SEMAPHORE PARK, Australia — An Australian keepsake company has become the center of controversy after a recent report brought to light the company’s practice of turning extra IVF embryos into jewelry. “I don’t believe there is any other business in the world that creates jewelry from human embryos, and I firmly believe that we are pioneering the […]
Continue reading …FATIMA, Portugal — Jorge Bergoglio, the Roman Catholic leader known as Pope Francis, has “sainted” two of three Portuguese shepherds who purportedly saw an apparition of Mary a century ago and are credited with two miracles following their death. The occasion, which is widely accepted among Catholics worldwide, is rejected by evangelicals, who note numerous conflicts with […]
Continue reading …MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate has approved a bill that would place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed on public property. The measure put forth by Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, requires the Decalogue to be a part of a broader display that includes other historical pieces. […]
Continue reading …LOUISVILLE, Ky. — 10 people were arrested on Saturday as they blocked the entrance to Kentucky’s last remaining abortion facility to prevent mothers from murdering their unborn children. The effort corresponded with Mother’s Day weekend. Abortion opponents from across the country gathered outside of EMW Women’s Clinic in Lexington to preach the gospel and stand […]
Continue reading …LOGAN, Utah — Two 16-year-old boys who plotted to shoot a 14-year-old girl in the head because her Snapchat messages were “annoying” will be tried as adults, a judge ruled this week. First District Juvenile Court Judge Angela Fonnesbeck announced her decisions on Monday and Wednesday regarding defendants Colter Peterson and his accomplice Jayzen Decker. “He planned and he […]
Continue reading …ROSELLE PARK, N.J. — A New Jersey borough has agreed not to restore what was deemed a religious veterans display to the lawn of the public library in order to settle a lawsuit filed by a nationally-recognized humanist organization. On May 4, Roselle Park council members voted to approve Resolution 142-17, “Authorizing a Settlement Agreement in the […]
Continue reading …LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld the right of a Christian screen printer to decline to print t-shirts for a homosexual pride event. “Nothing in the [Lexington-Fayette Urban County] fairness ordinance prohibits HOO (Hands on Originals), a private business, from engaging in viewpoint or message censorship,” wrote Chief Judge Joy Kramer in the 2-1 decision […]
Continue reading …TAMPA, Fla. — A school district in Florida has cleared a mathematics teacher of wrongdoing after a religious liberties organization submitted a letter of complaint asserting that she had overstepped her bounds by promoting homosexual advocacy in the classroom. “The evidence obtained in the investigations does not support the allegations and established that there was no […]
Continue reading …DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. — The Pennsylvania school administrator who was recorded on camera cursing out two teenage abortion abolitionists last month as they held signs on the public sidewalk has resigned. Zach Ruff had been on leave from Downingtown STEM Academy since the incident went public, as the Downingtown Area School District decried his behavior as being unacceptable. […]
Continue reading …Iowa City, Iowa — A campus minister at the University of Iowa is facing possible censure from United Methodist leadership for officiating a same-sex ceremony for another female clergy member. Anna Blaedel, the executive director of the university’s Wesley Student Center, presided over the ceremony in Oklahoma on April 4, despite knowledge that doing so […]
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