CULTURE DIGEST: Ga. school district drops fight for evolution stickers; doctor examines dangers of 'sexual freedom' - 1/3/2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Some thought the Cobb County school board in Georgia had a good chance at securing a significant victory in the struggle to teach the evolution controversy in public schools, but the board gave up the fight Dec. 19 after four years of legal battles.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Congressional investigation finds Smithsonian guilty of discrimination in ID incident; ... - 12/27/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A Congressional investigation has revealed that the Smithsonian’s top officials permitted the demotion and harassment of a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History for allowing an article supporting Intelligent Design to appear in the institution's peer-reviewed scientific journal.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Key part in Pa. ruling on Intelligent Design copied from ACLU; voters want limits on eminent domain; ... - 12/20/2006
| "Judge John Jones copied ... virtually verbatim 90.9 percent of his ... section on whether intelligent design is science from the ACLU ..." | |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A close study of a popular court ruling on the teaching of Intelligent Design in public schools revealed that the judge copied nearly word-for-word a document written by the ACLU and passed it off as his own opinion.
“Judge John Jones copied verbatim or virtually verbatim 90.9 percent of his 6,004-word section on whether intelligent design is science from the ACLU's proposed ‘Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law’ submitted to him nearly a month before his ruling,” John West, vice president for legal affairs at the Seattle-based Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, said Dec. 12 in a news release.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Conservative Jews give in to homosexuals; La. board grants freedom to teach evolution controversy - 12/13/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Displaying indecisiveness amid the growing influence of the homosexual movement, the highest panel of leaders in Conservative Judaism voted Dec. 6 to allow the ordination of homosexual rabbis and the recognition of “gay marriage” in synagogues while simultaneously advising against it.
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CULTURE DIGEST: ‘Rocky Balboa’ takes on Christian
theme; president-elect of Christian Coalition steps down - 12/6/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Believe it or not, Sylvester Stallone says the infamous movie character Rocky was meant to reflect the nature of Jesus, and the sixth film in the series, “Rocky Balboa,” scheduled to hit theaters Dec. 22, carries an intentionally Christian theme.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Conservatives give more than liberals, study says; NBC cuts back on editing ‘VeggieTales’ - 11/29/2006
| "For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society ... they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their [supposed] callousness in the face of social injustice." | | Arthur C. Brooks |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Per capita, Americans give more money to charity in the month of December than most nations give all year long, and Americans who attend a house of worship weekly are 25 percent more likely to give than people who rarely attend, according to a Syracuse University professor.
“For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society,” Arthur C. Brooks writes in his book, “Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,” released in November. “Although they usually give less to charity, they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their [supposed] callousness in the face of social injustice.”
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CULTURE DIGEST: South Korean pastor faces
deportation; Catholic bishops advise on homosexuals; ... - 11/27/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Moon Tak Oh is one of the few pastors in north Texas who leads Sunday services in Korean, and he may be forced to return to South Korea with his wife and three American-born sons if U.S. immigration officials don’t process the necessary paperwork to make him a citizen soon.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Wal-Mart brings back ‘Merry Christmas’; new head of Episcopal Church rejects Jesus as only way to God; ... - 11/15/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Wal-Mart, which recently upset some Christians over its partnerships with homosexual groups, has announced that it will use “Merry Christmas” in its stores again this year.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Reality shows called better for kids than other TV fare; abstinence programs’ new target group; ... - 11/8/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A new study finds that reality shows are among the cleanest options on television for children, considering that many scripted shows contain high levels of sex, violence and profanity these days.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Evangelical feminism a new path to liberalism, book says; tension rises over Muslim veils - 11/1/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Evangelical feminism, a movement that disregards unique leadership roles for men in marriage and in the church, is now one of the greatest threats to the survival of true evangelical Christianity, Wayne Grudem writes in a new book, “Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?”
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CULTURE DIGEST: Rice’s pro-gay comments upset conservatives; ‘gay-friendly’ campuses praised; ... - 10/25/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Conservative Christians are upset over comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a State Department ceremony to install Mark Dybul, an open homosexual, as the nation’s new global AIDS coordinator.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Rosie takes on conservative Hasselbeck
on ‘The View’; Mich. & Ohio reject Intelligent Design; ... - 10/18/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--During her short tenure on the ABC talk show “The View,” Rosie O’Donnell has made several comments that are offensive to conservatives, including her highly publicized assertion that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam.”
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CULTURE DIGEST: Catholic voter guide questioned; Citgo link to Chavez targeted; Ala. sells ‘God Bless America’ plates - 10/11/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A new Catholic activist organization is distributing more than 1 million copies of a voter guide nationwide with the goal of helping Catholics evaluate candidates and their positions. But the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization is warning voters not to take the guide too seriously.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Hollywood paying more attention to faith & family groups; 'Jesus Camp' distorts Christianity; ... - 10/4/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Some Hollywood-based movie producers more frequently are screening their films with faith and family groups and removing offensive material after realizing the conservative, evangelical demographic can deliver a needed boost for box office success, according to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times.
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CULTURE DIGEST: Bush assassination film ‘a new low’; Columbine-simulating video games under fire - 9/27/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Fierce opponents of President Bush have exercised their freedom of speech by comparing him to Hitler and Mussolini and by calling him names such as “evil maniac,” “terrorist” and worse. A head of state even referred to Bush as “the devil” and received applause at the United Nations.
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