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Barack Obama Warns Of Crisis In Inauguration Speech

Barack Hussein Obama, sworn in as the United States 44th president Tuesday, January 20, warned his nation it would face challenges ahead “amidst crisis” but said its faith in God would help it to overcome the economic troubles, wars and terrorist threats. Following is a full version of Obama’s inauguration speech in front of an estimated crowd of nearly two million people.

Pastor Warren Praying “In Jesus Name” For Obama

On January 20, 2009, Rick Warren led the United States in a prayer just before Barack Obama was sworn in as the newly elected President of the United States. Read the entire prayer.

Gay Bishop To Pray For Obama Without Bible

Preparations were underway for the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church to pray, without using a Bible, at the start of ceremonies leading up to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the United States’ first black president on Tuesday, January 20.

“Miracle” Landing In Hudson River; All Survive

Survivors of a spectacular crash landing into the Hudson River thanked God on Friday, January 16, that the right pilot at the right time guided a crippled US Airways jetliner safely into the Hudson River — saving all 155 people aboard.

US Airbus Crashes In New York

A US Airways Airbus A320 plane came down in the Hudson River in New York City, Thursday, January 15, and ships rushed to the scene to rescue passengers.

Christians Rush To Record Floods in Washington; 40,000 Evacuate

There was more flooding in several parts of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington Friday, January 9, where previous floods, mudslides and avalanches already kept tens of thousands of people from homes and endangered drinking water supplies.

Yellowstone Shakes Raise Fears Of Massive Eruption

yellowstoneScientists were watching the United States’ famous Yellowstone National Park, Tuesday, January 6, after hundreds of earthquakes there late December and last week — prompting fears they are the prelude to the world’s most powerful volcanic eruption.

Banks Get $15 Billion Despite Transparency Concerns

The United States Treasury Department says it has supplied another $15 billion to seven banks through its Capital Purchase Program to help them overcome the worst economic crisis in a generation.

U.S. Debt: “A Ticking Time Bomb”

The United States faces a financial “time bomb” as its national debt is to jump by $2 trillion this year and United States President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats consider a massive spending package, economists have warned.

Obama Urges Package to Tackle Economic Crisis

United States President-elect Barack Obama was scheduled to meet with congressional leaders from both political parties Monday, January 5, to discuss a stimulus package aimed at ending America’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Democratic Governors seeking Federal Funds

Five Democratic governors have presented a plan to Obama’s transition team and congressional leaders to pass a $1 trillion stimulus package to help states facing severe budget shortfalls. This year 41 states as well as the District of Columbia are facing deficits totaling $42 billion this year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in a report seen by Worthy News Monday, January 5.

U.S. Supreme Court rules state prisons must accommodate inmate religions

Tupelo, MS — June 1, 2005 (American Center for Law and Justice) – The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions. In a unanimous decision, the Court ruled that Ohio inmates, including a witch and a Satanist, were improperly denied the right to worship and to access religious literature ceremonial items.

ERLC asks justices for reversals in abortion, homosexuality cases

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse lower-court decisions that struck down a ban on partial-birth abortion and rejected the Boy Scouts of America’s prohibition against homosexual leaders, according to friend-of-the-court briefs signed onto by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

ACLJ to Meet ACLU Legal Challenge of Children’s Internet Protection Act

(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will work to defend the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) – a new federal law that requires public libraries to use computer software to block pornography – from a legal challenge by the ACLU.

ACLJ Gets Court Order Upholding Constitutionality of In-Home Prayer for Connecticut Family

(Bridgeport, CT) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today a federal judge has issued a Preliminary Injunction against the Town of New Milford, Connecticut prohibiting the town from blocking a Connecticut family from continuing to hold prayer meetings inside their private residence.

ACLJ Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Mass. School Dist. In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling

(Boston, MA) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has filed a federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination against a school district in Massachusetts that has refused to permit a Christian organization to use its facilities after-hours – just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such discriminatory action is unconstitutional.

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