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Washington D.C., May 12, 2011 / 12:39 am (CNA).- The Presbyterian Church USA has voted to remove clergy requirements of marital fidelity or single chastity, thus allowing the ordination of ministers and lay leaders who are openly homosexual or living in unmarried relationships.“This is a lonely day for Presbyterians who believe what the Bible and the Church have consistently taught: that God’s will is that we be faithful in marriage or chaste in singleness. Now we belong to a denomination that is no longer sure it believes that teaching,” said Allan Wisdom, a director of Presbyterian Action at the...

In a prior post, I asked readers to guess the one Catholic ever named to a national Republican ticket. The answer was William Miller, running mate to the great Barry Goldwater in the 1964 race.   Here's another political trivia question with a religious link. Name the contender in this year's race who is technically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.ANSWER: According to the website of the Global Catholic Network the answer seems to be Palin. The site states that "once a person willingly repudiates Christ, embraces a heresy, knowing it to be contrary to divine and Catholic faith, or refuses submission...

In concluding her Jan. 30 column about homosexuality and the Catholic Church ("It's not a mortal sin to work for justice"), Mary Jean Smith writes: "The archbishop and others are wrong on this issue. I am not guilty of mortal sin. It is not a sin to love my daughter and work for justice on her behalf." Here is what Archbishop John Nienstedt actually said: "Those who actively encourage or promote homosexual acts or such activity within a homosexual lifestyle formally cooperate in a grave evil and, if they do so knowingly and willingly, are guilty of mortal sin," he...

What Christians should do regarding illegal immigration has been an ongoing debate for a long time. Recently, Christianity was entered into the debate over immigration bills being worked on in the US Congress by Senator Hillary Clinton. Hillary basically advanced the argument that opposing illegal immigration is "un-Christian" and claimed that such enforcement would be the same as making the Good Samaritan and Jesus criminals. Missing from Hillary's comments were quotes from the Bible. While immigration from Mexico is of course not mentioned, there are issues that illegal immigration bring up that are mentioned in the Bible. 1. Taxes Matthew...

Yes... Just a couple weeks ago I got banned from this website for posting matierial on why holloween is evil and why Christians shouldn't celebrate and I found out that it got banned. People began shouting zot and told me to get out. I posted another article later on about a movement by Pastor Peter J Peters that we should make write in votes for Jesus Christ. I posted fine intelectual articles from a conservative Christian viewpoint All of which I might add were within the criteria made by Jim Robinson's statement. STILL BANNED! What is wrong with you people!?...

Thursday, August 5, 2004 MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Trooper kicks pro-lifer out of state Abortion images on truck barred, detainee called 'Jesus freak' Posted: August 5, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Two pro-life advocates have filed a federal lawsuit claiming one was berated as a "Jesus freak" and "extremist" and the other kicked out of Connecticut by state troopers because of their provocative anti-abortion signs. After five days in Boston to demonstrate at the Democratic convention, Michael Marcavage and Dennis Green were driving a truck with panels that display large photographs of aborted children when they were...

Pass a law that will not allow anyone to be married in Massachusetts until the Constitutional question is resolved. Either that or pass a law to really make the Supreme Court look really bad and allow statutory rape, no age limit, that you can marry your immediate relatives, be a polygomist, or marry your children. This could really f them up

Man's Law or God's Law -- Which Should Take Priority? The Boy Scouts are under fire again for taking a Bible-based stand against homosexuality. This time, it's a group of California judges. Pro-homosexual forces have been applying pressure to many organizations over the last few years to punish the Scouts for not allowing leaders who are homosexuals. In some cases, communities have voted to no longer fund the Scouts or allow them to meet on city-controlled property. Now comes word that San Francisco Superior Court judges adopted a policy in early July that prohibits them from even associating with the...