MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama attorney has filed an ethics complaint with the state’s bar association against the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over comments made about embattled Chief Justice Roy Moore. Trent Garmon, managing attorney of the Garmon Law Firm, filed the complaint on July 28 out of his belief that […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Four lesbians have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge a New Jersey law that they say inhibits them from obtaining insurance coverage for infertility treatments because it only pertains to male/female couples. Erin Krupa and her partner Marianne decided five years ago to have children through a donor, but soon found that […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker has altered a controversial bill that once permitted homosexual and transgender students to sue their Christian college or university if they believe that they were discriminated against because of their personal lives. As previously reported, S.B. 1146 was introduced in February by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, to close what Lara […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The chief judge of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ) who also serves as an elder as his local church has joined in an order refusing to dismiss the ethics charges against Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, resulting in a trial. Attorneys for Moore had sought to have his charges […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Over 40 people were arrested last week in what is being called Tennessee’s “most significant human trafficking operation to date.” The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced the arrests on Friday, which were a part of “Operation Someone Like Me.” “This week I learned that we are only scratching the surface,” TBI Director […]
OVIEDO, Fla. — A prominent professing atheist group has taken issue with an awards ceremony for a Florida police department that was held at a theological seminary and included an invocation. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Jeffrey Chudnow, the chief of police with the Oviedo Police Department, to […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state of Missouri has been ordered to pay over $156,00 in attorney’s fees to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood after it had been sued for seeking to revoke the abortion license of the organization’s Columbia location. As previously reported, Planned Parenthood of Columbia ceased providing medical abortions in November as the University […]
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by Barack Obama is refusing to lift his injunction against Mississippi’s Freedom of Conscience Act, requiring clerks within the state to issue “gay marriage” licenses despite their religious convictions. “Issuing a marriage license to a gay couple is not like being forced into armed combat or to […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state of Illinois has been sued over a newly passed law that mandates referrals for those who decline procedures for religious reasons, as it raises concerns that pro-life doctors may be forced to provide referrals and information about obtaining an abortions. As previously reported, Senate Bill 1564, sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the atheist group known as the Satanic Temple that sought a religious exemption from a state law requiring mothers to wait 72 hours for an abortion following their initial visit to an abortion facility. As previously reported, the New York-based Satanic Temple announced […]