WASHINGTON — On the same day that it declined an appeal of a Fourth Circuit ruling against a county board of commissioners’ Christian prayers, the U.S. Supreme Court also decided not to hear an attempted appeal of a Sixth Circuit ruling upholding the Christian prayers of another county board of commissioners. The decision not to […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a Fourth Circuit ruling that declared that the Rowan County Board of Commissioners may not “elevate[] one religion above all others,” namely Christianity, by presenting exclusively Christian prayers at public meetings. Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, dissented and said that […]
LONDON — The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a man and woman who want to enter into a civil partnership rather than a marriage covenant because of its “patriarchal nature,” opining that it is discriminatory and “incompatible” with civil rights law to only allow homosexuals the option of civil partnerships. The decision […]
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for former high school football coach Joe Kennedy have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes that it would accept an appeal surrounding Kennedy’s loss of employment as school district officials decided in 2016 not to renew his coaching contract in the midst of a battle over his desire to pray […]
(ABC News) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring after more than 30 years on the high court. Kennedy said he will officially retire on July 31 and that he decided to step down based on his deep desire to spend more time with his loved ones, even though his family encouraged him to […]
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A California pastor who is known for his warnings about the glorification of evil by Hollywood and the secular music industry has weighed in on reports that Netflix has decided to pick up the fourth season of the fantasy police drama “Lucifer” and the fact that a number of professing Christians […]
William P. Young, the author of the best-selling novel “The Shack,” which was made into a major motion picture and decried by some as containing blasphemous and false doctrine, outlined in a recent interview that he believes people are still given chances to receive Christ’s sacrifice after death, remarking, “I don’t think the story is over just because […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to provide information to clients regarding how they can take part in government programs that would allow them to obtain an abortion at little or no cost “likely violates the First Amendment.” The court ruled […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Washington State Supreme Court to revisit a ruling against a florist who was found guilty of discrimination for providing referrals to a regular customer who wanted her to furnish his same-sex ceremony, directing the court to review the matter in light of the high court’s Masterpiece […]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — Concerns are being raised after the leader of Prince of Peace Church in Blytheville, Arkansas recently claimed at a young man’s funeral that “Hell is an imaginary place,” and that Hell is just what a person creates upon the Earth. Footage of the funeral was posted to social media this past week, […]