Mormon Church Quorum of Twelve Backing Special Protections for Homosexuals

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Photo Credit: Life Site NewsLeaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints — also known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church — have formally backed laws that institute special protections for homosexuals.

While the Mormon leaders are insisting at the same time on the need for religious protections, one prominent Evangelical leader has warned that they are being “naïve” because these homosexual “non-discrimination” laws are used to target people of faith.

“Jesus ministered to marginalized outcasts,” said Sister Neill Marriott, who spoke with other leaders at a press conference announcing the church’s support for “laws and ordinances that protect LGBT people from discrimination in housing and employment.”

Elder Dallin Oaks, who is part of the Mormon Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles, cautioned that the public support for these laws and ordinances did not mean the church was abandoning its support for religious liberty. (Read more about the Mormon Church Quorum of Twelve backing special laws for homosexuals HERE)

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“I’m One of the 10%”: Actor With Down Syndrome Grateful He Wasn’t Aborted

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Photo Credit: Life Site NewsDavid DeSanctis, born with Down’s syndrome, will tell anyone that no chromosome abnormality is going to hold him back from living his Hollywood dream.

The 23-year-old recently starred in the independent feature film, “Where Hope Grows,” set to be released this May.

“The movie is about a down and out former baseball player who chokes at the plate, gets sent home, has issues with his teenage daughter, and drinking issues,” DeSanctis told LifeSiteNews in a video interview at the D.C. March for Life last week.

DeSanctis acts in character as a Down’s syndrome young adult who works in the produce section of a grocery store. His friendship helps lift the down-and-out baseball player out of despair and into a discovery of what life’s really all about. (Read more about the actor with Down syndrome HERE)

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Rand Paul: Audit the Federal Reserve (and Reject the Clinton-Bush Dynasty)

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By Ben Smith. Sen. Rand Paul is reviving his push to audit the Federal Reserve.

The Kentucky Republican and presumptive 2016 presidential candidate said he wants to bring several of the Fed’s monetary activities under congressional oversight.

In a statement released Monday, Paul said it was time to end the secrecy behind the Fed. He believes an audit is the best way to do it.

“[An] audit of the Fed will finally allow the American people to know exactly how their money is being spent by Washington.” Paul said.

He slammed the Fed’s current operating practices, saying it works “under a cloak of secrecy and it has gone on for too long.” (Read more about Rand Paul saying to audit the federal reserve HERE)

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Rand Paul Releases ‘Secret Tape’ of a Fake Phone Call Between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush

By Mike Allen. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the 2016 field’s most prolific adopter of social media, has posted what aides wryly call a “secret tape” of a fake phone call between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

RAND PAC, Paul’s political organization, used actors to portray the conversation, which hits both rivals on the dynasty issue.

“Bush” tells her he’s thinking about running for president: “I just wanted to call and give you a heads-up in hopes we could work something out.”

“Clinton” says: “We both agree on so many issues: bigger government, Common Core, and amnesty for illegal immigrants.”

[Listen to the “secret” conversation HERE]

Paul, who this week gave an interview to CNN via Snapchat, plans to distribute the audio via Twitter and other social platforms. (Read more from this story HERE)

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Rap Star Bribes His Baby Mama to Have Abortion (+video)

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By TMZ Staff. Ludacris’ baby mama testified in court that it’s ridiculously ludicrous he’s fighting for full custody of their daughter, because he desperately wanted her to have an abortion to the point he even bribed her.

Tamika Fuller said when Luda found out she was pregnant he cried, but they weren’t tears of joy. He said it would ruin his life and he then urged her to terminate the pregnancy.

(Read more about how the rap star bribes his baby mama to have an abortion HERE)
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Star Parker on Having Four Abortions: I Was Caught Up in the Lies of the Left

By Melanie Hunter. Conservative nationally syndicated columnist Star Parker told pro-life activists at ProLifeCon at the Family Research Council headquarters on Thursday that she had used abortion as birth control and had four abortions, because she “got caught up in the lies of the Left.”

“Prior to receiving Christ, I got caught up in the lies of the Left, including their lie about abortion, and I continued to go in and out of abortion clinic after clinic until it wasn’t after the fourth time that I had a gut instinct way down deep inside that there must be something wrong with killing your offspring,” Parker shared.

“Maybe the country didn’t have it right. Maybe that, that I was hearing was not right,” she thought, “and I then made a decision within myself outside of Christ that I just wasn’t going to do that anymore.”

“It was my birth control, and in that decision, I suppose it began the process for God to begin to work in my life,” Parker said. (Read more about Parker talking about the lies of the left HERE)

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Father and Son Bag 700 Pound Boar in North Carolina

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Carolina Sportsman Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo.

The Florences, who live in southern Caswell County, travelled to North Carolina’s mountains last week because one of Bruce Florence’s friends told him they had on some property plenty of wild hogs and some big ones . . .

“I was probably about 20 yards from getting through the laurel thicket when the big boy blasted out of there,” Jonathan Florence said. “When I ran him out, he headed straight for my dad.”

Bruce Florence was sitting down, holding a single-shot .25-06 rifle, when the hogs started to emerge from the laurel thicket. Florence, a serious wild hog hunter who has killed porkers up to 150 pounds, admitted he wasn’t quite ready for what was heading in his direction . . .

The hog broke cover about 90 yards from Florence and was bearing down on him at around 30 yards when it angled off to one side, giving Florence a broadside shot. He squeezed off his only round, aiming behind the hog’s shoulder. At the shot, the hog started to stumble; Jonathan Florence, who broke out of the laurel in time to witness the shot, said the hog “went digging another 15 to 20 yards” before it went down for good. (Read more about the 700 pound boar HERE)

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Walmart Orders Greeter to Stop Saying Certain Phrase but Caves After Community Uproar

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Photo Credit: WSBTVPublic pressure and strong support on social media have forced Walmart in Blue Ridge to do an about face on censoring one of their long-time greeters.

James Philips is the first person people see when they walk into Walmart and he has always greeted them with “Have a blessed day” until someone complained and he was silenced.

When Philips was told that as a Walmart employee he could not greet people with the phrase, the community became his mouthpiece.

“I wasn’t trying to start a movement, but I am very appreciative that people thought enough of me to stand up for me this way,” said Philips. “I want to just be one of the best greeters I know how to be.”

After a public outcry over the decision, Walmart caved. (Read more from “Walmart Orders Greeter to Stop Greeting” HERE)

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Fairbanksan Among 3 Americans Killed in Gruesome Attack in Afghanistan

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Photo Credit: ABC News[Editor’s Note: Alaskan Jason Landphair was one of the three Americans killed in the below-described attack. Joe and Kathleen Miller attended Jason’s and his beautiful wife Natasha’s wedding several years ago in Fairbanks. On her Facebook page earlier today, Natasha said, “God is Forever Good. I believed he was Good yesterday. I believe He is Good today.” Please pray for Jason’s wife and daughters in this incredibly difficult time.]

By Jason Howerton. Three American contractors were killed in a suspected insider attack at the international airport in Kabul on Thursday, according to several news reports. Officials said the shooter was dressed in an Afghan soldier’s uniform.

“We can confirm that there was a shooting incident at North Kabul International Airport complex 29 January at approximately 6:40 p.m. [local time]. Three coalition contractors were killed as was an Afghan local national,” the U.S. military said Thursday, according to ABC News.

An Afghan air force official also told Reuters that the motive of the shooting had yet to be determine and an “investigation has been opened.” (Read more about the attack in Afghanistan HERE)

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Taliban Claim Responsibility for Attack

By Masoud Popalzai. The Afghan Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 3 American contractors at a military base attached to the Kabul airport.

The attacker in the Thursday incident was a Taliban agent who “had penetrated into the security forces and was waiting for such a target for a long time,” a spokesman for the group, Zabiullah Mujahid, said Friday. (Read more from this story HERE)

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ISIS Threatens to Behead Obama Inside White House

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Photo Credit: Free BeaconThe Islamic State (IS) terror group threatened to behead President Barack Obama inside the White House in a new propaganda video released this week, according to a watchdog group monitoring the terror group.

In the video, titled, “Bombardment of Peaceful Muslims in the City of Mosul,” an IS (also known as ISIS and ISIL) militant is shown beheading a captured Kurdish fighter and making threats to the West.

“The fighter makes threats against the U.S., France, Belgium, and the Kurds,” according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). “He threatens that he and his comrades will reach America and behead Barack Obama in the White House”

The IS militant also says that the group “will target France and Belgium with car bombs and explosives and will behead Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani,” according to MEMRI.

After showing scenes of burnt bodies and destruction caused by the ongoing fighting in Iraq, “a group of armed and masked ISIS fighters stand on a Mosul street around a Kurdish soldier who is kneeling on the ground,” MEMRI writes. (Read more about the threat to behead Obama HERE)

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Millions to Owe Hundreds of Dollars in Obamacare Tax Penalties This Year

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Photo Credit: NewscomSome 3 million to 6 million Americans will have to pay an Obamacare tax penalty for not having health insurance last year, Treasury officials said Wednesday. It’s the first time they have given estimates for how many people will be subject to a fine.

The penalty is $95, or 1% of income above a certain threshold (roughly $20,000 for a couple). So you could end up owing the IRS a lot of money.

Take a married couple with $100,000 in income – their bill comes to $797, according to the Tax Policy Center ACA penalty calculator.

The penalty for remaining uninsured rises to the larger of $325 or 2% of income in 2015.

As millions of Americans sit down in coming weeks to compile their tax returns, they’ll have to contend with Obamacare’s health insurance mandate for the first time. (Read more about the Obamacare tax penalty HERE)

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State Department Hosts Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Who Oppose Egypt’s Secular Government

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Photo Credit: Free Beacon The State Department hosted a delegation of Muslim Brotherhood-aligned leaders this week for a meeting about their ongoing efforts to oppose the current government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, who rose to power following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, an ally of the Brotherhood, in 2013.

One member of the delegation, a Brotherhood-aligned judge in Egypt, posed for a picture while at Foggy Bottom in which he held up the Islamic group’s notorious four-finger Rabia symbol, according to his Facebook page.

That delegation member, Waleed Sharaby, is a secretary-general of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council and a spokesman for Judges for Egypt, a group reported to have close ties to the Brotherhood.

The delegation also includes Gamal Heshmat, a leading member of the Brotherhood, and Abdel Mawgoud al-Dardery, a Brotherhood member who served as a parliamentarian from Luxor.

Sharaby, the Brotherhood-aligned judge, flashed the Islamist group’s popular symbol in his picture at the State Department and wrote in a caption: “Now in the U.S. State Department. Your steadfastness impresses everyone,” according to an independent translation of the Arabic. (Read more from “The State Department Hosts Muslim Brotherhood” HERE)

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