Crosstalk America from VCY America

Vic shared just a few of the many stories that come in to Crosstalk each day. Among them: Joel Osteen claims that both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are actually Christians. The "Occupy" movement threatens to "shut down" New York City during May Day protests. Barack Obama seeks to cede control of U.S. ocean waters to the United Nations. Callers then were invited to participate with their comments.

Chaplain Klingenschmitt served 16 years as a military officer, he is a former Navy Chaplain who dared to pray in Jesus name and as a result, lost his career as a chaplain. Because of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", military chaplains in all services are being ordered not to preach or counsel against homosexual practices, and in fact must accommodate same-sex ceremonies in military chapels, even though such practices are forbidden in the Bible.

Planned Parenthood remains the largest provider of abortions in the United States, with affiliates around the world. It receives millions of taxpayer dollars each year, in addition to donations and fees charged for abortions and other services. The discovery that they also sell body parts from aborted babies reveals another source of revenue.

Across the country, there has been a rapid increase in requests for cities and counties to pass ordinances adding benefits to same-sex. Efforts continue as homosexual activists are going from city to city, demanding that benefits be extended to domestic partners, or other ordinances related to "gender identity".

Despite the fact that most cancer-fighting organizations either ignore, or deny the link between abortion and a woman's likelihood of developing breast cancer, the evidence for such a link is credible and overwhelming. In fact, many of these same organizations recommend that a woman carry her first pregnancy to term and breast feed the baby to mature the cells that would be susceptible to cancer.

In 1963, America’s most famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, won the landmark lawsuit filed on behalf of her son William that effectively banned prayer in public schools. Years later, Bill Murray became a Christian, and he now is Chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition.

Many technological advances are being used in ways that can invade privacy, especially when American civilians can now be observed by tiny "drone" aircraft capable of taking high resolution video from overhead. Surveys are given to members of the community that are "mandatory" to complete, they ask very personal questions that seem to have little information that the government might need to know.

April 20 has been designated as a "Day of Silence" in schools across the nation to protest what they perceive as discrimination against—and hatred toward homosexual students. The idea is for those supporting homosexuals to remain silent throughout the day. In some schools, even teachers have refused to speak on that day. Even the ACLU has stated that students "do NOT have a right to remain silent during class time if a teacher asks you to speak." In response, students who do not agree with the homosexual agenda are encouraged to walk out and not be in attendance that day.

In recent years regulations have done far more than regulate pollution, or carbon emissions, etc. They have limited severely the use of private property, with the ultimate goal of eliminating private property altogether. Long range plans for areas like California envision a ban on motorized vehicles except for mass transit, the end of ranches, with the land being restored to its "pristine" natural state. Brian Sussman discusses these unsettling events on today's Crosstalk.

The US, European Union, and others are scrambling to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear standoff. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad meet this week for the first time in two years, amid Palestinian threats to bring their statehood bid back to the United Nations. Why the return to peace talks now, when they have failed so many times before? Is there new information that we don't know about?

Vic Eliason created conversation with Crosstalk listeners by presenting some of the latest stories that came in to the news desk. The stories included: Reverend Al Sharpton tries to express a parallel between Christ's legal case and that of Trayvon Martin. $205,075 spent in San Francisco to translocate one shrub that stood in the path of a 1-plus billion dollar highway renovation project. These and more on todays Crosstalk.

Like its predecessor, "Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions" Volume 2 is an easy-to-read book that will allow lay Christians to do away with the "smoke screens" of unbelievers by providing great teaching points from the authority of God’s Word.

The U.S. attorney general has been fighting voter I.D. laws claiming that they are discriminatory, unnecessary and making it harder for minorities to vote. This simply isn't true. In fact, Hans noted that in Georgia, African-American and Hispanic voter turnout has actually increased in federal elections held since the implementation of voter I.D. requirements.

Vic opened the phone lines to give listeners the opportunity to comment regarding why they listen to Crosstalk. Listeners had various responses including: Crosstalk's faith-based background; Crosstalk stands for the truth; it's the most informative news-radio; it's an encouragement for listeners to hear others who tune in; Crosstalk's eternal vigilance against abortion; and more.

There is a treaty conference coming to New York this July that could have important implications for Second Amendment rights here in America. It could include the confiscation of non-civilian weapons or perhaps even requiring a manufacturer's license just to change a scope or a stock on a rifle. These are two regulations that could show up just short of an outright gun ban due to this treaty. Larry also comments on the case of Trayvon Martin.