Pop singer Celine Dion has announced her partnership with a gender-neutral clothing company to create a line for children and babies that is neither male or female, stating that she wishes to encourage equality and counter “stereotypes” about gender, such as pinks for girls and blues for boys, by allowing individual “freedom of spirit.” “CELINUNUNU […]
ROME — The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue recently sent greetings and “prayerful good wishes” to Hindus for Diwali, a festival in which adherents pray to various pagan gods and goddesses to seek a blessing of prosperity and wisdom for the new year. The council sought to use the occasion as a time to speak […]
DAVIS, Calif. — A report from the University of California’s Davis campus has announced the discovery that the biological sex of human remains unearthed during archaeological digs can be determined from a protein study of a single tooth. “Estimating the sex of human remains is important for archaeologists who want to understand ancient societies and […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of a bill that would ban abortion when a heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks gestation. The measure passed the legislature two years ago, but was vetoed by Republican Gov. John Kasich. “This bill basically says if there is a heartbeat, […]
(Morning Star News) – High-caste Hindus who have been harassing a church in Nepal forced it to shut down last week, sources said. For two months Brahmins, the highest caste from which Hindu priests and teachers are drawn, in western Nepal’s Palpa District had disrupted worship of the Pakhluwa Eternal Life Church in Palpa each […]
MADISON, Wisc. — The two atheist leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) have filed a lawsuit against the attorney general of Wisconsin to challenge the creation of a chaplaincy program for employees at the state Department of Justice (DOJ). The organization is dissatisfied that the program is limited to clergy members and not […]
FUZHOU, Fujian (China Aid) — A church in the capital of China’s southeastern Fujian province has been harassed relentlessly by authorities over the past few months. Yongfu Church, located in Fuzhou, has been raided eight times in the past two months. When the church refused to make modifications to their building in order to fit […]
WASHINGTON — In carrying on a tradition that was reportedly started by then-President George W. Bush and continued by Barack Obama, President Trump hosted a ceremonial lighting at the White House on Tuesday in recognition of the Hindu Festival of Lights, known as Diwali. The holiday rings in the Hindu new year as adherents to […]
BERKELEY, Calif. — A student senator at the University of California at Berkeley is facing pressure to resign after she abstained from voting on a resolution that expressed opposition to an alleged plan by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to legally define sex under Title IX of the Education Amendments of […]
(The Christian Institute) — A woman who has lived for fifteen years as though she was a man has now said she regrets ever having surgery to “change sex.” As a teenage girl, Debbie Karemer, was raped multiple times by her father. This horrendous childhood experience stayed with her, and experts have told her it […]