France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government. Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police. Legions of officers stayed late into the night, and a protest against […]
Continue reading …Howard Phillips, former presidential candidate and founder of the Constitution Party and Conservative Caucus, has passed into eternity. He was 72. Phillips was born into a Jewish family in 1941. In his adulthood, he later came to believe in Jesus as the messiah and converted to Christianity. “I guess the thing I’m most thankful for […]
Continue reading …Glasgow, Scotland — A human rights organization in Scotland is calling upon Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to end what it believes is a misuse of the country’s blasphemy laws or face worldwide protests. Sheraz Khan, the chief executive of Global Minorities Alliance, recently released an open letter to the president, asking him to step in […]
Continue reading …Ephraim, Utah — A Christian club at a college in Utah has dropped its lawsuit after school officials agreed to change their policies to protect religious freedom. As previously reported, Solid Rock Christian Club at Snow College in Ephraim filed suit last year after it was informed by an official that “due to an internal […]
Continue reading …Montreat, North Carolina — George Beverly Shea, the renown baritone Gospel singer that regular accompanied Billy Graham on his worldwide evangelistic crusades, has passed into eternity. He was 104. Shea died at his home in North Carolina on Tuesday, where he lived with his wife Karlene just a mile from Graham. The legendary Gospel singer […]
Continue reading …The Singapore High Court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to challenge the island’s ban on homosexual behavior, which is a crime under the law. Gary Lim Meng Suang, 44, and Kenneth Chee Mun-Leon, 37, had challenged Section 377A of the Singapore Penal Code, which prohibits male-to-male sexual contact. The men, who have been in a […]
Continue reading …Baltimore, Maryland –– A pro-life student group that had been denied recognition at a popular university because of its pro-life views and activities has won a victory on campus. As previously reported, the group Voice for Life was recently denied recognition by the Student Government Association (SGA) of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The association voted 10 to […]
Continue reading …London, England — A Christian woman who lost her job in sales at Heathrow Airport in London after her co-workers complained that she was “anti-Islamic” has been granted the right to appeal her case before an employment tribunal. Nohad Halawi was fired in July 2011 from World Duty Free after an ongoing ordeal with her […]
Continue reading …Christian apologist, author and speaker David Hunt has passed away. He was 87. Hunt began working in ministry in 1973, and in 1997 he founded his own outreach, known as The Berean Call. He worked together with friend Tom McMahon to create books and videos to educate, warn and edify the Body of Christ. One […]
Continue reading …A family traveling from Denver to Baltimore on United claims that their flight was diverted by the captain because the parents requested that the in-flight movie, “Alex Cross,” be turned off. The parents, thus far unnamed, wrote a letter to The Atlantic about the incident. According to the letter, after the flight took off, the […]
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