DENVER — A district court judge appointed by Barack Obama has granted the Christian owners of a Colorado-based mortgage company a preliminary injunction against the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare. Cherry Creek Mortgage Company, an evangelical-owned business headquarted in Greenwood Village, Colorado, had sued the Obama administration in March of this year. It asserted that the […]
DENVER — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group is defending the annual proclamations issued each year by the governor of Colorado in honor of the National Day of Prayer, which have come under fire by a prominent atheist activist organization. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reports that it submitted a friend of the court brief to the […]
A global letter-writing campaign has been launched by a national Christian legal organization after an American pastor imprisoned in his homeland of Iran directly appealed to the country’s president in hopes of obtaining freedom from his bonds. As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, who fled Iran in 2005 and moved to Idaho with his wife Naghmeh […]
MASON, Mich. — A pro-abortion politician that formerly served in the Michigan House of Representatives has withdrawn a defamation lawsuit filed against her former pro-life assistant, who had gone public last year about her alleged mistreatment as a pregnant mother. Ericah Caughey was fired from her position as legislative assistant to Representative Lisa Brown in […]
WASHINGTON — Members of the Restore Military Religious Freedom Coalition (RMRF) recently met with officials at the Pentagon to discuss their concerns about the escalation of religious liberty violations in the U.S. military. During the meeting, Air Force representatives accepted over 170,000 petitions that appealed to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to protect the religious […]
WASHINGTON — Thirteen people are dead tonight, including the suspect, after a gunman entered the Navy Yard in the nation’s capital, opening fire. Reports state that the incident occurred at approximately 8:20 this morning, and is considered the worst loss of life in the District of Columbia in over 20 years. Gunfire first broke out […]
SALISBURY, North Carolina — A rally is scheduled for today to demonstrate support for several North Carolina county commissioners who were sued earlier this year for presenting pre-meeting prayers that were predominantly in the name of Jesus. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) had filed suit against […]
BRANDON, Miss. — City officials in Mississippi have rejected the request of a local Baptist church to grant approval to build a 110-foot, 11-story steel cross on church property. The cross was a project of the First Baptist Church of Brandon and the ministry Crosses Across America, headquartered in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The organization’s website explains […]
SACRAMENTO — A bill that sought to punish youth organizations that oppose homosexual behavior and gender confusion by revoking their tax exempt status has been tabled–at least for now. As previously reported, Senate Bill 323 (SB323) was first introduced in mid-February by Ricardo Lara, a Democratic state senator from Los Angeles. Lara is himself an […]
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia teenager that was convicted of killing a sleeping infant this past spring as part of a robbery attempt has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. As previously reported, the incident occurred in March of this year as mother Sherry West was walking home from the Brunswick post office with […]