BEREA, Ky. — The president of the Kentucky Council of Churches expressed opposition on Tuesday to a proposal that would appoint a Baptist pastor to serve as a chaplain for the city and present prayers at public meetings. In March, an atheist named Ali Blair delivered the invocation for the Berea City Council meeting, which stirred […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A man who allegedly has told family members that he hears voices and that he believes he’s possessed by demons has been arrested for threatening to commit mass murder at a Tennessee church. According to reports, Thomas McVicker of Punta Gorda, Florida planned this week to attack the church and then kill […]
YADKINVILLE, N.C. (LifeSite News) — The standing room only crowd attending the August 19 meeting of the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina erupted in loud cheers as the commissioners passed a resolution to become the first official sanctuary county for pre-born children in America. The president of Personhood North Carolina, Pastor Keith […]
WASHINGTON — The abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood has announced that it will withdraw from the federal family planning funding program Title X as it won’t comply with new qualifying rules established by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), namely the prohibition on referring women for abortions. “We believe that the Trump […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia realtor has sued her state real estate board for accusing her of violating Virginia’s Fair Housing Act for posting a Bible verse and other Christian messages on her website, as well as in her email signature. Hadassah Carter says that in 2017, after she sought to help a client that […]
SILVER SPRING, Md. (ABC7) — A Maryland newborn’s cries may have saved her life after she was abandoned in the woods, only to be found just in time by a passerby on Friday evening. A man heard the child crying as he walked down the sidewalk in Silver Spring, a northern suburb of Washington, […]
WASHINGTON — In a crucial Supreme Court case that could determine whether or not Christian organizations and businesses must accommodate the wishes of an employee who decides to begin identifying as the opposite sex, and whether or not the hiring and dismissal practices of religious organizations are protected in such situations, the U.S. Department of […]
PORTLAND, Maine — A jury deciding a civil case in Maine has ruled that a church elder broke the law in 2015 when, after a police warning, his voice could still be heard inside of a Planned Parenthood facility as he pleaded with mothers not to have their unborn children murdered. According to the Portland […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule surrounding federal contractors that would clarify the rights of religious organizations and businesses to make hiring decisions in accordance with their mission and faith. “Today’s proposed rule helps to ensure the civil rights of religious employers are protected,” Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor […]
PHILADELPHIA (Fox News) — Onlookers were seen taunting and throwing things at Philadelphia police Wednesday night amid a wild shootout and subsequent standoff that saw six cops wounded, and video posted online shows one woman shoving a police officer making his way to the scene. Philadelphia’s KYW-TV reporter Alexandria Hoff described on Twitter Wednesday night […]