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Rick Santorum, Jeremy Lin, Attribute Success to Faith in Christ

It’s often said American’s love an underdog in sports and politics. If that’s the case, then there is good reason former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and NBA newcomer Jeremy Lin are riding high. What is ago getting attention is they are crediting God for their success. “I’ve survived the challenges so far by the daily grace that comes from God,” Santorum said shortly after the Iowa caucuses. “For giving me His grace every day, for loving me, warts and all, I offer public thanks to God.” Since then, Santorum has had much to be thankful for. After being discounted shortly after the South Carolina primary in late January, Santorum has steadily risen to the top of state and national polls in the GOP quest for the White House. Lin’s success has taken a similar path. After a standout career at Harvard, few if any thought he would have an impact in professional basketball. Initially signed as a free agent, he was cut by a couple of clubs before being picked up by the New York Knicks. Then, after shooting a winning three-pointer last week to win the game, Lin commented, “I just thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-02-22T10:23:52-06:00February 22nd, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Does Santorum Have Evangelical Women’s Vote in the Bag?

Rick Santorum's campaign has taken on a whole new dimension within the last two weeks. His surprise sweep of Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota has placed him front and center in a GOP primary, but he still needs to wrap up a greater percentage of women – specifically, evangelical women. Santorum's legislative credentials on issues such as partial birth abortion and traditional marriage give him tons of credibility within the ranks of female social conservatives. Still, some evangelical women have drifted toward Romney or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, saying those candidates were best suited to addresshealth care and economic issues and defeat President Obama in November. Now that mindset seems to be changing. Penny Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America, has known and worked with Santorum for a number of years. Although the organization she leads doesn't endorse candidates, Nance has personally thrown her support behind the former Pennsylvania senator and she thinks the next few weeks will be a "make-or-break" period for both Romney and Santorum. To read the remainder of the article click here.

By Paul Stanley|2012-02-21T08:55:11-06:00February 21st, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Prop 8 Appeal: Will Supreme Court Decide Gay Marriage Once and for All?

Legal scholars say the U.S. Supreme Court may have to decide whether federal court has the power to overturn a state protection of traditional marriage in the wake of the controversial 9th Circuit Appeal Court decision negating California Proposition 8. But it is not clear this is the case that either protectors or challengers to traditional marriage want the high court to decide. American Center for Law and Justice attorney and legal scholar David French says he is somewhat perplexed by last Tuesday's ruling by the 9th Circuit Appeals Court and questions how the Supreme Court would handle the case. "They certainly tried to make the ruling as narrow as possible," French told The Christian Post. "Still, I believe they made a mistake in the sense that when talking about marriage - they discussed the importance of marriage as an institution. Yet they gave no legitimate reason for marriage when advancing the state's interest. I think it only complicates the issue." Click here to read the rest of the article.

By Paul Stanley|2012-02-14T10:43:41-06:00February 14th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Evangelical’s ‘Outraged’ by Obama’s Contraceptive Compromise

President Obama's attempt at a "compromise" in his new contraceptive coverage rule seems to have backfired and only further fanned the flames among evangelicals and conservative Catholics. "Southern Baptists and people of other various faith communities are outraged with President Obama's so-called compromise on his administration's abortion mandate," Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, told The Christian Post." To read the remainder of the article click here.

By Paul Stanley|2012-02-11T11:13:22-06:00February 11th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Romney’s Tax Return Could Be a ‘Teaching Moment,’ Says Expert

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney relented to pressure and released two years of tax returns today, an action that an expert on investing and entrepreneurship believes can be used as a "teaching moment" to educate voters on the nation's complicated tax structure. The Romney’s 2010 tax return shows the couple paid 13.9 percent in taxes, and an estimate of their 2011 return shows an estimated 15.4 percent tax rate. With both years combined, this amounts to about $6.2 million in taxes on about $42.4 million of income. The returns are more than 500 pages and can be found here. The couple gave around $4.1 million to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. ($2.6 million in 2011 and $1.5 million in 2010). They also contributed to The Tyler Foundation thus making their charitable contributions well above 10 percent. One reason Romney may have been hesitant to release his tax returns are due to the complex nature of the return, it takes more than a 30 second sound byte to explain. For example, the vast majority of the couple’s income has already been taxed, thus underestimating his total tax burden on the same dollar. [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-01-24T19:34:09-06:00January 24th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

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Rick Santorum, Jeremy Lin, Attribute Success to Faith in Christ

Does Santorum Have Evangelical Women’s Vote in the Bag?

Prop 8 Appeal: Will Supreme Court Decide Gay Marriage Once and for All?

Evangelical’s ‘Outraged’ by Obama’s Contraceptive Compromise

Romney’s Tax Return Could Be a ‘Teaching Moment,’ Says Expert