LONDON – A senior judge in the U.K. has ruled that the owner of a bed and breakfast ‘directly discriminate[d]’ against two homosexual men by not allowing them to spend the night together in a bedroom. For six years, Susanne Wilkinson has been the owner of the three-room Swiss Bed and Breakfast in Cookham, England. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A nationally-recognized Christian legal organization has filed a petition with the California Supreme Court asking that it order county clerks throughout the state to uphold Proposition 8 and not issue “marriage” licenses to homosexuals. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has been one of the main legal entities defending Proposition 8 in the courts, […]
BATON ROUGE – Thanks to legal support from a religious rights advocacy group, a Sunday school ministry in Louisiana can once again hold events in a public park after being forced by officials in 2010 to stop the public meetings. In 2005, after receiving permission from Baton Rouge’s Recreation and Park Commission, Voices of Mercy […]
As Delaware recently became one of the latest states to enact what is known as the ‘bathroom bill,’ which permits males who identify as females to use the womens’ restroom and vice versa, Christians in the state are warning others across the country that similar legislation is sweeping the nation and may come to their […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives altered a proposed abortion bill this week after Republican Governor Pat McCrory threatened to veto the legislation over his belief that it would restrict women’s access to an abortion. As previously reported, the North Carolina Senate recently passed a number of abortion-related amendments that it attached to […]
LAKEWOOD — An attorney for a Christian baker in Colorado states that her client could possibly face up to a year in jail if the district attorney’s office decides to prosecute him for declining to bake a “wedding” cake for two homosexual men. As previously reported, Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cake Shop in […]
ST. PAUL — A sixth grade student in Minnesota has won her right to share pro-life literature with her classmates following a federal lawsuit filed on her behalf by a Christian legal organization. As previously reported, in February of this year, Annie Zinos distributed fliers regarding the issue of abortion to her classmates during lunchtime. One […]
HARRISBURG — As the first of several lawsuits expected in the weeks ahead, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a legal challenge seeking to strike down a 17-year-old ban on same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit, Whitewood v. Corbett, was filed on Tuesday in Harrisburg against several high-ranking government officials, including […]
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Congressmen and several Christian organizations joined together for a press conference this week to outline their concerns over what they perceive is growing hostility toward religion in government, and to express support for a proposed military Religious Freedom Amendment. As previously reported, Congressman John Fleming (R.-LA), a member of the House […]
MADISON – Three days after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed several pro-life measures into law, a federal judge temporarily blocked a portion of the new legislation, claiming the measures would cause “irreparable harm” to some women. As previously reported, Governor Walker on Friday approved Senate Bill 206 (SB206), which calls for increased health standards in […]