The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a proposal to prohibit abortions based on a baby’s sex. House members were expected to vote on the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, H.R. 3541, either Wednesday night (May 30) or Thursday. Passage will require a two-thirds majority, because the House will […]
Daily Archives: May 30, 2012
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Supporters of a Maryland referendum that would reverse the state’s gay marriage law have submitted more than twice the number of signatures needed — and have done so a month ahead of schedule. The Maryland Marriage Alliance needed to collect 55,736 valid signatures by June 30 and was required to […]
An archaeological survey led by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary discovered a bilingual inscription the week of May 21 at the ancient site of Tel Gezer, Israel.
GuideStone Funds ranked No. 1 among 223 mutual fund families for the quarter ending March 31, according to fi360’s Fund Family Fiduciary Rankings. This is the first time GuideStone Funds has achieved the top ranking in fi360’s quarterly rankings but follows 2011 when the funds consistently finished in the top […]
Mississippi pastor Eric Hankins will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention by North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley during the SBC’s June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans. Hankins, 40, has been pastor of First Baptist Church in Oxford since 2005. Pressley, as Hankins’ nominator, is […]
The investigation into the 2011 murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian in Pakistan’s cabinet, has come under fire from Bhatti’s family as well as the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, according to a report by Compass Direct News. Lax investigations, a series of freed suspects and lack of coordination across […]
Many in Sweden are trying to rid the society of gender-specific language and actions, even getting rid of toy cars in schools and dumping references to “his” and “her,” says columnist Mary Kassian. Biblically, she says, it’s a horrible idea.