GRESHAM, Ore. — The owners of a Christian bakery in Oregon have officially been ordered to pay $135,000 in damages to two lesbians who claimed that they suffered emotionally after they were told that the bakery could not make a cake for their ceremony because of their convictions not to participate in others’ sins. As […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Episcopalian House of Bishops and House of Deputies voted overwhelmingly this week to allow ministers to officiate same-sex “weddings” and to eliminate the terms “husband and wife” from the denominational rules on marriage. The vote occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday in Salt Lake City during the General Convention, […]
TOPEKA, Kan. — The attorney general of Kansas has filed an “intent to appeal” after a local judge halted the enforcement of a law that would ban dilation and evacuation abortions, which involve dismembering babies during their removal from the womb. As previously reported, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, a Roman Catholic, signed SB 95 into […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An attorney who works for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has penned a letter to government officials throughout the state, urging them to take a stand for Christ in light last week’s Supreme Court ruling declaring that same-sex “marriage” must be legalized in all 50 states. “Public officials are ministers […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Following a legal challenge from an apostate Baptist minister, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of the Oklahoma capitol building must be removed because it violates the state Constitution’s prohibition of government property being used to support religion. As previously reported, the display […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Images taken at a recent homosexual pride parade in Brazil are raising concern as they show a number of attendees blaspheming Christ and desecrating religious images during the event. One of the photographs creating the greatest stir is that of “transgender” actor Viviany Beleboni riding in a two million spectator pride […]
NEW YORK — A video of an on-duty NYPD police officer bumping and grinding and simulating sexual intercourse with a “gay pride” parade participant has gone viral and is raising concerns. The video, which has been viewed well over 2 million times on YouTube, shows an unidentified, uniformed officer loosing himself to the Michael Jackson […]
WASHINGTON — Until it decides whether to hear the case in full, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that some believe will result in the closure of most Texas abortion facilities. As previously reported, in 2013, following the passage of several safety regulations for abortion facilities, Planned Parenthood and other […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A nationally-recognized legal organization states that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling declaring that those of the same sex have a “fundamental right to marry” has now created a serious threat to religious liberty nationwide. “Because the court has created a [newly-defined] fundamental right to marry that is on par with the First […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Officials in the state of Mississippi are pondering getting out of the marriage business altogether—among other options—following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday declaring that all states must legalize same-sex “marriage.” “One of the options that other states have looked at is removing the state marriage license requirement,” State House Judiciary […]