Newslinks – 02/21/10

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What is Planned Parenthood really doing in Haiti?
International Planned Parenthood has focused on the earthquake in Haiti to raise funds — but for what purpose?

Detained Americans seek distance from adviser
Relatives of a group of jailed U.S. missionaries thought a man who volunteered legal assistance – but who may be wanted for human trafficking in El Salvador – was a good Samaritan, a family member said.

Please don’t send me roses…
Saudi Arabia has launched a nationwide crackdown on stores selling items that are red or otherwise allude to the banned celebration of Valentine’s Day.

Obama’s New OIC Envoy Defended Activist Who Aided Terrorist Group
(CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s newly appointed envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference was quoted in 2004 as saying an American who aided a Palestinian terrorist group was the victim of “politically motivated persecutions.” Rashad Hussain was quoted as telling a Muslim students’ event in Chicago that if U.S. Muslims did not speak out against the injustices taking place in America, then everyone’s rights would be in jeopardy.

Concerns About U.S. Passenger Send Jumbo Jet Back to U.K.
(CNSNews.com) – Concerns about an American passenger prompted U.S. officials to bar a British Airways flight from U.S. airspace on Friday. The plane was heading from London to Mexico City when it was forced to turn around.

Americans Most Satisfied in Cold Northern States, Least Satisfied in Nevada
(CNSNews.com) – Americans are most satisfied with their standard of living in cold northern states—including North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Alaska — and least satisfied in Nevada, which is represented in the Senate by Majority Leader Harry Reid, according to a new Gallup poll.

NARAL Dedicates Annual Report to Late-Term Abortionist; Gives the Nation a ‘D’ Grade for Reproductive Rights
(CNSNews.com) – In a new status report on women’s reproductive rights, a pro-abortion group gives the nation a cumulative grade of “D,” based on state and federal legislation it sees as “pro-choice” or “anti-choice.” NARAL Pro-Choice America dedicated its 2009 report to the late George Tiller, the abortionist who was shot and killed last year by a man with a history of mental problems.

Construction Industry Opposes Obama Pro-Union Order
(CNSNews.com) – A federal commission has not yet enacted a year-old executive order that President Barack Obama thinks will avoid labor unrest. Critics, including the construction industry, say the executive order discriminates against non-union companies and non-union workers in federal contracting.

Amid Turmoil at Home, Iran Eyes Seat on Top U.N. Human Rights Body
(CNSNews.com) – As Iran’s continuing crackdown on opposition supporters roils the country and makes headlines around the world, the Islamic republic is seeking support for a fresh bid to join the U.N. Human Rights Council. In May, Iran will be one of five contenders for four available Asia seats.

Speak the truth, defend your rights
Michigan pro-family advocate Gary Glenn is honored to be on the front lines in fighting for First Amendment rights to speak out against homosexuality.

Pollster: Palin has ‘mountain to climb’
A Republican consultant and pollster says a new survey showing Sarah Palin has a low favorability rating is not a “kiss of death” for her White House ambitions.

Perspective: Social Security reform cooking again
Barack Obama has an opportunity to truly make history by restoring an American retirement system based on ownership rather than socialism.

University student gets probabtion for evangelist assault
A Middle Tennessee State University student has entered a plea agreement on a charge that she assaulted an evangelist on campus last year.

Heckling of Israeli ambassador ‘shameful’
An Arab-American and terrorism expert says it’s absolutely shameful that the University of California-Irvine allowed a group of Muslim students to heckle the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. during a recent address on campus.

Churches Spotlight Safe Water During Lent
Several church bodies are tying a worldwide campaign for safe water to this year’s Lenten season.

Legal Counsel for Americans in Haiti Suspected of Trafficking

Progressive Institute Calls for More Talk on Sexuality from Pulpit

Billboards Claim Abortion Industry Targets Blacks

Gayle Haggard’s Book Makes NY Times Bestseller List

Christian Music Stars Unite for Haiti; Release ‘Come Together Now’

States gain support in ‘personhood’ battle
Signatures are being submitted to let voters decide on a Personhood amendment in Mississippi, and Colorado residents may once again have the chance to determine when a person is legally a person.

Obama appoints Muslim envoy
An Islamic critic and terrorism expert says President Barack Obama should not have named a special envoy to an Islamic organization that is an absolute enemy of the United States.

Netanyahu: Ezekiel 37 fulfilled
The leader of a Messianic Jewish ministry is pleased that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently proclaimed the fulfillment of the prophecy in Ezekiel, Chapter 37.

Global-warming arguments contested yet again
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change faces more challenges to its claim that human pollution is causing global temperatures to rise.

Creation News: Bird-from-dinosaur theory
Read the latest from Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum examining news from the biblical viewpoint.

Nation’s Top Conservatives Will Sign Philosophical Declaration of War against Big Government
(CNSNews.com) – The nation’s top conservative leaders will gather Wednesday in Alexandria, Va.—at a property that once was the site of George Washington’s River Farm—to sign a document organizers are calling the Mount Vernon Statement. It is designed to signal that a united and resurgent conservative movement is declaring philosophical war against the big government and moral relativism advanced by the nation’s liberal cultural, academic and political establishments. The statement emphatically rejects the type of “change” pushed by political leaders who ignore the Constitution’s limits on government power.

Taxpayers Paid Federal Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Not to Work Last Week
(CNSNews.com) – When the federal government closed for four days and two hours last week because of snow and ice in the Washington area, U.S. taxpayers still had to shell out an estimated $425 million to $670 million in wages and benefits to those workers. The federal government was officially shut down on Feb. 8, 9, 10, and 11 and opened for business two hours late on Feb. 12.

Islamic and Leftist Allies Defend Iran’s Human Rights Record at U.N. Gathering
(CNSNews.com) – As the U.N. Human Rights Council scrutinized Iran’s domestic rights record on Monday, Western nations raised concerns about abuses including executions, torture and mass arrests, while Tehran’s Islamic and leftist allies lined up to defend and praise the regime. The events once again highlighted the deep divisions in the Geneva-based U.N. body, which the Obama administration joined last year.

Hillary Clinton Views Previous Iranian Governments as ‘Democratically Elected’
(CNSNews.com) – Expanding her views on Iran “becoming a military dictatorship,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was increasingly filling the space once held by Iran’s clerical and political leaders. Speaking in Saudi Arabia Monday, she suggested that the situation in Iran today has changed from an earlier one in which Iran had “democratically elected governments…which had the support of the Iranian people.”

Sen. Graham Wants Military Commanders’ Input On Whether Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Will Hurt Recruitment
(CNSNews.com) – While the Obama administration is pushing to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding homosexuals in the military, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNSNews.com that he wants to hear from military commanders, not from politicians. He said he will not make a “political decision” to “reward a political movement.”

MSNBC’s Maddow Regrets Misquoting Senator Inhofe But Then Misquotes Him Again, Says Inhofe’s Office
(CNSNews.com) – MSNBC news host Rachel Maddow corrected the record for misquoting Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on her Feb. 9 broadcast — when she incorrectly claimed that the senator had praised federal economic stimulus spending. But she apparently has misquoted the senator again and, as Inhofe’s office told CNSNews.com, “We appreciate that Rachel is a proud liberal defending the massive government spending bills now flowing out of Washington, but hope she will consider making another correction.”

Kenneth Starr Named Baylor University President
The world’s largest Baptist university has named Kenneth Winston Starr, who is most well-known for his work as special prosecutor in the Clinton scandals, as its next president.

4 Christians Shot, 1 Kidnapped Since Start of Iraqi Campaign Season

Activists Call for N. Korea Freedom on Kim Jong-il’s Birthday

Millions to Mark Lent, Countdown to Easter

Report: Recession Keeping Marriages Intact, For Now

Megachurch to Kick Off Event Amid ‘Scathing’ Allegations

White House Marks Anniversary of Stimulus Despite Lack of Public Confidence
(CNSNews.com) – Though unemployment is at 9.7 percent, and just six percent of Americans think the government has created jobs, President Barack Obama will hold a White House reception on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic stimulus bill…

Obama’s Budget Deficit Could be Trillions of Dollars Higher Than CBO’s Outlook, Budget Watchdog Group Says
(CNSNews.com) – Republicans railed against the Obama administration last month when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicted a $6 trillion dollar deficit over the next decade. But an analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a taxpayer watchdog group, of President Obama’s proposed budget baseline for fiscal year 2011 points out it actually could spur more like $8.5 trillion in deficits…

New Initiative to Attract Latinos to Conservative Movement Mirrors Liberals’ Policy, Critic Charges(CNSNews.com) – The American Principles Project (APP) has launched an initiative designed to bring Latinos into the conservative movement by “supporting policies that are welcoming to immigrants,” but critics said one of the policies – the pathway to citizenship plan – is identical to the open border stance of President Barack Obama and other liberals…

Obama’s Faith-Based Adviser Harry Knox Bashed Pope and Catholic Church For Many Years, Records Show
(CNSNews.com) – Harry Knox, who serves on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and who has said the Pope is “hurting people in the name of Jesus,” has a record of making anti-Catholic statements…

Publication Denies Cover-Up on OIC Envoy, Implies Anti-Muslim Bias Lies Behind Story
(CNSNews.com) – A Washington-based publication said Tuesday that it incorrectly quoted President Barack Obama’s newly appointed envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference as saying in 2004 that an American who aided a Palestinian terrorist group was the victim of “politically motivated persecutions.”…

Dubai Government Issues Warrants for Mystery Killers of Hamas Terrorist
(CNSNews.com) – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday they were issuing international arrest warrants for 11 people – traveling on British, Irish, French and German passports – suspected of assassinating a top Hamas terrorist in a Dubai hotel room last month…

‘Mount Vernon Statement’ to unite conservatives
Leaders from different branches of the conservative movement are planning to release a document today in Washington that one longtime activist hopes will “codify what it means to be a small-government, principled conservative.”

Iowa faith leaders back same-gender ‘marriage’
More than 160 faith leaders in Iowa have voiced their support for same-sex “marriage” and are criticizing opponents who cite the Bible in raising objections.

Census fraud example of gov’t ineptitude
The Heritage Foundation’s Brian Darling says the findings of a new audit of the U.S. Census Bureau illustrate why the government cannot be trusted to stimulate the economy.

Ken Ham calls for ‘new Reformation’
The founder of the Creation Museum says American Christians are losing the culture war because many of them now believe what he calls the “pagan religion” of evolution.

Feature: Resurgence – Islam and the West
Christianity and Islam — the world’s two largest religions are quite similar in important ways, not the least of which is a core belief that its tenets are to be spread throughout the world.

Catholic Father, Jewish Mother Battle Over Daughter’s Faith
There’s a strong possibility a Chicago man could be jailed for defying a court order that temporarily barred him from taking his daughter to church.

Haitian Judge Frees 8 Americans; 2 Remain in Jail

Survey: Millennials Attend Religious Services Less Often than Older Adults

Mission Strategist: Camel Method ‘Very Useful’ for Muslim Outreach

Family of Slain Woman Drops Attempt to Sue Joyce Meyer Ministries

Pakistani Christians Outraged at Release of Suspects in Girl’s Death

‘Faith leaders’ undermine God’s plan for marriage
An official with the Institute on Religion & Democracy says it’s a sad sign of the times that a group of “faith leaders” in Iowa signed a document declaring their support for same-sex “marriage.”

Is ‘stimulus’ creating more jobs – or more debt?
A budget analyst with the Cato Institute says the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s economic “stimulus” package is yet another reminder that government cannot create new wealth, only redistribute it.

Perspective: O’s ‘faith-based economics’
The White House has no use for evidence that the stimulus failed. It has its computer models — and it’s not letting economic reality get in the way.

‘Public option’ still breathing
Some Senate Democrats apparently still believe they can pass a public health insurance option by going outside the Senate’s regular rules of order.

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge now in U.S.
Eight of the ten American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail.

Top U.S. Climate Official: 15 Years With No Global Warming Is Not a Trend
(CNSNews.com) – When asked yesterday whether she agreed or disagreed with one of the world’s top climate-change scientists that there had been no statistically significant global warming over the last fifteen years, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco would only say “that it is inappropriate to look at any particular short period of time to discern the long-term trend.”…

White House Still Can’t Say if Obama Knew in Advance on Christmas Day That Underwear Bomber Would Be Mirandized
(CNSNews.com) – Almost two months after the attempted Christmas Day terror-bombing on a Northwest airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, the White House still cannot say whether President Barack Obama knew in advance that the suspect would be read his Miranda rights on the same day as the attempted attack and after he had been interrogated for only 50 minutes…

White House: KSM will be Executed But Civilian Trial Defendants Presumed Innocent
(CNSNews.com) – White House spokesman Robert Gibbs agreed that part of a civilian trial is the presumption that the accused is innocent until proven guilty, but Gibbs also said that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, would be “convicted”  and  “executed for his crimes.”…The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, said on Wednesday that he is inspired by the upcoming March 7 election in Iraq and that democracy is taking root there, but he stopped short of giving any credit to the Bush administration for Iraq’s transition from a dictatorship to one where people will cast a vote for their future leaders…

U.S. Ambassador Praises Progress in Iraq, Skirts Question on Bush Legacy
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Event Attended by Obama’s Muslim Envoy Was Held by Group With Troubling Views, Ties
(CNSNews.com) – The Islamic organization whose event was attended by President Obama’s new envoy to the Muslim world six years ago has a history of radical stances, and at the time of the event it was urging members to support incarcerated Muslims including terror suspects and a convicted cop killer…

‘Mt. Vernon Statement’ of Conservative Principles Released to Public
(CNSNews.com) – America must return to “constitutional conservatism” and her  founding principles, which have been “under sustained attack,” reads a statement to be signed on Wednesday by 80 leaders of the conservative movement…

Freed Baptist Volunteers Arrive in Miami
Eight of the ten American volunteers detained in Haiti for the past three weeks on suspicion of child abduction were finally released and arrived in Miami early Thursday morning.

Christian Student Killed in Iraq; Fourth Murder in Days

Ugandan Pastor’s Gay Porn Stunt Upsets U.S. Christians

2 Years Later, Eritrea Frees 14 Christians

Salvation Army Reaches Settlement in Church-State Suit

Poll: Mississippians Most Likely to Attend Church Frequently

Romney to Obama: Stop Blaming Others for Failure
(CNSNews.com) – Saying that America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said President Obama should stop blaming his predecessor and the American people for high unemployment and growing deficit and failure of the Democratic health care overhaul proposal…

D.C. Archdiocese Ends Foster Care Program Over Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Which Allows Homosexual Couples to Adopt Children
(CNSNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has ended its 80-year tenure as a public foster care provider because of a same-sex marriage bill in the nation’s capital that allows children to be adopted by homosexual couples…

Former Justice Dept Official Launches Site Exploring Harmful Effects of Pornography
(CNSNews.com) – Patrick Trueman, a former Justice Department (DOJ) official during the Reagan and Bush 41 administrations, launched a Web site on Thursday aimed at illuminating the damage pornography can do to society…

‘Both Parties Are Guilty,’ Boehner Says at CPAC
(CNSNews.com) – At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) pledged that Americans can count on him to change the way Congress works if Republicans take the House in the coming elections. He also stressed that he is “serious” about listening to “those who are really in charge of this country: the American people.”…

Revolutionary Guard Meddling in Iranian Politics Began Decades Ago
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration is painting Tehran’s failure to respond to its overtures as the result of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) having “supplanted” political and clerical leaders who would otherwise likely have been more open to engaging the U.S…

Cheney Passes Political Torch to His Daughter and ‘The Younger Generation’ at Surprise CPAC Appearance
(CNSNews.com) – Former Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, joining his daughter Liz Cheney on the stage, in front of a standing and cheering crowd…

Crist, McCain challengers woo conservatives
Marco Rubio and J.D. Hayworth have different styles and different backgrounds and they’re from opposite sides of the country. But both are hoping to win Senate seats by tapping into the energy of conservatives to defeat big-name, establishment-backed Republicans.

Perspective: It’s all the Tea Party’s fault
From the attack on the IRS office in Austin to the shooting at Alabama-Huntsville, the Tea Party movement is the juvenile left’s all-purpose scapegoat for every crime and disaster.

Consequences of proposed ‘LBGT law’ for military
A coalition of conservative pro-family and national defense organizations is advising Congress to pursue answers to a specific question: How would repealing the ban on homosexual military service improve military readiness?

Are Ezekiel prophecies on the horizon?
Messianic Jewish ministry leader Jan Markell believes a couple of biblical prophecies dealing with wars in the Middle East could come to fruition within the next five years.

Benny Hinn’s wife files for divorce
Suzanne Hinn filed the papers in Orange County on February 1, citing irreconcilable differences after more than 30 years of marriage to the televangelist.

Lutherans Unveil Name, Plan for Rival Body
Lutherans who have left or are pondering their exit from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have put a name to the alternate church body they plan to form – North American Lutheran Church.

Attorney: Haiti Volunteer to Set Facts Straight

Christian Educators Barred from Arguing Against Anti-Religious Court Order

Faith-Based Office Not Just about Money, Says Director

Kentucky Committee OKs Bible Classes for Public Schools

Ethiopian Authorities Concoct New Charge against Christian

Stung’ abortionist retains license
A controversial California abortionist will keep his medical license in spite of pleas from the California Medical Board.

‘W’ to speak at pregnancy center banquet
A Southern Baptist church in Dallas has booked a special guest speaker for a weekend fundraiser for its pregnancy center.

DC citizens blocked again on marriage vote
On Friday, another court hearing was held in the District of Columbia on whether citizens will have a chance to vote on the homosexual “marriage” issue.

Florida library sued over access issue
A Florida library slammed the door on a Christian organization and now faces a federal court lawsuit.

Perspective: America’s real foundational problem
The greatest problem in America is a spiritual one…and even the church, by and large, doesn’t know what to do to restore the biblical foundations.