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Hurricane Sandy showcases American goodness

Zionica — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:32:03 +0000

Hurricane Sandy has tested the resolve and the resources of the American people, but it has proven to be yet another opportunity for Americans to showcase their generosity and charitable natures. Though the storm bombarded the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic portion of the United States, Americans from across the continent are doing their best to…

Christian Publisher Files Against Obama Mandate

Zionica — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:26:55 +0000

Tyndale House, one of leading Bible and Christian book publishers, has filed the latest high-profile lawsuit against the Obama administration's contraception mandate that requires employers to offer health insurance plans that cover free contraception, including drugs like “ella” and “Plan B” that can cause abortion. While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has…

School District Bans Father-Daughter Dance

Zionica — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:02:15 +0000

A Rhode Island school district has banned father-daughter dances, along with mother-son activities, saying such events violate the state's prohibition on gender discrimination. Rhode Island's Providence Journal reported that the Cranston school district made the move to ban the activities after the ACLU sent a letter to the district on behalf of a single mother…

Why NASA Covered Up Communion on the Moon

Zionica — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:41:17 +0000

As America offered its official farewells in a memorial service September 12 to Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, the second man on the moon, Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin, was no doubt recalling that first lunar mission in mid-July 1969. And among the recollections of the event that have been…

Message From Abortion Survivor Goes Viral

Zionica — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:49:52 +0000

A YouTube video featuring a young woman who survived a saline abortion and was born alive has gone viral, and it warns about Barack Obama's record of voting to allow similar abortion survivors to perish. On the video, produced by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, 35-year-old Melissa Ohden tells viewers that “many children —…

Pro-Life Dems Set to Challenge Abortion at DNC

Zionica — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:09:30 +0000

Pro-life Democrats will continue their efforts to get the party to ease up on its abortion-at-any-cost plank that has been a prominent part of its platform for many years. As reported by LifeNews.com, officials with the Democratic National Committee rejected efforts by a group calling itself Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) to persuade the…

The Hollywoodization of Sex

Zionica — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:43:43 +0000

A new study out of Dartmouth College confirms what savvy parents have known for years: Hollywood movies are sexually charged, and that fact negatively impacts teenagers who watch them. The study by psychological researchers at Dartmouth and published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, found that youth who regularly view…

Traditional Marriage a Cure for Poverty?

Zionica — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:20:50 +0000

While many Americans who take the traditional Judeo-Christian values of America seriously have extolled the virtues of a happy marriage, economists and social scientists — many of them studying the situation from a secular point of view — are now coming to the same conclusion. These experts agree that single parenting accounts for much of…

Woman claims she was fired for refusing abortion

Zionica — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:31:27 +0000

A Virginia woman is suing the restaurant where she worked as a waitress, charging that the owner fired her after she refused to have an abortion. According to the Roanoke Times, seventeen-year-old Abigail Shomo had worked for about four months at Mi Puerto, a restaurant owned by Leopoldo Florez Aguirre Sr., when she became pregnant…