The organization Planned Parenthood has been filing lawsuits across the country in an effort to regain the tens of millions of dollars it has lost from states that have voted to defund the abortion provider. Out of the thirteen states that have successfully passed resolutions barring public money from going to Planned Parenthood, six have […]
The recent shooting spree in a Colorado theater has sparked talk among many about what possessed the killer to carry out his mass attack upon movie-goers, and what should be the proper response to the tragedy. During a midnight showing of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 Theater in Aurora, […]
Hollywood celebrities and pro-homosexual groups are boycotting the popular restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in response to comments from the company’s president that he does not support homosexual marriage. Don Cathy, the president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, recently told Baptist Press that he is “very much supporting of the family — the biblical definition of […]
A recent fact sheet released by attorneys representing a Phoenix man who is in jail after being accused of operating a church on his private property outlines that a neighbor hired a private investigator to spy out the family’s weekly gatherings. The meetings were moved to a building in their back yard after they were […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Muslims in a Tennessee congregation prepared Thursday for the month of Ramadan a day after a federal judge ruled they have a right to occupy their newly built mosque, overruling a county judge’s order that was keeping them out. The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro sued Rutherford County on Wednesday and asked […]
A Mennonite pastor is scheduled to stand trial next month in a federal court in Vermont for helping an ex-lesbian who fled the country with her daughter to avoid transferring parental custody to her former partner. Kenneth Miller is facing charges of aiding and abetting kidnapping following accusations that he assisted Lisa Miller (no relation) […]
The Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its policy of prohibiting homosexual membership today. The organization made the announcement after two years of deliberations and pressure from those supportive of the homosexual lifestyle. “The review included forthright and candid conversation and extensive research and evaluations — both from within Scouting and from outside of the organization,” […]
An atheist organization has launched a national legislative effort urging government to strike down laws that protect the Biblical convictions of Christians, and to promote legislation that is antithetical to Christian values. The Secular Coalition of America, led by executive director Edwina Rogers, says that it is working to set up lobbying groups in every […]
BOSTON (AP) — The family of a Boston Pentecostal pastor abducted in Egypt on Saturday appealed to his captor to release the 61-year-old man, saying he is a diabetic and the family fears for his health. The son of Michel Louis told The Associated Press that his father was on a church trip to retrace […]
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) – A gang of about a dozen armed people stormed into a church youth camp-out near Mexico City and went on an hours-long rampage of beatings, robberies and rape, authorities said Saturday. Seven girls were raped during the Friday attack and several campers were beaten, according to the state prosecutors office in […]