Politics

• Senate Passes Bill Allowing States to Boycott Businesses Boycotting Israel The U.S. Senate passed a bill this week that allows state and local governments to stop doing business with companies that support boycotts, sanctions and divestments (BDS) against Israel. Feb 07, 2019

  

  Senate Passes Bill Allowing States to Boycott Businesses Boycotting Israel
• ‘Fetus Shall Not Have Independent Rights,’ Vermont Abortion Bill Declares A bill in the Vermont House that has more than 80 co-sponsors declares that fetuses have no rights and that women who perform their own abortions cannot be prosecuted. Feb 07, 2019

  

  ‘Fetus Shall Not Have Independent Rights,’ Vermont Abortion Bill Declares
• Sen. Ted Cruz Fires Back at Sen. Cory Booker for Asking Judicial Nominee if LGBT Relationship Were 'Sin' Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) condemned Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) for interrogating a judicial nominee about her moral and religious principles during a confirmation hearing this week. Feb 07, 2019

  

  Sen. Ted Cruz Fires Back at Sen. Cory Booker for Asking Judicial Nominee if LGBT Relationship Were 'Sin'
• Senator Cory Booker Asks Judicial Nominee if LGBT Relationships Are a 'Sin' New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who has announced a 2020 run for president, questioned a Trump judicial nominee this week over the nominee’s opinion on same-sex marriage. Feb 06, 2019

  Senator Cory Booker Asks Judicial Nominee if LGBT Relationships Are a 'Sin'
• 5 Major Takeaways from President Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address President Trump stood before the new Congress on Tuesday for the State of the Union Address and asked legislators to come together to get stuff done. The call for unity speaks volumes about the current divisive state of the... Feb 06, 2019

  5 Major Takeaways from President Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address
• The ‘State of the Union’ is Divided: How Should Christians Respond? President Trump delivered the 2019 State of the Union address last night before a joint session of the 116th Congress. I watched the address, then surveyed coverage of it this morning. It is as if there were two different... Feb 06, 2019

  The ‘State of the Union’ is Divided: How Should Christians Respond?
• Democrats Block Bill Banning Infanticide of Babies Who Survive Abortion Democrats blocked a Senate bill Monday that would have required doctors to keep alive any baby that survives an abortion and “immediately” transport and admit it to the hospital. Feb 05, 2019

  Democrats Block Bill Banning Infanticide of Babies Who Survive Abortion
• Does Nancy Pelosi's Favorite Bible Verse Actually Appear in the Bible? Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shared her favorite Bible verse with a group of Christian college and university presidents, but where exactly in the Bible can it be found? Feb 05, 2019

  Does Nancy Pelosi's Favorite Bible Verse Actually Appear in the Bible?
• Prominent Democrats Call Virginia's Governor to Resign following Discovery of Racist Photo Virginia’s Governor was back in the headlines late last week after he refused to resign following the discovery of a photo on his medical school yearbook page that featured one person in a Ku Klux Klan robe standing next to a... Feb 04, 2019

  Prominent Democrats Call Virginia's Governor to Resign following Discovery of Racist Photo
• Why Freaking Out about Christian Schools Proves Evangelicals’ Irrational Fears Everyone needs to stop freaking out about Christian schools. Though they made headlines in the past few weeks thanks to Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, these institutions are not nearly as interesting and exotic... Feb 04, 2019

  Why Freaking Out about Christian Schools Proves Evangelicals’ Irrational Fears