PORTLAND, Ore. — A man in Oregon who identifies as a woman has sued his government employer and its insurance companies for declining to cover facial feminization surgery that would make him appear more female to strangers. The 59-year-old man, who goes by the name Christina Ketcham, says that others still refer to him as […]
NEW DELHI (Washington Post) — India said Monday it was revoking a constitutional provision granting certain autonomous powers to Indian-controlled Kashmir, setting the stage for new clashes in the disputed region. The move followed a tense night during which Indian authorities put prominent politicians under house arrest in Srinagar, Kashmir’s capital, and cut off […]
VANCOUVER — A week after “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” author Joshua Harris announced that he was kissing Christianity goodbye, he posted photos to Instagram of his participation in the Vancouver Pride Festival. “An American in Canada marching with the British Consulate,” Harris wrote with one photo. He posted another photograph of himself with “Christian rocker” […]
AUSTIN, Texas — In speaking with Fox & Friends on Sunday in sharing his thoughts about the El Paso Walmart shooting on Saturday, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick noted that the nation has compartmentalized God, isolating Him to the church and kicking Him out of the public square. “As long as we continue to only […]
WASHINGTON — The White House recently retweeted a post from openly homosexual Ambassador to Germany Rick Grenell, noting that the Trump administration has launched a “global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality” and inviting all nations to join the effort. “We stand in solidarity with LGBT people in countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals […]
(Heavy) — Connor Betts was named by police as the body armor-wearing, masked gunman who fatally shot at least 9 people, including his own sister, while wounding at least 27 more, in a popular bar and restaurant district in Dayton, Ohio. Betts was 24 and from Bellbrook, Ohio. Witnesses said he was wearing all black […]
(The Orange County Register) — Resolving litigation over alleged violation of students’ constitutional rights, the Huntington Beach City School District has agreed to revise its policies regarding dissemination of religious materials on campus. On Tuesday, July 30, the school board voted unanimously to specify religious activities in its policy section covering freedom of expression. Additionally, […]
(Newsweek) — A Republican congressman in Virginia received a no-confidence vote from a local GOP committee after he recently officiated a same-sex “wedding.” On July 14, Rep. Denver Riggleman, (R-VA) married two campaign volunteers, Alex Pisciarino and Anthony LeCounte, at King Family Vineyards, about 15 miles from Charlottesville. “I’m a Congressman. I represent everyone,” Riggleman, […]
CABARET — At least four more young men have come forward as victims of a U.S.-based aid worker who is believed to have abused dozens of boys in Haiti, and two top officials of the Amish-Mennonite Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) who had allowed the worker to return to the field despite his confession of child […]
(The Christian Institute) — A mother is suing the NHS for over £200,000 for failing to diagnose her son with Down syndrome. Edyta Mordel from Reading told the High Court she would have aborted the child if she knew he had the condition. Mordel is suing for the costs of caring for her son, […]