(Los Angeles Times) — Wedding cakes and same-sex marriages are back before the Supreme Court, and this time the justices are being asked to rule broadly that the 1st Amendment’s protection of the “free exercise” of religion shields conservative Christians from state civil rights laws. An Oregon couple who were fined $135,000 for refusing to […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — A 21-year-old Louisiana man has been arrested in the fiery destruction of three African-American churches that occurred within a 10-day span. Police are looking into the man’s interest in “black metal” as a possible influence as it pertains to its history of torching churches. Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, […]
PLANO, Texas — Despite the mass outcry to outlaw abortion in Texas and grant the unborn equal protection under the law, megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham has praised his church member and Republican House Chairman Jeff Leach after he decided that he could not support House Bill 896 because it subjects […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite testimony from hundreds on Monday that went on for hours into the night, Republican House Committee Chairman Jeff Leach has decided to kill a bill that would outlaw abortion altogether in the state of Texas because it “subjects women who undergo abortions to criminal liability.” The two-paragraph statement released by Leach, who […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are assisting with a state investigation after three black churches were burned down in Louisiana within days of each other. During a news conference, State Fire Marshal Butch Browning divulged that there are “suspicious elements” in with […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A Republican lawmaker in Texas has proposed a bill that would make sending unwanted sexually explicit photos to another person a criminal offense in the state. House Bill 2789, sponsored by Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, was recently heard by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and is currently pending in committee. The […]
More than 300 people testified on Monday evening in favor of a bill that would outlaw abortion in Texas in a legislative hearing that lasted for over eight hours, continuing into the night to 3 a.m. Pastors, women who have had abortions, fathers who regretted taking their girlfriend for an abortion, men and women who […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds are flocking to the Texas capitol building today to testify in support of a bill that would completely outlaw abortion in the state, and supporters are encouraging fellow residents of the Lone Star State to still arrive at the capitol this evening to be a part of the historic hearing. According […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would protect the rights of faith-based state-contracted foster care and adoption agencies to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs. House Bill 836, sponsored by Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, passed 67-22 on April 1, and is now awaiting a committee hearing in the […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas will make history on Monday as it becomes the first ever in the nation to hold a public hearing for a bill that would outlaw abortion in the state altogether. The hearing for House Bill 896, also known as the “Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act,” will be […]