Missouri voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that supporters said will protect religious freedom. The measure — Amendment 2 — says Missourians’ right to express religious beliefs can’t be infringed. It protects voluntary prayer in schools and requires public schools to display a copy of the Bill of Rights. With all but two […]
A small church in Mississippi is fighting a local zoning ordinance that prohibits churches from leasing space in the town square. Last year, officials in Holly Springs, Mississippi denied the request of Pastor Telsa DeBerry to utilize a building in the town square for his small eighteen-member congregation, known as Opulent Life Church. They reportedly […]
CHARLOTTE – Pro-life activist Flip Benham remains a free man after a judge ruled to not revoke his bond on Friday. In 2010, Benham was charged and later convicted of stalking a Charlotte-area doctor. He’s currently awaiting the results of his appeals hearing and is out on post-conviction release. On Friday, he arrived at the […]
A life-sized replica of Noah’s ark has been built in the Netherlands and is now on display for public viewing. Dutch millionaire Johan Huibers says that the boat took four years for him to build, which mirrors the specifications outlined in the Bible. However, instead of Gopher wood, as mentioned in the Book of Genesis, […]
HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. — A national legal organization is defending a missionary that was arrested on the Fourth of July for telling police officers that they needed to “repent.” The Rutherford Institute of Charlottesville, Virginia has issued a letter to attorneys representing the town of Holly Ridge, North Carolina, demanding that its police department be […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christians in Charlotte, North Carolina are preparing to gather in public repentance on Labor Day weekend, one day before the Democratic National Convention. Charlotte714 is an event organized by local businessman David Benham of Benham Companies, along with other area pastors and community leaders. “The organizers of Charlotte714 are Christians who love […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a year after the Kentucky Supreme Court subjected it to stricter regulations that could have meant its demise in the state. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate set a hearing for Aug. […]
(Reuters) –– A federal appeals court blocked Arizona on Wednesday from enforcing a new state ban on most late-term abortions that opponents say is the toughest in the nation, and agreed to an expedited review of the controversial measure. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the injunction two days […]
A New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral […]
WASHINGTON (BP) — The U.S. House of Representatives has failed to approve a bill to restrict the District of Columbia’s unfettered abortion policy. In a roll call Tuesday (July 31), the House voted 220-154 for the District of Columbia Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for passage. The […]