PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — An appeals court in Pennsylvania has declined to give a en banc review of a ruling upholding a lower court decision in favor of a school district’s policy that permitted a girl who identifies as a boy to use the boys’ locker room, and a boy who identifies as a girl to […]
BRUSSELS — A new report out of Belgium shows that among the 4,337 Belgians who opted to die by euthanasia in 2016-2017, three were ill children, and hundreds of other cases were listed as “polypathology,” or the suffrage of a combination of health issues commonly related to aging, such as blindness, hearing loss, incontinence, dementia […]
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush has placed an injunction on a school policy that prohibits a girl who identifies as a boy from using the mens’ restroom, declaring that under the law, she must be “treated like any other boy.” Judge Timothy Corrigan ruled […]
(World Watch Monitor) — The Rwanda Governance Board continues to close churches it says fail to meet requirements laid down at the beginning of the year. New requirements set in place for those congregations that want to continue ministry are also complicating efforts to comply. Many see the closures as part of an effort by […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has issued a preliminary injunction against a policy under the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) that excludes “transsexual surgeries” from Medicaid coverage as they are deemed to be medically unnecessary. While the state argued that “[t]here is inadequate evidence to […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A Wisconsin police officer who was killed in the line of duty this week was a Christian who would share the gospel with those he arrested and pray for their salvation. Michael Michalski, 52, of the Milwaukee Police Department was killed on Wednesday while among a group of officers with the Special […]
(The Christian Institute) — Judges at the UK Supreme Court have ruled against a woman seeking to divorce her husband on the grounds that she is unhappy. Tini Owens, 68, wanted the court to allow her to split from her husband of 40 years immediately despite not being able to prove fault on his part. […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon has rejected a lawsuit filed by concerned parents who challenged a school district’s policy allowing those with gender dysphoria to use the restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender identity, stating that if parents object, they have a right to remove their child from school, […]
(World Watch Monitor) — A crowd of Turkish Christians from Andrew Brunson’s Izmir Resurrection Church greeted their pastor with cries of “We love you, Andrew!” as he arrived home under police escort on Wednesday afternoon, July 25. After nearly 22 months in detention, Brunson was released at 5:30 p.m. from Izmir’s Kiriklar maximum security prison […]
CHINO, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling declaring that a California school board violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by presenting predominantly Christian prayers during public meetings. “The policy and practice of prayer at Chino Valley Board meetings violates the Establishment Clause. The scope of injunctive relief […]