JACKSON, Miss. — Attorneys representing an elementary school student and her parents have filed a lawsuit against a Mississippi school district as the girl was prohibited from wearing a face mask that read “Jesus loves me.” According to the legal challenge, the Simpson County School District modified its mask policy to state that “political, religious, […]
(Yahoo News/The Independent) — In the run up to the presidential elections, a number of evangelical Christian leaders had forecast a clear win for Donald Trump — and they are now having to apologize for “missing the prophecy” after Joe Biden was named president-elect. California pastor Kris Vallotton apologized to Biden directly on Instagram, stating […]
WASHINGTON — The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to support the religious rights of faith-based foster and adoption agencies on Wednesday as the nation’s highest court heard oral argument surrounding a Catholic agency that lost its child placement relationship with the City of Philadelphia because of its protocol not to place children […]
NEW YORK (Religion News Service) — Hillsong founding pastor Brian Houston notified staff and members of Hillsong East Coast by email on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 4) that Carl Lentz has been terminated as lead pastor for the megachurch’s New York City location. The email, which was obtained by Religion News Service, cited the reason for […]
(The Colorado Sun) — A measure that would ban abortions in Colorado after 22 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, failed Tuesday night. Both supporters and opponents of Proposition 115 had predicted a tight battle over what supporters of the ban call “late-term abortion,” but opponents declared victory […]
(New York Times) — The march to decriminalize drugs moved further across the nation on Tuesday despite continued federal prohibition. Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. And in New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana and Arizona, voters decisively passed laws legalizing recreational marijuana. Cannabis is now […]
Voters in the Bible Belt states of Georgia and Tennessee elected the first openly homosexual members to their state legislatures on Tuesday, including a lesbian Episcopal priest. Georgia state Senate candidate Kim Jackson won the heavily Democratic District 41 by a landslide, defeating Republican challenger William Park Freeman 74.9% to 25%. According to reports, Jackson is […]
(The Spokesman-Review) — Public schools in Washington will be required to teach comprehensive sexual health multiple times during a student’s K-12 education after voters approved Referendum 90, according to Tuesday’s early results. The vote was split about 60-40 in Tuesday’s first vote count. The referendum sparked a bitter debate throughout Washington since it was first […]
Voters in Nevada approved a ballot initiative on Tuesday that removes language from the state Constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman and replaces it with text affirming that the State will issue marriage licenses “regardless of gender.” Question 2 read: “Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove an existing provision […]
(New York Post) — A Black Lives Matter activist in Missouri breezed to an election night victory to become the state’s first black congresswoman. Cori Bush, who may become the fifth member of “The Squad,” garnered a whopping 84 percent of vote in the state’s 1st Congressional District. … Bush got involved with the Black […]