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As abortion advocates gather on the National Mall to demand that Congress continue funneling hundreds of millions of tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, 40 Days for Life announced that its spring campaign is the largest and longest sustained demonstration outside Planned Parenthood offices in history. Planned Parenthood’s abortion chain, which has performed more than 5 million abortions since 1970, receives $363.2 million in annual taxpayer funding.

It might be a peculiar call to make in a church, but The United Methodist Church is asking its members to fast from alcohol during Lent.

To be clear, the 7.8 million-member denomination affirms abstinence from alcohol. But “Alcohol Free Lent” is meant to start discussions on “the elephant in the room – alcohol use among our members.”

A Southern California-based ministry has given away almost 100,000 copies of a book God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Life, with a cover graphic of Stephen being stoned to death and the provocative subtitle “The Myth of the Modern Message.”

The Cathedral of St. Patrick Young Adults are pleased to announce a unique Lenten event for Catholic young adults in the city of New York.

LONDON – A British court has ruled that a Christian couple cannot care for foster children because they disapprove of homosexuality.

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today released a new video documenting the organized protests in Chicago.

After the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) intervened, the Chicago City Council announced that the police would refuse to enforce an injunction forbidding protests in front of religious services on this particular occasion.

“It’s outrageous that the city of Chicago stepped in and basically told police not to enforce a law for this one occasion. Gay Liberation Network is not above the law. If the city believed the ordinance was unconstitutional they should either repeal it for everyone, or go to court to get a determination. What happened instead was indefensible: Stripping Catholics of their legal right to attend religious services peacefully — just so the Gay Liberation Network could conduct a protest during mass before Valentine’s Day,” said Brian Brown, president of NOM. “We don’t know yet if this signals a new phase in the gay marriage movement: organized protests at churches nationwide.”

The Gay Liberation Network targeted Holy Name Cathedral because of Cardinal George’s outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions.

“The theme of the protesters was ‘It’s Time to Stop Being Nice to Anti-Gay Bigots’,” points out Brown. “The Gay Liberation Network has an aggressive new agenda that includes stripping Catholic schools and charities of ‘tax dollars’ unless the Church caves in to their ideology.”

The video can be seen here: nomblog.com/5000

To schedule an interview with Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, or Maggie Gallagher, Chairman of the Board, please contact Mary Beth Hutchins, mhutchins@crcpublicrelations.com, at 703-683-5004 ext. 105 or Elizabeth Ray, eray@crcpublicrelations.com, at 703-683-5004 ext. 130.

(Source: Christian Newswire)