A CALL OF CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. It was in this tradition that a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders, and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration on November 20, 2009 at a press conference in Washington, DC. The 4,700-word declaration speaks in defense of the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. It issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere firmly to their convictions in these three areas.

Recent Blogs and Articles:

Utah troopers have crosses removed from memorial

by Billy Atwell

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled  that 14 twelve-foot high crosses commemorating fallen Utah state Highway Patrol troopers are unconstitutional because they would show preferential treatment to Christianity for the “reasonable observer.”  The crosses were put on public property at the expense of private individuals who received permission to place the cross from the families of the fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers.

"My clients are not anti-highway patrol trooper and don't want to disrespect the troopers who have lost their lives," said Utah attorney Brian Barnard, who represents American Atheists, Inc. who filed the suit. "But there are ways of honoring these troopers without emphasizing religion. We can honor them in such way that includes all Utahns whether they are religious or nonreligious."

Here is my question: What if they are religious?  Read More...

Judge Stops Obama Embryonic Stem Cell Plan

by Billy Atwell

The timing couldn’t be better.  After a federal judge struck down voter-approved Proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, Christians have been discouraged about the lack of continuity our public policies have with moral law.  Judge Royce Lamberth issued an injunction earlier this week, which stopped federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.  Reuters called this “a slap to the Obama administration’s new guidelines.”  While it is still unclear whether or not this injunction will ultimately stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, which kills human embryos, this is a temporary victory that Christians should be proud of.  Read More...

Coming to a Clinic Near You: doctor helps elderly patient commit suicide

by Billy Atwell
“The panel is of the view that you fully appreciate the gravity of your previous misconduct and is in no doubt that you would not act in the same way should you be faced with similar circumstances in the future.”

Sounds innocent, does it not?  This quote was not taken from the mouth of a Sunday school teacher after seeing a child steal a crayon, as its triviality would indicate.  Instead, this was the judgment of the Scottish General Medical Council (GMC) regarding Dr. Iain Kerr, who prescribed sleeping pills to a suicidal elderly woman.  

Dr. Kerr is a self-professed proponent of physician-assisted suicide, a sad solution trending among Euro doctors.  How could he “fully appreciate” the gravity of his misconduct, when he does not believe his actions were unethical or immoral? Read More...

Criminal Abortionist Keeps His Business, but Has License Suspended

After four previous criminal convictions and suspensions of his medical license, James Pendergraft, a Flordia abortionist who owns five abortion clinics, will keep his license even after being found guilty of two more charges.  He will serve a one-year suspension for distributing drugs to an employee and for allowing her to give narcotics to a patient.  When his suspension expires next year, he will serve three years of probation.  

Pendergraft is a career criminal who has even served time in prison.  Regardless of his malfeasance, the Florida Board of Medicine determined that he is fit to help women make the consequential decision as to whether or not they should keep their baby.  With his criminal past in drug distribution, performing of late-term abortions, killing babies born babies, and lying under oath, does anyone believe he is fit to counsel others on medical ethics?  Read More...