The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the English language King James Version of the Bible.

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

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(Source: Christian Newswire)

“An Afghani Christian under arrest for converting to Christianity is moving closer to execution according to reports from human rights advocates. Said Musa faces the death penalty charge of “apostasy” from Islam.

Former Church of God General Overseer, Dr. R. Lamar Vest, who now serves as president and CEO of the American Bible Society, responded to the recent deaths of American missionaries killed by Somali pirates.

The Church of God International Executive Committee has announced a major conference on prayer and church planting scheduled for April 7-9, 2011 at the North Cleveland Church of God.

The response across the country to the Longest Married Couple Project sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, the original faith based marriage enrichment program in the country, was marked as extremely positive.

Twenty resources have been selected as 2011 Outreach Resources of the Year, Outreach magazine announced today.

Looking for an inspired selection for your Lenten book discussion group or a special gift for Easter? Readers and reviewers alike are praising “The Good Thief,” a new Christian novel by author Barry Connolly.