LONDON — A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that permission from the courts is not necessary when doctors and family members agree that food and water should be withdrawn from a person in a minimally conscious or persistent vegetative state in order to end their life. The case, decided by Justice Peter Jackson […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed a preemptive lawsuit filed by a filmmaking couple who are concerned that state law mandates them to create films in support of same-sex “marriage” if they also produce videos that reflect their Christian beliefs about marriage. Chief U.S. District Judge John Tunheim, appointed to the bench by […]
ROCKLIN, Calif. — Officials with a school board in California that recently drew controversy after a kindergarten teacher read two books to students about transgender issues stated during a meeting on Monday that allowing opt-outs of discussions on gender identity and homosexuality would be “discriminatory.” While the Rocklin Academy School Board agreed to provide advance notice about […]
SOMERSET, Ky. — During a court hearing on Wednesday, a police detective in Kentucky outlined that the man who murdered the widow of a late Kentucky pastor last month had stopped by the church to ask for food. According to local reports, the detective, whose name has not been released, told the court that Dwight Bell, […]
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Two female ministers with the United Church of Christ recently “wed” each other despite being warned by the father of one of the women that doing so was unbiblical. He did not attend the ceremony. “My father would not come here because he does not believe in same-sex marriage,” Twanna Gause told […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A “church” in New Mexico has become the first in the Mennonite Church USA to appoint an open lesbian as “lead pastor.” Albuquerque Mennonite Church, which affirmed homosexual relationships a decade ago, made the announcement on Monday that it had chosen Erica Lea as its new leader. It remarked that Lea has […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia-based group known as “Negative Population Growth” (NPG), which seeks to combat “overpopulation” in the U.S. and abroad, recently released a report expressing why it opposes the Trump administration’s desire to repeal Obamacare and defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. “If the U.S. is to be an international leader […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina has acknowledged that confusion has arisen following her announcement on Monday night that the city council would no longer present prayers during public meetings. “Last night, at the open portion of our dinner meeting, the council agreed to end the invocation for our meetings, based on […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Democratic governor of Oregon held a signing ceremony on Monday to celebrate the enactment of a law that that requires insurance companies in the state to cover the murder of the unborn at no cost. While Gov. Kate Brown already signed H.B. 3391, also known as the “Reproductive Health Equity Act,” into […]
ATLANTA, Ga. — Police fatally shot a student who identifies as “non-binary” on Saturday at the Georgia Institute of Technology after he failed to drop a multi-tool knife after repeatedly being ordered to do so. Scott “Scout” Schultz, 21, was a computer engineering student at the school and also served as the president of Georgia […]