Over 100 United Methodist clergy came out as homosexual or transgender this week in a letter publicly addressed to the denomination in an effort to draw attention to the issue ahead of the General Conference and to seek acceptance despite policies that prohibit practicing homosexuals from serving in the ministry. “[W]hile we have sought to remain […]
During a radio interview on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States is “just a suggestion.” “We have a serious problem,” he told Fox News radio’s Brian Kilmeade. “[I]t’s a temporary ban. It hasn’t been called for yet. Nobody’s done it. This is […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education released on Friday guidelines for schools nationwide that outline that the Obama administration requires schools to allow students to use the restroom and locker room corresponding with their “gender identity” under threat of losing their federal funding. “There is no room in our […]
During an interview on Wednesday, the CEO of the national retail chain Target defended the company’s restroom and fitting room policy—allowing men who identify as women to use female facilities and vice versa—in the face of a national boycott and falling stock prices. “We took a stance and we’re going to continue to embrace our […]
PINEDALE, Wy. — A judicial commission in Wyoming is calling for the removal of a municipal and circuit court judge after she told the media in 2014 that she would not be able to officiate same-sex unions due to her faith. According to reports, Ruth Neely told a reporter for the Sublette Examiner in 2014 […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The Republican governor of Mississippi has signed a bill cutting the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, as well as the state’s sole surgical abortion facility, from its Medicaid program. “Happy to sign Senate Bill 2238. Taxpayer dollars should not fund abortions,” Tweeted Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday. The bill had been sponsored by Sen. […]
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — A school board in Ohio is being urged to reconsider removing the Lord’s Prayer from its upcoming graduation ceremony after it was scrapped following a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. According to reports, a parent of a student at East Liverpool High School contacted the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A Wisconsin political science professor has filed a legal challenge after he was suspended last year for criticizing a teaching assistant who forbade a student in her ethics class from speaking against same-sex “marriage” in the classroom. According to reports, the matter began in 2014 at Marquette University as students in an ethics class […]
LONDON — Just months after an advertisement featuring the Lord’s Prayer was rejected for a run in theaters throughout the United Kingdom, buses in the nation are set to bear a banner declaring “glory to Allah” for a Ramadan advertising campaign aimed at portraying Islam in a more positive light. The advertisement, which reads, “Gather […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The attorney general of Northern Ireland testified in court on Tuesday in favor of a Christian identified bakery that was fined last year for alleged discrimination for declining to print the phrase “support gay marriage” on a cake. “I say very clearly, if it was a case where Mr. Lee had been […]