Washington, DC — The Obama administration released the revised version of its contraceptive mandate on Friday, redefining the phrase “religious employer,” while still mandating for-profit religious business owners to cover what many contend are abortion-inducing drugs. In outlining the redefinition, the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) ensured that all churches and their related entities […]
Little Rock, Arkansas — Senators in Arkansas overwhelmingly passed a bill this week allowing pastors to decide whether to permit their congregants to carry handguns in church. Arkansas is one of ten states across the nation that prohibits citizens from entering a church with a gun at any time. However, the Church Protection Act of […]
Visalia, California — An elder at a California church has filed suit against a local mall for threatening him with arrest if he did not stop sharing his faith with shoppers. John Vadnais had regularly visited the Visalia Mall to shop and eat, and sometimes to also share his faith at the same time. However, […]
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Senate Committee unanimously approved a bill this week that seeks to do away with parts of a state law criminalizing cohabitation. Currently, only four states in the nation — Michigan, Mississippi, Virginia and Florida — have laws on the books prohibiting unmarried couples from living together. The Virginia statute dates […]
Parker, Florida — A small city in Florida is considering enacting a ban against establishing new churches near businesses that sell alcoholic beverages. City council members in Parker, Florida state that the ordinance would bar the construction or conversion of a building into a house of worship within 500 feet of any beer-selling business, including […]
Mexico City, Mexico — Officials in Mexico have broken up an alleged sex slave cult that involved a man who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. According to reports, the cult ran a ring right on the United States border, and sought to recruit women to have sexual relations with a man who […]
Thousand Oaks, California — Two former elementary school teachers and a once-secular school in California are fighting a complicated legal battle in the courts regarding the dismissal of the teachers for refusing to provide proof of their Christian faith. Little Oaks Elementary School is a pre-k through 5th grade institution owned by Calvary Chapel of […]
Barron, Wisconsin — Government officials in a Wisconsin county have voted unanimously to continue with prayers at their monthly county board meetings despite threats from a national atheist organization to file a lawsuit over the matter. According to reports, citizens throughout Barron County recently turned out to the January board meeting to express their overwhelming […]
Dallas, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America, which requires its members to swear under scout oath to live “morally straight,” has confirmed that it is discussing ending its ban on openly homosexual members, and is considering instead allowing local troops to create their own policy surrounding the matter. Deron Smith, spokesperson for the organization, […]
An Iranian-born American pastor, who has dual citizenship in both the United States and Iran, has been sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison for planting Christian house churches in the predominantly Muslim country. As previously reported, 32-year-old Saeed Abedini of Idaho was taken into custody last September while visiting his homeland of Iran […]
