ATLANTA — Lawmakers in Georgia have passed a bill providing legal protection to pastors and other religious organizations who object to same-sex “marriage,” sending the measure to the Republican governor, who has asserted that such proposals are discriminatory unChristian. As previously reported, legislators recently combined H.B. 757, also known as the Pastor Protection Act, with S.B. […]
PHOENIX — A Muslim man from Arizona was declared guilty on Thursday on charges that he helped to plot an attack on a “draw Mohammed” contest in Texas last year. As previously reported, Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 44, had been charged last summer after investigators believed that he helped to plan the attack in Garland, […]
TAMPA, Fla. — A toy company has pulled an item for sale and is offering refunds to parents after it was discovered that one of its stuffed toys contained a symbol that is very similar to a secret code used by pedophiles in the child sex trade. According to reports, mother Nicole O’Kelly bought a souvenir […]
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — A woman who identifies as gender neutral but leans more toward male qualities is considering filing a lawsuit against a men’s barbershop that recently declined to cut her hair. Kendall Oliver, 24, began identifying as “genderqueer” after serving in the Army. The term is defined as “a person who does not subscribe to […]
PYONGYANG — Officials in North Korea have sentenced a Virginia student to 15 years hard labor for stealing a political poster from a hotel—an act that the student claims he was urged to do as a “church trophy” in exchange for a car. Otto Warmbier, 21, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was charged with subversion and sentenced […]
With presidential campaigning in full force, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of what heralds itself as the world’s largest Christian university, is defending and cozying up to the lead contender on the Republican ticket, recently recalling to the university newspaper how he and Trump watched an Elton John concert together on the billionaire’s private jet—a man whose sins he […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A second Supreme Court justice in Pennsylvania has resigned amid a massive porn email scandal that involves numerous government officials throughout the Commonwealth. Justice Michael Eakin, 67, stepped down from the bench on Tuesday following allegations that he had exchanged inappropriate emails with friends and attorneys. His lawyer, William Costopoulos, said during a […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill authorizing the creation of an elective social studies course on the Bible in public schools. S.B. 278 directs the Kentucky Board of Education to “promulgate administrative regulations” for the course, which may include an elective study on the Hebrew Scriptures or the New Testament, or both. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Senators in Utah have approved a bill that would require abortionists in the state to give anesthesia to unborn babies so they cannot feel pain as they are murdered. “Let’s call it what it is: It is killing babies, and if we’re going to kill that baby, we ought to […]
Pro-life groups in Canada are expressing concern after a parliamentary committee recently recommended that doctors who have objections to assisted suicide provide patients who seek to end their lives referrals to other physicians who are willing to provide euthanasia services. As previously reported, last February, the Canadian Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a law providing criminal […]