In an interview this week on British television, a Christian couple defended their decision to deny a room to two homosexual men—even though it ended up costing them their livelihood. As previously reported, Peter and Hazelmary Bull of Cornwall, England are selling their business, which also served as their home, after legal costs and harassment from […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group has mailed letters to school districts throughout Tennessee in an effort to defend the practice of prayer at school football games. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) crafted the letters as a counter to correspondence recently sent by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which complained about the prayers […]
SACRAMENTO — The governor of California has signed a bill into law that would allow nurses and other ‘non-physicians’ to perform abortions on babies up to twelve weeks in gestation. As previously reported, AB 154, which was sponsored by Democratic Assembly Member Toni Atkins of San Diego, aims to make abortion more accessible in the state, especially […]
SAN JOSE — A Court of Appeals in California has unanimously tossed out child abuse findings against a Santa Clara County mother who spanked her 12-year-old daughter with a wooden spoon. The Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the county Department of Social Services judged inappropriately when it determined that Veronica Gonzalez […]
SEATTLE — A Christian legal group has filed suit against the Seattle Transit Authority after it refused to run a bus advertisement out of a fear of offending Muslims. The American Freedom Law Center, based in Ann Arbor Michigan, is representing the Freedom Defense Initiative, led by Pamela Geller, a Jew known for placing transit […]
SPRINGFIELD — Three Christians with a church in Springfield, Missouri were arrested on Friday night while preaching the Gospel in the public square. The situation is part of an ongoing battle between members of Lighthouse Anabaptist Church and the Springfield Police Department. “This is coming to a head,” Pastor Aaron Brummitt told Christian News Network […]
BARTOW, Fl. — Residents in a small city in Florida are outraged after municipal officials asked them to remove ‘God bless America’ signs from their yard due to a city ordinance governing temporary signs. The signs, approximately 300 in all, were distributed this past Fourth of July by First Baptist Church of Bartow, and many […]
VERO BEACH, Fl. — A lesbian teenager has plead guilty to five criminal counts pertaining to sexual relations with a minor and will spend the next four months behind bars as part of a plea deal between her attorney and prosecutors, reports state. As previously reported, Kaitlyn Hunt, 19, was arrested on criminal charges in […]
HALTOM CITY, Tex. — A Democratic senator in Texas that made headlines earlier this year for her attempts to block a pro-life bill from being passed by state lawmakers has announced her candidacy for governor. Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth made the announcement on Thursday at Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City where she […]
WASHINGTON — A government watch group has filed a lawsuit in an effort to obtain records of correspondence between the U.S. Department of Defense and a prominent anti-Christian activist. Judicial Watch, a Washington-based organization that “seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people,” […]