ACLU Sues Healthcare Network for Cancelling Chest Surgery of Woman Who Identifies as Man

ACLU Sues Healthcare Network for Cancelling Chest Surgery of Woman Who Identifies as Man

SEATTLE, Wash. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the largest healthcare network in Washington State after chest reconstruction surgery scheduled for a woman who identifies as a man was cancelled and she had to obtain the operation elsewhere. According to the complaint filed by the ACLU, the 30-year-old woman, who […]

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Illinois Law Allowing Medicaid, Insurance Coverage of Abortion

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Illinois Law Allowing Medicaid, Insurance Coverage of Abortion

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A circuit judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to at least temporarily block the Jan. 1 implementation of a new law that would allow taxpayer money to be spent on abortion through Medicaid and state employee insurance plans. An appeal is expected to be filed today. According to the Chicago […]

Trump White House Sends Congratulatory Letter to Prosperity Preacher Kenneth Copeland for ’50 Years of Ministry’

Trump White House Sends Congratulatory Letter to Prosperity Preacher Kenneth Copeland for ’50 Years of Ministry’

WASHINGTON — Prosperity and Word of Faith preacher Kenneth Copeland posted a photo to social media on Tuesday of a letter that he received from President Trump congratulating him for “50 years of ministry.” “Melania and I send our warmest wishes as you celebrate 50 years of ministry,” began the letter, which was dated Aug. 16 but […]

Oregon Court Upholds Order to Pay $135K in ‘Emotional Damages’ for Declining to Make Cake for Same-Sex ‘Wedding’

Oregon Court Upholds Order to Pay $135K in ‘Emotional Damages’ for Declining to Make Cake for Same-Sex ‘Wedding’

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered Sweet Cakes by Melissa owners Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay $135,000 in “emotional damages” to two lesbian women for declining to make a cake for their same-sex “wedding” in 2014. “[G]iven BOLI’s detailed factual findings about the effect of […]

Judge Sides With Humanists Challenging Prayer at Graduation, Ceremony at Chapel

Judge Sides With Humanists Challenging Prayer at Graduation, Ceremony at Chapel

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina says that a school district’s continuing practice of including invocations and religious speech at public school graduations is a “cultural residue” left over from historical practices, and that its allowances are wrongly “continuing to color and confuse the application” of its recently revised policies intended to establish […]

‘We’ve Prayed About It’: Professing ‘Christian’ Couple Refuses Woman’s Pleas Not to Abort Baby

‘We’ve Prayed About It’: Professing ‘Christian’ Couple Refuses Woman’s Pleas Not to Abort Baby

A viral video posted to social media on Friday shows a man and woman who professed to be Christians declining a woman’s pleas not to abort their baby, stating that the child would interfere with their plans and that they had “prayed about” the matter. While the background behind the video, such as the location of the […]

‘Aspiring Pastor’ Charged With Murder After Wife, Children Found Dead in Home

‘Aspiring Pastor’ Charged With Murder After Wife, Children Found Dead in Home

KELOWNA, B.C. — A Canadian man that had aspirations to be a pastor has been charged with second-degree murder after his wife and two young daughters were recently found dead in their home. Jacob Forman, 34, made his first court appearance on Thursday after authorities found his wife of ten years, Clara, and their daughters Karina and […]

California Teen Asks School Board to Change Policy Banning ‘Religious Theories’ in Science Class

California Teen Asks School Board to Change Policy Banning ‘Religious Theories’ in Science Class

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A sophomore student at a public high school in California is requesting that his school district change its policy prohibiting the discussion of Creation beliefs in science class. Grayson Mobley, 16, spoke to the Bret Harte Union High School Board earlier this month to ask that he be allowed to politely cite his beliefs […]

Kentucky Judge Reprimanded for Recusing Self From Same-Sex Adoption Cases

Kentucky Judge Reprimanded for Recusing Self From Same-Sex Adoption Cases

GLASGOW, Ky. — A Kentucky family court judge who submitted his resignation notice in October after being charged with ethics violations over his decision to recuse himself from any same-sex adoption cases has been reprimanded by the state Judicial Conduct Commission. Judge W. Mitchell Nance was to have officially resigned on Dec. 16, but the Commission scheduled a […]