WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the State of Arkansas must allow the “spouses” of lesbian women who conceive by a male sperm donor to be recognized on birth certificates even though they are not the biological parent. “Obergefell proscribes such disparate treatment. As we explained there, a State may not ‘exclude same-sex couples from civil […]
WASHINGTON (Evening Standard) — Donald Trump has broken a presidential tradition lasting two centuries by not hosting an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Former presidents acknowledged the sacred month by holding an Iftar at the White House – the meal eaten after sunset when Muslims break their fast. But Eid – the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission and decide whether or not the government may order people of faith to use their talents for a same-sex celebration despite their belief that it would be a form of participation and thus a sin […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Democratic attorney general of California, most known for filing criminal charges against the man who recorded undercover videos of his talks with Planned Parenthood officials, has now banned state employees from traveling to Texas in protest of a law protecting faith-based adoption agencies from punishment for operating in accordance with the […]
A federal appeals court has reversed an injunction against Mississippi’s Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act, a bill meant to protect residents from punishment when acting in accordance with their religious convictions in regard to the institution of marriage. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana ruled on Thursday that the […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Brooklyn man who had expressed hatred toward his girlfriend for not obtaining an abortion is accused of beating his infant daughter into a coma on Father’s Day. Shaquan Taylor, 19, had posted on social media in February of last year that he felt “disrespected” when his girlfriend told him that she […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Ronald Reagan has ruled that a 25-foot cross display in a public park in Florida is unconstitutional and must be removed. The American Humanist Association (AHA) and the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had sued the City of Pensacola last year on behalf […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A superior court in California has temporarily dismissed 14 of 15 charges filed against David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress, but with leave to amend—that is, allowing the prosecution to refile their complaint with more specificity. “Following the defense’s complaint that there are too many surreptitious recordings to know which […]
(Christian Institute) — The new Republic of Ireland Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has admitted he is attempting to pressure the DUP into legalizing same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. Varadkar, who is homosexual, met with DUP leader Arlene Foster last week in Dublin to discuss the effects of Brexit and power sharing at Stormont. His pressure […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education recently released a memo that, while scaling back the Obama administration’s insistence that schools allow “transgender” students to use the restroom that matches their “internal sense of gender,” also advises that schools may still be investigated for failing to look into hostile situations, such as when there is […]