TOPEKA, Kan. — Two men who identify as women, and two women who identify as men, have filed suit against the State of Kansas for declining to change their birth certificates to reflect their “gender identity” rather than their birth sex, stating that “the gender markers originally placed on their birth certificate are inaccurate because they […]
MADISON, Wisc. — One of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist groups has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after its charity Nonbelief Relief lost its tax-exempt status for not filing form 990 for three consecutive years. The organization contends that the government wrongly shows preferential treatment to churches in automatically exempting […]
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — An elderly minister who had been conducting Bible studies in the community room of an apartment complex in Virginia has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as he has been ordered to cease holding the offerings in the building under threat of eviction. According to […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 7, local authorities attempted to shut down a Montagnard church and took their leader in for interrogation in Daklak Province, Vietnam. On Sunday morning, more than 20 churchgoers gathered at the home of Christian leader Ama Sim for service. Approximately 13 officials […]
WASHINGTON — Upon returning home to the United States on Saturday after being sentenced to time served in a Turkish trial, Andrew Brunson, pastor of Resurrection Church in Izmir, laid hands on and prayed for President Trump in the oval office. “We would like to pray for you. We pray for you often as a family,” […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A jury has awarded $479,500 and $301,000 to two male employees at the University of Wisconsin after a judge ruled that the State violated federal anti-discrimination law by excluding “sex change”-related operations from insurance coverage. The jury reached its decision on Wednesday in considering how much should be allotted to a researcher at the Carbone Cancer […]
(The Heartland Institute) — Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Kentucky parents who want to improve their children’s education, according to a report presented to the Kentucky General Assembly’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. More than 26,500 families, or about 3.6 percent of all Kentucky families, homeschool their children, according to testimony presented […]
TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating a second incident of violence at a pro-life outreach after online video shows a member of an abortion “rights” group shoving, throwing metal objects and attempting to start a fight with those who were expressing their pro-life views at Ryerson University. According to reports, the incident occurred on Oct. […]
ALIAGA, Turkey — Andrew Brunson, the American pastor arrested in 2016 after being accused of espionage and having connections to those involved in a failed coup attempt against the Turkish government, is now free to leave the country after a judge sentenced him to time served. “This is the day our family has been praying […]
GREENVILLE, Mich. (Ionia Sentinel Standard) — For the past two years, Montcalm Community College has been hosting the annual Montcalm County Pastors Appreciation Lunch. But the 2018 version of the event, scheduled for Thursday, has been abruptly cancelled, due to complaints from a member of an atheist organization, who claimed the lunch would have violated […]