Monday night’s episode of “The Fosters” on ABC Family, a sitcom created by two homosexual men, is generating controversy after two of its teenage male actors kissed each other on screen in an episode about same-sex feelings among youth—the first-ever depiction of its kind on American television. The sitcom, created by Peter Paige and Bradley […]
Hong Kong (CNN) — A Canadian pastor is missing after going on a trip to North Korea in late January, his family and church say. Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, went to North Korea on a humanitarian trip as he had done over a hundred times before, said Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for his church, based in […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) — Scholars at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have discovered, within the institution’s Spurgeon Library collection, a Psalter that 19th-century Baptist pastor Charles Spurgeon used in the compilation of his commentary on the book of Psalms, “The Treasury of David.” “One of the purposes for the existence of the Spurgeon Library at […]
(Daily Mail) — A horrific video has emerged claiming to show a nine-year-old child being brutally murdered by members of a Shia militia who accused him of being a supporter of the Islamic State terror group. The footage was purportedly filmed near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, where a coalition of 30,000 Iraqi Army soldiers […]
(WND) — Science publications are hailing research breakthroughs in a new life-saving procedure that harvests the organs of aborted children and transplants them in animals, where they can grow and then be made available to patients. The Genetic Literacy Project website calls the process Xenotransplantation and suggests the biggest question would be, “Would you accept […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio (NBC News) — A suburban Cincinnati gay rights activist was charged with a misdemeanor early Tuesday after police say he falsely claimed online that he was kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of his car, NBC affiliate WLWT reported. In a post on Facebook and Twitter just before 12:30 a.m. ET, Adam Hoover […]
NEW YORK — Public schools in New York City will now close for two major Muslim holidays, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. de Blasio had expressed support for the move in 2013 while running as a mayoral candidate, stating that that schools should close on both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The first celebrates […]
CINCINNATI — A California-based group that was ousted from an Arab festival when attendees began turning violent in response to their antagonism obtained a rare appeal hearing on Wednesday after two federal courts previously threw out their free speech lawsuit. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Duggan ruled last year that men with an organization […]
NEW ORLEANS. La. — Despite much opposition, a Louisiana business is forging ahead with plans to pour the foundation for a $4 million dollar Planned Parenthood mega-abortion facility that has been delayed in being built as other area contractors have refused to help with the project. Planned Parenthood broke ground in May 2013 to build an 8,000 square […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — City Council members in Charlotte, North Carolina voted down a proposal Monday night that would have provided protections for homosexuals and transgendered persons in the city. As previously reported, council members had been considering additional wording for its existing non-discrimination ordinance that would add sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, marital status and familial status […]