DENVER — A Christian baker in Colorado who was ordered to make cakes for same-sex ‘weddings,’ to reeducate his staff to conform with anti-discrimination laws and to submit quarterly reports proving his compliance with the order has filed an appeal with the Colorado Court of Appeals. As previously reported, Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cake Shop in […]
CHICAGO – A public university in Illinois is raising concern over a recently published online how-to guide that instructs health and social service providers how to assist residents in obtaining an abortion. Accessing Abortion in Illinois was written and released by the University of Chicago’s Section of Family Planning and Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health […]
ORLANDO – A federal judge has given a secular organization the green light to distribute more atheistic and anti-Christian materials to Florida public school students, in spite of the materials’ graphic content and offensive language. As previously reported, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) learned last year that a Christian ministry had made Bibles available […]
WASHINGTON — A bill that was drafted with the intent of reversing the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of Hobby Lobby and forcing corporations to provide abortion-inducing drugs to their employees has failed in the Senate. As previously reported, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision last month that the federal government cannot […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A notorious Wisconsin abortionist is attempting to find a replacement as a number of factors are placing pressure upon him and his partner to close their their late-term abortion facility. Dennis Christensen, 71, recently told reporters that he is ready to hand his business off to a younger man, but has not been able to […]
SALEM, Mass. — The mayor of a city in Massachusetts has ended a contract with an area Christian college because of the institution’s biblical beliefs about homosexual behavior. Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll recently sent a letter to Michael Lindsay, the president of Gordon College, advising that the school could no longer manage the Old Town Hall because it […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Barack Obama recently laughed and fist bumped a cashier who moonlights as a crossdresser after he joked with the president that he has sexual relations with men. The Austin Chronicle reports that Obama visited the Franklin Barbecue on Thursday during his visit to the Lone Star State, a popular restaurant in the […]
A number of scientists in recent years have stated that atheists might not actually exist, and that a belief in God is naturally ingrained into all people, prompting a recent article that is stirring discussion around the world. Last week, Nury Vittachi published a story entitled Scientists Discover That Atheists Might Not Exist, And That’s Not […]
WASHINGTON — A prominent Christian legal organization has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to affirm the right of North Carolina officials to issue ‘Choose Life’ license plates to residents who wish to purchase them. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed an appeal with the court on Friday on behalf of Thom Tillis, speaker of the North Carolina […]
CHICAGO — A federal court has ruled that humanist couples in Indiana can be married by their own ‘secular celebrants,’ something that until now was illegal under state law. In a unanimous ruling, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said denying humanists the right to be married by celebrants who share their lack […]