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Raging Debate in Australia over Same-sex Marriage
Wednesday November 27th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft, has vetoed a motion from his diocesan synod recommending recognition of same-sex marriage by more that two-thirds of its members. The motion and veto comes at a time when the parliament of the…
View This Article →49%: Number of Americans on Government Support
Tuesday November 26th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, 49.2% of Americans received some form of government benefits during the last three months of 2011. That’s 151,014,000 Americans out of a total population of 306,804,000. This figure includes Social Security, food stamps, Medicare,…
View This Article →EU Bans Some Pesticides to Protect Bees
Monday November 25th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe alarming decline of the honey bee population in the European Union over the last decade and a half has prompted the European Commission to ban the use of some pesticides known as neonicotinoids for two years because they appear…
View This Article →Abbott insists that Australian Spying is Legal
Tuesday November 19th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott insisted that government authorities have not broken the law in working with the US NSA spy network. Australia is one of the “five eyes” that collaborate and share information with each other. The revelations of…
View This Article →Official Report: Catholic Church Betrays Trust
Monday November 18th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Victorian state government’s report on clergy child sex abuse recommends sweeping changes to laws which the Catholic Church used to shelter itself and accused church leaders of trivializing the problem as a ‘‘short-term embarrassment”. Inquiry Chairwoman Georgie Crozier introduced…
View This Article →Hawaii and Illinois Join the Same-Sex Marriage Bandwagon
Thursday November 14th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsHawaii and Illinois have joined the growing list of states in the United States that now legally approve same-sex marriage. The dramatic shift in such a short period of time is not normally seen in other social issues. Sixteen states…
View This Article →Polyamory, the Next Marriage Frontier
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPolyamory, having simultaneous close emotional and sexual relationships with two or more other individuals, is increasingly being profiled as acceptable, especially since same-sex marriage has become increasingly normal in western societies. The polyandrous relationships may be straight, gay, lesbian, or…
View This Article →Deadly Storm Attacks Britain and Europe
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA storm has killed 13 people in the UK and in Europe with Germany hit the hardest. Hurricane-force winds of up to 160 kph knocked down trees, flooded low areas and left hundreds of thousands without power. At least five…
View This Article →The Powerful “Moral Influence” of the Vatican
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe United States must embrace the Vatican, wrote Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See in a USA Today op ed. The “cordial but cooling relations” between the U.S. and the Vatican, he suggested, have not taken into…
View This Article →Europe Will Centralize its Banking System
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe European Parliament has agreed to place approximately 150 of the EU’s largest banks under the oversight of the European Central Bank (ECB) beginning September 2014. The new system will be compulsory for Eurozone members, but will be open to…
View This Article →United Methodist Church Trials Support Alternative Lifestyles
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe United Methodist Church’s highest court has been conducting trials that involve church policy toward gays and lesbians. While they do not change church policy, the trials encourage support of gays and lesbians as same-sex couples. In one case, the…
View This Article →Religious Liberty Under Threat in the U.S. Army
Wednesday November 6th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsEvangelical Christians, pro-life groups and members of the Tea Party are a threat to the United States, and are “tearing the country apart,” soldiers were told in a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood. Any of them caught donating to those…
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