A federal appeals court has upheld a Nevada law that prevents brothels from advertising in areas of the state where prostitution is not legal, such as Las Vegas and Reno, according to a report by The Associated Press. There are about two dozen brothels in the state. The ruling applies to billboards, Newspapers and leaflets. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto hailed the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court reversed a 1979 ruling that laws prohibiting brothel advertising in counties where prostitution is illegal were overly broad and unconstitutional. Family advocates expect an appeal by […]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled March 18 that teacher-led recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools are constitutional. Atheist Michael Newdow has been pushing to have “one nation under God” removed from the pledge. Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said the court was correct in its assessment that the “pledge is not a prayer. It establishes a patriotic allegiance, not a religion, and it confirms that this is a nation founded under God, not under atheism.” In a separate decision on a companion case, the same three-judge panel unanimously rejected Newdow’s […]

Two prominent veterans groups said they are not in favor of President Obama’s plan to put an end to the policy banning openly homosexual men and women from serving in the military. President Obama has made it clear he wants to change the laws so gay people can serve openly in the military. The two groups – Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion – have a combined membership of approximately 15 million. The president has repeatedly said he wants to get rid of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee that […]

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has announced plans to launch a new radio show with his son in March, saying he cannot watch the world continue to fall into a moral decline without offering guidance. Dobson, 73, is severing ties with Focus at the end of February after 33 years of leadership. This decision, he said, was essential for passing along the leadership of the Life to a younger generation. As he announced his new radio venture in a Facebook post in December, Dobson said the 30-minute daily program, to be called “James Dobson on the Family,” […]

Erroll Southers, whom President Obama has nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration, described groups that were a domestic security threat as being “anti-abortion” and “Christian-identity oriented.” The TSA, an element of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the security of the nation’s transportation systems, including commercial air travel. Southers made the remarks in question during a 2008 video interview with the Videojug.com Web site. In the interview, Southers was asked whether there were “groups inside the United States that pose a danger to our security?” “Domestically speaking, in large part, most of the groups we have here […]

The Obama administration recently approved base salaries of $900,000, plus $3.1 million in deferred payments, and another $2 million in bonuses for the CEOs of the failed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. When asked if tax dollars should pay those bonuses, or if they should be cancelled, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), told CNSNews.com that the bonuses were “too high” but “nothing can be done now.” The $6 million compensation packages were approved by the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency and made public on Dec. 24, 2009, Christmas […]

Godbeat Media Group has announced the official launch of Godbeat.tv, a family-friendly environment akin to YouTube. Users can upload and share videos and personal stories. They can create profiles and video blogs and share homemade footage of their band and other artists, their church and youth groups, and so forth. But unlike YouTube and similar video-sharing websites, President Jeff Myers of Godbeat.tv says consumers will not have to worry about content. “Every single video uploaded will be screened by a live person at the time it is uploaded,” says Myers. “We will make sure every video on Godbeat.tv is 100% […]

Not many of us will be able to say in our lifetime that we have survived a plane crash, but Andrew Palau, the 43-year-old son of renowned evangelist Luis Palau, can now add plane crash survival to the list of things that God has brought him through. Andrew, his wife Wendy, and their three children went through this harrowing experience just a few weeks ago while traveling to visit Wendy’s family for Christmas vacation. After catching a red-eye from Portland , OR to Chicago, then hopping on a second flight to Miami, the Palau family was on their third and […]

In the aftermath of 9/11, religions in America took a front-page position, and Anne Graham Lotz felt required to convey the message that the one true God is not interested in religion. “We’ve always known about other religions, but Islam, Judaism and Christianity are three major world religions that are talked about in the News every day now,” Lotz told Baptist Press. “Abraham is considered the patriarch of these religions, but he actually left religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God. He was not a religious man from the time he left Ur on. He instead pursued […]

Religious Influence in DeclineAccording to a 2009 Gallup survey, two-thirds of Americans think religion is losing its influence on U.S. life. 67 percent of Americans think religious influence is waning, while just 27 percent say it is increasing. That perspective demonstrates a continuing downward trend, Gallup said. But the 27 percent figure is still higher than the record low, set in a 1970 poll, when just 14 percent of Americans thought religion was increasing in influence. STDs on the RiseRates of chlamydia are at a record high, and rates of syphilis rose for the seventh consecutive year, according to the […]