To Lighthouse Trails: Obama, Chancellor [of Germany] Angela Merkel, and Melinda Gates [Bill Gates’ wife] all attended and spoke at the Protestant assembly in Germany, Kirchentag, which rings in the beginning of Reformation Summer 2017. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque Sheik Ahmed el-Tayyib, two additional Imams, a number … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles President Obama’s term is almost over (God willing), but in one of his last attempts to express his disdain for the only Democracy in the Middle East, and our Ally, Israel, he has denounced Jewish settlement building in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). Normally, the U.S. would veto such a brazen … [Read more…]
Michael F. Haverluck OneNewsNow.com A Texas judge is expected to decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s new rule that would take effect on New Year’s Day and force doctors to provide transgender medical treatment for children who desire it. The ruling will determine whether the Obama administration will be able to give the LGBT … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Ten more states have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its requirement that school districts allow male students who identify as female and vice versa to use the restroom that correlates with their “gender identity.” Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON — On the same day that the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education threatened to revoke funding for public schools that do not allow students to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their “gender identity,” the Department of Health and Human … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: When I was watching Obama’s Oval Office speech this evening (Sunday), I picked up on a statement that he made that was interesting: “My fellow Americans, I am confident we will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history. We were founded upon a belief in human … [Read more…]
By Matt Barber WorldNetDaily God help us. Here’s what America’s newly homosexualized, “values neutral” military looks like. Last week, in a strange fit of actual news reporting, the New York Times published an exposé revealing that, under this Obama administration, the Department of Defense is not only permitting the homosexual abuse of little boys at … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following new story is posted for informational purposes and not as an endorsement of the source or the content. The Associated Press CBC News U.S. President Barack Obama says his country is not at war with Islam but with people who have perverted the religion. Obama was speaking Wednesday at a White … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – In delivering his annual “State of the Union” address on Tuesday night, Barack Obama claimed that the recent proliferation of federal rulings regarding same-sex “marriage” has presented itself as a “story of freedom” throughout America. During the segment, Obama was speaking about unity among Americans despite their differences … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – Just two years after Barack Obama announced that he had reversed his longstanding opinion that marriage is solely between a man and a woman, the president of the United States is now taking his view even further by stating that he believes that the Constitution requires states to … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – In an interview with CBS on Sunday, while repeating his assertion that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) does not represent the Islamic religion, Barack Obama acknowledged that the group seeks to kill those who “worship a different God” than Allah. Obama was interviewed by … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Barack Obama asserted that the United States is not fighting the religion of Islam in its efforts to stop the insurgency of the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), because Islam, he said, is peaceful. … [Read more…]
Provided by Christian News Network The Obama administration on Friday announced new measures meant to accommodate religious nonprofits and some private employers who don’t want to pay for birth control under ObamaCare, on the heels of Supreme Court rulings that weakened the law’s so-called contraceptive mandate. The changes had been expected, particularly after the Supreme … [Read more…]
From the Editors at Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two historic rulings today ruling against Obama’s abortion pill mandate, upholding the right of Christian business owners to refuse to provide contraception drugs that may cause abortion to employees in a 5-4 decision. What will go down in history as two … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has decided to allow a Christian homeschooling family from Germany to remain in the country after initially battling the family in court as they sought asylum in the United States. As previously reported, Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the … [Read more…]
By Penny Starr CNS News Planned Parenthood is getting an extra infusion of taxpayer money this year, as some of its affiliated clinics are tapped to serve as “Navigators” for Obamacare. The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday that it is giving grants totaling $655,192 to Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa, Arkansas, … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: This is from a secular news source and is for informational and research purposes. By CHARLIE SAVAGE and MICHAEL D. SHEAR New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday sought to get his administration ahead of the roiling debate over National Security Agency surveillance, releasing new information about spying activities and calling … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has replied to a request for rehearing of a case involving a Christian homeschooling family seeking asylum in the United States, asserting that the couple has not been able to prove that they have been persecuted by being forced to send their children to … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the United States Justice Department to respond to a rehearing request filed by attorneys for a Christian homeschooling family that is seeking asylum in the states. As previously reported, the Sixth Circuit ruled against Uwe and Hannelore Romeike last month, opining … [Read more…]
By Way of Life Ministries During his state visit to Israel, President Barack Obama made some powerful statements about Israel’s right to exist, but he cancelled those with his statements about the “right” of a Palestinian state. Speaking to students at the Jerusalem Convention Center on March 21, Obama said, “But make no mistake: those … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network The U.S. Justice Department is fighting in court against a German family that came to America to homeschool their children. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 after German authorities demanded that they stop homeschooling their six children. Homeschooling was made illegal in the country … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Less than a year after the “Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on homosexuals despite relentless protest campaigns,” the organization will be deciding soon on whether to lift that ban. In the video below, the President of the United States says that homosexuals should be able to have access to Boy Scouts and to every walk of life. Today, the … [Read more…]
By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) – In a legal argument formally presented in federal court in the case of Hobby Lobby v. Kathleen Sebelius, the Obama administration is claiming that the First Amendment—which expressly denies the government the authority to prohibit the “free exercise” of religion—nonetheless allows it to force Christians to directly violate their … [Read more…]
By Fred Lucas (CNSNews.com) – The presidential and congressional elections are not the only thing on the minds of voters going into Tuesday’s elections, as several states have polarizing political issues such as Obamacare, homosexual marriage, immigration issues, abortion and marijuana on the ballot. A total of 38 states have state constitutional amendments or referendums, … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following article by the Washington Post is posted for research and informational purposes and is not an endorsement by Lighthouse Trails of this article. Please consider reading some of our own articles listed below for related information. By Lisa Miller Washington Post The subject of religion has long been nettlesome for President Obama, but perhaps … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: While the United States races toward being a country that fully embraces “gay” marriage, we know that some of the blame lies with the “new spirituality” Christian figures, who have, either directly or indirectly, promoted the view that the homosexual lifestyle is not sinful. Below is an e-mail we received yesterday after Barack Obama … [Read more…]
Julie Pace Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex “marriage,” ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences. President Obama has declared his unequivocal support for “gay” marriage, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea. The move injects a polarizing issue into the 2012 … [Read more…]
LTRP: See related stories below. (CNSNews.com) – Speaking to a group of Christian clergy at the Easter Prayer Breakfast he hosted at the White House on Wednesday, President Barack Obama referred to Jesus Christ as “a son of God.” “It’s an opportunity for us to reflect on the triumph of the resurrection, and to give … [Read more…]
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By Patrick Goodenough CSN News “‘I Have Israel’s Back,’ Obama Tells Jewish Lobby: ‘No Options Off the Table’ on Iran” An election year battle to convince American voters that President Obama has been a steadfast friend of Israel – or alternatively, that he’s been the most anti-Israel president in decades – heated up at the … [Read more…]
