SACRAMENTO — A coalition comprised of parents, students, churches and other non-profit organizations has submitted over a half a million signatures to California election officials in an effort to place the state’s ‘Bathroom Bill’ on the ballot. As previously reported, this past August, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1266 into law—a bill that allows boys […]
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — A school district in North Carolina has refused to accept donated posters that bear the motto ‘In God We Trust’ due to their concern that they would violate the separation of church and state. The local chapter of the American Legion had offered the patriotic posters to the Watauga County School […]
JACKSON, Miss. — A guard who works at the last remaining abortion facility in Mississippi was found guilty of four counts of simple assault this past week for pepper-spraying several Christians who were praying and singing hymns on the public sidewalk. As previously reported, the incident took place in January of this year as the […]
STOCKHOLM — Christians around the world are being asked to help plead for the release of an 11-year-old boy who was abducted by government officials because his parents chose to homeschool the child. As previously reported, Domenic Johansson was seized by the Swedish government in 2009 as he and his parents, Christer and Annie Johansson, were […]
EATONTOWN, N.J. — A retired police officer was arrested and charged with trespassing this week for witnessing to patrons of a New Jersey mall. David Wells is a former corporal with the Long Branch Police Department, and over the past year, he has spent time sharing his faith at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. Wells […]
SAN DIEGO — Two California chaplains have filed suit against the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), alleging that they had been forced out of a training and placement program because of their Christian faith. Chaplains Major Steven Firtko and Lieutenant Commander Dan Klender state that they were repeatedly harassed and threatened […]
ALBEQUERQUE — Attorneys for a Christian couple in New Mexico who were told by the courts that they may not refuse to shoot homosexual ‘weddings’ in the state have appealed the ruling to the United States Supreme Court. As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon run Elane Photography in Albuquerque. In 2006, when Vanessa Willock, […]
DARMSTADT, Germany — Four homeschooled children who were seized by German officials earlier this year are now attending government schools after their parents agreed to the condition in order to have them returned home. As previously reported, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed the home of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich in […]
CAMDEN — The parents of a homosexual teenager who also struggles with gender identity issues have filed a lawsuit against New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in an effort to overturn a law that bars their son from obtaining professional help. As previously reported, while reiterating his belief that homosexuality is “not a sin,” the Republican […]
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has introduced a federal bill that would nationally ban abortions past 20 weeks. The measure, called the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, includes exceptions in instances of rape, incest and the life of the mother. Graham held a press conference on Thursday to formally announce the effort […]