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Houston pastor: Sexual immorality now framed as 'civil rights' issue

Beliefs about sex once revolved around broadly held Judeo-Christian concepts of morality, but now sex is increasingly depicted as a civil right, the pastor of Houston\'s First Baptist Church said Feb. 15.In his sermon on Ephesians 5, Greg Matte said politicians and advocates for same-sex marriage ...

Mississippi's lone abortion clinic still stands, for now

Citing conflicting rulings from different panels of judges representing the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the state of Mississippi has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the legality of a state law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals in order to ...

Family Christian Stores files bankruptcy

Nearly 20 years after rumors surfaced that Family Christian Stores was headed toward bankruptcy, the nation\'s largest chain of its type did just that, filing for Chapter 11 this month with a hearing held Feb. 17.

State judges preempt SCOTUS - first Texas gay marriage takes place

State District Judge David Wahlberg granted a marriage license to a lesbian couple who picked up the document Thursday and were married almost immediately by a rabbi the same day, and, Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman granted \"common-law wife\" status to a lesbian Wednesday in a dispute with ...

Houston jury delivers verdict on equal rights ordinance lawsuit

In a verdict Feb. 13, a Houston jury ruled 10-2 in the lawsuit against the city and administrators for their summary dismissal of a petition brought by a coalition of pastors and civic leaders opposed to the city\'s Equal Rights Ordinance. The jury found nearly 2,500 forgeries among the 54,000 ...

Southern Poverty Law Center pulls 'extremist file' on Ben Carson

After experiencing strong public pushback, the Southern Poverty Law Center, has retracted its \"extremist file\" on famed neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a high visible Christian and potential 2016 presidential candidate.The uber-wealthy non-profit, which bills itself as a legal advocacy organization ...

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