WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court largely appeared skeptical on Wednesday of a Massachusetts law that prohibits pro-life sidewalk counselors from coming within 35 feet of the entrance or driveway of an abortion facility. The nine justices of the nation’s highest court heard oral argument over the issue yesterday, listening to both sides as they presented […]
OKLAHOMA CITY– A federal judge appointed by then-President Bill Clinton has struck down Oklahoma’s same-sex ‘marriage’ ban as unconstitutional. U. S. District Judge Terence Kern issued the ruling on Tuesday, but placed a stay on its enforcement pending appeal. “The Court holds that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the Equal Protection […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A state judge in New Mexico has ruled that mentally-competent terminally ill patients have a constitutional right to obtain lethal drugs to end their life. Second Judicial District Judge Nan Nash issued the ruling on Monday in a decision that some believe may open the doors to full-fledged physician-assisted suicide in the […]
SEARCY, Ark. — An Arkansas police chief is defying atheist demands to remove a cross from the lawn of the police department. Searcy Police Chief Jeremy Clark told reporters this week that the cross was planted in the ground before he took office a year ago, and that he has no intentions of removing it. […]
ENGLAND — The official body with responsibility for judicial conduct in the UK has chastised a leading High Court judge, who is also a Christian, over comments asserting that biblical marriage is the best option for society. Sir Paul Coleridge was given a formal warning by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) because he promoted […]
PHOENIX — A legislator in Arizona has introduced a bill that would protect churches in the state from being forced to perform same-sex ‘weddings.’ Representative Steve Montenegro (R-Litchfield Park), Associate Pastor and Youth Pastor at Surprise Apostolic Assembly, recently announced the First Freedom Act to ensure that pastors retain their First Amendment rights when it […]
KENYA – The recent discovery of a human hand bone in Africa has surprised evolutionary scientists, causing them to significantly revise their previous theories about early humans. In a recent journal article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team announced the discovery of an ancient human hand bone in northern […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that struck down Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban as unconstitutional. Without explanation, the court decided on Monday not to accept the case of Horne v. Isaacson, allowing the block on the law to remain in place. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer […]
ISRAEL – The Israeli government has announced that it will begin offering free abortions to women who are between the ages of 20 and 33. According to The Times of Israel, Dr. Yonatan Halevy—head of Israel’s Health Ministry commission—recently announced changes to the country’s government-subsidized “health basket.” As a result of the changes, which were […]
FORT WORTH — A hospital in Texas is being pressured to take a brain dead woman, who is also 20-weeks pregnant, off life support. Marlise Munoz, 33, has been on a ventilator since late November when her husband Erick, 26, found her unconscious in the middle of the night. According to Mr. Munoz, the woman […]