PIERRE, S.D. — The Republican governor of South Dakota has vetoed a bill requiring that public school students use the restroom or locker room that corresponds with their birth gender as he believes that it “openly invites federal litigation.” As previously reported, last month, the state Senate voted 20-15 in approval of H.B. 1008, just weeks after […]
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Lawmakers in West Virginia have passed a bill that makes it illegal for abortionists to perform dilation and evacuation abortions (D&E) in the state, also known as dismemberment abortions. H.B. 4004 and S.B. 10 are known as the “Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act,” and make criminal “for any person to […]
AKRON, Ohio — A Veterans Administration clinic in Ohio has removed a Bible from a display honoring prisoners of war (POW) and those missing in action (MIA) following a complaint from a church-state separation group. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), led by its controversial president, Mikey Weinstein, claims that it had received complaints from […]
BALTIMORE, Ohio — At least two schools in an Ohio county have temporarily suspended meetings of student Bible clubs following a complaint from a professing atheist organization. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent letters to four school districts in Ohio after an unidentified resident provided a screenshot of a church website […]
(Jerusalem Post) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed his support on the Knesset’s first designated LGBT Rights Day on Tuesday. Netanyahu rarely appears in the legislature on Tuesdays, a day on which it usually does not hold important votes, but he arrived specially to participate in LGBT Rights Day, during which discussions of the topic […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Christian couple that was ordered to pay $135 in “emotional damages” to two lesbian women for declining to make a cake for their same-sex ceremony, which the couple believed to be a form of participation, will now have their day in court as the case will be argued this year before […]
A prominent religious liberties organization says that Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is confusing the issue that Christian-owned businesses are facing surrounding the matter of same-sex “marriage” by making a false assertion that some are refusing to sell cupcakes to persons who identify as homosexual. As previously reported, during an event at the Miller Center of Public […]
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho Senate Committee that approved a bill allowing the Bible to be used for reference purposes in public school classrooms has unanimously decided to alter the text of the legislation to ensure that the law can’t be interpreted as permitting the teaching of Creation in the classroom. As previously reported, S.B. 1321 was recently introduced by […]
(Politico) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, previously the campaign manager for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2016 presidential effort, has joined Donald Trump’s campaign. Huckabee Sanders, daughter of the former governor, will serve as a senior adviser for the campaign. “I volunteered to join Mr. Trump’s campaign because he is a champion of working families; not Washington-Wall […]
In speaking about being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year, the thrice-married, unbridled tongued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday night that perhaps he is being targeted by the government because he is a “strong Christian.” “I’m always audited by the IRS, which I think is very unfair,” he told CNN’s Chris […]