Navy Upholds Inclusion of Bible on POW/MIA Table Following Mikey Weinstein Complaint

Navy Upholds Inclusion of Bible on POW/MIA Table Following Mikey Weinstein Complaint

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The U.S. Navy has upheld the inclusion of the Bible on a “missing man” table at a Naval hospital in Okinawa, Japan after an organization that seeks to separate the Messiah from the military submitted a complaint about the Bible’s presence and a notation of America being “one nation under God.” “As […]

Appeals Court Rules Ohio Can’t Exclude Planned Parenthood From Funding for Federal Health Programs

Appeals Court Rules Ohio Can’t Exclude Planned Parenthood From Funding for Federal Health Programs

CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals court has ruled that officials in Ohio cannot exclude the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood from receiving funding for federal health programs, opining that it would hurt women whose “major abortion providers opted to protect women’s abortion rights rather than yield to unconstitutional conditions.” “If Plaintiffs are excluded from the federal […]

Man Who Identifies as Woman Pleads Guilty to Shooting Coworker for Being Taunted Over Gender Identity

Man Who Identifies as Woman Pleads Guilty to Shooting Coworker for Being Taunted Over Gender Identity

MERCER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man who identifies as a woman has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after shooting his coworker in 2016 when he allegedly continued taunting him about his plans to present himself as female. Zachary McClimans, 23, who goes by the name Claire, was arrested in November 2016 after shooting Jayson Hall, 42, inside the […]

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Indiana Law Banning Abortion of Down Syndrome Children

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Indiana Law Banning Abortion of Down Syndrome Children

CHICAGO, Ill. — A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that an Indiana law that bans the murder of unborn children based on a Down Syndrome diagnosis or any other disability is unconstitutional because it places an “undue burden” on a “woman’s right” to obtain an abortion. “The State urges that the non-discrimination provisions represent a ‘qualitatively […]

Snoop Dogg Gathers ‘Gospel Greats’ for ‘Bible of Love’ Album as Others Decry Worship of ‘Another Jesus’

Snoop Dogg Gathers ‘Gospel Greats’ for ‘Bible of Love’ Album as Others Decry Worship of ‘Another Jesus’

Profane rapper Calvin Broadus, Jr., known as “Snoop Dogg,” has released an album entitled “Bible of Love,” which features a number of well-known performers of the gospel music industry. While the project has been praised by many, others are speaking out, declaring that Broadus needs to be shown true love by being called to repentance […]

Army Chaplain Facing Possible Discipline for Declining to Conduct Marriage Retreat After Lesbian Signs Up

Army Chaplain Facing Possible Discipline for Declining to Conduct Marriage Retreat After Lesbian Signs Up

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A Southern Baptist Army chaplain is pushing back after a military investigator concluded that he discriminated against a lesbian woman by declining to conduct a marriage retreat after learning that she had signed up to attend the event with her partner. According to the First Liberty Institute, the unnamed Army equal opportunity […]

Oklahoma House Panel Advances Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies

Oklahoma House Panel Advances Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma House panel has advanced a bill that protects the religious convictions of faith-based foster and adoption agencies, in that they may decline to place children in certain households if the arrangement would violate the tenets of their faith. “To the extent allowed by federal law, no private child-placing agency receiving […]