Obama’s ‘common ground’ façade
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--President Barack Obama ran and was elected on the promise of a new tone in Washington -- rejecting the old partisan ways and ushering in a new post-partisan era where "common ground" would be sought among long-warring factions of the body politic.
‘Strong Marriages’ campaign begun in Fla.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)–The man who led the successful effort to amend Florida’s constitution last year to protect traditional marriage says it’s now time for pastors, churches and individual Christians to examine their own marriages, asking “hard questions” about the Sunshine State’s high divorce rate. John Stemberger, president of Florida Family Policy Council, in announcing a […]
Judge overturns Fla. gay adoption ban
MIAMI (BP)–A Florida state judge has declared unconstitutional a 31-year-old Florida law banning homosexuals from adopting children in a ruling that the Attorney General’s office has given notice it will appeal. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled the law violates equal protection rights of homosexuals under Florida’s constitution. In the 53-page ruling, Lederman also found […]
Fla. could learn from Conn.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Floridians, when you cast your ballot on the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment this year, look at Massachusetts, California -- and now Connecticut.
Saudi textbooks, religious freedom and why it matters
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--A Saudi man cut out his daughter's tongue and then burned her to death as punishment for her conversion from Islam to Christianity.
Is the CBF Baptist? Christian?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Jesus wasn't God, and even He didn't consider Himself to be Savior. It would not be surprising in the least to find most non-Christians embracing such views.
Fla. amend. ‘deceptive’ mailer decried
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)—Florida voters who signed petitions to place a proposed constitutional marriage amendment on the November ballot are receiving from opponents a mailing that one leader in the pro-amendment campaign is calling "dishonest and factually incorrect."
Fla. evolution academic freedom bill passes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)–The Florida Senate April 23 adopted by a vote of 21-17 a bill to permit academic freedom for teachers and students addressing evolution in Florida’s public schools. The prospects of the measure remain in doubt after the House sponsor of its academic freedom bill said he will push his significantly different version in […]
Lawmaker faces attacks over evolution bill
TALLHASSEE, Fla. (BP)--Florida state Sen. Ronda Storms has been surprised by the personal attacks of those who oppose her bill to protect academic freedom for public school teachers and students addressing evolution.
Oprah’s ‘Jesus’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--In America's celebrity-driven culture, perhaps the most harmful "Pied Piper" of heresies leading millions astray is Oprah Winfrey.












