Jessa Duggar Deemed Unacceptable Speaker by Southern Women’s Show Goer
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She’s a young newlywed mother-to-be with a history of being molested, and she wants to share her story with other women. Sounds like the kind of thing the feminist sisterhood and the emotion porn-loving Oprah crowd can agree to get behind. Unless that woman happens to be a white Christian with the name Duggar attached to her.
Back in July it was announced that Jessa Duggar and husband Ben…
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NBC Hypes Poll Showing Liberal Catholics Say Abortion ‘Not a Sin’
Ahead of Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the U.S., Wednesday’s NBC Today touted a new Pew Research Center poll finding that a minority of Catholics do not believe abortion to be a sin. Willie Geist used the Pope adjusting the process of forgiving abortion as a segue: “...the Vatican announced priests may now forgive women who’ve had abortions....The Pope isn't alone when it comes to a bit of a…
Faith-Based Movie ‘War Room’ Tops Box Office Charts
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It seems like Hollywood these days is only capable of pumping out movies with violence, gore, sex, and drugs, or zillion-dollar comic book effects. So how is it that a movie with none of those things managed to come out second in box office ratings? Did we mention the movie centers around prayer? Perhaps prayer really is that powerful.
Filmmaking brothers Stephen and Alex Kendrick have shocked…
On Salon, Anti-Christian Atheist Likens God, Pope to 'The Godfather'
Jeffrey Tayler of The Atlantic offered more of his anti-theist – and especially, anti-Catholic – vitriol in a Sunday item for the left-wing Salon. Tayler likened God to Don Corleone of The Godfather, and then spent most of his column ranting about how Pope Francis is akin to the fictional Mafia boss. The atheist claimed that "Don Corleone could only have dreamed of committing crimes on the scale…
Quartz Misleads Readers Regarding Pope's Prayer for Lesbian Writer
Yet again a liberal media outlet is trying to engender controversy in a completely non-controversial and commonplace gesture by Pope Francis.
Media Mock Student for Challenging Duke Univ. ‘Pornographic’ Novel
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Isn’t it ironic how liberals are the first ones to tell you how “bigoted” and “close-minded” conservatives are, but then they’re the first ones to bash individuals who think for themselves?
The Washington Post should be commended for publishing an articulate op-ed Aug. 25 by freshman Duke University student Brian Grasso, who explained his reasoning for refusing to read one book on his school’s…
Tebow Looking Good to Start Season as an Eagle
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Nice guys may not always finish first. However, after being away from the game for two years and fighting it out with 89 other players at the peak of their profession to try and crack a 53 man roster, sometimes all that matters is being the nice guy that finishes.
According to head coach Chip Kelly, finishing the offseason as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles is a goal very much within reach…
MSNBC.com Trolls with 'Is God Anti-Capitalist?' Headline
The award for trollish headline of the day should go to MSNBC.com.
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Singer Ciara Talks to CBS on Faith, Celibacy with Seahawks' Wilson
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The media doesn’t take kindly to conservatives or Christians in Hollywood. At the best, they’re treated like simpletons or weirdos; at worst, they’re called names or rumors fly about their sexuality.
Pop singer Ciara and her openly Christian boyfriend Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson have been treated to both ends of the media’s gossip about their decision to practice celibacy.
WashPost Mourns: 'Non-Theistic' D.C. Episcopal Dean Calls It Quits
Very liberal “Very Rev.” Gary Hall is stepping down at the end of the year as dean of the Washington National Cathedral, reported Washington Post religion reporter Michelle Boorstein. “Vocal cathedral dean stepping down” was the headline in Wednesday’s paper.
Boorstein began by calling Hall a “fierce progressive” – which made the Episcopal leader a Washington Post and NPR darling. But the paper…
Blogger: ‘Right-Wing Republicans’ Will Heckle Pope Francis
When you think of tough crowds, Philadelphia sports fans or the audience for Amateur Night at the Apollo may come to mind. The Washington Monthly's D.R. Tucker thought of the “right-wing Republicans” he expects will heckle Pope Francis when the pontiff speaks before a joint session of Congress late next month.
“Joe Wilson’s…infamous 2009 'You lie!' outburst will be considered a term of…
Barron’s Highlights Christian Former CEO in Feature Story
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Businessmen often get a bad rep in the news media, but that wasn’t the case in a Barron’s profile of a former CEO who now works to help former prisoners because of his Christian faith.
“Answering God’s Call,” was the cover story of the Barron’s weekly business newspaper on Aug. 3. The paper profiled former Wells Fargo CEO Danny Ludeman, who stepped down from his position of 15 years in order to…
Matthews Whines About Cruz's 'Machine Gun Bacon' Video
MSNBC host Chris Matthews kicked off his roundtable segment on Tuesday's Hardball by denouncing Ted Cruz's amusing "machine gun bacon" video for conservative media outlet IJReview.com. Unfortunately for Matthews, no one else on his panel was as stuck in the mud, agreeing among themselves it was a clever viral video to put out in the midst of a crowded primary campaign.
Milbank: Walker Is a ‘Birther’ for Not Knowing If Obama Is a Christian
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker got in trouble again for not falling prey to the lapdog media’s line of questioning.
For some reason the media is really, really interested see if Scott Walker thinks President Obama is a Christian.This past weekend at a fundraiser, Walker was asked yet again if he could confirm Obama was a Christian, and once again, Walker responded:
“I’ve never asked him about…
