DETROIT — A website that identifies itself as a Christian satire news site is receiving criticism for making light of the death of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) co-founder Jan Crouch this past week. The Babylon Bee is run by Adam Ford of Detroit, who also publishes Adam4d, a comic site that centers on matters of […]
NEW YORK — Hillsong leader Brian Houston confirmed this week that the youth minister at Hillsong NYC recently appeared as a “Naked Cowboy” lookalike at the congregation’s recent women’s conference, but said he didn’t know about the plan in advance and that it “won’t happen again.” As previously reported, Hillsong’s Colour Conference was held on […]
WASHINGTON — Thousands of professing atheists and agnostics from across the country descended on Washington, D.C. today for the “Reason Rally,” an event that is designed to discuss politics from a godless perspective. “That’s the reason we’re holding this in an election year,” executive director Lyz Liddell told CNN. “We want to see reason taking precedence over […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Three church-state separation groups are expressing objection to a proclamation issued by the governor of Iowa that urges residents to participate in a statewide Bible reading marathon. In April, Gov. Terry Branstad signed a proclamation at the state capitol urging participation in a 99 county Bible reading marathon scheduled for June […]
POTTSGROVE, Pa. — A 20-year tradition of including prayer at one high school graduation in Pennsylvania has come to an end this year following the objection of an “annoyed” Jewish board member who believes the invocations could be offensive to non-Christians. According to reports, Rick Rabinowitz, who complained as a board member and now serves as […]
RZESZOW, Poland — A hospital in Poland has stopped performing abortions after every single OB/GYN at the facility signed a conscience clause opting out of having any part in ending the lives of unborn children. The doctors work at Specialist Hospital Pro-Familia in Rzeszow. Abortion is illegal in Poland except in the cases of rape, […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The leader of an Islamic council in Pakistan has proposed a bill that would allow men to “lightly” beat their wives as a form of discipline. Mohammad Khan Sheerani of the Council of Islamic Ideology introduced the 163-page proposal on behalf of the 20-member council, a group that makes recommendations to the Pakistani […]
ATLANTA — The head of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has resigned from her position over her disagreement on transgender restroom use following an experience where her own young daughters became frightened in encountering three large men in the women’s restroom. Maya Dillard Smith says that she realized that her values were […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A self-identifying Christian rock band whose lead singer came out as homosexual this week and was applauded by several other professing Christian musicians, has now announced that it will be performing at a festival this month celebrating “gay pride.” Everyday Sunday’s Trey Pearson, 35, released a letter to fans on Monday to […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The state of Ohio has agreed to pay the abortion giant Planned Parenthood over $45,000 in attorneys fees and costs in a settlement over discoveries that the bodies of aborted babies had been picked up by medical waste companies to be steam-treated or incinerated, and then dumped in landfills. As previously reported, Ohio […]