Army Chaplain Facing Possible Discipline for Declining to Conduct Marriage Retreat After Lesbian Signs Up

Army Chaplain Facing Possible Discipline for Declining to Conduct Marriage Retreat After Lesbian Signs Up

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A Southern Baptist Army chaplain is pushing back after a military investigator concluded that he discriminated against a lesbian woman by declining to conduct a marriage retreat after learning that she had signed up to attend the event with her partner. According to the First Liberty Institute, the unnamed Army equal opportunity […]

Oklahoma House Panel Advances Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies

Oklahoma House Panel Advances Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma House panel has advanced a bill that protects the religious convictions of faith-based foster and adoption agencies, in that they may decline to place children in certain households if the arrangement would violate the tenets of their faith. “To the extent allowed by federal law, no private child-placing agency receiving […]

Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood

Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Republican governor of Tennessee has signed into law a bill that defunds the abortion and contraceptive giant Planned Parenthood, as well as any other organization that performs abortions. “It is the policy of this state to favor childbirth and family planning services that do not include elective abortions or the promotion of […]

‘Pope Francis’ Tells Boy Atheist Father Went to Heaven, Counsels Him to ‘Pray’ to His Dad

‘Pope Francis’ Tells Boy Atheist Father Went to Heaven, Counsels Him to ‘Pray’ to His Dad

ROME — Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” claimed to a young boy on Sunday that his atheist father is in Heaven because he was a “good man” and God will not “abandon His children when they are good.” He also counseled the child to pray to his deceased dad. Bergoglio was participating in […]

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Appeal of Ruling Against Pastor Who Preaches Outside Planned Parenthood

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Appeal of Ruling Against Pastor Who Preaches Outside Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a ruling that overturned a lower court decision granting a preliminary injunction to a Maine minister who asserted that he was being unlawfully targeted by police outside of a Planned Parenthood facility for his pro-life preaching. The high court declined certiorari in the […]

Judge Leaves Injunction in Place Against Ban on Transgenders in Military as Matter Moves to Trial

Judge Leaves Injunction in Place Against Ban on Transgenders in Military as Matter Moves to Trial

SEATTLE, Wash. — A federal judge has left in place the previous injunction on President Trump’s military service ban for those with gender dysphoria, putting on hold the newest presidential memo issued in alignment with recommendations from Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis, but allowing the government to prove that it was motivated by a […]

Mennonite Minister Imprisoned for Two Years for Helping Mother Avoid Placing Daughter With Lesbian Now Free

Mennonite Minister Imprisoned for Two Years for Helping Mother Avoid Placing Daughter With Lesbian Now Free

STUARTS DRAFT, Va. — A Mennonite minister who spent two years in prison for allegedly helping a woman flee the country with her daughter in defiance of a court order requiring that the child be allowed to have visitation with her mother’s previous lesbian partner is now free. Ken Miller, who reported to prison in March 2016 to […]