STOCKBRIDGE, Mich. — A Michigan pastor says that he was tasered, threatened with a gun and robbed on Wednesday morning as he was awakened from his sleep while staying at the mission house he founded to help the homeless and others in need. According to reports, Billy Allen, 69, who runs Good Shepherd Mission in […]
(The Christian Institute) — A mother whose daughter was born with Down syndrome has shared how her child has helped redefine her ideas of perfection. Writing for The Telegraph, Rachel Stevenson explains that hearing the news of Tilly’s diagnosis “was like someone had punched me in the face.” But two and a half years later, […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich has again vetoed a bill that would ban abortion when a heartbeat is detected, opining that the State would likely lose if the matter went to court and taxpayer money would consequently have to be used to pay the legal costs of abortion-supporting attorneys. “As governor, I […]
OPP, Ala. — One of the nation’s most conspicuous atheist groups, which says that it works to maintain the separation of Church and State, has lodged a complaint after a police department in Alabama posted a status this week noting that there have been five local murders this year—all committed by youth—and remarking that such […]
(The Christian Institute) — Revised abortion statistics published by the Department of Health (DoH) show that the number of abortions carried out in England and Wales is at its highest in 10 years. The DoH revealed that in 2017 more than 197,000 abortions were carried out, the highest number since 2008. The statistics also revealed […]
LANSING, Mich. — Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a package of bills that authorize emergency workers to install baby boxes at fire stations and other locations in an effort to save newborns that might otherwise be abandoned in dumpsters or killed by their mothers. “The purpose is so that children are not dumped in dumpsters […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously reversed a judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging a now-suspended “Bible in the Schools” program in West Virginia, stating that if an injunction had been issued, it would have assuaged a student and her atheist mother who took sent the girl to another school […]
(The Christian Institute) — A mother in Canada has expressed concerns after her child reportedly received graphic sexual materials when students were taken to a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) conference. … The concerned parent uncovered photographs of some of the materials given to children who were taken to an off-site GSA conference. The cover of one […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of two women who run an art studio and fear that a Phoenix non-discrimination ordinance could be used against them to force them to accept orders for same-sex celebrations or else face penalties that could include fines and/or jail time. Joanna Duka […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Transgender activists, with the backing of officials in the city of San Francisco, have established the world’s first “Transgender Cultural District” in the Tenderloin section of the city in order to “create a safe, welcoming and empowering neighborhood lead by trans people for trans people” and to “preserve the places where […]