Suit Based on International Law Filed Against Christian Pastor for Speech on LGBT

Rev. Scott Lively

Washington D.C. – Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Rev. Scott Lively, an evangelical pastor who was sued in a Massachusetts federal court by a foreign group called Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG). The premise for this lawsuit is based upon the Alien Tort Statute (ATS).

The ATS provides a cause of action for violations of international laws that are “specific, universal, and obligatory.” Courts have found torture, cruel, inhuman,

Australian Ethicists Argue the Right to Kill Babies After They’re Born

Newborn baby just after birth. Photo via Wikipedia

Washington, D.C. – An article entitled “After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?” was recently published in the London-based Journal of Medical Ethics, advocating that if abortion is allowed, then society also has the right to kill a newborn child. This outrageous deduction by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva takes abortion to its logical conclusion.

The abstract states: “By showing that (1) both

Saudi Journalist Faces Threats from Militants

By Eva Galperin, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)– Earlier this month, EFF called for the protection of Saudi blogger and journalist Hamza Kashgari, who had fled Saudi Arabia after tweets he wrote about the Prophet Mohammed provoked clerics to demand that he be tried for apostasy, and members of the public to call for his murder. Kashgari had been a columnist for the Jeddah-based newspaper Al Bilad until outrage

Recent Developments on the Costa Concordia Tragedy

By Alan Sexton

Costa Concordia wreckage. Photo via Italy's Civil Protection Department

Italy’s Civil Protection Department announced on February 23 that crews have recovered the remains of eight more victims from the partially submerged wreckage of the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia. The victims remains, including those of a five year old Italian girl, were reported to have been discovered

House Resolution Introduced Pressuring Iran to Free Christian Pastor Facing Death

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. Photo via ACLJ

Washington, D.C. – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is applauding Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and others who introduced a resolution into the U.S. House of Representatives today condemning Iran for violating the human and religious rights of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and calling on Iran to release him immediately. The ACLJ says today’s introduction of a House resolution

FreedomWatch Cancellation: The Judge Weighs In

By Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

Judge Andrew Napolitano

New York, N.Y. – A flood of controversy erupted following the recent announcement by Fox that it’s Fox Business Channel’s “FreedomWatch” with Judge Andrew Napolitano will be cancelled. Volumes of fans angry with Fox have flooded the network with emails and lit up social media and websites with commentary.

Much of the commentary has been

Sen. Rand Paul Introducing Amendment to Suspend Foreign Aid to Egypt

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul yesterday took to the Senate floor to announce his intention an introduce an amendment to the upcoming surface transportation bill that would cut off the $1.3 billion given to Egypt annually in foreign aid until illegally detained American citizens are released.

ECLJ: Major Victory for Life in Europe – Top European Org. – “Euthanasia Must Always be Prohibited”

Strasbourg, France – The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) welcomes the adoption, by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), of a Resolution setting the principle that “Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited.” This is the first time, in the past decades, that euthanasia is so clearly rejected by a

Islamism and Sadism

Amil Imani

It is not about God or love, it is about control and domination—just as sadism is not about human intercourse or love; it is about control, torture, punishment and domination.

Why else name a so-called religion “submission?” Islam’s provisions are intended to dominate every waking moment in the life of a believer. Islam seeks nothing less than a total global domination. There is no room for being a

The United Nations Has Become the Theater of the Absurd

The UN headquarters in New York/Image via Wikipedia

New York, NY – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reference to the United Nations as the “theater of the absurd” is an apt description of an organization that was designed to bring peace among nations. The UN has lost its legitimacy in light of recent events.

Rather than entertain a request for statehood of the Palestinian Authority (PA), presented Friday by Mahmoud Abbas, the UN should reject it outright. The PA’s request for statehood includes the Gaza strip, Judea and Samaria (the so-called West Bank), and the Golan Heights, but the PA does not control the West Bank or the Golan Heights, where hundreds of thousands of Israelis live and where Israel