By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Proponents of same-sex marriage are planning to use the momentum they gained by the passage of New York's Marriage Equality Act to launch a bus tour that will take them into 11 states that have banned the unions with the hopes of educating locals on other ways to secure equal recognition under the law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An investigative report by the Chicago Tribune has uncovered evidence of sexual abuse by Buddhist monks in Theravada temples throughout the U.S.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Alleging "flagrant violations" of New York State constitutional and legal procedures in the recent passage of the Marriage Equality Act, a lawsuit has been filed in the New York Supreme Court on behalf of several plaintiffs which could put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state as well as invalidate those that have taken place since the law went into effect on Sunday.
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Our ministry recently received a request from someone who is concerned about family members who are being drawn into a group known as Eckankar.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Assertions that Anders Breivik, the man who killed 93 people while on a bombing and shooting spree in Oslo, Norway last week, is a Fundamentalist Christian not only appears to be a media fabrication, but there is also some evidence that the killer's
Facebook page declaring him to be a Christian conservative was tampered with.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI mourned the senseless attacks on a government building and youth camp in Norway on Friday that left 93 people dead.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Scientists in the UK have been accused of committing "emotional blackmail" by secretly creating human-animal hybrids in their labs while telling the public they're doing so in order to "cure every illness known to mankind."
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CC asks:
"Can you do something to straighten out this New Age Kolbrin Bible (supposedly salvaged from an arson in 1184 from Glastonbury Abbey). The 5 first set/books called the Bronzebooks & the last 5 books Coelbooks.....Related to this subject - while you're at it - an explanation is needed about: Zecharin Sitchin; Irish/Celtic Ten Lost Tribes; Nirbiru!"
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI's eldest brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, has written a book about his famous brother which will debut on September 12, the eve of the Pope's visit to Germany.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Outrage is growing in the evangelical community over an announcement by Campus Crusade for Christ, one of the nation's most prominent Christian ministries, to take the name of Christ out of its name because it was "getting in the way" of accomplishing their mission.
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