• House Chaplain: Partisanship Growing Despite the Holidays

  As Christmas approaches, U.S. House Chaplain Father Patrick Conroy said there is a sharp contrast between the charitable, peaceful and hopeful nature of the season and the often painfully partisan atmosphere in the Congress.

• Facebook, Google, Apple Censoring Religious Speech?

  WASHINGTON – The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) group sounded the alarm Thursday about new media outlets such as Facebook, Google and Apple, which they say have written policies that violate the fundamental rules of free expression, particularly concerning religious free speech.

  

• Starbucks CEO to Businesses: Boycott Political Campaign Donations Until Deficit Deal Reached

  Starbucks CEO and Chairman Howard Schultz's political campaign donation boycott is picking up steam after two Wall Street CEOs endorsed the pledge agreeing that bipartisan leadership is lacking in America.

  

• Miss USA Affirms Evolution; First Runner-Up Opposes Burning Sacred Texts

  A Christian Miss Tennessee told Miss USA judges she strongly disapproves of the burning of sacred texts, including her own, during a challenging final question round that led to the crowning of Miss California, a self-professed "science geek" and believer in evolution.

  

• Miss USA Questions on Evolution, Nude Photos Cause Contestants to Compromise?

  Pre-recorded questions about evolution in schools and nude pictures coupled with a new online voting system have some worried that this year’s Miss USA pageant queens may feel pressured to compromise their beliefs in order to win the crown.