(The Christian Institute) — An investigation into suspected sex-selective abortions has been launched in northern India after government data indicated that not one girl had been born in 132 villages in the last three months. Authorities said the information was “alarming” in a culture where boys are seen as future breadwinners. Last year, an […]
TEGA CAY, S.C. — A city in South Carolina has removed a monument that featured a prayer for police officers after local residents complained, citing the “separation of Church and State,” and others were saddened that officials plastered over the word “Lord” so as to appease opponents. “We have received many comments, both locally and […]
(The Independent) — The odds were not in Joan Walker’s favor on May 11 when she went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing on the 10C bus leaving East Hampton for Montauk a little after 1:30 PM. She had just left work at Stop & Shop on Newtown Lane and had walked up to the […]
LONDON — A headteacher in the UK who suspended two 10-year-old students over allegations that they had made “homophobic remarks” after expressing objection to a lesson for Pride Month also reported a church that one of the children attends for a “hate crime.” The Christian Legal Centre reports that the parents of the children asked […]
VANCOUVER — Author and former pastor Joshua Harris, most known for his book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” — which he officially recanted last year, has announced that he and his wife have mutually agreed to separate, citing “significant changes” that have occurred in their thinking. The announcement has generated various reactions, from sorrow over kissing […]
READING, Pa. (WPVI) — In a change of course, Reading Mayor Wally Scott says he will allow the LGBTQ rainbow flag to fly over City Hall for the first time. Action News first reported last week that the outgoing mayor was being accused of discrimination for canceling a gay pride flag-raising ceremony. In a video […]
(The Christian Institute) — The number of people in the UK with sexually transmitted diseases has risen rapidly in the last 10 years. Cases of gonorrhoea tripled between 2007 and 2017, while syphilis cases more than doubled over the same period of time. The UK has the second highest rate of syphilis among men in […]
ATLANTA — The mayor of Atlanta, Georgia recently hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour at City Hall. “We want to thank our friends at the @ATLHawks, @AtlantaFalcons, @WholeFoods, @GABeverage and @atlantapride for partnering with us for Drag Queen Story Hour,” the City of Atlanta’s Department of LGBTQ Affairs posted to social media on July 1. […]
OXNARD, Calif. (CBSLA) — A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Friday evening after a newborn baby died from strangulation shortly after being born, authorities said. Oxnard police officers responded to St. John’s Medical Center at 1600 N. Rose Ave shortly before 8 a.m. to reports of a suspicious injury. Upon their arrival, officers learned that […]
(Fox News) — Deputies in Tennessee are investigating after racial slurs and graphic images of male genitalia were spray-painted on a church this week. Pastor James Mitchell of Napier Pentecostal Church in Hohenwald, Tenn., about 60 miles southwest of Nashville, told Fox News that he discovered the graffiti when he arrived at the church on […]