PORTLAND, Ore. — At least six Christians were attacked with a cleansing agent on Wednesday while preaching the gospel and standing for life outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in Portland, Oregon, but the man who committed with the act was not arrested and was let go without charges. The pro-life outreach was part of […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — A county clerk in Kentucky, along with her office, is defying a court order to issue “marriage” licenses to homosexuals due to her Christian convictions not to be a partaker in other men’s sins. (1 Tim. 5:22) Kim Davis, clerk of Rowan County, was the subject of a federal suit filed by […]
EUGENE, Ore. — An assistant professor at a Christian university in Oregon has filed suit after she says that she was fired for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. Cory Richardson is seeking $650,000 in damages from Northwest Christian University for what she believes in wrongful termination. Richards, 35, was fired last month, and is a […]
SANTA FE, N.M. — An appeals court in New Mexico has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed physician assisted suicide in the state. “At its core, aid in dying challenges the longstanding and historic interest in the protection of life until its natural end as well as the equally longstanding prohibition against […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — In light of the ongoing uproar over Planned Parenthood’s alleged sale of the organs of aborted babies, the governor of Indiana has signed a bill into law regulating how the bodies of aborted babies are disposed. SB 329, while allowing abortion to continue in the state, “[e]stablishes a right … for a […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court of Ohio has released its formal opinion regarding whether judges must officiate same-sex “weddings” despite their religious convictions, declaring that homosexuals must be accommodated no matter what. “Ohio judges who perform civil marriages may not ethically refuse to perform civil marriages involving same-sex […]
(Morning Star News) – A case involving the constitutional position of sharia (Islamic law) courts in the Malaysian legal system could strengthen the power of the courts to block Malay conversions from Islam. In the potentially landmark case, due to be heard on Thursday (Aug. 13), the Federal Territory Islamic Council claims that sharia courts […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has become the third state to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, following Louisiana and New Hampshire. “I respect human life, and I do not want Alabama to be associated with an organization that does not,” Gov. Robert Bentley Tweeted on Thursday. “The deplorable practices at Planned Parenthood have been exposed […]
WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate John Kasich revealed during Thursday’s Republican national debate that he recently attended the “gay wedding” of his friend, citing “strong faith” and “God’s unconditional love” as factors in doing so. Kasich, 63 and an Anglican, was asked by Fox’s Megyn Kelly, who served as one of the event’s moderators, what he […]
MOUNT VERNON, Texas — A prominent atheist activist group is demanding that a Texas school district remove a number of Christian quotes from its walls, contending that they “unconstitutionally promote religion.” The Mount Vernon Independent School District has over 100 quotes stenciled on the walls of its public schools, and approximately seven of them reference […]