SALEM, Ore. — A county judge in Oregon who refuses to officiate same-sex “weddings” because of his religious identity—and who has now discontinued officiating nuptials of any kind—is under investigation by the State Ethics Board. Marion County Judge Vance Day is being investigated by the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness to determine whether or not he […]
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Morning Star News) – Desperate to avoid arrest in Somaliland for leaving Islam, one Christian fled to Ethiopia, while another in Somalia escaped kidnappers after losing fingers for his faith. Sharif (full name withheld for security reasons) said he had to leave his wife and four children behind in order to sneak out of […]
NEWTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania professor says that he was fired for citing God in a farewell letter he wrote to students who had completed his class. Dwight Anderson recently lost his job as an adjunct professor of astronomy at Bucks County Community College, just outside of Philadelphia. He told reporters this week that the situation centered […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — One of the deputy clerks under Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis issued “marriage” licences to homosexuals on Friday despite questions over whether the documents are even legal since Davis has refused to authorize any clerks to issue the licenses under her authority. Brian Mason handed out four licenses today, surrounded by reporters and […]
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee called upon Christians to stand with a Kentucky county clerk who has been jailed for refusing to be forced to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals in violation of God’s law against homosexuality. “Today, judicial lawlessness crossed into judicial tyranny. Today, for the first time ever, the […]
ASHLAND, Ky. — Following yesterday’s jailing of a county clerk for stating that it is not possible for her to obey an order to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals against God’s law, it is now being noted that the same federal judge also once ordered Kentucky students to be re-educated about homosexuality despite their objections. In 2003, […]
ASHLAND, Ky. — The Kentucky county clerk who was ordered to serve time behind bars until she agrees to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals has rejected a proposal to allow her deputy clerks perform the duty instead. Hours after she was taken into custody and transported to Carter County Jail, attorneys for Rowan County clerk […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — A federal judge has ordered a Kentucky clerk to be placed behind bars until she complies with his order to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals despite her Christian identity. U.S. District Judge David Bunning, appointed to the bench by then-president George W. Bush, declared Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt of […]
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — Less than three months following his resignation as senior pastor of a megachurch over his admission to having an affair, and less than two weeks after he filed for divorce from his wife, Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, has been hired by Willow Creek Presbyterian Church in Florida […]
LEXINGTON, Ky, — As Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a professing Christian, is refusing to intervene to protect the religious liberty of a county clerk who is facing possible punishment for defying a court order to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals, Beshear’s pastor says that he doesn’t teach about homosexuality in his congregation and leaves the […]