PIERRE, S.D. — Lawmakers in South Dakota have defeated a bill that sought to protect pastors from performing same-sex “weddings,” as the bill failed approval by a Senate committee by a single vote. Senate Bill 66 was deemed to be unnecessary by opponents of the legislation, as they asserted that the state constitution already protects […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As Sunday marks Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey, one of the largest sports weekends of the year, some are warning that the event will also ring in the largest weekend for sex trafficking. “This industry preys on the vulnerable and booms when hundreds of thousands of tourists flock […]
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A high school football coach in North Carolina has been ordered to cease leading his team in prayers following a complaint by a prominent atheist activist organization. Officials with the Mooresville Graded School District recently told Mooresville High School football coach Hal Capps to stop leading the Blue Devils in prayer, and […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Senate voted unanimously on Friday in favor of SB 2681, also known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, sending the bill to the House for consideration. Like legislation introduced in other states, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act prohibits the government from burdening the free exercise of religion without a compelling […]
RALEIGH — The governor of North Carolina has expressed his opposition to appealing a recent ruling that struck down the state’s requirement that women obtain an ultrasound prior to having an abortion. Governor Pat McCrory’s office said in a press release that continuing the fight would be costly. McCrory also stated that he was satisfied that […]
ENGLAND — A cathedral in England recently screened the blasphemous film The Last Temptation of Christ. The Church of England Cathedral in Wells made the decision to show the controversial Martin Scorsese film during the Bath Film Festival despite protests from the Christian community. Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern, warned that the film screening […]
RICHMOND — A bill that would ban licensed therapists in Virginia from helping youth that struggle with homosexual temptations failed in a House committee on Thursday. As previously reported, Delegate Patrick Hope (D-Arlington County) introduced the legislation last week, which would prohibit any type of counseling or reparative therapy for those under 18. While the legislation […]
DETROIT — A Detroit woman is crediting God for putting her in the right place at the right time after she saved her daughter from a sinkhole near her elementary school this week. Monica Lindsey works as a bus driver, and at the last minute on Monday, she agreed to fill in for another driver […]
NASHVILLE — Contemporary Christian music artist Natalie Grant has issued a response to critics who are blasting her for walking out of the Grammy Awards show last Sunday, or as she characterized it—she left early. “We left the Grammy’s early,” Grant, who was nominated for two awards, posted on Facebook Sunday evening. “I’ve many thoughts […]
There may be a ‘glimmer of hope’ for the release of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran, according to a Christian legal organization that has been fighting on behalf of the Christian minister. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) notes that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was recently asked about the plight of […]