A new agency targets Planned Parenthood

A new agency targets Planned Parenthood

VERBATIM:  Elon Musk has been tapped by President Trump to head the Department Of Government Efficiency and one of its first actions may be to cut federal funding of the nation’s largest abortion business.  Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — who all serve in the new agency — have reportedly placed Planned Parenthood on a list of groups that are benefiting from taxpayer dollars and are liable to be cut.  MH SRN NEWS.

Americans prepare for Thanksgiving

Americans prepare for Thanksgiving

VERBATIM:  We’ve come a long way from that first celebration in 1621 when the Pilgrims gathered to thank God for enough food to last the winter.  But there will be similarities.  According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of Americans WILL mark the holiday and 74% will be doing so with family, friends and other people.  65% of us will say grace or some other kind of prayer at our Thanksgiving gathering and a few even plan to attend church services that day.  MH SRN NEWS.

Christmas stamps are out

Christmas stamps are out

VERBATIM:  And once again the Postal Service has opted to make reference to the real reason for the season.  Amongst its 2024 Christmas offerings is a stamp depicting the infant Jesus in the arms of his mother.  It is a copy of a madonna and child painting rendered in the 1600 by Italian artist Giovanni Batista Salvi and is currently held by the St. Louis Art Museum.  Postal Service spokesman Sheila Holman says the stamp is “a beautiful remind of the season’s roots.”  MH SRNN NEWS.

A warning to churches from the ATF

A warning to churches from the ATF

VERBATIM:  The Boston Bureau of that agency is urging houses of worship in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to beef up their security after several attacks.  Churches in Franklin, Kingston and Woonsocket have been the target of arsonists recently and the ATF fears there will be more incidents.  The bureau says congregations should install security cameras, keep in close contact with local law enforcement and consider organizing regular patrols of their church neighborhood.  MH SRN NEWS.

Democrats have a God problem

Democrats have a God problem

VERBATIM:  That’s the opinion of a man who worked very hard to get Kamala Harris elected this year.  Christopher Hale is the founder of Catholics For Harris and in an opinion piece for Newsweek, he says “The Democratic Party has increasingly aligned itself with secular values, often sidelining religious voices in the process. This has alienated many religious voters, who feel their beliefs are not only unrepresented but actively dismissed.” President Trump won the Catholic vote on Election Day.  MH SRN NEWS.

A Virginia teacher is fighting for her faith

A Virginia teacher is fighting for her faith

VERBATIM:  American First Legal is suing the Fairfax County School System for seeking to force the unidentified teacher to use transgender student’s preferred pronouns.  The plaintiff says this would violate her sincerely-held religious beliefs.  Lawsuits like this one are cropping up all across the country as school districts seek to promote transgenderism and people of faith resist.  Lawyers say religious freedom is at stake, as is freedom of speech.  MH SRN NEWS.

A lot of Americans are getting their news from social media influencers

A lot of Americans are getting their news from social media influencers

VERBATIM:  According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, about 20% of adults turn to such people for news content and 40% of people under the age of 30 do so.  And what the Pew study reveals is that on the major platforms — X, TikTok, Instagram and the like — the biggest single group of influencers are those promoting the LGBT agenda.  Pro-Palestinina influencers come in second.  By contrast, there are very few pro-life advocates on the platforms.  MH SRN NEWS.

Smoking pot is on the rise in the U.S.

A lot of Americans are smoking pot

VERBATIM:  It’s nowhere near a majority but it’s about twice as many as before states began legalizing the drug.  The latest from the Gallup organization finds that 15% of adults admit that they use marijuana regularly.  It was just 7% a decade ago.  Men smoke more than women, young people more than older folks and twice as many Democrats as Republicans.  Experts — including clergymen — have warned that legalization will lead to more drug use.  MH SRN NEWS.

Americans weigh-in on where we come from

Americans weigh-in on where we come from

VERBATIM:  According to the latest Gallup poll on the topic, 37% of adults believe that God created man in his present form.  34% think that humans evolved from lower life forms but that God guided the process.  And 24% say that people evolved and God had nothing to do with it.  That 37% of Americans who believe Genesis is the smallest percentage in more than 40 years of polling.  The percentage that think God was not involved is the highest in 40 years.  MH SRN NEWS.

A Democratic congressman is under fire

A Democratic congressman is under fire

VERBATIM:  There are mounting calls for Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts to resign after he questioned his party’s devotion to transgenderism.  In an interview with the New York Times, Moulton said ““I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that,”  The congressman added that transgenderism might be part of the reason for the Democratic defeat on Election Day.  MH SRN NEWS.

A new look at giving from the Barna Group

A new look at giving from the Barna Group

The 10 Commandments are on hold in Louisiana

The 10 Commandments are on hold in Louisiana

VERBATIM:  The state has a law that requires all public schools post the Decalogue in every classroom but a federal judge has suspended the legislation while a challenge plays out in court.  The American Civil Liberties Union is representing a group of families who believe the 10 Commandments law is a violation of the so-called separation of church and state.  The Commandments were to be displayed along with the Mayflower Compact and other documents.  MH SRN NEWS.

Pro-lifers need cash

Pro-lifers need cash

The annual Christmas Wars begin in Britain

The annual Christmas Wars begin in Britain

VERBATIM:  Debenhams department store has removed a holiday sweater bearing the words “A Gay In A Manger”, complete with a crib and a rainbow flag.  British clergymen and Christian ministries threatened a boycott.  It seems every year at this time, LGBT groups try to co-opt the holiday or atheist groups try to ban any presentation of the real meaning of Christmas or Satanists seek to set up pagan statues next to the manger.  And so the Christmas Wars begin.  MH SRN NEWS.

A court battle over transgenderism will continue

A court battle over transgenderism will continue

Another church attack in Canada

Another church attack in Canada

VERBATIM:  Vandals have launched a third assault on a Polish Catholic house of worship in Edmonton, smearing it with graffiti and twice trying to burn it down.  No one knows why Holy Rosary Church has become the target of such repeated attacks, but Canadian churches all across the country are in the crosshairs.  In the last three years, arsonists have tried to burn down at least 24 churches and others have been subject to different kinds of vandalism.  MH SRN NEWS.

West Virginia rejects assisted suicide

West Virginia rejects assisted suicide

VERBATIM:  The margin was razor-thin but a majority of voters approved an amendment that bars doctors from helping people take their own lives.  The bill reads “No person, physician, or health care provider in the State of West Virginia shall participate in the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person.”  So far, 10 states and the District of Columbia have made it legal for people to commit suicide with a doctor’s help.  MH SRN NEWS.

A disturbing report from a Muslim country

A disturbing report from a Muslim country

A satanic display in a French city

A satanic display in a French city

More trouble for the Church of England

More trouble for the Church of England

A Canadian province tackles transgenderism

A Canadian province tackles transgenderism

VERBATIM:  Lawmakers in Alberta are considering a measure that would bar doctors from performing sex-change operations on children.  The legislation mirrors a number of state laws in the U.S. that say anybody under the age of 18 simply cannot make an informed decision about having irreversible surgery designed to help them live as the opposite sex.  Canada is generally more socially liberal than this country, but parents north of the border are beginning to express concerns about transgenderism.  MH SRN NEWS.

A major effort to spread the gospel is progressing

A major effort to spread the gospel is progressing

VERBATIM:  The Global Church Network’s plan is to set up 800 training hubs for Christian leaders all around the world in hopes of providing the kind of guidance that will be needed to achieve the organization’s goal of fulfilling the Great Commission by the year 2030.  GCN says it has so far managed to establish 200 of those training hubs on six of the seven continents.  The latest hubs have opened in South Africa and in the Balkans. In all, an additional one million pastors will be trained.  MH SRN News.

A Catholic group has a problem with Kamala Harris

A Catholic group has a problem with Kamala Harris

Los Angeles has a special place for transgender people to vote

Los Angeles has a special place for transgender people to vote