BULLOCH COUNTY, GA — A group of residents in Bulloch County, Georgia is petitioning their local school board to protect the religious rights of its teachers. Bulloch County Citizens for Religious Liberties, led by Pastor Jon Cook, recently requested that the county Board of Education review its religious expression guidelines after emails were distributed throughout […]
ALBUQUERQUE — Two Eastern New Mexico county clerks have submitted their resignations after the state Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision legalizing same-sex ‘marriage.’ Roosevelt County Clerk Donna Carpenter and her Deputy Clerk Janet Collins left their jobs on Friday following last week’s court ruling, as they would be responsible for issuing marriage licenses in […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — A California judge overseeing the case of a teenage girl who was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures has allowed the hospital to remove the girl’s life support pending appeal. As previously reported, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent the operation at Children’s Hospital and Research Center earlier this […]
CINCINNATI — A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama has ordered officials in the state of Ohio to recognize same-sex ‘marriages’ on death certificates—a decision that some say may now lead to homosexual ‘marriage’ being legalized altogether. As previously reported, this past July, James Obergefell and John Arthur filed suit in federal court after the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush has granted a temporary injunction to nearly 200 ministries seeking relief from the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. In October of this year, 187 Christian ministries that receive health insurance through GuideStone Financial Resources, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, were represented in […]
OTTAWA, Canada – Canada’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the nation’s previously-existing anti-prostitution laws on Friday, ruling that such laws violated the guarantee to life and liberty. Prior to the ruling, Canadian laws banned brothels, living on the avails of prostitution, and public prostitution solicitation. However, in a 9-0 decision, the court struck down all […]
SEATTLE — Two United Methodist ministers recently ‘wed’ each other in a ceremony in Seattle, Washington despite the possibility that they could face disciplinary action for violating Church law. Joanne Carlson Brown, 60, of Tibbetts United Methodist Church and Christie Newbill, 65, of Woodland Park United Methodist Church tied the knot at a ceremony at […]
Demographers are noting the rise of “co-parenting”—a new movement involving contract-based parenting that is challenging the definition of family. The rise of co-parenting is largely due to the Internet, where numerous websites allow individuals to meet a parent online. Co-parenting allows unmarried people to find other individuals who are willing to have children together. Today, […]
NORMAN, Okla. — A video uploaded last week by the Abolitionist Society of Oklahoma shows a post-abortive father shoving and punching a sidewalk counselor before pursuing another man holding a camera in order to destroy evidence of the attack. The incident occurred last Tuesday as Society director Toby Harmon and his friend Jeremy Brown were seeking […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission has unanimously voted to place a temporary ban on new monuments at the state capitol building following requests from several groups to erect displays next to a Ten Commandments monument. As previously reported, the monument at issue was proposed and paid for in 2009 by Republican Representative Mike […]