CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — During a recent talk at Harvard Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said that while there are sometimes “difficult moral questions” surrounding whether or not to follow Supreme Court opinion, civil magistrates must enforce the law, noting that only three German judges resigned rather than follow Nazi directives. A student asked […]
SPRING, Texas — The first Texas “Church of Lucifer” opened on Friday in a small town outside of Houston and was met with a variety of protesters from both the local community and those who traveled across the country. As previously reported, the Church of Lucifer was scheduled to hold its first meeting in Spring on […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP) — The effectiveness of a Supreme Court of Pakistan ruling that blasphemy laws be reformed to discourage false allegations hinges on the government’s response to the order, a leader of the International Christian Concern watchdog group told Baptist Press. The three-judge Pakistani bench called for reforms when it upheld the death penalty […]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, U.K. — A Christian prison worker who was barred from participating in chapel services after quoting a Scripture that references homosexuality will have his case heard by an employment tribunal today. Barry Trayhorn has been employed as a gardener at HMP Littlehey since 2011, and since 2012 he has volunteered to help with the chapel […]
PRINCETON, N.J. — Historic Princeton University has opened a prayer area for Hindu students, according to reports, complete with a temple for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The Universal Society of Hinduism had been asking officials for a space for adherents to Hinduism, and the editorial board of Princeton student newspaper “The Daily Princetonian” wrote in April that […]
KATY, Texas — Following an investigation over student complaints, a school district in Texas is partially backing a reading teacher whose controversial assignment asked students to mark the existence of God as only a “commonplace assertion,” rather than a fact. As previously reported, Jordan Wooley, a seventh grade student at West Memorial Junior High School in […]
CAIRO, Egypt — The barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a video of what is purported to be the final moments of a downed Russian plane as it claims responsibility for the deadly crash. An Airbus A-321 jet crashed in a mountainous region of […]
(Mission Network News) — Open Doors USA’s online presence in the Middle East is growing rapidly. Several social media projects focusing on supporting Christians in the Arab-speaking world have now culminated into a combined total of 500,000 “likes.” Each week, thousands of people are engaging on one of the social media outlets supported by Open […]
CHICAGO — A school district in the Chicago area is remaining steadfast in its refusal to allow a male student who identifies as female to change in the girls’ locker room despite an opinion from the U.S. Department of Education that the district is violating federal law. According to reports, an unidentified high school student within Township […]
MONTGOMERY — A federal judge who ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Supreme Court in 2003 has ruled that officials must restore the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood because canceling it denied women their choice in medical providers. As previously reported, Gov. Robert Bentley’s office wrote a letter to Planned Parenthood Southeast […]