Group Warns UN Treaty on Persons with Disabilities Can Override Will of Parents

Group Warns UN Treaty on Persons with Disabilities Can Override Will of Parents

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — A Christian homeschooling organization is warning that a UN treaty approved this week by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee may threaten the rights of American parents to make their own decisions about their child’s care if that child is disabled. On Tuesday, the Committee voted 12-6 in favor of the UN Convention […]

Assisted Suicide Strongly Criticized in UK House of Lords

Assisted Suicide Strongly Criticized in UK House of Lords

Peers have passionately spoken out against a UK law to introduce assisted suicide, with one disabled baroness describing the proposals as a “runaway train”. Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, who uses a wheelchair and has spinal muscular atrophy, said: “My own experience of progressive deterioration has taught me that there is no situation that cannot be […]

Non-Hindu Religious Activity Banned in Some Indian Villages

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Church leaders in India have asked national and Chhattisgarh state officials to reverse a ban on non-Hindu religious activity that more than 50 villages have reportedly adopted. The head of the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) wrote to Union and Chhattisgarh officials on July 10 […]

Governor Signs Bill to Help Save Unborn Babies Diagnosed with Down Syndrome

Governor Signs Bill to Help Save Unborn Babies Diagnosed with Down Syndrome

HARRISBURG — The governor of Pennsylvania has signed a bill into law that aims to help save the lives of Down Syndrome babies who would otherwise be aborted. The Down Syndrome Prenatal Education Act, otherwise known as “Chloe’s Law,” was drafted through the efforts of the Kondrich family of St. Clair, Pennsylvania. In 2003, Kurt and […]

IRS Settles with Atheists, Agrees to Crack Down on Churches for ‘Electioneering’

IRS Settles with Atheists, Agrees to Crack Down on Churches for ‘Electioneering’

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reached a settlement with a prominent atheist organization, agreeing to crack down churches and religious groups for infringements of its prohibition against  ‘electioneering.’ As previously reported, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, sued the IRS in 2012, asserting that many non-profit religious organizations have […]

Obama Refuses to Add Religious Exemption to Homosexual Employment Mandate

Obama Refuses to Add Religious Exemption to Homosexual Employment Mandate

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has refused to include a religious exemption in an executive order that he plans to sign today, which mandates that federal contractors hire homosexual and transgender persons. According to White House representatives, Obama will sign the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Monday without any provisions for religious entities. The order prohibits federal contractors […]

‘Send an Ambulance’: Father Beats Homosexual Man Caught Raping 11-Year-Old

‘Send an Ambulance’: Father Beats Homosexual Man Caught Raping 11-Year-Old

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The father of an 11-year-old boy recently beat a homosexual man senseless before calling police when he allegedly found the man in the act of sexually molesting his son. The father, who has not been named, arrived home to find that his son’s 18-year-old babysitter, Raymond Frolander, was in bed with […]