FRANKFORT, Ky. — The new governor of Kentucky has issued an executive order that accommodates county clerk Kim Davis’ request that her name be removed from the “marriage” licenses that her office is issuing to homosexuals. The current license “creates a substantial burden on the freedom of religion of some county clerks and employees of […]
WHEATON, Ill. — Talks have broken down between a prominent Christian-identified university in Illinois and an associate political science director who was placed on leave after she declared in a self-initiated hijab-wearing campaign to fight “Islamophobia” that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. As previously reported, Larycia Hawkins posted to Facebook two photos of herself […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two federal judges in California have refused to grant injunction requests that would have stopped a new law from being applied that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to provide information on government abortion programs. As previously reported, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Reproductive FACT Act into law in October, a measure that has been […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) has announced that it will investigate federal oversight of the use of aborted babies for scientific research after members of Congress sent a letter earlier this year requesting the review. According to reports, 35 Senators signed a letter this past October requesting […]
BEAUMONT, Texas — City officials in Beaumont, Texas have reversed their initial prohibition against police officers using the police station for a Bible study. According to reports, a group of officers had been holding the Bible study at the police station during their lunch break one to two times a month for the past two years. […]
BOSTON — A state court in Massachusetts has ruled that a religious school in the state can’t decline to hire homosexuals for non-teaching positions despite their lifestyle being contrary to the school’s mission and beliefs. In 2013, Matthew Barrett accepted a job as food service director at Fontbonne Academy in Milton, an all-girls school that is […]
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Officials in a Tennessee county are calling upon the state to interpose against the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion regarding same-sex “marriage” and to uphold the biblical definition of marriage. According to reports, the nearly unanimous resolution had been introduced by local resident Steven Warhurst. He provided sample text and exhortation to Sullivan County Commissioners. “[T]o […]
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A prominent group of professing atheists has appealed a court ruling finding that a Pennsylvania teenager did not and her mother did not have standing to challenge the presence of a Ten Commandments monument because the teen hadn’t had been near the display enough to claim that it harmed her. As previously […]
Remarks from Billy Graham asserting that Muslims and those of other religions who “turn to the only light they have” without consciously trusting Christ are saved—despite clear warning in Scripture—have come back to light after his son Franklin Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), expressed disagreement with a Wheaton professor who […]
WHEATLAND, Wyo. — A school district in Wyoming has overturned its ban on student prayer in cafeterias during the lunch period after a nationally-recognized religious liberties group intervened in the matter. According to reports, in October, several students at Glendo High School gathered in the back of the cafeteria during their lunch time and stood […]