(Los Angeles Times) — Wedding cakes and same-sex marriages are back before the Supreme Court, and this time the justices are being asked to rule broadly that the 1st Amendment’s protection of the “free exercise” of religion shields conservative Christians from state civil rights laws. An Oregon couple who were fined $135,000 for refusing to […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — A 21-year-old Louisiana man has been arrested in the fiery destruction of three African-American churches that occurred within a 10-day span. Police are looking into the man’s interest in “black metal” as a possible influence as it pertains to its history of torching churches. Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, […]
PLANO, Texas — Despite the mass outcry to outlaw abortion in Texas and grant the unborn equal protection under the law, megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham has praised his church member and Republican House Chairman Jeff Leach after he decided that he could not support House Bill 896 because it subjects […]
(The Christian Institute) — The number of divorces will rapidly increase if the government’s plans for no-fault divorce become law, pro-marriage groups have warned. Today, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced that the government will introduce legislation “as soon as Parliamentary time allows.” The Coalition for Marriage (C4M) described the change as a “cheaters’ charter,” while The Christian […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are assisting with a state investigation after three black churches were burned down in Louisiana within days of each other. During a news conference, State Fire Marshal Butch Browning divulged that there are “suspicious elements” in with […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A Republican lawmaker in Texas has proposed a bill that would make sending unwanted sexually explicit photos to another person a criminal offense in the state. House Bill 2789, sponsored by Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, was recently heard by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and is currently pending in committee. The […]
(Morning Star News) – Sheikh Hassan Podo, a 28-year-old imam in Kerekerene village in eastern Uganda, missed mosque prayers for three consecutive weeks and was seen entering a church building around noon on March 16. He had kept his faith in Christ a secret for three weeks. The young Muslim who saw Podo enter the […]
More than 300 people testified on Monday evening in favor of a bill that would outlaw abortion in Texas in a legislative hearing that lasted for over eight hours, continuing into the night to 3 a.m. Pastors, women who have had abortions, fathers who regretted taking their girlfriend for an abortion, men and women who […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would protect the rights of faith-based state-contracted foster care and adoption agencies to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs. House Bill 836, sponsored by Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, passed 67-22 on April 1, and is now awaiting a committee hearing in the […]
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The wife of an American missionary killed in Cameroon in October is asking for prayer for herself and her eight children as she has now learned that she has a number of masses on her liver. The Praying for Stephanie Wesco Facebook page outlines that Wesco went to the emergency room last […]