(Reuters) — China has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom last year remained “severe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan U.S. federal government body, said in a report this week that there were […]
MIDDLETON, Wisc. — Organizers of what has been dubbed the weekly “Jesus Lunch” at a park adjacent to a Wisconsin high school are optimistic after the school district announced that it decided to end its lease of the land to settle controversy over the matter. As previously reported, the “Jesus Lunch” began in 2014 as […]
CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice have been sued by over 50 families for forcing a school district to allow a male student who identifies as female to use the girls’ locker room at his local high school. “It’s a massive step backwards to force women to give […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives has advanced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would recognize the unborn as persons. “We’re killing kids so fast it is insane,” said Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, during the floor debate on Tuesday. “The epidemic of abortion is so out of control. It is time […]
WENZHOU, Zhejiang (China Aid) — Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang province incarcerated a pastor, his wife and son on Tuesday for contacting U.S. Consulate officials in Shanghai and foreign journalists. Wen Xiaowu, a pastor, and his wife, both of whom provided legal defense counsel for churches affected by an ongoing cross demolition campaign, were criminally […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the governor of North Carolina declaring that a newly-passed law requiring the use of government restrooms to be consistent with one’s birth gender violates the federal Civil Rights Act, and is demanding confirmation by Monday that officials “will not comply with or implement” […]
NEW YORK — Barack Obama plans to mark “Gay Pride Month” in June by designating a tavern in New York City as being a national monument to “gay rights”—the first move of its kind made by an American president. The Stonewall Inn had been raided by police in 1969 over reports of homosexual activity at the […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has rejected an application by an atheist for a specialty license plate that reads “I’m God.” According to reports, Ben Hart was granted the license plate when he lived in Ohio, but when Hart moved to Kentucky, his application for the plate was denied because […]
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Striving for a peaceful legacy, Christians in Burma (also called Myanmar) are choosing to patiently endure an influential Buddhist monk’s campaign to build pagodas on church properties. Initially social media and news media registered an outcry from Christians when U Thuzana, a powerful monk better known as Myaing Kyee Ngu […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A former student a Missouri State University (MSU) has filed a legal challenge against school officials after he was allegedly expelled from the university counseling program for advising that he could not counsel those involved in homosexuality on relationship matters. Andrew Cash began his master’s in counseling at MSU in 2007. To […]