GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Greensboro, North Carolina and Guilford County after a number of Christians were recently cited and arrested for praying outside an abortion facility. The religious liberties organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the suit on Tuesday after first attempting via written correspondence to reach […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit against the City of Greenville, Mississippi, expressing support for the allowance of drive-in church services in the midst of the coronavirus crisis and opining that the City appeared to “target religious conduct.” “[E]ven in times of emergency, […]
LANSING, Mich. — Following a lawsuit from a man who was ticketed for engaging in pro-life outreach outside a Detroit abortion facility, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has posted a notice on her website advising that her stay-at-home order does not prohibit outdoor First Amendment expression. “Does Executive Order 2020-42 prohibit persons from engaging in outdoor […]
WASHINGTON — Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups have appealed a ruling upholding Texas’ temporary halt on most abortions in the state, arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court that it places more of a burden on mothers and medical facilities for babies to be aborted later or delivered than […]
HILLVIEW, Ky. (Louisville Courier Journal/USA Today) — As hymns sang out Easter Sunday from a large outdoor speaker overlooking the Maryville Baptist Church parking lot, two Kentucky State troopers placed quarantine notices on parishioners’ cars and wrote down their license numbers. Inside the church, roughly 50 worshipers ignored Gov. Andy Beshear’s order against mass gatherings during the […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned churchgoers and others on Friday that if they attend an in-person Easter “mass gathering,” their license plate will be recorded and sent to local health departments, and a representative from the health department will then come to their door and advise that they will be required […]
HUMBLE, Texas — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas held a prayer gathering in a substation parking lot on Wednesday morning as they lifted up one of their own deputies who is in critical condition with COVID-19. Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski, who works in Precinct 2 in Humble, is currently in the intensive care […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than a dozen senators in South Carolina have signed on to an open letter to Gov. Henry McMaster, asking that he require abortion facilities in the state to close in light of his executive order halting “all elective and non-threatening surgical and medical procedures” in the midst of the global COVID-19 […]
GREENVILLE, Miss. — Police in Mississippi ticketed more than 20 Christians on Wednesday evening who were sitting in their vehicles listening to a sermon from their pastor. The crackdown occurred as the mayor and city council of Greenville have issued an executive order banning in-person church services, including drive-in gatherings where attendees simply stay in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The governor of Iowa has declared Thursday a Day of Prayer in the state, as she called upon residents to take time to pray for those affected by the novel coronavirus and that God would use the people to serve others in a time of need. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the […]