85-Year-Old Widow Kicked Out of Apartment for Sharing Her Faith, Offering to Pray for People

85-Year-Old Widow Kicked Out of Apartment for Sharing Her Faith, Offering to Pray for People



Due to her advanced age and religious activities, an elderly widow in California has been reportedly forced out of her apartment.


Eighty-five-year-old Diana Martin had lived in her apartment in Hanford for almost 14 years. Earlier this year, the owner and city’s vice-mayor, John Draxler, told her she was being evicted for sharing her faith and offering to pray for people. In follow up conversations, he also added that her age contributed to her eviction.


Despite knowing that her rent was fully paid and that she had nowhere to go, Draxler still told her to leave. According to CBN News, “when [Martin] started to cry, protesting that it was winter and she had no children living nearby, Draxler reportedly told her that was not his problem.” She has since moved out.


When Martin moved in over a decade ago, the complex had been advertised to senior living dwellers. But, in recent years, management changed and invited younger people, removing as many older residents as possible, including Martin.


Draxler also told Martin that he believed she was “combative” with management when she fought to keep her parking space. She was being reassigned to another one far from her door and next to a dumpster. She was concerned about her safety with homeless men often near the dumpster and believed this reassignment was an attempt to push her out.


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The View Co-Host: Jesus Would Attend a Pride Parade

The View Co-Host: Jesus Would Attend a Pride Parade



In response to a tweet by a Catholic bishop, The Viewco-host Sunny Hostin said she knows Jesus would attend a pride parade “with pride,” further contending that “being at a pride parade would be much safer for a child than it has been to be in a Catholic church for many years.” 


Over the weekend, Bishop Thomas Tobin from Rhode Island tweeted admonitions about upcoming pride parades.


“A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ ‘Pride Month’ events held in June,” the tweet read. “They promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals. They are especially harmful for children.” 


As a Catholic, Sunny had a different view. “This practicing Catholic will be supporting and attending LGBTQ Pride events. And so will my Catholic children. You should be ashamed,” she tweeted.


While on air Monday, Hostin voiced her opinion that her faith is contrary to anti-gay views. “My faith always taught me, ‘What would Jesus do?’ And I know Jesus would attend that Pride Parade,” she said.


“And I also know that God is love, Jesus is love, love is love,” she continued. “For a Catholic bishop to come out and say something like that given the history of pedophilia in the Catholic church, given what the Catholic church has hidden about the abuse of children, some would say that being at a pride parade would be…

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Lancashire church to celebrate Pentecost live on BBC

Millions are expected to hear the gospel message this Sunday as St Cuthbert’s Fulwood in Preston broadcast their Pentecost celebration live to the nation on BBC One.

The day of Pentecost, which is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter marks the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus Christ after his Ascension.

 

 

Sunday 9th June also marks the end of ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, a ten day ecumenical prayer movement launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury to encourage Christians around the world to pray for salvation for others. 

Rev. Mark Bradford, vicar at St Cuthbert’s spoke about how the church were continuing to be motivated by the same things as the man their church was named after: “It was said of St Cuthbert that above all else, he was fired by the love of God. At St Cuthbert’s Fulwood we are seeking for this to be true of our church today and what better Sunday to celebrate being fired by God’s love in Jesus Christ than Pentecost Sunday!”

Rt Rev. Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster, will be speaking at the service and said: “Lancashire is known for being a county of beacons and on Pentecost Sunday at St Cuthbert’s my prayer is for men, women and children to be on fire with the Spirit of God and to spread that fire, through the televised broadcast, so people across the whole of the UK might hear the Gospel in their own languages.”

 

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N.Y. Legislature Bans Cat Declawing, Approves Abortion up to Birth

N.Y. Legislature Bans Cat Declawing, Approves Abortion up to Birth



New York’s legislature passed a bill banning the declawing of cats Tuesday – four months after the same body approved a bill permitting abortion of a human unborn baby up to the moment of birth.


The irony wasn’t lost on pro-lifers. 


“Cats soon could have more protections under New York state law than unborn babies,” Micaiah Bilger of LifeNews.com wrote


Katie Pavlich, a Fox News contributor and Townhall.com editor, tweeted, “In New York, you may not be able to declaw your cat, but abortion of a baby up until the day of birth is fine.” 


Writer Ryan Saavedra of Daily Wire tweeted: “New York: Legalizes abortion up until the moment of birth. Also New York: Don’t you dare declaw your cats!” 


New York would become the first state to ban declawing, a procedure that some animal rights activists say is tantamount to amputation. The bill passed the Assembly and Senate. Democrats control both chambers.  


“Cat declawing is a horrific, yet often practiced surgery that leads to a lifetime of pain and discomfort for thousands of cats,” Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, who sponsored the bill, toldNational Public Radio. “Today, though, every cat and kitten in New York state lands on its feet as we prepare to make New York the best state for cats to live in the United States.”


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Village resident in a ding-dong over church bells

Not for one disgruntled resident in Devon, however, who interrupted a village bell ringing competition at St Peter’s Church in Noss Mayo because he was angered by the noise.

 

 

The angry resident is alleged to have raged and sworn at the bell-ringers, claiming his driveway was being blocked by one of the competitors.

A source told Plymouth Live: “”He had to be restrained from forcing his way into the tower and dragging the car owner out. He refused to even wait for a few minutes.

“It was a shocking sight. He was shouting and swearing, grown men were thumping each other, children were upset and crying”

Barrie Furzlend, Captain of the Tower at St Peter’s church, confirmed that an incident took place on Saturday, but insisted nobody’s driveway was blocked at any time.

Police are investigating the incident.

 

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97-Year-Old D-Day Veteran Parachutes into Normandy for the First Time in 75 Years

97-Year-Old D-Day Veteran Parachutes into Normandy for the First Time in 75 Years



For the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, 97-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice returned to the battlefield where thousands of his comrades laid down their lives all those years ago.


On June 6, 1944, thousands of brave men invaded the beaches of Nazi-occupied, Normandy, France. The invasion reigned victorious for the allies, ultimately paving the way for the Allied forces to take the Western front, but the victory came with the high cost of human lives. It is estimated that more than 4,000 Allied troops were killed in the Normandy landings on that fateful day.


Rice, however, escaped death’s grip, and for the first time in 75 years, the airborne soldier returned to the battlefield this week.


Just outside of Carentan, in a tandem jump, Rice, surrounded by hundreds of fellow parachutists, jumped out of a C-47 transport plane and landed in a field of wildflowers, the Associated Press reports.


“Beautiful drive, beautiful jump, beautiful flight. Everything was perfect,” the D-Day veteran told camera crews at the jump.


Rice recalled that the day of his jump during combat did not go as smoothly. He told the AP that it was “the worst jump I ever had.”


He added, “I got my left armpit caught in the lower left-hand corner of the door so I swung out, came back and hit the side of the aircraft, swung out again and came back, and I just tried…

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Israel Folau to sue over rugby sacking

Folau’s four-year, multi-million dollar deal was cut short after an independent panel backed RA’s position that the comments he made in April were in breach of their Professional Players’ Code of Conduct and warranted his sacking rather than a fine or suspension.

The devout Christian said on his Instagram account that “hell awaits” for “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, idolaters”.

 

 

The sacked rugby star has taken his case to the Fair Work Commission and is seeking up to $10 million (£5.5m) in damages for unlawful termination.

“No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion,” Folau said in a statement.

His lawyers have stated that it is unlawful to terminate employment on the basis of religion.

The chairman of the Australia National Rugby League Commission, Peter Beattie, reaffirmed on Wednesday that the NRL would not allow Folau back into the game under any circumstances.

Folau’s brother also quit the Waratahs over the issue on Thursday.

 

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