Reports are coming in that Abdul Rahman, the former Muslim who embraced Jesus Christ, is being held in a safe location pending the outcome of his request for asylum.

L’Agence France-Presse (via Truth and Terrorism) is reporting that Rahman may be in a U.N. compound for his protection. Apparently the U.N. human rights commission is following this along with the Afghan human rights commission. It is good to see both these agencies weighing in on the side of sanity.

Keep praying for his protection and his perseverance. Pray also for other Christians in Afghanistan who apparently have been arrested for leaving Islam.

The Anchoress has some interesting thoughts on the Rahman case here.

With the conviction of Democrat Senator Jim McDermott for illegally taping and distributing a conversation between Newt Gingrich and John Boehner the question naturally arises, “Will McDermott be removed from the Senate?”

Of course we know the answer is ‘no’ because Democrats rarely get held to account for their illegal behavior. Just ask Mr. Steele, the Republican from Maryland.

McDermott should go. To let him remain in the Senate sends a clear message that integrity and law abiding qualities don’t really matter in this country anymore, particularly when it comes to politicians. Laws seem irrelevant. Politicians do whatever they want. So they have to pay a fine. Big deal. While a large settlement ($700,000) it is probably peanuts to this man. I wonder how many will “contribute” to his “defense fund?”

It really is getting disgusting in this country. Laws are meaningless. Just ask all the illegal… yes illegal… immigrants. Don’t think they won’t be voting. And they will be voting Democrat. You can make book on that one.

Michelle Malkin has more.

By now you have all seen the headlines about Daniel Edwards’ “Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston,” a life size statue depicting Britney Spears giving birth.

For a bit of a different take on this, check out what the Funky Presbyterian has to say about it. He’s got a fascinating position, here’s the first bit…

Here’s what I love about it:

First it’s pro-life, which is great. Second it is a very well executed sculpture. The Pro-Life movement is of course linked with the political right, which is not known to be a friend of the arts, so to a see a pro life work that has actual artistic merit is encouraging to me as a pro-lifer and as an artist.

In addition, I especially love that the work is mildly provacative. It would have been so easy for someone to have done a nice safe sculpture of a fully clothed mother cradling her child (ala Mary Cassat or whatever). But what would be the point of that? The fact that this work is mildly provacative removes it somewhat from the sphere of the political right & especially from the “Christian” right. Let’s face it. Minature models of this statue are not going to be sold as pewter bookends in any Chrisitian bookstore, with the proceeds going to a pro-life organization. So the very nature of the work cleanses the pro-life message from the ideologue stigma often (unfairly or fairly) attached to it by more liberal opponents. Ralph Reed ain’t making naked statues of Britney Spears.

Which is the other thing I love about this piece. The fact that it is Britney Spears works fantastically on a number of levels. First, if the provacative nature of the work removes the accusation of “conservative ideologue”, identifying the woman as Britney Spears removes the whole “frou-frou- too-cool-for school-artsy-fartsy-wine-and-cheese-pretense” from a work that could otherwise be seen as merely high culture sophistication. Britney is as low culture, as pop culture as it gets. Even better, Britney is pop culture icon ten minutes past her prime, which is the worst of all possible crimes in our culture.

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