Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lawrence Jones Christian Post Reporter Wed, Feb. 04 2009 01:43 PM EST A lesbian couple who was the first same-sex couple to marry in the United States has filed for divorce.  Hillary and Julie Goodridge, 52 and 51 respectively, who led the fight to legalize gay marriage in [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Maria Mackay Christian Today Reporter Thu, Feb. 05 2009 08:39 AM EST Christian students are taking part in a massive Gospel giveaway in response to the “no God” ads placed on buses across London.  Christian Unions – mission teams operating in universities and colleges – across the United [...]

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

President Barack Obama has had trouble with several of his nominations since taking office. Several of his nominees have had issues with taxes, ethics, and more.  But some of the people Obama wants to serve in the Justice Department–the department charged with upholding the nation’s laws–may be the most disturbing.  For a number of years [...]

Former state senator Bill Napoli has a great letter in the Rapid City Journal today. Desperate state opens the door wide for federal blackmail Now that the mainstream legislators are falling all over themselves to grab the $5 million for the implementation of a primary seat belt law, what’s next from the great spender Obama [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Guilty of preaching religious liberty in England, Roger Williams fled to Boston, FEBRUARY 5, 1631.  He pastored briefly before being banished by Puritan John Cotton, who himself had been persecuted by Anglicans in England. Roger Williams befriended the Narragansett Indians, who gave him land for Providence Plantation, Rhode Island-the [...]

Update 2/5/2009 For the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays scheduled bill activity of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity SB 126 revise certain provisions regarding school attendance. Hearing: Senate Education             For more information check the bill list at the South Dakota Legislature website.

Pro-family news, commentary and video from CitizenLink is now available to the millions of people on Facebook and Twitter. The pro-family organization is taking greater advantage of internet and social working technology to make pro-family information more widely available. CitizenLink’s Twitter feed is here and their Facebook page is here. The Dakota Voice Twitter feed [...]

“What’s been going on in a lot of these votes is that some folks are just scared to death quite frankly of the new president and his polling numbers and sort of holding under the table” - Senator David Vitter (R-LA) (Source: The Politico) (Vitter insisted that that “half” of the Senate Republicans are intimidated by [...]

Daily Recap 2/4/2008 From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HB 1128 allow a medical necessity to be used as a defense in certain cases involving the possession or use of marijuana. Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. HB [...]

It seems Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has no problems with the United States borrowing billions from communist thugs. The national economy has taken a huge hit recently, leaving the United States economically weak and vulnerable–and our military strength depends on our economic strength to keep it ready.  Yet Frank has no qualms about borrowing huge [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Wed, Feb. 04 2009 09:00 AM EST  A humanist group released a report disputing the results of Baylor University’s 2008 Religion Survey, arguing that it is atheism, not religiosity, that is on the rise in America. The report on Monday by the [...]

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

You might remember a few months ago some girls went to some Planned Parenthood clinics undercover, posing as under-age girls who were pregnant by adult males–otherwise known as statutory rape.    And the Planned Parenthood workers encouraged the girls not to tell the age of their adult boyfriends?  A violation of the law requiring Planned [...]

A bill to remove South Dakota’s restrictions against embryonic stem cell research was introduced yesterday in the state senate. SB 195 would strike from SDCL 34-14 the language prohibiting human embryos from being used for research.  The bill was sponsored by Senators Nesselhuf, Adelstein, Nelson, and Turbak Berry and Representatives Engels, Blake, Cutler, Dreyer, Hoffman, Hunhoff [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Jimmy Carter, in his book Sources of Strength, 1997, wrote: “Rev. Niebuhr urged Dietrich Bonhoeffer to remain in America for his own safety. Bonhoeffer refused. He felt he had to be among the other Christians persecuted in Germany. So he returned home, and…in resistance to Hitler…preached publicly against Nazism, [...]

Topics in this episode: –January was worst month ever for stock market –President Obama accidentally tries to walk through a window –Pittsburgh Steelers win the Super Bowl!  –Michael Steele wins the chairmanship of the GOP –Jimmy Carter claims Hamas can be trusted –McDonald’s profits up 80% compared to last year Starring: Jodi Miller Director: Bruce [...]

Update 2/4/2009 For the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays scheduled bill activity of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HB 1128 Allow a medical necessity to be used as a defense in certain cases involving the possession or use of marijuana. Hearing: House Judiciary SJR 2 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next [...]

Senator John Thune on “Your World with Neal Cavuto” discussing the porkulus, er, stimulus bill and Tom Daschle’s failed nomination for Secretary of Health.

From today’s FocusAction TurnSignal: A poll shows 65 percent of Americans were unhappy with President Barack Obama’s reversal of the Mexico City Policy, but pro-lifers still worry he’ll make good on his promise to expand embryonic stem-cell research. Adult stem cell research involves using stem cells from an adult person to develop therapies for that [...]

  Daily Recap 2/3/2008 From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HB 1127 provide safe legal access to medical marijuana for certain qualified persons. Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed HB 1127 provide safe legal access to medical marijuana for certain qualified persons. [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Tue, Feb. 03 2009 03:12 PM EST The economic stimulus bill before the Senate contains a provision that would discriminate against religious activity, according to a Christian legal firm. The legislative team at American Center for Law and Justice has noticed that [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lawrence Jones Christian Post Reporter Tue, Feb. 03 2009 04:40 PM EST Among the several major actions President Obama has taken in the early days of his office, his decision to reverse the prohibition on funding for overseas abortion providers was the least popular, the latest Gallup Poll [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Jennifer Riley Christian Post Reporter Tue, Feb. 03 2009 01:56 PM EST Churches and their affiliated relief arms are opening their doors and providing aid to help residents in the Midwest struck by a severe ice storm that had left more than a million homes and businesses without [...]

The Heartland Institute examines a recent article by Dr. Paul Hsieh, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Medicine on the debacle the Massachusetts experiment in forced health care coverage has become. Hsieh describes how Mass. instituted this utopian wonder: The state would establish a quasi-governmental authority known as the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector [...]