RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic governor of Virginia has vetoed a religious freedom bill which would have prohibited the government from punishing those who believe in biblical marriage and conduct their public lives in accordance with that conviction. “Although couched as a ‘religious freedom’ bill, this legislation is nothing more than an attempt to stigmatize,” Gov. […]
OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska teenager who threw her newborn baby out the window won’t be spending any time behind bars, but instead has been ordered to therapy, community service and probation, and must delete her Facebook account due to outrage from thousands upset over the girl’s crime. Antonia Lopez, 16, gave birth in the middle […]
WASHINGTON — 75 technology companies recently joined an open letter to the leaders of Congress in support of the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood out of their concern that the organization could be defunded. The correspondence, addressed to majority and minority leaders Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, asserts that Planned Parenthood […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina says that local foster care and adoption is in a state of crisis as the number of children in foster care has increased significantly, but the number of adoptions have not. “About five years ago, we had just over 8,000 children in foster care in […]
MELBOURNE – A 39-year-old man who identifies as a woman dominated a women’s weightlifting competition in Australia last week, becoming the first “transgender” person from New Zealand to compete in the games. Gavin Hubbard of New Zealand describes himself as a female. Although he spent over 30 years living as man and competed in national […]
Liberty University and the religious liberties organization Liberty Counsel have been named in a revived parental kidnapping lawsuit that had been placed on hold while one of the defendants in the case was on trial. “We were surprised to learn that we’ve [been] brought back into a case that we’ve previously been dismissed out of,” David Corry, […]
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would ban Sharia law in the state. Senate Bill 97, sponsored by Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, passed mainly along party lines on Monday 56-44. While it does not specifically mention Sharia law, it was often the focus of discussion during debate. “If you go back […]
WAYNE, Pa. — Two student groups at a Christian-identified university in Pennsylvania are asking that the school soften its policies on homosexuality, including removing language in its student handbook that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. Members of Eastern University’s “gay-straight alliance” club known as Refuge, as well as its Political Activism Club […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia pleaded not guilty this week as he was indicted on more than 20 counts of extortion, bribery and wire fraud relating to abusing his office, including accusations that he took social security payments meant for his ailing mother’s nursing home care and used it for his […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would allow the display of the Ten Commandments on public grounds and thus return the Decalogue display to the state capitol follow its removal in 2015. H.B. 2177, introduced in January by Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, passed 79-11 on Tuesday and […]