ALBANY, NY — A New York farm has been fined $13,000 by the state Division of Human Rights for declining to host a same-sex ‘wedding’ on their property two years ago, and has been ordered to train their employees to accommodate homosexual ceremonies despite their Christian beliefs. Administrative Law Judge Migdalia Peres fined Liberty Ridge […]
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — A Christian-owned bridal shop in Pennsylvania is under fire for declining to schedule a gown fitting for two lesbian women. According to reports, an unidentified woman called W.W. Bridal Boutique in Bloomsburg recently to schedule a gown fitting for herself and her lesbian partner. When the owner, Victoria Miller, declined by stating […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A restaurant in North Carolina has discontinued issuing random discounts for patrons who pray over their meals after a prominent atheist organization threatened to file a lawsuit over the matter. Mary’s Gourmet Diner has been randomly issuing customers a 15 percent discount for “praying in public,” that is, praying over one’s meal, […]
JERUSALEM — A wedding site inside a kibbutz for Messianic Jews remains closed after an Israeli appeals court upheld a lower court’s order that the Christian owners at the facility must host same-sex ceremonies despite their biblical beliefs. The owners of Yad Hashmona, a kibbutz or moshav near Jerusalem, believe that their wedding hall was forced into […]
NANAIMO, British Columbia – Two months after a small Canadian town canceled a Chick-fil-A sponsored event due to concerns over the owners’ ‘criminal’ Christian beliefs, the town’s city council has officially rescinded their initial decision and reaffirmed the rights of men and women of all faiths to use their city’s facilities. As previously reported, the […]
NEW YORK — A prominent Satanist organization is using the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of the popular craft chain Hobby Lobby to ‘bolster’ an initiative that it has concocted to seek an exemption from pro-life laws that they say violate their religious beliefs. As previously reported, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a […]
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has refused to include a religious exemption in an executive order that he plans to sign today, which mandates that federal contractors hire homosexual and transgender persons. According to White House representatives, Obama will sign the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Monday without any provisions for religious entities. The order prohibits federal contractors […]
DENVER — A Christian baker in Colorado who was ordered to make cakes for same-sex ‘weddings,’ to reeducate his staff to conform with anti-discrimination laws and to submit quarterly reports proving his compliance with the order has filed an appeal with the Colorado Court of Appeals. As previously reported, Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cake Shop in […]
WASHINGTON — A bill that was drafted with the intent of reversing the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of Hobby Lobby and forcing corporations to provide abortion-inducing drugs to their employees has failed in the Senate. As previously reported, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision last month that the federal government cannot […]
AURORA, Ill. — A Hobby Lobby store in Illinois is facing a discrimination complaint after a ‘transgender’ employee was told that he may not use the women’s restroom until he has reconstructive surgery to switch from male to female reproductive organs. The employee, who goes by the name Meggan Sommerville, also professes to be a […]