WASHINGTON — A Christian legal organization is praising the Pentagon for recent changes made to its official policies, which now provide greater protections to religious personnel in the military. The Plano, Texas-based Liberty Institute applauded the Department of Defense (DoD) after it unveiled its modified religious accommodation policy on Wednesday. In addition to updating its […]
CHICAGO — A mobile pregnancy center in the Chicago area has reached a settlement with city officials that grants the ministry the right to freely assist pregnant women without restriction. As previously reported, in March of last year, TLC Pregnancy Services, run by The Life Center, Inc. (TLC), filed a lawsuit against the City of […]
TALLAHASSEE — Six homosexuals and their partners have filed a lawsuit in Florida in an effort to overturn the state’s constitutional amendment enshrining marriage as being between a man and a woman. The San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights is representing the plaintiffs, who were chosen out of a reported 1,000 volunteers. “These laws […]
RICHMOND — A Democratic delegate in Virginia has proposed a bill that would ban licensed therapists in the state from helping youth that struggle with homosexual temptations. Delegate Patrick Hope (D-Arlington County) introduced the legislation on Monday, which would prohibit any type of counseling or reparative therapy for those under 18. While the legislation would […]
An American pastor imprisoned in Iran has been moved to a political prisoner ward and out of the murderer ward of the dangerous prison where he has been incarcerated since November of this year. As previously reported, Pastor Saeed Abedini of Idaho, a former Muslim turned Christian, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the […]
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to abortion today despite the throng of thousands that gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual March for Life. “Today, as we reflect on the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, we recommit ourselves to the decision’s guiding principle: that every woman […]
PHOENIX — A Republican representative from Arizona has introduced a bill that seeks to protect the rights of religious business owners to refuse to facilitate acts that violate their faith. Senator Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) recently presented SB 1062 to the Senate Government and Environment Committee, which approved the legislation to move forward to the full […]
On the anniversary of the 41st year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Roe v. Wade, a Christian film production company is releasing a documentary that challenges the Church to understand that Christians don’t have the right to remain silent when it comes to abortion. Babies Are Murdered Here was filmed in multiple […]
PORTLAND — State investigators in Oregon have concluded that a bakery run by a Christian couple unlawfully discriminated against a lesbian last year when it declined to make a ‘wedding’ cake for her same-sex ceremony. As previously reported, Aaron and Melissa Klein operate Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, which is now operated from the […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — Controversy has been stirring over recent comments made by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who stated in a radio interview that ‘extreme’ political candidates ‘have no place in the state.’ Cuomo made his comments on public radio’s The Capital Pressroom as he asserted that there was tension in the Republican Party due […]