ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a Georgia fire chief who was fired earlier this year over a self-published book that included a paragraph citing homosexuality among other sexual behaviors that are a perversion of God’s design may move forward. As previously reported, Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired last year after being […]
JANESVILLE (Gazette Extra) — About a dozen anti-abortion advocates from the group Missionaries to the Preborn picketed Speaker Paul Ryan’s Janesville office Monday, calling on him to permanently defund Planned Parenthood. People from the Milwaukee-based group carried signs outside Ryan’s office with slogans such as “Planned Parenthood Murders Babies,” “Paul Ryan Supports Selling Baby Parts” and […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of over 50 liberal clergy members have signed a letter calling upon the governor of Texas to restore Medicaid funding to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. “We write as concerned faith leaders from diverse religious traditions and communities across Texas to protest the exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding in our […]
BREMERTON, Wash. — A football coach in Washington state who was placed on leave this fall until he agrees to stop praying at the 50-yard line at the conclusion of each game has filed a federal employment complaint, alleging religious discrimination. As previously reported, Joe Kennedy, the assistant head coach for the varsity team at Bremerton High […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the attorney general of Ohio from taking legal action against the abortion giant Planned Parenthood in order to stop the organization from having the bodies of aborted babies picked up by medical waste companies to be steam-treated or incinerated, and then dumped in landfills. As previously reported, Ohio […]
(Reuters) — North Korea’s highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labor for life for subversion, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Hyeon Soo Lim, the head pastor at a Toronto church that is one of Canada’s largest, has been held by North Korea since February. He had […]
Tunis (AFP) — A court in Tunisia has sentenced six students to three years in jail each on charges of homosexuality in a judgment condemned by rights activists, their lawyer said on Monday. The court in Kairouan last week handed down the maximum term under a controversial article of the criminal code that criminalizes sex […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman is facing an attempted murder charge for using a coat hanger in an attempt to perform a self-abortion. Anna Yocca, 31, an unmarried mother, reportedly filled her bathtub with water this past September and then “took a coat hanger and attempted to self-abort her pregnancy.” When she began bleeding, […]
NEW YORK — A Muslim woman was recently sworn in as a judge in New York City, choosing to take her oath on the Koran instead of the Bible. After being elected to the position last month, Carolyn Walker-Diallo was sworn in last Thursday as a civil judge for the 7th Municipal District at Brooklyn Borough Hall. […]
BILLINGS, Mont. — A judge in Montana has halted the lawsuit of a polygamist who sought “marriage equality” after was denied a license to tie the knot with a second woman. As previously reported, Nathan Collier, 46, went to the Yellowstone County Courthouse in July with his partner Christine to seek a second marriage license. As […]