Denver, CO. — The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on Thursday surrounding the popular craft chain Hobby Lobby and its desire to obtain a federal injunction against the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. As previously reported, the company takes no issue with covering the birth control costs of its employees, but refuses […]
Washington, D.C. — Just weeks after the Pentagon released a report outlining a significant increase of sexual assault cases in the military, Barack Obama and Congress alike are looking for ways to remove what they call a “scourge” upon the nation’s Armed Forces. “[W]e must acknowledge that even here, even in our military, we’ve seen […]
Springboro, Ohio – Residents of a small Ohio town packed a board of education meeting this week to discuss a controversial proposal to the school’s curriculum. The public school district of Springboro, a town of 18,000 in southwestern Ohio, is considering adding new educational policies designed to give students more balanced viewpoints on a variety […]
Sebastian, Fla. — Debate is stirring nationwide over a case involving a Florida teenager who has been charged with felony child abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a female teammate, who is a minor. Kaitlyn Hunt is an 18-year-old senior at Sebastian River High School — that is, until recently, when she was […]
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Security forces arrested an Iranian pastor in Tehran after raiding his house and pressuring his church to close as a crackdown on Christians intensified ahead of June elections. Robert Asserian was arrested Tuesday during a prayer meeting at his Central Assemblies of God Church after authorities entered his house and […]
Sharofat Allamova, a Protestant from north-western Khorezm Region, has been given one and half years of corrective labor after being convicted under criminal charges of the “illegal production, storage, import or distribution of religious literature.” Fines have also been imposed on people for meeting in a private home and having Christian literature, as well as […]
New York, NY — The New York City Council passed a resolution this week calling upon the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo to grant churches the right to meet in schools after hours. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, officially known as the “Right to Worship” resolution, with a final tally […]
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, May 23rd, former abortionist Anthony Levatino testified before a special congressional committee in an effort to call upon Congress to ban abortion, including the practice of late-term abortions. Levatino gave his testimony in front of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, a thirteen-member congressional body currently chaired by […]
A number of Christian groups across the nation are predicting that there will be a ‘mass exodus’ from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) following yesterday’s vote to permit openly homosexual boys and teens as members. As previously reported, the results of the vote were announced Thursday evening, with over 60 percent in favor of […]
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania — A Christian preacher who engaged in street preaching to patrons of a Pennsylvania bar district last month has been found guilty of disorderly conduct for his activities. Jim MacPherson told Christian News Network that he joined other local Christians on a Saturday night to share the Gospel on the streets of […]