CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — The Carroll County Board of Commissioners recently voted to settle a lawsuit filed by a nationally-recognized humanist group on behalf of residents who took issue with the board’s practice of presenting Christian prayers at public meetings. Despite input from those who wanted to retain the prayers, the settlement was reached to […]
CLIO, Mich. — Rhyan Glezman, an evangelical pastor who is also the “brother-in-law” of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, has been speaking out after Buttigieg recently used the Bible to support his views in favor of abortion “rights,” suggesting that the Scriptures can be read by some to say that life doesn’t begin until one […]
(Fox News) — A congressional Democrat on Sunday said it was “preposterous” that witnesses are still instructed to say “so help me God” in their oaths before testifying before Congress — after his Democratic-led committee attempted to remove the God reference from its oaths earlier this year. California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman made the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) says that it plans to allow residents to identify as “gender neutral” on their driver’s licenses beginning in 2020, giving applicants the option of selecting an “X” instead of male or female. Alexis Campbell, a spokesperson for PennDOT, told Fox News that the change comes as […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, which touts itself as the world’s largest Christian university, wrote a letter on Tuesday to a Republican congressman who recently received a no confidence vote from a local GOP committee after he “happily” officiated a same-sex “wedding.” Falwell, also seeing that some leaders of […]
HELSINKI — A lawmaker in Finland who is also a pastor’s wife has been placed under investigation by police over a social media post from June in which she questioned the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland’s partnership with the Helsinki Pride event. “How can the Church’s doctrinal foundation, the Bible, be compatible with the lifting up […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has passed a resolution acknowledging and embracing the “religiously unaffiliated” of society, noting that they have “the potential to deliver millions more votes for Democrats in 2020.” Without specifically mentioning Christians but seemingly alluding to them, the resolution also criticizes those who use religious liberty to “threaten […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A county circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Alabama teenager who sued the abortion facility that killed his son or daughter despite his wishes that his girlfriend keep the baby. “[T]he court finds that Plaintiff’s asserted claims for punitive money damages are not cognizable under Alabama law, including the Alabama […]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Fox News) — A Texas pastor whose teenage daughter was among those killed during a mass shooting in his church in 2017 says he’ll run for the state Senate next year. The pastor, Frank Pomeroy, on Monday announced his intention to run as a Republican against Judith Zaffirini, an incumbent Democrat. […]
Five people were killed and 21 injured in random shootings by a motorist in the Odessa area, Texas, police said Saturday. Three of the injured were law enforcement officers — a state trooper, an Odessa police officer and a Midland police officer,Chief Michael Gerke said at a news conference. “What a horrific day for Odessa,” […]