STOCKTON, Calif. — A Christian legal organization is poised to file a lawsuit against a California hospital after officials continue to ban the use of the phrase ‘God bless America’ in email signatures. As previously reported, Dameron Hospital employee Boots Hawks was called into his supervisor’s office last November and asked to remove the phrase from […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Supreme Court of Maine has ruled that a local school district discriminated against a male student that identifies as a female when it denied him from using the girls’ restroom. The court ruled 5-1 on Thursday that the Orono School District violated the Maine Human Rights Act when it offered then-5th […]
MADISON, Wisc. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit on Monday in an attempt to overturn Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex ‘marriage.’ Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment in November 2006 that enshrined marriage as being between a man and a woman. “Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall […]
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest abortion provider has announced that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will receive the Margaret Sanger Award at the organization’s annual gala on March 27th. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America says that Pelosi will be speaking at the event next month, where she will be recognized for her “her leadership, […]
HASTINGS, Minn. — Attorneys with a nationally-recognized Christian legal group have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a car dealership in Minnesota that is seeking an exemption from what has become known as the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. The Liberty Institute of Plano, Texas filed the suit on Wednesday on behalf of Hastings Automotive, Inc. […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Lawmakers in South Dakota have defeated a bill that sought to protect pastors from performing same-sex “weddings,” as the bill failed approval by a Senate committee by a single vote. Senate Bill 66 was deemed to be unnecessary by opponents of the legislation, as they asserted that the state constitution already protects […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As Sunday marks Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey, one of the largest sports weekends of the year, some are warning that the event will also ring in the largest weekend for sex trafficking. “This industry preys on the vulnerable and booms when hundreds of thousands of tourists flock […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Senate voted unanimously on Friday in favor of SB 2681, also known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, sending the bill to the House for consideration. Like legislation introduced in other states, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act prohibits the government from burdening the free exercise of religion without a compelling […]
RALEIGH — The governor of North Carolina has expressed his opposition to appealing a recent ruling that struck down the state’s requirement that women obtain an ultrasound prior to having an abortion. Governor Pat McCrory’s office said in a press release that continuing the fight would be costly. McCrory also stated that he was satisfied that […]
RICHMOND — A bill that would ban licensed therapists in Virginia from helping youth that struggle with homosexual temptations failed in a House committee on Thursday. As previously reported, Delegate Patrick Hope (D-Arlington County) introduced the legislation last week, which would prohibit any type of counseling or reparative therapy for those under 18. While the legislation […]