Current Events – Page 27

You Are Invited to ‘A Night to Honor Israel’

Feb 26, 2014JerryCurrent EventsCurrent Events, Israel

You are cordially invited to “A Night to Honor Israel” on Sunday, March 23, at 6:00pm at Agape Church in Little Rock.

“A Night to Honor Israel” is sponsored by Christians United for Israel (CUFI), founded by Pastor John Hagee. It is an event that has a proven track record of bringing Christians and Jews together to promote a genuine, brotherly love and providing an environment where Christians will come together to show solidarity for Israel and the Jewish people.

U.S. Senator John Boozman, Congressman Tim Griffin, and Ambassador Meir Shlomo are among the featured speakers. Several other elected officials have been invited and will attend.

Agape Church is located at 701 Napa Valley Drive in Little Rock. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information contact: Akaya Lee at (501) 225-0612 or email akaya.lee@agapecollege.com.

Arkansas Mom Sues the Government

Feb 19, 2014JerryCurrent EventsCurrent Events

The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Deborah Beuerman.

Robert Longley reports the Obama administration apparently does not support a woman-owned business that helps financially-struggling parents buy children’s clothing at affordable prices.

Rhea Lana Riner of Conway founded her children’s clothing consignment sale business, Rhea Lana’s, Inc, to enable parents and other family members sell children’s clothing to other families.

“At Rhea Lana’s sales, people selling items on consignment were offered the option to volunteer to assist at the event in return for a chance to shop before the sale opens to the public. During the sales, the volunteers performed general tasks such as greeting shoppers, picking up fallen price tags, reorganizing items that shoppers have handled, and assisting shoppers with carrying items to their vehicles.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says that is against the law and banned Rhea Lana’s from allowing volunteers to assist at its sales. The DOL says the volunteers were actually Rhea Lana’s “employees” under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and as such should have been paid and are now entitled to back pay in accordance with FLSA minimum wage provisions.

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Killing the Duck that Laid the Golden Eggs

Dec 19, 2013Jerry1 CommentHomosexuality, Religious FreedomCurrent Events, Duck Dynasty, ENDA, Homosexuality, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

You may have seen the news this week that A&E has indefinitely suspended Phil Robertson from filming the hit reality show ‘Duck Dynasty.’

Phil made comments in an interview with GQ calling homosexuality a sin and referencing scripture. His discussion was graphic and doesn’t win a lot of points for tact, but then again, if you watch the show, you know Phil Robertson doesn’t always beat around the bush.

Of course, when GLAAD and others read Phil’s comments, they immediately put in calls to A&E, who airs the show. A&E responded with a statement that read in part:

“[Phil’s] personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely.”

Here’s the problem. Say what you will, but Phil Robertson was articulating his deeply-held religious convictions concerning sexual sin (if you read the interview, you know he doesn’t limit the discussion to homosexuality). A&E even says in its statement that these are Phil Robertson’s “personal views” and not those of the network. They could have left it at that; they could have simply said, “Phil believes what he believes; we disagree, but what he believes is his business.” Television networks do that all the time when stars say or do things that are controversial. Instead they fired him.

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