PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The board overseeing a condominium building in Florida has adopted a resolution that prohibits religious gatherings from being held in the commons areas. A sign has now also been placed on a piano prohibiting residents from playing Christian music. According to reports, the board of Cambridge House, managed by Gateway Group, recently passed […]
DETROIT, Mich. — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Christian funeral home owner engaged in illegal discrimination for firing a male director who announced that he wanted to begin dressing as female. “Discrimination against employees, either because of their failure to conform to sex stereotypes or their transgender and transitioning status, is […]
In a video recently shared by Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Dan Fisher, former state Senator Randy Brogdon expressed regret that he had written legislation that only regulated abortion in the state, but allowed the murder of the unborn to continue. “I’ve been a pro-life Republican my entire life. I was so pro-life as a state senator, I […]
NEWARK, N.J. — A Muslim man has pleaded guilty to randomly murdering a New Jersey teen in 2014 during a traffic stop, and has admitted to killing three other men while living in Washington State, as part of a jihad mission against the United States. Jury selection was underway in Essex County Superior Court on […]
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The Christian owners of a bridal shop in Pennsylvania who have been receiving threats since declining to assist a lesbian with her wedding last July have decided to close their business due to fears of an impending ordinance that would require them to violate their faith, as well as the inability to market […]
BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge has ruled that the State of Idaho cannot legally decline to issue amended birth certificates to those who suffer from gender dysphoria, concluding that refusals violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. “Defendants … violate the Equal Protection Clause by failing to provide an avenue for transgender people to amend the […]
DENTON, Texas — One of the nation’s most conspicuous atheist activist groups has submitted a letter of complaint to a sheriff’s office in Texas to assert that the sheriff’s quotation of Romans 13:4 in a memo to officers violates the U.S. Constitution. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says that a local resident alerted […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lawmakers in Washington State have passed a bill that requires insurance companies to cover abortion and contraception. The Senate passed S.B. 6219, also known as the Reproductive Parity Act, on Saturday 27-22 after approving changes made by the House. It now moves to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who is expected to sign […]
(Newsweek) A convicted pedophile who was sentenced to 300 years for sexually assaulting six children has been freed from Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility in Colorado. Michael McFadden, 46, was released on Tuesday after the Colorado Court of Appeals decided his right to a speedy trial had been violated. McFadden’s trial, which was scheduled for 2015, […]
BLADENSBURG, Md. — A ruling declaring a veterans cross memorial in Maryland to be unconstitutional will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear the case en banc on Thursday. The vote to deny the request was 8-6. “Our holding that the State’s ongoing ownership and maintenance of […]