By Tom Krattenmaker Tom is an award-winning Portland-based writer Recent books Onward Christian Athletes & The Evangelicals you Don’t Know Many of my fellow progressives and seculars will wonder what possessed me to journey to Focus on the Family as part of the legwork for my new book — not […]

By Maggie Clark, Staff Writer PEW Charitable Trust An abortion protester stands outside the Red River Women’s Clinic in downtown Fargo, N.D., the state’s sole abortion provider. State attorneys general in North Dakota, Arkansas and Kansas are preparing to defend new abortion and gun laws, recently passed by their state […]

Portland is cutting their budget by $21 million and that means their anti-prostitution programs are facing the budget knife. KGW-8 video news clip has more.

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights The problems with the IRS extend beyond playing politics with conservative groups seeking a tax-exempt status. I have never made this public before, but given the heightened interest in the way the IRS has conducted itself, the time has come to disclose […]

Karen England, Executive Director, Capitol Resource Institute, Assembly Bill 1266 passed out of the Assembly. AB 1266 forces all California schools to allow students to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, and facilities consistent with his or her gender identity. “This bill allows children of any gender to participate on […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Author of Heaven In this video and the following transcript, I share some thoughts on Christians participating in and watching sports. Sports and the Christian from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Here’s the deal with sports. The fact is that God made us […]

By Oregon Family Council Religious Liberties Report: Christians and their beliefs are under attack by those who want to see God and religion removed from our everyday life. Please read our new report on the current state of religious liberty in America, and get involved! Click Here to Download Report

Dalai Lama came to Portland. Below is a news clip of some of the things he said as reported by KATU-2.

By National Conference of State Legislatures, State Defense of Marriage Acts and Same-Sex Marriage Laws Delaware Becomes 11th State to Allow Same-Sex Marriage The Delaware Senate passed legislation establishing same-sex marriage on May 7. Governor Jack Markell immediately signed the bill, making Delaware the second state to adopt same-sex marriage […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on a White House meeting on gun control: Recently, Vice President Joe Biden implored about 20 religious leaders to press the moral issues behind gun control; it lasted two-and-a-half hours. There were representatives from all major U.S. religions, some […]