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Has The Obama Administration Put Gay Rights Over Religious Freedom?

December 9th, 2011 AT2W Staff
Has The Obama Administration Put Gay Rights Over Religious Freedom?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday put the Obama administration clearly on the opposite side of Christians seeking religious freedom in the debate over human sexuality, prompting praise from gay rights activists and criticism from GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry.
“Now, raising this issue, I know, is sensitive for many people and that the obstacles standing in the way of protecting the human rights of LGBT people rest on deeply held personal, political, cultural, and religious beliefs,” said Clinton.
Clinton announced that the U.S. would spend $3 million in aid and the full strength of their diplomacy to expand the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people worldwide.
Texas Gov. and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry was critical of the administrations comments.
“President Obama has again mistaken America’s tolerance for different lifestyles with an endorsement of those lifestyles,” Perry said in a statement. “I will not make that mistake.”
Some say this rush to an initiative may be a response from the LGBT community’s frustration over the Obama administration’s reluctance to fully endorse same-sex marriage in the U.S.
Obama critics say the venue was chosen to lessen its political impact and not because the President does not support the gay rights agenda.
Dr. Richard Land of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission told The Christian Post, “I certainly don’t believe homosexuals or anyone else should be flogged or put to death for their sexual sins,” “However, I don’t believe homosexuals should receive special treatment over and above anyone else either. Secretary Clinton’s remarks were more than likely a painless way for the Obama administration to placate the homosexual community in the U.S.”
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Former TBN Vice President Paul Crouch Jr. Now Joins The Word Network

November 11th, 2011 AT2W Staff
Paul Crouch Jr at The Word Network

Paul Crouch Jr at The Word Network

Former TBN Vice President Paul Crouch Jr. Now Joins The Word Network

This is a huge switch for TBN founder’s son Paul Crouch Jr. He’s picked up a new position with a competitor in the televised evangelical industry. While TBN acquired many African American fans and followers, this new position with a network based mostly in support of Black Americans is very interesting. We can’t help but wonder what has occurred for Junior to leave his parent’s family owned network, but is very clear he wanted out for some reason and is pursuing new things elsewhere. We are not sure why this has happened, but scandal seems to come to mind.

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Finally: Harold Camping Offers Repentance and Apologies For False Rapture Predictions

October 30th, 2011 AT2W Staff

Harold Camping Repents and Apologies- Hallelujah!!Finally: Harold Camping Offers Repentance and Apologies For False Rapture Predictions

Thank God! We are so happy that Harold Camping has humbled himself in his own way and now is offering repentance and apologies to the world and to God. This is definitely his start to walking with God in obedience and in spirit.

Here’s a transcript of the audio message, published to Family Radio’s website on Oct. 28, 2011, is below:

We’re living in a day when one problem follows another. And when it comes to trying to recognize the truth of prophecy, we’re finding that it is very very difficult.

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Failed Rapture Predictor Harold Camping Is Getting Out of the Prophesy Business

October 26th, 2011 AT2W Staff

Failed Rapture Predictor Harold Camping Is Getting Out of the Prophesy Business

Harold Camping’s wife has confirmed that the 90-year-old radio evangelist has retired, a documentarian close to Camping told The Christian Post in an exclusive interview.

A documentarian, Brandon Tauszik, who has been attending Camping’s Oakland, Calif., church for eight months told The Christian Post Sunday that he spoke with Camping in person on Oct. 16 before the second coming was supposed to come.
Tauszik said that Camping seemed very unsure about the exact date of the end of the world when they spoke. When asked if he was wondering what would happen Friday (Oct. 21), Camping reportedly said that God has not given anyone the power to know exactly when the Rapture would come – a radical change from what Camping had said only last month in an audio message.
Let’s remember that Harold Camping sounded less sure in September about his calculations, said, “The end is going to come very, very quietly probably within the next month. It will happen, that is, by October 21.”
After Friday’s apocalypse did not occur, Camping refused to speak to the press. Camping’s wife, Shirley Camping, was very suspicious of Tauszik when he appeared at their doorstep, wanting to make sure he was not working for any newspaper or magazine. She added that neither of them wanted to speak to the press.
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Son of TBN Founders Paul Crouch Jr. Leaves Network To Pursue Own Ministry

October 12th, 2011 AT2W Staff

Son of TBN Founders Paul Crouch Jr. Leaves Network To Pursue Own Ministry

Paul Crouch Jr. is leaving the Christian broadcasting network his parents Paul and Jan Crouch began 38 years ago.

Trinity Broadcasting Network legal counsel and national spokesman Colby May confirmed Crouch’s departure on Tuesday.

“Paul Jr. has resigned from the organization to pursue other ministry work,” Colby told Charisma News. “A memo was circulated yesterday at the network advising people that he’s leaving. I don’t know the specifics of his ministry plans.”
The eldest son of TBN founders, Paul Crouch Jr. served as vice president and chief of staff at TBN. Along with his brother, Matt Crouch, Crouch is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the network. Coby says Crouch, Sr. will take over the chief of staff duties until a permanent replacement is found.
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Christian Couple Fined for Having Bible Study in California Home

September 21st, 2011 AT2W Staff
Christian Couple Fined for Having Bible Study in California Home
Updated on 9/27/11 and report from Assist News:
Chuck Fromm told ANS: “As most of you have heard, my wife Stephanie and I have locked horns with our city government over the right to gather in our home for a Bible study without a permit.
“As with most issues, this matter can get very complex very quickly. The fact is that in our city, San Juan Capistrano, any ‘religious organization’ where more than three people meet regularly in a home must obtain a conditional use permit from the city. This is a very costly process, which we believe infringes on basic constitutional rights — rights which guarantee us private space and freedom from undue government control,” Fromm said in an e-mail update.
“I agree with Len Sweet [Currently the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, Madison, NJ and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Theological School at Drew University] that ‘persecution [for the Church] would come in the form of prosecution’ in our anything but Christian culture,” he said.
“Yet I never expected to be involved in such a fight. In fact I have a high degree of empathy with city zoning officials having worked early in my career as an assistant city manager.
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This happens all over the country and people like this couple will just have to fight for doing the work of God. There are so many other so called crimes they need to tend to than to bother good Christian people who are not harming anyone.
City officials in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. say Chuck and Stephanie Fromm are in violation of municipal code 9-3.301, which prohibits “religious, fraternal or non-profit” organizations in residential neighborhoods without a permit. Stephanie hosts a Wednesday Bible study that draws about 20 attendees, and Chuck holds a Sunday service that gets about 50.
The Fromms appealed their citations but were denied and warned future sessions would carry heftier penalties. A statement from the Pacific Justice Institute, which is defending the couple in a lawsuit against the city, said Chuck Fromm was also told regular gatherings of three or more people require a conditional use permit, which can be costly and difficult to obtain.
“How dare they tell us we can’t have whatever we want in our home,” Stephanie Fromm told the Capistrano Dispatch. “We want to be able to use our home. We’ve paid a lot and invested a lot in our home and backyard … I should be able to be hospitable in my home.”
According to the Dispatch, the Fromms live in a neighborhood with large homes and have a corral, barn, pool and huge back lawn on their property, so parking and noise aren’t a problem.
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‘Let The People Vote’ Rally Wants NY Gay Marriage Put on the Ballot

July 26th, 2011 AT2W Staff

‘Let The People Vote’ Rally Wants NY Gay Marriage Put on the Ballot

Protesters gathered at rallies held in Manhattan, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo on Sunday demanding that state lawmakers put the gay marriage issue before voters by placing it on a statewide referendum. Over 10,000 people showed up for the rally in Manhattan.

The “Let the People Vote!” rallies, organized by National Organization for Marriage (NOM), were timed to coincide with the first day the gay marriage law takes effect in New York. Before and during the protest, hundreds of same-sex couples lined outside city marriage bureaus in New York City and throughout the state for a chance to marry.

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