UK Court Rules Police Interfered With Free Speech in Probing, Warning Man Over Tweets Critical of Transgenderism

UK Court Rules Police Interfered With Free Speech in Probing, Warning Man Over Tweets Critical of Transgenderism

LINCOLN, UK — A high court in England has ruled that Humberside Police overstepped their boundaries in their handling of a complaint over a man’s tweets that were critical of transgenderism. The man was investigated and warned, and his tweets were recorded as a non-crime “hate incident.” “[T]he undisputed facts plainly show that the police […]

Dem. Alabama Lawmaker Files Bill Requiring Men to Get Vasectomies at 50 in Response to Abortion Ban

Dem. Alabama Lawmaker Files Bill Requiring Men to Get Vasectomies at 50 in Response to Abortion Ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Democratic lawmaker in Alabama has proposed a bill that would require men in the state to obtain a vasectomy at age fifty, or after the birth of their third child, in response to last year’s Human Life Protection Act, which bans most abortions in the state. “Under existing law, there are […]

High School Track Athletes File Suit to Seek Fairness in Girls Sports After Boys Who Identify as Girls Allowed to Compete

High School Track Athletes File Suit to Seek Fairness in Girls Sports After Boys Who Identify as Girls Allowed to Compete

HARTFORD, Conn. — Three female high school athletes have filed suit against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and other entities over a policy allowing students to compete in sports in accordance with their stated “gender identity.” As two biological boys who identify as girls were permitted to compete as females, the plaintiffs contend that […]

Lutheran Leader Interrogated by Finnish Police Over Role in Distribution of ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ Booklet

Lutheran Leader Interrogated by Finnish Police Over Role in Distribution of ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ Booklet

HELSINKI — The dean of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland was questioned by police on Tuesday over his role in the distribution of a booklet on the biblical view of homosexuality, as he was suspected of the crime of “ethnic agitation.” Juhana Pohjola’s office posted notification on the Luther Mission website, outlining that […]

Mother Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Charge After Ingesting Abortion Pills, Leaving Born-Alive Son to Die

Mother Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Charge After Ingesting Abortion Pills, Leaving Born-Alive Son to Die

NEWARK, Ohio — An Ohio woman and her boyfriend are both facing an involuntary manslaughter charge after their newborn son was found deceased in a shoebox. It is alleged that the mother ingested pills to personally induce labor and end the child’s life as the couple, who have one child together, did not want a […]

Nevada School Board to No Longer Open Public Meetings With Prayer Following Complaint

Nevada School Board to No Longer Open Public Meetings With Prayer Following Complaint

LAS VEGAS — A school board in Nevada has decided to no longer open its public meetings with prayer following receipt of a letter from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). FFRF had written to the Clark County School District in December to state that “a concerned local resident” had advised that the board […]

Switzerland Votes to Criminalize Public ‘Hate Speech,’ Discrimination Against Homosexuals

Switzerland Votes to Criminalize Public ‘Hate Speech,’ Discrimination Against Homosexuals

BERN — Voters in Switzerland have approved a referendum to include so-called sexual orientation in the country’s anti-discrimination statutes, prohibiting public “hate speech” and denigration of homosexuals, as well as inciting hatred through text or images. Violators could face up to three years behind bars. More than 63 percent of voters approved the referendum on […]

Va. Democrats Walk Out After Pastor’s Invocation in House of Delegates Urges Protection of Unborn, Biblical Marriage

Va. Democrats Walk Out After Pastor’s Invocation in House of Delegates Urges Protection of Unborn, Biblical Marriage

RICHMOND, Va. — Some Democratic members of the Virginia House of Delegates reportedly walked out of the chambers on Tuesday after the pastor who delivered the invocation exhorted lawmakers to protect the unborn and uphold the sanctity of biblical marriage. Two of those who spoke against the prayer were also identified as ministers. Robert Grant […]

Louisiana Man Admits He Set Churches on Fire to ‘Promote Himself in the Black Metal Community’

Louisiana Man Admits He Set Churches on Fire to ‘Promote Himself in the Black Metal Community’

LAFAYETTE, La. — A Louisiana man pleaded guilty on Monday to setting three Baptist churches on fire last year, admitting that he did so to promote himself as a “black metal” musician by mimicking similar acts of arson committed in Norway in the 1990s as documented in the black metal film “Lords of Chaos.” Holden […]

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