DE PERE, Wisc. — Five churches and a Christian radio station have filed suit in an effort to obtain an exemption from a Wisconsin city ordinance that they believe might prohibit them from declining to hire a candidate for employment because of their lifestyle choices, such as homosexuality and transgenderism. In November 2017, the city council of […]
JERUSALEM — An archaeologist in Israel says that a seal that her team discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem several years ago might have belonged to the biblical prophet Isaiah, as it bears the Hebrew name and was found in the same area where another seal bearing the name of King Hezekiah had been unearthed years […]
ANDERSON, SC — The mother of a 20-year-old woman who gouged her eyes out earlier this month while standing outside of a South Carolina church is speaking out against illegal drug use after the horrifying incident that left churchgoers in shock and her daughter completely blind. According to reports, Kaylee Muthart was standing across the […]
NEW YORK — The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that so-called “sexual orientation” does apply to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, remarking that while the courts have not made the correlation in the past, “legal doctrine evolves.” “We now conclude that sexual orientation discrimination is motivated, at least in part, by sex […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Harvard Office of Student Life has placed a Christian student group on administrative probation after it asked one of its leaders, found to be in a same-sex relationship, to step down as she would not agree to the group’s moral standards. “After a thorough review and finding that HCFA (Harvard College Faith […]
KENOSHA, Wisc. — A number of Christian displays have been removed from an elementary school classroom in Wisconsin after one of the nation’s most conspicuous atheist activist organizations sent a letter asserting that the posters and symbols were unconstitutional. Rob Moore, the local chapter president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), told WTMJ-TV that […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Two lesbian women have sued the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Refugee Resettlement after a local Catholic charity allegedly disallowed them from serving as foster parents to a refugee child because the organization only works with homes that “mirror the holy […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Republican lawmaker in Alabama has introduced a bill that would allow Biblical Creation to be taught in public schools in the state, alongside evolutionary theory. H.B. 258 was recently presented by Rep. Steve Hurst, R-District 35, and provides allowance for teachers to explain to students both Biblical Creation and evolution, so […]
WINCHESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman is dead and an elderly man injured after a man with a knife attacked the woman from behind while she was quietly sitting at a table in her local library. According to reports, Jeffrey Yao, 23, entered the Winchester Public Library Saturday morning and soon walked up behind a 22-year-old woman who was […]
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Friday that protects the religious convictions of faith-based foster and adoption agencies. S.B. 375 was approved 35-19 along party lines, without a single Democrat voting in favor of the legislation. “To the extent allowed by federal law, including compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title […]