ALBEQUERQUE — Attorneys for a Christian couple in New Mexico who were told by the courts that they may not refuse to shoot homosexual ‘weddings’ in the state have appealed the ruling to the United States Supreme Court. As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon run Elane Photography in Albuquerque. In 2006, when Vanessa Willock, […]
WASHINGTON — Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid announced this week that he plans to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) up for a vote by Thanksgiving. The bill, introduced earlier this year by Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, seeks to protect homosexuals and those who prefer to identify as the opposite gender in the workplace, […]
RICHLAND, Wash. — Attorneys for a Christian florist in Washington have asked a county court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general, which accused her of violating Washington’s anti-discrimination law for declining to help decorate a same-sex “wedding.” As previously reported, Baronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland was leveled with a […]
JERUSALEM — The president of the popular American craft chain Hobby Lobby has opened a temporary Bible exhibit in Israel in his effort to educate visitors on the history and contents of the Scriptures. The exhibit, called “Book of Books,” is located inside the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. “We have operated our businesses on […]
WASHINGTON — Attorney generals for eighteen states have filed briefs with the United States Supreme Court to urge its nine justices to accept an appeal surrounding a Pennsylvania business that has been denied a reprieve from the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. As previously reported, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, which has 950 employees at its Arkansas, […]
Several abortion facilities in Ohio have closed and others may soon follow over their failure to comply with new state regulations that mandate private hospital transfer agreements and ban late-term abortions. The Lebanon Road Surgery Center in Sharonville is the latest closing as the state Department of Health refused to grant the facility a variance […]
GRIMES, Iowa — A Mennonite couple in Iowa has filed suit against the state’s Civil Rights Commission as they fear pending punishment for declining to host a same-sex ‘wedding’ at their business. As previously reported, Dick and Betty Odgaard operate The Gortz Haus Gallery, a bistro, floral and arts shop, and wedding facility in Grimes, […]
In an interview this week on British television, a Christian couple defended their decision to deny a room to two homosexual men—even though it ended up costing them their livelihood. As previously reported, Peter and Hazelmary Bull of Cornwall, England are selling their business, which also served as their home, after legal costs and harassment from […]
NEW YORK — Two lesbians who live in an apartment in New York City have filed a lawsuit against their landlord for refusing to recognize their relationship as a marriage. Dava Weinstein, 68, and Doroty Calvani, 64, have lived together for 36 years. In 2011, the two traveled to Iowa to “wed,” just months before […]
CHICAGO — A restaurant is Chicago is at the center of controversy surrounding its burger special for the month of October, which features a communion-themed hamburger as a “tribute to the supreme blasphemous activities” of a Swedish heavy metal band. Kuma’s Corner in Chicago’s north side regularly names its monthly specials after heavy metal bands. […]