpublicized discount is only just now gaining attention. Jordan Smith visited the diner and was surprised to see $6.07 taken off her $40.50 bill. When she posted a photo of the receipt to Facebook, it piqued national interest. “[We] prayed over our meal and the waitress came over at the end of the meal and said, ‘Just so you know, we gave you a 15 percent discount for praying,’ which I’d never seen before,” Smith said. Restaurant owner Mary Haglund said the discount is intended to be a kind gesture for people who take the time to give thanks. “For me, every plate of food is a gift. And I never take that for granted and when I see someone in a restaurant honoring their gratefulness at my table...it touches my heart,” she said. |
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