PORTLAND, Ore. — A Christian organization in Oregon has filed a ballot initiative that would protect business owners against lawsuits and other penalties in the event that they decline to directly or indirectly participate in a same-sex “wedding.” The Oregon Family Council filed the proposal, entitled the Protect Religious Freedom Initiative, on Thursday in light […]
MUSTANG, Okla. — The president of a popular arts and crafts chain has presented a proposal for an elective Bible course to be taught at a public high school in Oklahoma. Steve Green, the president of Hobby Lobby, was recently invited by Mustang School District Superintendent Sean McDaniel to give a presentation at a school […]
FAYETTE, Mo. — A national humanist organization has filed a federal lawsuit against school officials in Missouri over a high school math teacher who is accused of leading a weekly devotional and prayer meeting in her classroom. The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Humanist Legal Center filed the suit on Wednesday, asserting that Fayette High […]
CHICAGO — The governor of Illinois signed a bill into law on Wednesday that allows homosexuals to ‘wed’ in the state. Democratic Governor Pat Quinn held a signing ceremony at the University of Illinois in Chicago, which was attended by an estimated 2,000-3,000 supporters, including former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who now […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Christian homeless ministry in Pennsylvania is fighting against county officials for being booted from public property after five years of outreach. Isaiah 61 Ministries, which feeds the homeless in Harrisburg two days each week, says that it was recently ejected from the Dauphin County Courthouse parking lot and advised that members […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Questions still remain after a Liberty University student was shot to death this week when he reportedly attacked a security guard in the middle of the night with a hammer. As previously reported, the incident occurred at approximately 4:00 a.m. at Annex II, a dormitory that houses an estimated 200 female students. […]
LONDON — Christian street evangelists could be caught under new antisocial behavior legislation currently being debated in the House of Lords, a senior peer and campaigners have warned. The new antisocial behavior bill, if successful in the House of Lords, would replace current antisocial behavior orders (ASBOS) with injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance (IPNAs) that […]
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The wholesale retailer Costco has issued an apology after a pastor in California Tweeted a photograph of a Bible at his local store being marked as “fiction.” On Friday, Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach of Discovery Church posted the photo on Twitter after shopping for a gift for his wife at his Simi […]
SPRING CITY, Pa. – A United Methodist minister from Pennsylvania has been given an ultimatum before the Eastern Pennsylvania Methodist Conference to repent of officiating same-sex ‘weddings’ or lose his ministerial license. As previously reported, Frank Schaeffer, 51, who oversees Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon, was found guilty on Monday of “conducting a […]
ORLANDO – A professor at a Baptist seminary is developing a virtual tour of ancient Israel that will allow the public to experience the Holy Land without traveling across the world. Dr. Dan Warner is an associate professor of Old Testament and archaeology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Orlando location. According to his academic […]