SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The owners of a bed and breakfast in Illinois have been ordered to pay $80,000 after they declined to host a civil union ceremony for two homosexual men on the premises, and have been mandated to facilitate a celebration for the men at their facility within one year. TimberCreek Bed and Breakfast […]
CONCORD, Calif. — A California man who admitted to setting a church building on fire six years ago as he was “mad at God” because of the hardships in his life has been sentenced to over three years in prison. Following an indictment in March 2015 and a subsequent plea deal, Hugo Scherzberg, 48, plead guilty […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Republican governor of Utah has signed into a law a bill that requires abortionists to administer anesthesia to unborn babies so that they cannot feel pain as they are being murdered. “The governor is adamantly pro-life,” a spokesman for Gov. Gary Herbert asserted in a statement on Tuesday. “He […]
DELTA, Co. — A public school district in Colorado has agreed to allow professing atheist and satanic groups to place their materials in area middle and high schools after the organizations took issue with a recent Bible distribution by Gideon International. In December, Gideons made Bibles available for students at public schools in Delta County. That […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two transgender advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit against officials in North Carolina following the signing of a law that overturned Charlotte’s controversial “bathroom bill” and banned other cities from passing similar ordinances. “We are asking the court to overturn House Bill 2 because […]
KENT, U.K. — A magistrate in the United Kingdom who was removed from office over comments he made last year that it is best for adoptive children to be placed with a mother and father has now also been suspended from the board of the National Health Service over the issue. As previously reported, Richard Page, who […]
ATLANTA — The Southern Baptist-identifying governor of Georgia has vetoed a religious liberty bill that provided conscience protections for pastors and non-profit faith-based organizations, stating that there is no need for such legislation, and that the protections provided under the First Amendment are sufficient. “As I’ve said before, I do not think we have to […]
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Dozens are pushing back with words of support after a supervisor in Michigan came under fire last week for posting Scripture and a prayer on his Facebook page following the terror attack in Brussels that killed over 30 people. Rick Stathakis, the supervisor for Shelby Township, posted a Bible verse in response to […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A professing atheist that filed suit after a Texas pastor invited the city mayor and council members to the ground breaking ceremony for a project to build what it is heralded as being the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere has decided to drop the legal challenge due to his wife’s health. As previously reported, […]
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — Thousands in the heavily Roman Catholic country of the Philippines looked on as their neighbors engaged in self-flagellation in the streets, while others volunteered themselves to be nailed to the cross for the Good Friday holiday. The tradition, while criticized by local Roman Catholic leaders who would prefer to see “good works” from […]