HOUSTON – A Texas grand jury has cleared a controversial abortionist of criminal charges, even though former assistants of the abortionist testified that he killed newborn babies upon their delivery. As previously reported, three women who left their jobs as assistants to Texas abortionist Douglas Karpen broke their silence earlier this year in regard to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush has granted a temporary injunction to nearly 200 ministries seeking relief from the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. In October of this year, 187 Christian ministries that receive health insurance through GuideStone Financial Resources, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, were represented in […]
SEATTLE — Two United Methodist ministers recently ‘wed’ each other in a ceremony in Seattle, Washington despite the possibility that they could face disciplinary action for violating Church law. Joanne Carlson Brown, 60, of Tibbetts United Methodist Church and Christie Newbill, 65, of Woodland Park United Methodist Church tied the knot at a ceremony at […]
Demographers are noting the rise of “co-parenting”—a new movement involving contract-based parenting that is challenging the definition of family. The rise of co-parenting is largely due to the Internet, where numerous websites allow individuals to meet a parent online. Co-parenting allows unmarried people to find other individuals who are willing to have children together. Today, […]
NORMAN, Okla. — A video uploaded last week by the Abolitionist Society of Oklahoma shows a post-abortive father shoving and punching a sidewalk counselor before pursuing another man holding a camera in order to destroy evidence of the attack. The incident occurred last Tuesday as Society director Toby Harmon and his friend Jeremy Brown were seeking […]
HONOLULU — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused several churches in Hawaii of defrauding the government. The suit, Kahle v. New Hope International Ministries, was filed by atheists Mitchell Kahle and Holly Huber in March of this year. Kahle, the founder of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of Church and State, and public […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio state senator recently introduced a bill that would have forced homeschoolers to undergo government investigation, but promised on Thursday to withdraw the legislation following widespread criticism. Democratic Senator Capri Cafaro has represented the 32nd Ohio Senate District since January 2007. Earlier this month, Cafaro introduced to the Ohio legislature Senate Bill […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared brain dead just days after obtaining a tonsillectomy is praying for a miracle in the face of the hospital’s intentions to take the child off life support. Last Monday, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent the surgery at Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, […]
A&E has indefinitely suspended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson from the network for speaking against homosexuality in a recent interview with a popular men’s magazine. The January 2014 issue of GQ features an interview with the famed duck call inventor and reality show star, covering a variety of topics from his personal testimony to health […]
WASHINGTON — Eight state attorneys general, along with 18 wedding photographers, have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a Christian photographer that is fighting for the right to decline photo shoots that violate her faith. As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon run Elane Photography in Albuquerque. In 2006, […]