RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, has signed into a law a bill that repeals several abortion regulations in the state, making it easier for women to end the lives of their unborn children. “No more will legislators in Richmond — most of whom are men — be telling women what […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Greensboro, North Carolina and Guilford County after a number of Christians were recently cited and arrested for praying outside an abortion facility. The religious liberties organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the suit on Tuesday after first attempting via written correspondence to reach […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit against the City of Greenville, Mississippi, expressing support for the allowance of drive-in church services in the midst of the coronavirus crisis and opining that the City appeared to “target religious conduct.” “[E]ven in times of emergency, […]
(Microsoft News/CNN) — Professional sports in Florida are getting the green light to resume production after the Florida [Division of Emergency Management] deemed them “essential services.” This is being added to the same list that includes services such as grocery stores, hospitals, banks, utility companies and restaurants. The order that was signed on Thursday states […]
Grand Blanc, Mich. (The Detroit News) — Sandy Brown tried to calm her son, Freddie, alone and scared in a hospital intensive care unit. His father had died a few days earlier. Freddie, just 20, was worried he would die, too. Talking on FaceTime throughout the night, Sandy recited Scripture and tried to slow […]
LANSING, Mich. — Following a lawsuit from a man who was ticketed for engaging in pro-life outreach outside a Detroit abortion facility, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has posted a notice on her website advising that her stay-at-home order does not prohibit outdoor First Amendment expression. “Does Executive Order 2020-42 prohibit persons from engaging in outdoor […]
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP (NJ.com) — A controversial leader from New Jersey, who was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing from his group’s funds, died from coronavirus earlier this month. Jermaine Grant of Burlington Township, who led the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ in Harlem, was 44. He […]
(USA Today) — Severe weather walloped the East Coast Monday after a harrowing Easter night that saw people huddled in basements, closets and tubs as tornadoes raged across the South, leaving at least 22 dead. Destructive winds were reported across the East Monday, the Weather Channel said, a day after at least 40 reported […]
WASHINGTON — Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups have appealed a ruling upholding Texas’ temporary halt on most abortions in the state, arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court that it places more of a burden on mothers and medical facilities for babies to be aborted later or delivered than […]
HILLVIEW, Ky. (Louisville Courier Journal/USA Today) — As hymns sang out Easter Sunday from a large outdoor speaker overlooking the Maryville Baptist Church parking lot, two Kentucky State troopers placed quarantine notices on parishioners’ cars and wrote down their license numbers. Inside the church, roughly 50 worshipers ignored Gov. Andy Beshear’s order against mass gatherings during the […]