(The Christian Institute) — Traditional marriage vows would be better replaced by a fixed-term contract, an author and academic has claimed. Jeanette Winterson entered a same-sex “marriage” in 2015, despite previously being “unsure about gay marriage.” Writing in The Guardian, Professor Winterson claimed that a lifelong commitment is “too long for most of us” and […]
WENHAM, Mass. — All seven members of the faculty Senate at a Christian college in Massachusetts have resigned after a professor who has advocated for changes in the evangelical school’s policies on homosexual behavior was recently denied a promotion. According to reports, Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, an associate professor of sociology at Gordon College, recently filed a complaint with the Massachusetts […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped a lawsuit that had been filed last May under the Obama administration in an effort to force the state of North Carolina to allow men who identify as women to use women’s restrooms, and vice versa. The DOJ filed a notice of dismissal on Friday, citing […]
CHICAGO — Two men from the Chicago area have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the barbaric Islamic group ISIS after they unknowingly assisted an undercover investigator with plans to travel overseas and fight for the terror group. Joseph Jones, 35, also known as “Yusuf Abdulhaqq,” and Edward Schimenti, 35, also known as […]
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect that Stephens uploaded the video of the shooting to Facebook after-the-fact, and did not broadcast it live as the Cleveland Police Department originally reported. Facebook later released a statement clarifying that the video was uploaded as opposed to live. CLEVELAND, Ohio — A major manhunt is […]
NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. — A Virginia woman is facing criminal charges after allegedly self-aborting her unborn baby and then burying the dead infant in her back yard. Michelle Roberts, 43, was recently indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of procuring an abortion “with intent to destroy her unborn child.” According to reports, […]
HOUSTON, Texas — A Christian man who frequently assists the homeless in Houston, Texas has filed a legal challenge against the city over an ordinance that he says hinders his work and violates his religious rights. The Houston Chronicle reports that Phillip Bryant keeps water bottles and canned tuna in his vehicle and gives them […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Residents in a Minneapolis neighborhood are expressing concern about a Muslim man who is seeking to enforce the “civil part of sharia law” among Islamic residents. Abdullah Rashid, 22, who just moved to the Cedar-Riverside section of the city last year, told the Star Tribune that it is his desire to turn the neighborhood into […]
HOUSTON, Texas — City council members in Houston, Texas have passed an ordinance that bans homeless people from erecting temporary shelters and tents on public property or panhandling on the public streets. The new rules also ban the homeless from blocking sidewalks or entryways to buildings. According to reports, the ordinance was presented after area residents […]
MADISON, Wisc. — The University of Wisconsin has been sued by two employees who are seeking to force the school to provide insurance coverage for sex change operations. The case involves two men who identify as female: a research assistant who goes by the name Shannon Andrews, and a teaching assistant who goes by the […]