Mass. Lawmakers Approve Abortion Legislation Attached as Amendment to Budget Bill

Mass. Lawmakers Approve Abortion Legislation Attached as Amendment to Budget Bill

BOSTON — Lawmakers in Massachusetts have passed an amendment attached to a budget bill, essentially allowing abortion up to birth for “fatal fetal anomalies” and lowering the age of parental consent from under 18 to under 16. It is not clear whether or not Republican Gov. Charlie Baker plans to sign the measure into law. […]

Lesbian Feminist Won’t Consume Art by Men, Says Women Should ‘Eliminate Men From Their Minds’

Lesbian Feminist Won’t Consume Art by Men, Says Women Should ‘Eliminate Men From Their Minds’

PARIS — A feminist who is in a relationship with another woman is stirring controversy after stating in her book “The Lesbian Genius” that women should “eliminate men from their minds,” outlining that she personally no longer consumes entertainment created by men as it is “the extension of a system of domination.” “It is not […]

Supreme Court Justice Alito Warns: ‘Religious Liberty Is in Danger of Becoming a Second-Class Right’

Supreme Court Justice Alito Warns: ‘Religious Liberty Is in Danger of Becoming a Second-Class Right’

WASHINGTON — In presenting a virtual keynote speech to the Federalist Society’s annual National Lawyer’s Convention on Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito expressed his concern that religious liberty is “in danger of becoming a second-class right,” and along with that, freedom of speech. “It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious […]

European Union Announces Push to ‘Protect LGBTIQ People’ Across Europe

European Union Announces Push to ‘Protect LGBTIQ People’ Across Europe

(Evangelical Focus) — The European Union has announced its ambitious plan to “protect LGBTIQ people” across the Union, which will include sanctions against countries that are not perceived as respecting their rights. In September’s State of the Union debate, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had hinted that the issue would […]

UK Christian Council Member Vindicated After Refusing to Back Pride Event

UK Christian Council Member Vindicated After Refusing to Back Pride Event

(The Christian Institute) — A Christian councilor has been cleared of any wrongdoing for opposing the use of public money to promote LGBT ideology. Mary Douglas was forced to step down from her role at Wiltshire Council in November 2019 after she voiced opposition to the use of public funds to promote a “gay pride” […]

Christian Research Group: US ‘Moving Toward Elimination of Biblical Worldview as Cornerstone of Society’

Christian Research Group: US ‘Moving Toward Elimination of Biblical Worldview as Cornerstone of Society’

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University are urging churches to step up to the plate and work to “rebuild the biblical worldview” in America as the country is in the midst of a battle that transcends politics but is rather rooted in the spiritual realm. “Most Americans […]

Humanist Group Sues Okla. School District for Allowing ‘Missionaries’ to Teach Students About Christianity

Humanist Group Sues Okla. School District for Allowing ‘Missionaries’ to Teach Students About Christianity

STILWELL, Okla. — The American Humanist Association, along with an unidentified couple and their five-year-old daughter, have filed suit against a public school district in Oklahoma for allowing Christian missionaries to teach a monthly class to pre-K through eighth grade students. According to the lawsuit, a class simply called “missionaries” had been held once a […]

Norwegian Baptists Confirm Biblical Marriage Stance

Norwegian Baptists Confirm Biblical Marriage Stance

(Evangelical Focus) — 182 Baptist delegates from all over Norway recently met near Oslo Airport defying the coronavirus threat in order to handle a heated situation in the church union over disagreements on same-sex “marriage.” The final outcome is yet to be seen, but the process within the union might lead to the exclusion of […]

Study: For Service Members in Combat, Bible, Chaplains Increase in Importance With Number of Deployments

Study: For Service Members in Combat, Bible, Chaplains Increase in Importance With Number of Deployments

PHILADELPHIA — A study conducted by the American Bible Society as part of its 2020 “State of the Bible” report has found that while many in the Armed Forces don’t read the Bible daily, as the number of combat deployments increase, so does the importance of the Scriptures, chapel/the local church and military chaplains as […]

Trump-Nominated Justice Kavanaugh Signals Obamacare May Be Safe: Sever Mandate, Leave Rest in Place

Trump-Nominated Justice Kavanaugh Signals Obamacare May Be Safe: Sever Mandate, Leave Rest in Place

(Yahoo News) — During the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated arguments over the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, the signal from the high court was that President Obama’s healthcare law may largely be safe. Both Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh — one of whom would almost surely be needed to strike down the entirety of […]

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