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ermell Witherspoon and Royce Yeun are the impastors of Common Good Church in Bellevue, WA, one-two punch combination of Christ-hating heretics if there ever was one. Four years ago, Yeun preached a message titled “-Isms: Heterosexism,” which argued Christians need to “shift” their understanding of what the Bible says about queer affirmation. Their church swiftly did that very thing, coming to “fully affirm and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ siblings and believe that everyone— no matter their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status— belongs here and can share in the worship, rites, sacraments, membership, and leadership of this church.” Four months...

Actress Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a director when she was 16 years old, the latest in a series of claims about abuse in the film industry. “This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, and a lot of situations and a lot of industries are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths,” Witherspoon said at an event in Beverley Hills this week. “I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly and I find it really hard to...

In interviews that shouldn’t be all that surprising given the horrible media coverage of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial and the American cultural obsession with celebrities, more people know Reese Witherspoon was arrested recently than know of the infamous abortion practitioner. The Media Research Center went to the Lincoln memorial to survey visitors and tourists about the Gosnell trial. The footage they came away with shows Americans have no idea about the abortion practitioner on trial for killing babies in abortion-infanticides. But when MRC reporter Dan Joseph asked about a famous Hollywood movie star who had been in the news...

Catholics in America have more reasons than ever to worry about the future of the law. The legal practice of the Catholic faith in the United States is already becoming difficult because of funding abortions via our taxes, scuttling our philanthropic organizations rather than supporting same-sex marriage, or paying for the artificial contraception of Catholic institutions' employees. The international scene is no better: Several years ago, the EU tried to deny Europe's Christian roots in its constitution, and two months ago the European Court of Human Rights fined the Italian government for having crucifixes in schoolrooms. From all this...

A lead challenger to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the state Republican primary said during a Monday stop in Spartanburg he’s more in line with South Carolinians when it comes to immigration reform. Buddy Witherspoon Buddy Witherspoon, a Lexington orthodontist and former Republican National Committee member, is seeking to unseat Graham, R-S.C.

The movement to replace Sen. Lindsey Graham with a fiercer opponent of illegal immigration gained strength on Monday when Columbia native Buddy Witherspoon brought his campaign for the Republican nomination to Hilton Head Island. Witherspoon is a dentist and three-time elector in the electoral college and a representative at the Republican National Committee since 1996. He espouses traditionally conservative positions against abortion, gay marriage, gun control and higher taxes. But the key issue of the campaign -- and one that has many in South Carolina looking for a replacement for Graham -- is immigration. Opponents accuse Graham and other senators...

Buddy Witherspoon, a long-time South Carolina committeeman to the Republican National Committee, will be announcing this week that he will challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in the GOP primary, according to a source familiar with his intentions. Witherspoon, an orthodontist, is known as an arch-conservative on social and cultural issues, and plans to run a campaign centered on fighting illegal immigration. But as a first-time candidate, he will face an uphill battle raising his name identification and money against a very well-funded incumbent. Graham has over $4.2 million in his campaign account at the end of the third quarter. Graham...

"He is as high a Son of Liberty, as any man in America."--John Adams on John Witherspoon, 1774 Who is the most unfairly neglected American Founding Father? You might think that none can be unfairly neglected, so many books about that distinguished coterie have been published lately. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington--whom have I left out? It has been a literary festival of Founders these last few years, and a good thing, too. But there is one figure, I believe, who has yet to get his due, and that is John Witherspoon (1723--1794)....

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A paparazzo facing charges involving an incident with actress Reese Witherspoon was found dead this month in a Brentwood apartment, the coroner's office confirmed Thursday. The body of Todd Kevin Wallace, 44, was positively identified but the cause of death was not determined pending results of toxicology tests, said Brenda Shafer, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County coroner. The decomposed body was found on Feb. 5. In December, an arrest warrant was issued for Wallace by Orange County authorities after he failed to show up for a bail hearing on misdemeanor charges that included battery....

The hit movie Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde is darling, as is its star Reese Witherspoon. Any heterosexual male who doesn't have a crush on her, well, isn't a heterosexual male. Unfortunately, the film carries a message that's not only false but, to the extent it gains currency, lethal. It says animal testing is not only immoral but worthless. In the beginning, Witherspoon's ditsy but determined character Elle Woods sets out to find the mother of Bruiser, her cute Chihuahua with a wardrobe that puts Imelda Marcos to shame. But Bruiser's mom turns out to be a test...