CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — County commissioners in Maryland narrowly voted this week to obey a federal court order that barred them from presenting public prayers in Jesus’ name. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush, issued a preliminary injunction last […]
American citizen and Christian speaker Peter LaBarbera was detained at the Canadian border and denied entry to the country as a result of his work opposing homosexuality, according to reports. LaBarbera, who is director of the United States-based group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality and was scheduled to speak at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association this weekend, stated that […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill that would make the Bible the state book of Louisiana was approved by a House committee on Thursday, sending the measure on to the full House of Representatives. As previously reported, Representative Thomas Carmody (R-Shreveport) recently filed HB 503 at the request of Shreveport resident Randy Dill. Dill told local television […]
NEWBERG, Ore. — A transgender student who was born biologically as a female and now seeks to identify as a male recently filed a federal complaint against a Christian university in Oregon for denying her the use of the male dorms. The student, identified only as “Jayce,” lodged the sexual discrimination complaint with the United […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A federal court has ordered the University of North Carolina-Wilmington to promote a Christian professor and reimburse him for back pay after a jury found that the university wrongfully denied him a promotion because of his Christian beliefs. As previously reported, Mike Adams works as a professor of criminology in the Department […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio lawmaker is reiterating his call to impeach a federal judge over his recent rulings on same-sex ‘marriage,’ after he vowed last week to strike down the state’s ban on homosexual weddings. Representative John Becker (R-Union Township) told reporters that U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black is trampling both the state […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A prominent Christian legal organization has filed a lawsuit against an Indiana public transportation company for refusing to allow a health care referral service to place advertising cards in its buses because of its pro-life stance and associations. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reports that it filed a federal lawsuit on Monday […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The wife of Alabama’s chief justice, who became known as the ‘Ten Commandments judge,’ is defending an Alabama police chief from atheist attacks and is demanding that efforts from the church-state separation group cease and desist. As previously reported, the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Birmingham Police […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Christian photographer who was ordered to shoot same-sex ceremonies despite her religious beliefs, allowing the mandate to stand. As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon run Elane Photography in Albuquerque. In 2006, when Vanessa Willock, a lesbian, approached Elane and […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Despite criticism from evolutionists, a proposed bill in South Carolina has been amended to include a reference to the biblical creation account. House Bill 4482 (HB4482) is a short bill which would officially designate the Columbian Mammoth as South Carolina’s state fossil. Lawmakers say the remains of hundreds of mammoths have been […]