Evangelist criticizes president for changing his position on gay marriage

FoxNews.com   Published May 09, 2012

RALEIGH, North Carolina –  North Carolina joined its southern neighbors Tuesday in enshrining opposition to same-sex marriage in the state constitution, a move that churned the national debate over gay marriage despite having little immediate effect inside North Carolina. 

The state already banned gay marriage, so the amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman did nothing to change that. Still, the amendment went beyond current restrictions -- by banning same-sex civil unions as well. The amendment voters passed Tuesday with roughly 61 percent support will seal the door on both kinds of partnerships. 

April 25, 2012 WASHINGTON—Blog posts, YouTube videos, an online quiz and resources on Facebook are among the ways U.S. Catholics can learn about the Church’s teaching on issues and involvement in the political process, as part of an initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These resources promote the document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the call to political responsibility issued by the U.S. bishops in 2007 and reissued last fall.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan “Christians have a responsibility to live out their faith in the public square, and today that also means online,”said Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Communications. “People donate, speak out on numerous issues, get their news and participate in campaigns through the Internet and social media. The Church also needs to reach people through these media.”

Professional staff of the Bureau of Health Provider Standards, Alabama Department of Public Health, have performed a comprehensive investigation of New Woman All Women Health Care

in Birmingham in response to a complaint received in January 2012.This investigation revealed significant failures in maintaining compliance with the Rules of the Alabama State Board of Health for the safe and effective provision of care. Based on these findings (which are available for public view on the department's website adph.org in the How Do I section: Review Health Care Facility Deficiencies), a license revocation hearing had been scheduled for April 19. However, a settlement has been reached that requires the current operator to relinquish the license on or before May 18th.

NASHVILLE – March 27, 2012 – OCTOBER BABY, by Jon and Andy Erwin, had the third highest per-screen average and closed at No. 8 in the nation for its opening weekend competing against THE HUNGER GAMES—one of the most successful Hollywood blockbuster openings ever—in more than 10 times as many theaters.*Opening in a relatively modest 390 theaters, Samuel Goldwyn Films/Provident Films OCTOBER BABY also rode strong grassroots support and word of mouth to a No. 1 ranking for limited-release movies.

Though its story is apolitical, the movie quickly has become a lightning rod for those on every side of a highly charged issue.

“We never aimed to make a political film or villainize anyone, only to humanize—to tell a person’s story,” Co-Director and Co-Writer Jon Erwin said of the film. “The point was never to give answers but to ask penetrating questions and to start conversations; from all we’re hearing, OCTOBER BABY hits its mark.”

OCTOBER BABY, starring John Schneider (Smallville, Dukes of Hazzard), Jasmine Guy (A Different World), and newcomers Rachel Hendrix and Jason Burkey, tells the story of 19-year-old Hannah, who discovers she’s adopted and the survivor of an attempted abortion. With friends from college, she hits the road to find answers and to locate her birth mother. Ultimately she finds the power of forgiveness.

Religious leaders of many faiths, all across the country, have joined together in denouncing the HHS Mandate as an assault on religious liberty and freedom of conscience.

OVER 139 CITIES AND TOWNS have signed on to join the Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom!

The state of Alabama is joining the world's largest religious media network in its lawsuit against the U.S. government's contraception and sterilization coverage mandate.

“We are grateful to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange for taking such a strong stand on this issue,” said Michael P. Warsaw, president and CEO of the Eternal Word Television Network, in an announcement made after Strange filed in federal court as a co-plaintiff on March 22.

“This suit demonstrates that the Alabama motto, ‘We dare to defend our rights,’ is no mere slogan,” Warsaw observed.

“The state could simply have chosen to file a brief advising the court of the impact of the case on its citizens. Instead, it is intervening in the suit as a co-plaintiff with EWTN.”

The move sends a message “that this unjust, unconstitutional mandate hurts not only EWTN, but the entire community,” Warsaw said.

The media network filed its lawsuit against the government on Feb. 9, one day before the administration confirmed the rule that requires many religious ministries to cover contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing drugs in their health plans.

Pope Benedict will visit Mexico as a messenger of peace and hope “amid the state of insecurity, violence and drug trafficking” in the country, says.  Father Antonio Camacho Munoz, executive secretary for the Mexican bishops' communications committee, told EWTN News that the Pope is coming to encourage the faithful “to continue journeying, to have faith in Jesus that everything is going to be okay.”The pontiff's March 23-25 trip will “confirm his brethren in the faith,” the priest added. “He is coming to support us, to encourage us and to tell us that he is with us, that we are not alone.”Fr. Camacho said the bishops and priests of Mexico hope that Benedict XVI will breathe new life into the Great Continental Mission, and that his visit is not only for Mexico but for all the Americas.“His desire is to visit a Spanish-speaking country that has a mature faith, tradition and a large presence” of Catholics, he noted. “By choosing Leon in Guanajuato, he also sees all the history, so that he can deliver a message from here not only to Mexico but to all of Latin America and the world.”