Alberta Family Services Reverses Rejection of Adoption Application Over Couple’s Beliefs About Sexuality

Alberta Family Services Reverses Rejection of Adoption Application Over Couple’s Beliefs About Sexuality

ALBERTA, Canada — Alberta Child and Family Services has reversed its original rejection of a couple’s adoption application due to their biblical beliefs about sexuality. According to reports, the couple, which has only been identified as C.D. and N.D., filed the application in October 2016. The case was assigned to Catholic Social Services, which conducted interviews and […]

Alfie Evans’ Funeral to Be Private, But Supporters Permitted to Watch Procession

Alfie Evans’ Funeral to Be Private, But Supporters Permitted to Watch Procession

(BBC) — The funeral for Alfie Evans will be a private event, but well-wishers have been invited to watch the procession. The 23-month-old, from Bootle, died at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool last month after suffering a degenerative brain condition. Merseyside Police said well-wishers could line the pavement outside Goodison Park from 11:00 BST […]

Colorado Mesa University Reverses Requirement to Remove Religious References From Grad Speeches

Colorado Mesa University Reverses Requirement to Remove Religious References From Grad Speeches

GRAND JUNCTION, Co. — Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has reversed its requirement that graduation speeches must be devoid of religious references after a prominent religious liberties organization contacted them on behalf of a student who was told she needed to keep comments about Christianity out of her planned speech for the nursing program’s pinning ceremony. Alliance Defending […]

Highland Schools ‘Increasingly Hostile’ to Christians

Highland Schools ‘Increasingly Hostile’ to Christians

(The Christian Institute) — Children across the Highlands are being bullied in schools for their religious beliefs, an MSP has revealed. Kate Forbes, who represents Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said she was recently approached by families in her constituency about the matter. They told her there was a lack of understanding about the diversity of […]

Planned Parenthood President to Speak at Freedom From Religion Foundation Convention

Planned Parenthood President to Speak at Freedom From Religion Foundation Convention

Cecile Richards, who recently announced her resignation as president of Planned Parenthood, is scheduled to speak at this November’s Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) convention, and the atheist and agnostic group says that it plans to present her with an award for “moving society forward.” The Wisconsin-based group made the announcement on Monday, advising that […]

Elderly Scientist Who ‘Regretted’ Living to 104 Ends Life by Lethal Injection in Switzerland

Elderly Scientist Who ‘Regretted’ Living to 104 Ends Life by Lethal Injection in Switzerland

BASEL, Switzerland — An elderly scientist who was not terminally ill, but who said he was “not happy” as he was losing his eyesight and independence, ended his life on Thursday by lethal injection in Switzerland. The man said he had no belief in the afterlife and didn’t want a remembrance service either. David Goodall, […]

Texas Teenager Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Carry Out Massacre at Shopping Mall

Texas Teenager Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Carry Out Massacre at Shopping Mall

PLANO, Texas — A Texas teenager who is sympathetic to the barbaric Islamic group ISIS has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a local shopping mall. Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, is facing a terrorism charge for planning to attack Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, as well as criminal solicitation of capital […]