Wednesday around the blogosphere

• A Rabbi's warning to U.S. Christians

Without a vibrant and vital Christianity, America is doomed, and without America, the West is doomed.

• Ohio Governor scorns abstinence program

The pro-abortion governor of Ohio says public school students in his state do not need abstinence-until-marriage education programs. Democratic Governor Ted Strickland has proposed a new budget that would eliminate the $500,000 the state spends annually on abstinence-based sex education.

• Youth Pastor: Parents, not churches, should raise teens

A youth pastor from Illinois says too many parents are giving spiritual custody of their children to the church.

• 'Equality Ride' to visit George Fox April 5 over stance on gays

The stated purpose of Soulforce is “freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance."

• Christian fired for sharing God

Escobar was directed to stop speaking about her faith, even during breaks and after work hours.

Also, the university ordered her to sign a document admitting she had "an inability to separate her religious beliefs from her role" as an intern.

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