SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The U.S. Navy has upheld the inclusion of the Bible on a “missing man” table at a Naval hospital in Okinawa, Japan after an organization that seeks to separate the Messiah from the military submitted a complaint about the Bible’s presence and a notation of America being “one nation under God.” “As […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals court has ruled that officials in Ohio cannot exclude the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood from receiving funding for federal health programs, opining that it would hurt women whose “major abortion providers opted to protect women’s abortion rights rather than yield to unconstitutional conditions.” “If Plaintiffs are excluded from the federal […]
MERCER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man who identifies as a woman has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after shooting his coworker in 2016 when he allegedly continued taunting him about his plans to present himself as female. Zachary McClimans, 23, who goes by the name Claire, was arrested in November 2016 after shooting Jayson Hall, 42, inside the […]
CHICAGO, Ill. — A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that an Indiana law that bans the murder of unborn children based on a Down Syndrome diagnosis or any other disability is unconstitutional because it places an “undue burden” on a “woman’s right” to obtain an abortion. “The State urges that the non-discrimination provisions represent a ‘qualitatively […]
(The Christian Institute) — Legalizing assisted suicide in Guernsey would be dangerous for everyone on the island, church leaders say, and politicians should instead focus on caring for the vulnerable. Representatives from dozens of island churches took the “exceptional” step of writing an open letter to citizens, warning, “As a community we need to celebrate […]
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — A woman in Florida is facing murder charges for allegedly killing her newborn twins and dumping one of them in a trash can. Rachel Thomas, 30, told investigators that she didn’t know she was pregnant, but rather thought she was feeling sick on Sunday when she went left work early. She […]
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A Southern Baptist Army chaplain is pushing back after a military investigator concluded that he discriminated against a lesbian woman by declining to conduct a marriage retreat after learning that she had signed up to attend the event with her partner. According to the First Liberty Institute, the unnamed Army equal opportunity […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma House panel has advanced a bill that protects the religious convictions of faith-based foster and adoption agencies, in that they may decline to place children in certain households if the arrangement would violate the tenets of their faith. “To the extent allowed by federal law, no private child-placing agency receiving […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Republican governor of Tennessee has signed into law a bill that defunds the abortion and contraceptive giant Planned Parenthood, as well as any other organization that performs abortions. “It is the policy of this state to favor childbirth and family planning services that do not include elective abortions or the promotion of […]
(The Christian Institute) — A transsexual activist has been fined over an attack on a woman taking part in a public meeting in central London. Maria MacLachlan was punched and kicked in Hyde Park last September as she tried to meet with other women to discuss government plans to allow people to legally self-identify their […]