Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood’s family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday, requiring thousands to find new state-approved doctors for their annual exams, cancer screenings and birth control. Judge Gary Harger said that Texas may exclude otherwise qualified doctors and clinics from receiving state funding if they advocate […]
Continue reading …Youcef Nadarkhani, who was acquitted of apostasy and released from an Iranian prison this past September, has been arrested again by Iranian authorities and put back in prison to serve another 40 days. Reports state that the director of Lakan Prison explained that Nadarkhani was released too early because his attorney Mohammed Ali Dadkhah was […]
Continue reading …A divided federal appeals court has temporarily barred the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois company to obtain insurance coverage for contraceptives, as mandated under the 2010 healthcare overhaul, after the owners objected on religious grounds. More than 40 lawsuits are challenging a requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires most […]
Continue reading …Tel Motza, Israel — Archaeologists in Israel have announced the discovery of a pagan temple and a number of figurines that date back to the time of King Solomon. The Israel Antiquities Authority states that it uncovered the items while excavating in Tel Motza, west of Jerusalem. “The ritual building at Tel Motza is an […]
Continue reading …Berlin, Germany — A new shoe manufacturing company in Germany is selling atheist footwear for those who want to get their ‘soles’ dirty. The company simply calls itself Atheist and was launched in May of this year. Creating retro style casual shoes that look more like a dress shoe or bowling shoe than a sneaker, […]
Continue reading …Brookfield, Wisconsin — A school district in Wisconsin is asking the United States Supreme Court to rule on whether it is permissible for high school graduations to be held in church buildings. The Elmbrook School District has filed a petition to the nation’s highest court surrounding a case that began in 2009, when it was […]
Continue reading …Istanbul, Turkey — The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) in Turkey recently fined television network CNBC-e for blasphemy, reports state. The network had allegedly aired an episode of The Simpsons called “Treehouse of Horrors,” in which God is depicted as taking orders from the devil, who requests a cup of coffee. Additionally, a […]
Continue reading …A council candidate in the United Kingdom has been suspended after recommending that the National Health Service consider mandating mothers to abort their disabled children. Geoffrey Clark, a professing Christian, had been running for Kent County Council. However, Clark stirred up a firestorm recently when he made the recommendation as a means to decrease national […]
Continue reading …A new book released by a British journalist warns that Christianity is in danger of being wiped out in the Middle East. In Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, Rupert Shortt asserts that over the past 100 years, half to two-thirds of Christians in the Middle East have either been killed or have left their homeland […]
Continue reading …A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a California law from going into effect that would have banned counselors and therapists from providing conversion therapy to youth that struggle with homosexuality. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an emergency restraining order on Friday against SB112, a law that was signed this past fall […]
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