PNC Financial Services has released its annual Christmas Price Index which shows the current cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas – and the news is not merry. For example, the price for six geese-a-laying jumped a whopping 71.4 percent in 2014 compared to the year before. Three French hens saw the price jump from $165 to $181.50 over the same period. Overall the total price for all 12 gifts – from one partridge in a pear tree to 12 drummers … [Read more...]
Poll: state shouldn’t define marriage
NASHVILLE – About half of Americans are ready for separation of church and state when it comes to weddings. Six in 10 say the government should not define or regulate marriage. And more than a third of Americans—and about a quarter of Protestant pastors—say clergy should get out of the civil marriage business. Those are among the findings of two new studies from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research, said Americans disagree about the … [Read more...]
Legislature appeals KC same-sex marriage case
KANSAS CITY – Leaders of the Missouri General Assembly filed court papers Nov. 26 in Kansas City seeking an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court to defend the marriage amendment in the Missouri Constitution that was approved by more than one million voters in 2004. The motion to intervene by the General Assembly seeks review of a ruling by a Kansas City judge striking down the state constitutional provision. The action became necessary after Attorney General Chris Koster refused to appeal … [Read more...]
Six NC judges quit over same-sex ‘marriage’
RALEIGH, N.C. (LifeSiteNews) – In the wake of a federal court decision legalizing same-sex “marriage” in North Carolina, at least six magistrates in the state have resigned rather than be forced to officiate such unions. These magistrates included four Southern Baptists, as well as one Missionary Baptist and one Wesleyan. All stepped down, since October 10, because they believe marriage is a union between one man and one woman. They are: John Kallam Jr. (Rockingham County), Gilbert … [Read more...]
CLC honors Bott Radio, Hobby Lobby lawyer
OSAGE BEACH – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) honored a media legend and an attorney involved in a landmark religious liberty case during their report to the MBC Annual Meeting here Oct. 28. The CLC voted to present its first Outstanding Service award to Joshua Hawley, a Missouri University Law School professor and an attorney who helped secure a victory in the Hobby Lobby case before the United State Supreme Court. “You see the threats to religious … [Read more...]
Missouri county clerks refuse to issue same-sex ‘marriage’ licenses
A Missouri judge has ruled a state law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples unconstitutional, but most county clerks are refusing to fall in line. In a ruling Wednesday, Judge Rex Burlison ordered Missouri to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying that to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman is a violation of homosexuals’ constitutional rights. "Any same-sex couple that satisfies all the requirements for marriage under Missouri law, other than … [Read more...]
Missouri marriage definition ruled unconstitutional
A St. Louis Circuit Court Judge ruled Nov. 5 that Missouri's definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman is unconstitutional. "The Court finds and declares that any same sex couple that satisfies all the requirements for marriage under Missouri Law, other than being of different sexes, is legally entitled to a marriage license," wrote Judge Rex Burlison. Meanwhile, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has appealed the ruling to the Missouri Supreme Court, but did not … [Read more...]
Five things to remember about Baptists and the gay issue
Every morning, the Wall Street Journal arrives at my office. I read it to capture a relatively balanced view of cultural trends and financial markets in the U.S. and the world. Needless to say, I was shocked that the Journal ran articles about Southern Baptists and Apple Corporation’s Tim Cook on the same page. Interestingly, Cook’s “coming out” announcement was actually verification of old news. Running a story about Southern Baptists above the fold was a shock. The headline read, … [Read more...]
Shocking poll: More Americans oppose same-sex ‘marriage’
A shocking new poll shows that more Americans oppose gay “marriage” than support it. A poll released earlier this month shows that 47 percent of Americans "oppose legalizing same-sex marriage,” while only 44 percent supported redefining marriage. Nine percent of the public was uncertain. FOX News, which conducted the poll, focused its reporting on reactions by the American public to President Obama's handling of Ebola and ISIS. However, buried in the poll was the same-sex “marriage” … [Read more...]
Kagan urged to recuse herself from gay marriage cases
WASHINGTON – Citizen activists are demanding that Justice Elena Kagan recuse herself from any Supreme Court case determining the future of same-sex “marriage” after she officiated a homosexual “wedding” – a call seemingly endorsed by fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Sept. 21, Kagan presided over the ceremony of her former law clerk Mitchell Reich and his partner Patrick Pearsall in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Analysts say that calls into question her ability to give both sides of the case … [Read more...]
Is divorce equivalent to homosexuality?
This week my denomination, through its executive committee, voted to “disfellowship” a congregation in California that has acted to affirm same-sex sexual relationships. This sad but necessary move is hardly surprising, since this network of churches shares a Christian sexual ethic with all orthodox Christians of every denomination for 2,000 years. One of the arguments made by some, though, is that this is hypocritical since so many ministers in our tradition marry people who have been … [Read more...]
Outrageous, arrogant ruling by judge, Koster
Jackson County Circuit Judge J. Dale Youngs, appointed to the court in 2009 by Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon, ruled Oct. 3 that part of Missouri's Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is illegal and the state must recognize same-sex marriages occurring in other states. This arrogant and outrageous ruling comes despite Missouri citizens voting in 2004 by a 71-29 percent margin to amend the state Constitution to say that marriage will be only between a man and a woman. This ruling makes a … [Read more...]
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