DALLAS — A controversial medical waste company known for its incineration and illegal dumping of aborted babies recently received a permit from the U.S. government to dispose of Ebola-contaminated waste in Texas. As previously reported, Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia, who was visiting America for a time, was admitted to Texas Presbyterian Hospital earlier this month after displaying symptoms […]
NEW YORK CITY — The senior pastor of the global Hillsong Church declined to give a concrete answer as to whether or not those who lead his American congregations may officiate at same-sex “weddings” as he was speaking at a recent press conference that included questions about homosexuality, finances and his late father’s alleged sexual abuse […]
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigerian government has reached a deal with the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram to release over 200 school girls that have been held captive for over six months, reports state. As previously reported, members of Boko Haram stormed an all-girls secondary school in Chibok, Borno State in April, kidnapping 276 students while they were taking […]
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — A North Carolina magistrate has resigned out of his refusal to perform same-sex “marriages” due to his religious beliefs, and a second is also refusing to conduct the ceremonies due to his faith. Judge John Kallam Jr. of Rockingham County submitted his resignation on Thursday, stating that participating in the act was […]
DANIELSVILLE, Ga. — A school board in Georgia has voted unanimously to remove two Scriptures from a sculpture that sits outside of the field house at a local high school after a prominent humanist and atheist organization asserted that the use of the verses violated the U.S. Constitution. The Madison County School Board voted Tuesday night […]
HOUSTON — Houston’s openly lesbian mayor says that she did not know that attorneys for the city had requested copies of sermons from several area pastors in light of a lawsuit that was filed surrounding the city’s rejection of an initiative pertaining to a recently-passed “bathroom bill.” As previously reported, Mayor Annise Parker had promoted […]
Students nationwide participated in a national effort called ‘Bring Your Bible to School Day’ on Thursday. The initiative, sponsored by the organizations Focus on the Family and Day of Dialogue, is stated to be “designed to empower Christian students who have a heart for sharing Christ’s love and express a Biblical perspective on current-day issues […]
CLEMMONS, N.C. — A North Carolina Satanist who changed his name over ten years ago to reflect that of a demon has been arrested after the bodies of two men who went missing in 2009 were discovered buried in his back yard. John Alexander Lawson, 35, who changed his name to Pazazu Illah Algarad in […]
ROME — Controversy is stirring over a document released by a meeting of international bishops of the Roman Catholic religion who are spending two weeks at the Vatican to discuss marriage and family issues. While the document may undergo further adjustments in its language surrounding issues such as homosexuality, cohabitation and divorce, the first proposed version […]
SEATTLE — Controversial Seattle megachurch founder Mark Driscoll has resigned from Mars Hill Church, stating that he does not wish to continue to be a distraction to the ministry although a six-week review of charges lodged by others within the church cleared him of moral wrongdoing. Driscoll submitted a letter to Michael Van Skiak, the […]