By Mark Sherman, Associated Press. Religion, birth control, and President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul are converging in yet another high-profile dispute at the Supreme Court. The justices on Friday stepped into the fourth legal challenge to the law since Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010. This time, the issue is the arrangement the…
Like you, I’ve heard what the President said at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. But did you hear what he didn’t say? Yes, speaking about the barbaric hideous murderous violence that man perpetrates against man, the President said: “Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history. And lest we get on our…
By Edward Lee Pitts WASHINGTON—For the first time publicly President Barack Obama on Thursday (Feb. 6) named two U.S. citizens imprisoned overseas for their Christian beliefs and called for their release. Obama, speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, said he prays for Kenneth Bae and Saeed Abedini. Bae is a Christian missionary who has…
By Stoyan Zaimov President Barack Obama must increase pressure on the Egyptian interim government to protect Christians who have been violently targeted in the past couple of months, urges a letter sent by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Monday (Sept. 16). “I respectfully urge you to speak out clearly and forcefully…