Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org WICHITA, Aug. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- The District Attorney's office has informed Mark Gietzen that it will not pursue charges against abortionist George Tiller for vehicular assault after Tiller struck Geitzen with his Jeep outside his late-term abortion mill in Wichita, Kansas.   The incident occurred on the evenin Source: Operation Rescue

Two girls, ages 15 and 17, were attacked and arrested without warning by police while peacefully exercising their First Amendment Rights outside Sen. Obama's hotel Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org DENVER, Aug. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Two young girls were brutally attacked by police Wednesday evening without warning as they were chalking the sidewalk with Source: Operation Rescue

Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, 540-538-4741 cell; Katilin Clare, 540-538-4822; both with Christian Defense Coalition DENVER, Aug. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Police officers use excessive force and brutality in arresting  two young women, aged 17 and 15 years old, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for peacefully demonstrating yards away from where Senator Obama is staying. View video of arrests Also arrested was the Rev. Patrick J.  Mahoney, Direc Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095   ATLANTA, Aug. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- On this, the 45th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Priests for Life Pastoral Associate Dr. Alveda King released the following statement: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a man of God, a man of great compassion, and a man of non-violence, once said, 'The Negro cannot win as long as he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his chil Source: Priests for Life

Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, 540-538-4741 cell; Katilin Clare, 540-538-4822; both with Christian Defense Coalition DENVER, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Police officers use excessive force and brutality in arresting  two young women, aged 17 and 15 years old, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for peacefully demonstrating yards away from where Senator Obama is staying. View video of arrests Also arrested was the Rev. Patrick J.  Mahoney, Direc Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Contact: Joseph Landry, 904-687-9804, 406-860-9738  DENVER, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Once I realized I murdered my child, the burden of turmoil and guilt nearly destroyed me including an attempted suicide. Abortion kills children, and mars women for the rest of their lives. "As a post abortive woman, my highest political priority is to make abortion illegal and unthinkable, so that other women are not thrown into the abyss of post-abortive hell. "I intend t Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Contact: Michelle Johnson, EWTN Global Catholic Network, 205-795-5769, mjohnson@ewtn.com IRONDALE, Alabama, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- EWTN Global Catholic Network TV Host Father Mitch Pacwa S.J. took Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to task last night for misrepresenting Church teaching on abortion in an Aug. 24 interview with Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press. In her interview, Pelosi told Brokow that "as an ardent, practicing Catholic" who has studied the issue of when life begins fo Source: EWTN Global Catholic Network

Contact: Katie Short, YESon4, 619-737-7900 MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Yes on 4 Campaign is setting the record straight because the opposition has repeatedly misled the public with false and misleading information. CLAIM: Parental notification laws will harm minors. Scared teens will turn to back-alley abortions or commit suicide. FACT: There is absolutely no research or even a single documented case to back up the claim that notification laws endanger minors. Source: Yes on 4 Campaign

Contact: Christian Newswire, 202-546-0054   OPINION, August 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Gary McCullough, director of Christian Newswire:   Barack Obama is a proven and consistent leader in the war against children in the womb.  His dedication to funding and fighting this war has never wavered.  He has never voted against a weapons system to kill children in the womb.  His ability to stand against his own Democratic Party and support parti Source: CCN

Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, 540-538-4741 cell; Katilin Clare, 540-538-4822; both with Christian Defense Coalition; Danielle Versluys, Survivors, 909-213-5339 DENVER, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- The activist with the Christian Defense Coalition and A Prayer for Change plan to have prayer, display large signs, and hold banners outside of the hotel where Senator Obama will be staying tonight.  The senator is expected to arrive in Denver for the Democratic Na Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org DENVER, Aug. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- As Michelle Obama and her entourage left their hotel this afternoon to go to the Democratic National Convention, they were confronted with huge images of aborted babies on Operation Rescue's fleet of Truth Trucks.   The Truth Trucks are also emblazoned with the website Abort Source: Operation Rescue

Contact: Rev. Fr. John Trigilio, Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, 717-957-9309 MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy repudiates the inaccurate statements made by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. We also endorse the statement made by Archbishop Raymond Burke (Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura): "Catholics, especially politicians, who publically defend abortion should not receive Communion, and that ministers of Communion should be responsibly charitable in Source: Confraternity of Catholic Clergy

"No Catholic, no Evangelical, can ethically vote Obama and Biden because they support legalized child-killing by abortion." Contact: Patrick Landry, 904-687-9804, 406-860-9738 DENVER, Aug. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- A partial listing of those arrested are: Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue Washington DCFr. Norman Weslin, Founder, Lambs of Christ, age 78, Fr. Joe Klee - Portsmouth OHRev. Lee Hartley, Clair Conley Denver Co, Mary Colsch Calendonia MN a Source: Society for Truth and Justice

"Strang is admirably aware that as an evangelical leader he is called foremost of all to uphold his faith and to be discerning in his political engagements." - UM Action Executive Director Mark Tooley Contact: Loralei Coyle 202-682-4131, 202-905-6852 cell, lcoyle@ird-renew.org; Radio Interviews: Jeff Walton, jwalton@ird-renew.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Cameron Strang, the 32-year-old editor of edgy Relevant Magazine, has reconsidered his acceptance of an invita Source: The Institute on Religion & Democracy

Pro-life sit-in planned for Tuesday, August 26; includes peaceful civil disobedience.  Contact: Joe Landry, 406-860-9738, 904-687-9804 DENVER, August 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Other groups have talked about civil disobedience; tomorrow Catholic and Evangelical Christians will peacefully 'break the law' to protest the slaughter of the innocent by abortion, and to call on fellow Christians to reject the Obama/Biden 'Ticket of Death.'" Randall Terry, Founder, Operation Resc Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Contact: Natalie Bell, Concerned Women for America (CWA), 202-488-7000 ext. 126   WASHINGTON, August 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) sees the national political conventions as a spotlight for focusing America's attention on the connection between faith and the central issues facing the nation in the 2008 general election in November.  Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, CWALAC political commentator, said, "In contrast Source: Concerned Women for America

Contact: Rev. Rob Schenck, President, National Clergy Council, weekend and after hours, 703-447-7686; business hours at 202-546-8329 ext. 103   DENVER, August 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- In its first "official event" of the 2008 Democratic Convention, Pentecostal preacher and Bishop Charles E. Blake of the Church of God in Christ, took to the pulpit of an Interfaith Gathering and unequivocally denounced abortion, saying God could not be pleased with millions of lives being ended Source: Faith and Action

Contact:  Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, 540-538-4741; Katilin Clare, 540-538-4822; both with the Christian Defense Coalition and "A Prayer for Change"   DENVER, August 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pro-life activists and "A Prayer for Change" announce their schedule of events at the Democratic National Convention for Monday, August 25.  More details are available online at Aprayerforchange.com   Monday, August 25, at 10:00 A.M.   Pro-life activists will Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Denver Schedule Below for Catholic Churches and Protests from Sat 8/23 to Mon 8/25   Contact: Joe Landry, 406-860-9738, 904-687-9804   DENVER, August 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- Randall Terry states: "Obama jumped into political and religious quicksand by picking Biden; Catholic Bishops and voters will determine whether the Obama/Biden ticket sinks into political oblivion on November 4".   "The question is: Will Catholic bishops be courageous and clear, or will Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Contact: Jon Moseley, 703-850-3733; www.TheBidenQuiz.com MEDIA ADVISORY, August 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- The BIDEN QUIZ provides quick summaries of Joe Biden's political positions, votes, rankings, and interesting statements. Go to: www.TheBidenQuiz.com Source: self