GRESHAM, Ore. — The popular fundraising site GoFundMe shut down a fundraiser Friday night for a Christian couple that was ordered to pay $135,000 in “emotional damages” to two lesbians, stating that the fundraising effort was for “illegal purposes” because the bakery had been found guilty of “discrimination” for declining to make a cake for […]
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Two prominent atheist organizations are urging an investigation into a Christian science teacher for teaching “both sides of the argument” surrounding evolution, as they believe that he should not be permitted to do so. The Madison,Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) and the Washington, D.C.-based Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science […]
GRESHAM, Ore. — An administrative judge in Oregon has recommended that a Christian couple pay $135,000 in damages to two lesbians for declining to make a cake for their same-sex “wedding” due to their religious convictions. As previously reported, Aaron and Melissa Klein operate Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, which is now operated from […]
DALLAS, Texas — A teenager recently surprised her Christian nurse as she began walking 11 days after becoming paralyzed from the waist down. Bailey Murrill, 17, had been wrestling with her father at home earlier this month when she suddenly landed hard on her back and lost feeling in her legs. She was taken to Zale […]
TORONTO — A public school teacher in Canada recently explained at an educator’s conference how she convinces young children to accept homosexuality and same-sex households. “I started in Kindergarten. What a great place to start,” fifth grade school teacher Pam Strong stated at the Accepting Schools Act Conference in Toronto, according to LifeSite News. “It was where […]
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Televangelist Creflo Dollar defied opponents of his global effort to purchase a $65 million dollar jet in a recent message delivered to his congregation. “Let me tell you something about believing God. I can dream as long as I want to. I can believe God as long as I want to,” […]
WASHINGTON — A Congressional committee voted Tuesday night to advance an effort to overturn a law that some say would ban religious groups from living out their beliefs about fornication and abortion when it comes to their hiring and firing practices. As previously reported, last December, the D.C. City Council unanimously passed the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment […]
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers reached a compromise on Tuesday after Senate democrats blocked the advancement of a federal sex trafficking bill over concerns that abortion funding bans extended to private money. As previously reported, the Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act had been presented last month by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and sought to increase […]
KITTERY POINT, Maine — Officials with a school district in Maine are apologizing after a book about transgendered child was read to elementary school students without advance notice to parents. An estimated 20 out of 22 classes in kindergarten through third grade at Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery Point were recently read the book “I Am […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate was opened with a prayer on Tuesday that sought forgiveness for the nation’s embrace of sexual perversion. “Forgive us for allowing sexual perversions to be considered as normal,” prayed David Gonnella, pastor of Magnolia Springs Baptist Church in Theodore. He was later approached by Mike Cason of AL.com, who asked […]