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Wednesday
is the last day to register to vote in the
Feb. 9 presidential primary in Louisiana.
Only voters registered as Democrats can
cast ballots in the Democratic presidential
primary and other races for Democratic Party
positions that will be on the ballot, such
as state central committee members; only
registered Republicans can vote in the Republican
presidential primary and races for state
Republican Party positions. The early voting
period will be Jan. 26-Feb. 2, according
to the Secretary of State's Office.
A“In
God We Trust” will return to the front
of the $1 coin, thanks to pressure from
the public. According to the U.S. Mint,
the motto was moved to the edge of the coin
to draw attention to the inscription —
and it did. Some coinage made it through
without being stamped with the motto. And
experts say it could rub off over time.
“It was a bad idea, followed by bad
employment of that idea, and now finally
they are correcting that mistake,"
said Brian Rooney, spokesman for the Thomas
More Law Center. "That’s good
news.” Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.,
sponsored legislation to move “In
God We Trust” back to its proper home.
It's waiting for President Bush's signature.
How did the motto come to appear on the
coins? 
The
National Academy of Sciences and the Institute
of Medicine have mounted yet another attack
on the scientific theory of intelligent
design, publishing an 89-page book titled
Science, Evolution, and Creationism. The
new publication falsely equates "intelligent
design" (a scientific theory which
infers the necessity for intelligent design
from scientific evidence) with "creationism"
[a term usually used for a theory of origins
that begins with the Bible or other religious
text(s)]. It appears to dodge altogether
the crucial question of how living things
could have arisen from non-living things
in the first place. It also slanders intelligent
design as "unscientific" despite
peer-reviewed articles on the concept and
the credentials of 700 doctoral-level scientists
who have publicly questioned Darwinism.
Perhaps the biggest problem with the defenders
of Darwinian evolution is that, ironically,
they have reversed the roles in the supposed
historical "war between science and
religion," by declaring Darwinism to
be inerrant dogma, and punishing its doubters
by burning them at the academic stake.
It
is said that the "Four "Fs" describe Louisiana's
culture: Food, Faith, Fish, and Football! The LSU Tigers
have once again tasted victory in last night's win over Ohio
State, 38-24. 
“Louisiana
Family Forum will take part in an Inaugural Prayer Breakfast
on Monday, January 14th. Louisiana Renewal Project has invited
pastors throughout the state to attend its upcoming Pastors’
Inaugural Prayer Breakfast, meant to encourage pastors and
their congregations to take a stand for morality in their
daily lives. The event will feature Special Guest, Governor
-Elect Bobby Jindal, who will be accompanied by Historian
David Barton, Texas' Governor Rick Perry and Dr. Laurence
White. The Louisiana Renewal Project Breakfast will be held
in at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center in Baton Rouge
on Monday, January 14th, 2008, 6:30 am - 9:00am. 
Family
Research Council, LFF's sister organization in Washington,
D.C., is welcoming applications for the Spring Term for its
Witherspoon Fellowship. Nearly four hundred young Christian
college students have completed this 15-week program, including
several from Louisiana. Fellows pay no fees
and receive free housing on Capitol Hill. The program
is designed to prepare young people to work in public policy.
FRC fights to preserve religious liberty, protect human life,
and defend marriage. The new term starts January 14, and ends
May 1, 2008. Contact FRC at 
New
Orleans-area lawmakers will hold the top two spots in the
state House of Representatives and six committee chairs when
the new Legislature convenes in January, Speaker-designee
Jim Tucker has announced. Tucker, R-Algiers, said he is backing
state Rep. Karen Carter, D-New Orleans, for speaker pro-tem,
the No. 2 leadership slot in the lower chamber, making it
a near-certainty that she will win the post. The two sought-after
"money" committees,: the budget-writing Appropriations
Committee and the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, go
to Rep. Jim Fannin, D-Jonesboro, and Rep. Hunter Greene, R-Baton
Rouge, respectively. Tucker made the announcement after weeks
of trying to balance committee assignments along regional,
racial and party lines, a task made more difficult because
there will be 59 freshman members in the 105-member House
after many veterans were ushered out of office by term limits.
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