LOUISVILLE — Two homosexual men from Kentucky have filed suit in an effort to challenge the state’s current ban on recognizing same-sex marriages performed both out of state and out of the country. Attorneys for Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon, both 55, filed the legal challenge on Friday in federal court, contending that Kentucky’s statute […]
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan has placed a permanent injunction on a plan by a number of Indiana churches to display a collection of artistic crosses in the middle of their city. As previously reported, West Side Christian Church (WSCC) in Evansville recently announced plans for the first annual “Cross the River” […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — On his Sunday broadcast of the 700 Club, Pat Robertson shocked a number of viewers in responding to a question about those who decide to have sex change operations. Robertson’s comments made were during the Q&A segment of the broadcast, as he was fielded the question by co-host Terry Meeuwsen. “I work […]
RALEIGH — The governor of North Carolina signed new abortion regulations into law on Monday despite a protest across the street from his home led by Planned Parenthood supporters. As previously reported, Republican Governor Pat McCrory has received criticism from both pro-life and pro-abortion residents alike over the legislation. The original bill, which had cleared […]
New polling data shows that nearly half of Americans now believe humans evolved from simpler life forms, while less than 40% maintain that God created humans in their present form. The internet-based polling group YouGov recently published results from a detailed survey of several hundred people in the United States. In the study, individuals were […]
PHILADELPHIA — Officials in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania filed suit on Tuesday against a rogue clerk that recently began issuing marriage licenses to homosexual residents in violation of the law. The Pennsylvania Health Department, which oversees marriages in the Commonwealth, says that following the Supreme Court ruling striking down a key part of the Defense of […]
WASHINGTON — A United States congressman has chosen to ‘adopt’ the cause of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran as part of a congressional effort to raise awareness of the plight of those persecuted worldwide for their religious beliefs. Representative Trent Franks (R-Az.), a Christian, spoke briefly on the House floor last week during “Defending […]
(DETROIT NEWS) — A photograph snapped by a citizen and distributed to the media led to the arrest of two police officers who allegedly robbed and assaulted two citizens last week, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Monday. The two men — one a sergeant and 20-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department; the other holding […]
PORTLAND — A Republican congresswoman from Washington has given birth to a ‘miracle baby’ after refusing abortion as an option when told that the chances of the child’s survival were small. Representative Jamie Herrera Beutler and her husband Daniel announced the birth of the child, a girl, on her Facebook page on Monday. “With great […]
ROME — During an 80-minute news conference on his flight home from participating in World Youth Day in Brazil, Pope Francis told reporters that it was not his job to judge homosexual priests. “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” he said. “The […]