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A high school senior in the Chicago area complained to district officials because religious people were allowed to speak at a school-wide assembly,.. --snip-- Lane Tech's principal, Keith Foley (along with a teacher who attended the event) says God or faith was not mentioned once. --snip-- Soto didn't even attend the assembly, however. He sat it out along with four other students in the principal's office.

It’s a pretty safe bet that Hollywood will never make a movie called "The People vs. Michael Marcavage." When it comes to the subject of the First Amendment, the Hollywood left only takes it up on behalf of pornographers, strippers and other such fascinating victims. Evangelical street preachers are not worthy of such celebration or protection. The film "The People vs. Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love, on the other hand, not only got made, it was showered with praise and awards. It was hailed as a patriotic salute to freedom of speech, and Larry Flynt was heralded...

Pro-family groups based in Washington, DC, and in Illinois say homosexuals are behind a new policy at Target stores that has resulted in banning Salvation Army kettle drive activities on the retail chain's premises nationwide. The familiar Salvation Army bell ringers and their red kettles have been barred from Target stores this Christmas season, and the official reason given by the retailer has to do with its policy prohibiting all nonprofit soliciting at Target locations. However, Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute is suspicious of the company's explanation. While it is true that Target has maintained a long-standing...

N E W S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wed., Sept. 1, 2004 CONTACT: Gary Glenn 989-835-7978 NEW YORK -- A statewide pro-family group supporting a Marriage Protection Amendment to Michigan's state constitution Wednesday wrote President George W. Bush to defend a prominent Detroit-area African-American pastor and a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, also a former Detroit-area minister, after the nation's largest homosexual activist group demanded they not be allowed to speak to the Republican National Convention Thursday night in New York. The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign -- joined by a small black "gay rights"...