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A Christian activist and entrepreneur who helped a child and her mother escape the United States to avoid joint custody with an unrelated lesbian was convicted Thursday by a federal jury of “conspiracy to commit offense” against the U.S. and aiding and abetting an “ international parental kidnapping .” Philip Zodhiates, 61, did not contest the allegation that in late 2009 he had driven Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella to Buffalo, New York , where they crossed the border into Canada and then flew to Nicaragua , where they were sheltered by the country’s Mennonite community. However, his attorney argued that it was unproven that Zodhiates knew Lisa Miller’s motives for the trip. The two charges for which Zodhiates has been convicted could result in a sentence of up to eight years in prison and a $500,000 fine. He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 30. Mennonite Pastor Kenneth Miller, who is unrelated to Lisa and Isabella, is already serving a 27-month prison sent

RICHMOND, VA, January 31, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – New Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is facing increased calls for impeachment in light of his decision to not defend his state's marriage amendment. After he announced the decision last week, Herring  faced  an impeachment call from the National Organization for Marriage . Those calls have now expanded to include  Tea Party Nation's Judson Phillips  and unnamed  grassroots conservative organizations . Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Republicans hold the state House in Virginia, which is where impeachment hearings are held . Since Herring holds the position of Attorney General, the House has the right to appoint prosecutors “according to the laws of the land.” In 2006, Herring voted for the state's marriage amendment that would respect marriage as between a man and a woman, which was approved by a majority of state voters. Since then, Herring says his position has changed, and he now supports sa

RICHMOND, VA , December 5, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Homosexual couples who “marry” outside of Virginia will still be treated as singles by state tax officials, state officials say. The decision was made after state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli ’s office pointed out that the ruling did not apply to individual states. As a result, homosexual couples living in Virginia who choose to ‘marry’ out-of-state will face inconvenience and a higher bill come tax time. The Virginia Department of Taxation issued a  bulletin  last month explaining the differences between federal and state tax laws and providing “married” homosexual couples with instructions on how to file their state taxes. The bulletin explains that while the state had historically defaulted to the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) definition of marriage for tax calculation purposes, it can no longer do so because Virginia’s constitution was amended in 2007 to specifically block the state government from o