CAMBRIDGESHIRE, U.K. — A Christian prison worker who was barred from participating in chapel services after quoting a Scripture that references homosexuality has lost his discrimination case before an employment tribunal. As previously reported, Barry Trayhorn has been employed as a gardener at HMP Littlehey since 2011, and since 2012 he has volunteered to help with the […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A bill recently presented in the Alabama legislature moves to acknowledge the unborn as persons, thus granting them the right to life and ending abortion in the state. Rep. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, is sponsor of H.B. 300, which would amend the Alabama Constitution to include the unborn under the definition of a person. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down a petition to place on the state ballot a proposal to ban abortion in the state, as it claimed that the concept is unconstitutional. Proposed Question 782, Initiative 406 would have amended the Oklahoma Constitution to include abortion as murder, and would criminalize those […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Several employees at a coffee franchise location in Washington recently took time to pray with a customer who was grieving over the loss of her husband, and the photo of the young men gathering to do so has now gone viral. According to reports, the woman, who has not yet been identified, […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawmakers in North Carolina passed legislation to overturn Charlotte’s controversial “bathroom bill” on Wednesday, sending the statute to the desk of Gov. Pat McCrory, who promptly signed the measure into law. “The basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender was violated by […]
HOUSTON, Texas — The longtime senior worship leader for megachurch self-help author and motivational speaker Joel Osteen is raising concerns after he was recently photographed in Mexico with a woman not his wife just weeks after announcing his divorce. On February 22, Houghton, a five-time Grammy Award Gospel singer known for his songs “Friend of God,” […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Mennonite pastor convicted of aiding an ex-lesbian turned professing Christian who fled the country with her daughter seven years ago to avoid a situation she found harmful to her child has reported to prison to serve a 27-month sentence behind bars. As previously reported, Kenneth Miller of Stuarts Draft, Virginia was convicted in […]
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A video taken by a supporter of a California family captures the emotional moment that a six-year-old girl was handed over to authorities after her foster parents lost a court battle to adopt the child, due to a federal law surrounding foster children that have a Native American heritage. As previously reported, the California Department […]
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Lawmakers in North Carolina have announced plans to hold a special session in light of concerns over the recently-passed “bathroom bill” in Charlotte, which permits residents to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their “gender identity.” As previously reported, despite hours of testimony largely in opposition of the […]
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Controversy is brewing as social workers in California removed a six-year-old girl from the home of her foster parents on Monday to place her with extended family due to the child’s Native American heritage. The Department of Children and Family Services removed the girl, named Lexi, from the home of Rusty and […]