OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Senate failed by a single vote last week to repeal a rule that required public facilities to permit persons who identify as the opposite gender to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their preferred identity. “All covered entities shall allow individuals the use of gender segregated facilities, such […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A Muslim woman led the first prayer to Allah on the Wisconsin Assembly floor on Thursday. Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, had been invited to give the invocation by Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, who professes to be a Christian. He told reporters that he invited […]
Ukraine (Mission Network News) — The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has been the reason for an increasing number of broken families and orphaned children. Backyards have been turned into war zones. More than 8,000 have been killed since it’s start in 2013 and 2 million more have fled their homes in eastern Ukraine. Suffice it […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — During Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Donald Trump said that if he were to nominate a judge to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, he would consider Diane Sykes or Bill Pryor, the latter of which prosecuted “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore. “If I were president now, I would certainly want […]
Hundreds of congregations are honoring Charles Darwin’s birthday today by observing “Evolution Weekend,” but a number of other churches instead are celebrating “Creation Sunday” and “Stop Darwin Day” to honor and acknowledge God as the author of life and all creation. As previously reported, numerous assemblies celebrate Darwin’s February 12th birthday with “Evolution Weekend” or […]
MARFA, Texas — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday at a ranch in Texas where he was staying for a hunting excursion over the weekend. The 79-year-old justice had been quail hunting at Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa on Friday and retreated to his room after dinner. When he did not […]
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A teenage girl who identifies as a boy has sparked controversy at a California high school as some students and parents are expressing concern about her use of the boys’ locker room. “My son came home from school and told me there was a girl using the boys’ locker room,” parent […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi have again proposed designating the Bible as the state book. H.B. 840 was recently re-proposed by Rep. Tom Miles, D-Forest, and has nine co-sponsors, including Rep. Michael Evans, D-Preston, who joined him in the first effort last year. “Me and my constituents, we were talking about it and one […]
A new video released by the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, shows the terror organization using a four-year-old British boy to help execute prisoners. The child has been identified as Isa Dare, and is being dubbed by some as “Jihadi Junior.” In the video footage, […]
(Open Doors) — Vietnam is home to more than 50 ethnic minorities. Each has its unique language and culture, but such diversity has often presented challenges for the government leaders, whose Communist ideals are averse to individuality, private ownership and religion. The Kinh group is the largest, making up about 86 percent of the country’s […]