Daily Archives: August 22, 2012

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Christian Pakistani girl, 11, remains jailed

Controversy continues to swirl around Pakistan’s blasphemy law after the arrest of a young Christian girl for defiling words from the Quran. Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom calls the law “an irredeemably unjust statute that is routinely used to persecute minorities, crush reformers, and in […]

Staff, strategy changes ahead for TN Baptists

The Tennessee Baptist Convention will eliminate up to 16 full- and part-time staff positions over the next several months, TBC Executive Director/Treasurer Randy C. Davis has announced. The changes “are not driven by the economy,” Davis emphasized, though “we are certainly sensitive to the impact of a down economy.” Rather, […]

Disabilities treaty opposed by homeschool exec

Home School Legal Defense Association chairman Michael Farris is warning that the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — awaiting a vote in the Senate — would undermine the Americans with Disabilities Act by taking away U.S. sovereignty and handing it over to unelected U.N. bureaucrats.