Saturday, April 18, 2015

NEWS ROUND-UP: APRIL 17, 2015


Christian Information Radio
With Host Jim Schneider


On Today’s Broadcast:
Parents and students show support for former teacher in Lamar, Texas, over Islamic handout controversy.

Union Grove High School in Union Grove, Wisconsin, embroiled in controversy over assignment that required students to write a 5 paragraph essay pretending to be a Muslim and the daily struggles they would face as a student in the U.S.

A school in Mason, Ohio, had a 'covered girl challenge' in which the Muslim Student Association asked female students to wear a hijab to celebrate the diversity of the school and promote open-mindedness.

Iowa high school barred from starting a pro-life club on campus because it's controversial.

Italian police say 15 African Muslim migrants arrested after witnesses claim the refugees threw 12 Christians into the Mediterranean after a brawl.

14 year old Christian boy doused with petroleum and set on fire because of his faith died Tuesday in Pakistan.

Islamic State militants in Mosul abduct 120 children from their classrooms to ship to caliphate training camps.

Global anti-semitism on the rise. Three-fifths of all religious hate crimes in America are now committed against Jews.

Officials at New York high school investigating a report of students wearing shirts with pro-Nazi artwork/wording.

Christians are leaving the U.S. military or discouraged from joining due to a work environment hostile to Christian beliefs.

Navy chaplain removed from his post for private counseling advocating against homosexuality and sex outside of marriage.

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institution labels the Bible, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as sexist materials.

Letters sent to six public universities after the schools receive complaints from the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrongly stating that having basketball team chaplains is unconstitutional.

President Obama wields pen to begin the process of removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

A bill from Congress that would enable them to review any nuclear deal with Iran is coming under fire for allegedly altering the Constitution's requirements for treaties.

Director of I.C.E. tells House Judiciary Committee that agents who do not enforce the President's immigration priorities outlined in his November 20th Department of Homeland Security memo could be fired for not following an agency directive.

Parents in Spokane, Washington, school district warned that children could be pulled from classes if they aren't state compliant with vaccinations.

Colorado officials reject discrimination complaint by man who said some bakeries refused to make cakes with Bible verses.

Liberty Counsel files brief before the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 3rd Circuit's decision in King vs. Christie. This is Liberty Counsel's case on behalf of licensed mental health professionals who are providing counseling to reduce or eliminate unwanted same-sex attractions.

White House decries therapy for homosexuals saying it should be illegal.

Gay advocacy group releases report claiming that the number of Hollywood films showing homosexual behavior has risen to a high of nearly 16 percent of films released in 2014. Activists are not satisfied claiming a lack of leading roles for homosexuals.

Researchers in Hawaii recruiting girls as young as 14 to participate in second trimester abortions in order to test whether a certain drug can reduce bleeding during and after an abortion.

These and many, many more ‘need-to-know’ news items on this edition of Crosstalk America News Round-Up

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