WASHINGTON — Senate democrats blocked the advancement of a federal sex trafficking bill on Tuesday after taking issue with the inclusion of a statute that prohibited money from a victim’s fund from being used for abortion. The Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act had been presented by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and sought to […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A majority has been reached in the regional presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (USA), which have been voting for the past several months on whether to ratify a vote taken by the General Assembly and regional delegates last year to change the definition of marriage in its law book and to allow […]
WHITE OAK, Texas — A Texas principal who quotes Scripture over the intercom during the morning announcements will no longer do so after a prominent atheist activist group sent a letter of complaint about the matter. As previously reported, according to KETK-TV, an anonymous student at White Oak High School recently contacted atheist blogger Hemant Mehta after […]
In a new audio recording released by the Islamic terror group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani threatened to blow up the White House, Big Ben and Eiffel Tower and take over much of the world for Islam. “We won the day Europe and [the] U.S. dreamed of […]
Famed luxury fashion house designer Domenico Dolce, who identifies as a homosexual and once had a relationship with business partner Stefano Gabbana, is again speaking out against same-sex “marriage” and surrogacy. The two men recently provided a brief interview with Italian magazine Panarama, in which Dolce expressed his views about conceiving children by unnatural means. “Life has a natural […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a prominent atheist organization that sought to challenge the presence of a Ten Commandments monument in the state capital. American Atheists, based in New Jersey, had filed the legal challenge on behalf of a woman who complained about its installment […]
DAYTON, Tenn. – A humanist organization that has repeatedly fought against public displays of prayer or Christianity is now raising funds to erect a statue in a courthouse lawn of Clarence Darrow—the promoter of evolution in the famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial. The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a group based in Washington, D.C., that believes in […]
LEESBURG, Va. — A town council member in Virginia has been under fire after declaring last week that it wasn’t human effort alone that ended American slavery, but that God “touched the hearts of men” to direct the government to put an end to the injustice. Leesburg Town Councilman Thomas Dunn spoke via telephone on Tuesday […]
(Christian Concern) — A petition urging Scottish ministers to change the definition of adultery following the introduction of same-sex ‘marriage’ has been rejected by MSPs, because there is insufficient time to consider it in this parliamentary term. Campaigner Akri Jones called for the change at the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee, claiming that the definition […]
PARIS (Associated Press) — France’s Parliament started debate Tuesday on a bill aimed at allowing doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid national debate about whether to legalize euthanasia. The proposed bill—backed by the Socialist government—stops short of recommending lethal injections and avoids the terms euthanasia or assisted suicide. Prime minister […]