NEW YORK — A law that was passed last year that allows New York City residents to obtain amended birth certificates, including with an “X” for their gender, has officially gone into effect. According to reports, the legislation had been proposed in June, or “Pride Month,” being announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council […]
ROME — Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” led Roman Catholics on Tuesday in the observance of the feast day called “The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God,” during which he expressed the hope that Mary would “protect” the people for the new year, and claimed that in times of trouble, men should not […]
KIDAPAWAN CITY — In seeking to again express his long-held frustration with Roman Catholicism, Rodrigo Duterte, the often outspoken and controversial president of the Philippines, criticized the doctrine of the triune Godhead on Saturday as being “silly” and profanely called Christ’s death on the cross rather than destroying his enemies with lightning “unimpressive.” “God is […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — 30,011 babies were aborted in Pennsylvania in 2017, a new report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health outlines. The vast majority of women obtaining the abortions were unwed. The figure is slightly down from the year prior, during which 30,881 children in the Commonwealth lost their lives, but is stated to be […]
LANSING, Mich. — The Republican governor of Michigan has vetoed a package of bills that would have granted permission for fire departments, police stations and hospitals within the state to install baby boxes where mothers could anonymously surrender their newborns without criminal prosecution, stating that he believes that Michigan’s existing safe haven law is sufficient […]
A profanity-laden video posted to social media on Friday shows a man dressed like a woman becoming irate and threatening violence after a cashier refers to him as “sir.” The video, reportedly recorded at GameStop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, begins as the customer yells at the cashier that he wants his money back rather than […]
A video that has been denounced as “brainwashing,” entitled “Kids Meet Someone Who’s Had an Abortion,” was posted to social media on Friday. It features “Shout Your Abortion” movement founder Amelia Bonow asking youth questions about abortion and opining to one young boy that she believes it is “all part of God’s plan.” In the […]
(Arkansas Times) — The Satanic Temple has been allowed to enter the lawsuit challenging the 10 Commandments monument at the state Capitol on the ground that refusal of its request to install a Baphomet monument was a violation of their constitutional equal protection right. The Freedom from Religion Foundation and the ACLU had previously sued […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a supportive statement of interest in a federal court case involving a Christian group at the University of Iowa that had been de-recognized for not allowing a student to serve in a leadership position because he refused to adhere to the group’s biblical beliefs as they […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A video posted to YouTube shows a woman at an abortion facility “blessing” event singing what she called a “lullaby,” claiming that the spirit of her child gave her the song to say that it was “okay” to go through with the abortion. The woman, who has not been identified, states in […]