(The Christian Institute) — A Christian minister is suing a Belfast hotel after it ordered him to halt a public meeting in support of [biblical] marriage. Hotel staff interrupted the event, attended by more than 50 members of the public, and told Harry Coulter to finish immediately. Coulter told The Christian Institute, who is supporting […]
BOSTON — A French-born woman who lives in Massachusetts has lost her appeal effort to have the phrase “so help me God” removed from the United States naturalization oath, as the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that its inclusion is not unconstitutional. “[W]e hold that, under the most recent framework used to evaluate […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to assert that she violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by recently promoting Christianity during a coronavirus press conference. On April 3, Ivey held a press conference in which she advised that she was […]
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an order from the governor of Texas postponing “all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary,” which includes elective abortions. The court ruled that the order is not unconstitutional as it does not ban all abortions but only postpones those that are not […]
(PennLive) – A 19-year-old York County woman went out for a drive just to get out of the house for awhile on Sunday evening and was circling her way back home when she was stopped by two state police cars. They cited her for violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order that took effect in York […]
SYDNEY (The Christian Institute) — The Australian Prime Minister has committed his country to God in prayer as he seeks to lead the nation through the COVID-19 crisis. Scott Morrison, who attends an evangelical church in Sydney, said his faith gives him “enormous encouragement” when making difficult decisions. … Following a short statement and […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A number of Christians in North Carolina were cited and/or arrested on Saturday as they stood spread apart from each other on the sidewalk outside of an abortion facility that remained open and operating during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In the midst of the citations and arrests, at least two babies were […]
LANSING, Mich. (American Freedom Law Center) – Late last night, the American Freedom Law Center, a national public interest law firm, filed a civil rights lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the City of Detroit, challenging the constitutionality of the governor’s Executive Order 2020-21 (“Shelter in Place” order) as applied to criminalize the free […]
DETROIT — In a video posted to social media, approximately eight uniformed police officers showed up to enforce Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order against peaceful Christians who were outside of an open abortion facility during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to reach mothers with biblical truth. The men state that one woman later spared […]
CINCINNATI (Toledo Blade) — A federal judge has temporarily banned Ohio officials from using a public-health order forbidding nonessential surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic to restrict providers from performing abortions within the state. The ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett, appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush, was issued Monday evening just […]