HAWKINS, Texas — A Texas man is fighting back against efforts to remove a “Jesus” sign from a plot of land that he asserts is privately, not publicly owned, and is warning that the landowners will arrest anyone who tries to remove the sign. The situation centers around a sign in Hawkins, Texas that reads, […]
BOSTON — A Massachusetts urologist has been expelled by a Boston hospital for making statements on an internal online portal expressing concern about the health dangers of same-sex sexual activity. Dr. Paul Church serves as a urology professor at Harvard University and also has admitting privileges at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he has seen […]
DELTONA, Fla. — Officials at a middle school in Florida have issued an apology after parents expressed concern over a science assignment that told students that evolution is not a theory and those who would believe otherwise “are trying to mislead you.” According to reports, an unspecified number parents of students at Heritage Middle School […]
KANEOHE, Hawaii — A group that seeks to separate God from the military is demanding the relocation or removal of a sign at a Marine base in Hawaii that asks God’s blessing on the Armed Forces. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) sent an email this week to Col. Sean Killeen, the commanding officer of Marine […]
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Morning Star News) – After years of inaction, federal prosecutors in Argentina are pursuing criminal charges against perpetrators of religious persecution against an evangelical church in Rio Tercero, Cordoba. The prosecution follows a May 29 judicial ruling that declared the long-running campaign of threats, vandalism and violence against the Pueblo Grande Baptist Church “a […]
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee offered words of praise and support for the Roman Catholic pontiff known as Francis this week as he landed in the United States for a six-day visit. On Wednesday, a piece penned by Cruz was featured in The Federalist lauding that “[i]n an era when many […]
KVISSEL, Denmark — A Danish teen who allegedly stabbed her mother to death along with her adult Islamic boyfriend last October has been sentenced to serve nine years behind bars. Lisa Borch, then 15, had reportedly been arguing with her mother, Tina Römer Holtegaard, in the weeks leading up to the incident. Holtegaard had urged her […]
Wenzhou, Zhejiang (China Aid) — Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang informed the wife of Huang Yizi, a local pastor, that he had been put under criminal detention for “endangering national security” but would not reveal where he was being held. Huang, who was released from prison after a year-long sentence on Aug. 1, was detained […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to obtain sufficient votes to the defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood on Thursday, rejecting a bill that would help keep the government open because it contained the defunding provision. Senators voted 52-47 this afternoon against the bill, which would have reallocated one year’s worth of funding—$235 million dollars—bookmarked […]
KARAJ, Iran — An American pastor imprisoned in Iran was interrogated, abused and threatened with new criminal charges on Wednesday, according to a new report. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which has been fighting for the release of Saeed Abedini, states that Iranian intelligence officers questioned the pastor yesterday and were both […]