WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasure and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as the Department of Health and Human Services, have announced that same-sex marriages will now be recognized for federal income tax purposes and Medicare benefits. The decision was announced on Thursday by the departments, advising that the conclusion was […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of State has announced that North Korean officials have rescinded their invitation to meet with a special American envoy that sought to secure the release of a missionary that has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the country. The government had initially announced the visit on Tuesday, outlining that […]
A prominent Christian legal organization representing a New Mexico photographer that was was recently forced by the state Supreme Court to ‘compromise … to accommodate’ requests to shoot homosexual dedication ceremonies is warning that similar cases are presenting a “real threat” to Christians across the country. As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon, who […]
NORWICH — A pastor in the United Kingdom was recently visited at his home by police and is now under an official criminal investigation after he sent an email to organizers of a homosexual pride event expressing his concern over what he called an “unashamed carnival of perverted carnality.” Alan Clifford of Norwich Reformed Church […]
DARMSTADT, Germany –– German officials raided the home of a homeschooling family this week and seized all four children, declaring that the parents would not see them ‘anytime soon.’ The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reports that the incident took place on Thursday morning, as approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed […]
WASHINGTON — United States Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement this week calling upon the Iranian government to release an imprisoned American pastor, as well as two other American citizens who are believed to be unlawfully held in the country. As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, who fled Iran in 2005 and moved to […]
CONNELLSVILLE, Penn. — A Pennsylvania pastor is responding to a lawsuit filed by a prominent atheist activist group surrounding the presence of a Ten Commandments monument at a local junior high school by installing numerous other monuments throughout the community and surrounding area. As previously reported, Thou Shall Not Move, led by Pastor Ewing Marietta of […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld California’s ban on providing therapy or counseling to youth struggling with homosexuality. As previously reported, last year as the ban was being contemplated in the legislature, Governor Jerry Brown remarked that he hoped reparative therapy would be forever heaved into “the dustbin of […]
ALLENTOWN — A Pennsylvania woman is facing criminal homicide charges after her newborn son was found dumped in the toilet tank in the women’s restroom at a local bar. Reports state that 26-year-old Amanda Hein hid her pregnancy from virtually everyone–including her grandmother, whom she lived with–and concealed the fact that she was in labor […]
BILLINGS — A public protest is scheduled outside of a county courthouse in Montana today after a Yellowstone County judge issued a 30-day jail term, plus 15 years supervised probation, to a teacher who raped a teen that later committed suicide while proceedings were underway. District Judge G. Todd Baugh has come under heavy criticism […]