ALBUQUERQUE — In what is being characterized as potentially the first-ever municipal late-term abortion ban, city council members in Albuquerque, New Mexico have voted to place a measure prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks on the ballot in the November elections. “By 8 weeks after fertilization, the unborn child reacts to touch. After 20 weeks, the […]
Continue reading …ROME — In an article published on Thursday by the Italian magazine La Civilta Cattolica, Pope Francis explained that he believes the Roman Catholic Church needs to find a “new balance” in reaching unbelievers, rather than focusing predominantly on the issues of homosexuality and abortion. During the lengthy piece, which covered a variety of topics, from […]
Continue reading …DARMSTADT, Germany — The four homeschooled children of a couple in Germany have been returned to their parents upon the condition that they attend public school as per German law. As previously reported, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed the home of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich last month and forcefully removed all […]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has filed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in an effort to force the popular craft chain Hobby Lobby to comply with the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. The 251-page petition was filed on Thursday by U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verilli, and bears the name of other […]
Continue reading …SASKATOON — A Canadian bridal boutique has reached a settlement with a man who identifies as a woman after the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission ruled that the owner broke the law by refusing to allow him to try on a gown for his wedding. The incident occurred in April of this year as Rohit Singh, […]
Continue reading …PERTH — A street preacher in Scotland was arrested this week for ‘breach of the peace’ and advised that the content of his sermon was illegal after an anonymous bystander complained to police about his activities. Josh Williamson of Perth states that he was preaching from Scripture about man’s enslavement to sin when he was […]
Continue reading …DENVER — A district court judge appointed by Barack Obama has granted the Christian owners of a Colorado-based mortgage company a preliminary injunction against the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare. Cherry Creek Mortgage Company, an evangelical-owned business headquarted in Greenwood Village, Colorado, had sued the Obama administration in March of this year. It asserted that the […]
Continue reading …DENVER — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group is defending the annual proclamations issued each year by the governor of Colorado in honor of the National Day of Prayer, which have come under fire by a prominent atheist activist organization. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reports that it submitted a friend of the court brief to the […]
Continue reading …A global letter-writing campaign has been launched by a national Christian legal organization after an American pastor imprisoned in his homeland of Iran directly appealed to the country’s president in hopes of obtaining freedom from his bonds. As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, who fled Iran in 2005 and moved to Idaho with his wife Naghmeh […]
Continue reading …MASON, Mich. — A pro-abortion politician that formerly served in the Michigan House of Representatives has withdrawn a defamation lawsuit filed against her former pro-life assistant, who had gone public last year about her alleged mistreatment as a pregnant mother. Ericah Caughey was fired from her position as legislative assistant to Representative Lisa Brown in […]
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