RALEIGH, N.C. — A 13-year-old girl’s speech on abortion drew criticism and angry shouts from the public on Tuesday night as she spoke before the Raleigh, North Carolina City Council. “I strongly believe that abortion is murder. I also believe murder is wrong,” said Addison Woosley as she came to the podium. “So, I’m here […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Supreme Court has stood by its previous decision declaring that a Christian-identified florist unlawfully discriminated against a longtime customer in declining to create arrangements for his same-sex “wedding.” The U.S. Supreme Court had asked the state court to revisit its ruling in light of the Colorado Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, […]
(The Christian Institute) — Israel Folau has launched legal action against Rugby Australia (RA) after his playing contract was terminated over an Instagram post quoting the Bible. RA claimed the post, which said Hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars” and others, and called them to repent, was a “high-level breach” of its code of conduct. […]
TORONTO — A Canadian preacher was arrested on Tuesday and charged with disturbing the peace as he was met with opposition while sharing the gospel in a section of Toronto known as “the Gay Village.” David Lynn of Christ’s Forgiveness Ministries had been on a preaching tour throughout Toronto, and says that he was not […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, which hails itself as the world’s largest Christian university, has deleted a vulgar tweet that provided his personal opinion on David Platt’s explanation to his church on why he decided to pray for President Trump on stage when he arrived on Sunday with short notice. […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has decided to allow its contract with the University of California San Francisco to expire, a project that utilized the remains of aborted babies to make “humanized mice” in order to study potential HIV cures. The government entity has also discontinued […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Minnesota man who threw a five-year-old boy over a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America earlier this year has been sentenced to prison. The child’s parents wrote in victim impact statements that while the man “chose to listen to the devil that day” and “intended evil,” their son “is a […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — During a recent pro-life rally at the Alabama capitol building, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation talked about the value of every life as he shared his story of being conceived in rape, but being adopted into a large, loving family and now being an adoptive father himself. “The circumstances of our […]
VIENNA, Va. — David Platt, the Virginia pastor who prayed over President Trump during Sunday’s church service as he personally visited in light of Friday’s workplace massacre in Virginia Beach, has issued a statement to explain his decision to pray for Trump on stage after some church members were reportedly “hurt” over the matter. “[S]ome […]
OSHKOSH, Wisc. — A Lutheran minister called out what he called the “hypocrisy” of Republican lawmakers in their opposition to abortion during the recent Wisconsin Republican State Convention. James Reiff, who leads St. John’s Lutheran Church of Nekimi, had been invited to deliver the invocation for the convention, which was held on May 18 in […]