PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ordered a rogue county clerk to stop illegally issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, stating that he lacks the authority to do so. “A clerk of courts has not been given the discretion to decide that a law … he or she is charged to enforce is a […]
ST. PAUL — The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the right of a Minnesota Christian to distribute Bibles at Twin Cities Pride Fest, a celebration of homosexuality held each year in Minneapolis. In 2012, the Minnesota Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) had issued a regulation prohibiting literature distribution during the free festival, which […]
MORGANTON, North Carolina — A Christian evangelist witnessing at a public festival in North Carolina this past weekend was forced to put away a wooden cross that he was holding as police asserted that it could be considered a “dangerous weapon.” Brothers Jesse and Matthew Boyd, along with friend Kent Blalock, attended the 32nd annual […]
BASILDON, England — A Christian street preacher was arrested and jailed last week in England after he was accused by a lesbian bystander of engaging in hate speech against homosexuals. The incident occurred on Thursday while evangelist Rob Hughes was preaching on the streets of Basildon, Essex. As he spoke, Hughes was approached by police, […]
TAMPA — A Florida woman is thanking God for saving her life after a rapist on a rampage was thwarted in his attempts to harm her when she began ministering to him through prayer and the Scriptures. Charles “Chris” Bates had just raped four women on Thursday night when he ran into the bold Christian […]
KOUNTZE, Tx. – Four months after a district judge ruled that cheerleaders could legally display Bible verse banners at school football games, several religious organizations have joined a court brief challenging the decision. As previously reported, public school cheerleaders in the tiny east Texas community of Kountze are fighting for the right to display banners […]
New reports on the status of the abortion industry indicate that abortion facilities in the United States have been closing at a record rate since 2011. Bloomberg notes that since 2011, 58 abortion facilities–nearly 1 in 10–have either shut down or stopped offering surgical abortions. Some pro-life groups contend, however, that the figures are much higher as […]
SAN ANTONIO — A Christian Air Force veteran that was recently in headlines after being punished by his commander for declining to affirm homosexual marriage, reportedly may face court-martial proceedings as investigators now accuse him of filing a false discrimination complaint. As previously reported, Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk has served in the Air Force for 19 years, and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The chairman of the Madison County Commission in Alabama is refusing to comply with atheist demands that he cease allowing Christian prayers at county meetings, and that he remove a Biblical citation from the county commission website. Chairman Dale Strong says he will continue the invocations at the monthly meetings despite the likelihood that he will be […]
HARRISBURG — A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice has joined a legal team that is fighting efforts to redefine the institution of marriage in the Commonwealth. As previously reported, the lawsuit Whitewood v. Corbett was filed by the ACLU in July in an attempt to strike down Pennsylvania’s longstanding same-sex “marriage” ban. The lawsuit consists of over 20 […]