NASHVILLE — Two lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would defy the U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding same-sex “marriage” and protect the rule of law in the state. Rep. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, and Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, filed the “Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act” on Thursday in the state legislature to defend the […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — An attorney for Brian Mason, the Kentucky deputy clerk that has been issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals in place of Kim Davis, told U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning on Friday that he believes Davis has altered the licenses to a point that they are invalid. As previously reported, after Bunning released Davis from […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has pledged to continue to inplead the case of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran when she appears before the United Nations. Samantha Power met with the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini on Friday at the U.S. Mission in New York City. As previously reported, Abedini, a […]
Half a million children have fled attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram over the past five months, the UN children’s agency says. Unicef says this brings the total number of displaced children in Nigeria and neighboring countries to 1.4 million. Tens of thousands are suffering from acute malnutrition and some of their camps have been […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood for one year and reallocate the funds previously granted to the organization to women’s health groups. H.R. 3134, the “Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015,” was passed 241-187—mainly across party lines. Only two Democrats voted in favor of […]
LUANG PRABANG PROVINCE, Laos (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern Laos who disregarded officials’ orders to stop preaching Christ has been stabbed to death, sources said. A prison official identified only as Wansai entered the home of pastor Singkeaw Wongkongpheng in Na-ang village, Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province on the night of Sept. 8, relatives told […]
A video has surfaced of Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina praising Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, stating that she has “great admiration” for her because of her achievements as a woman. In the 2008 video, Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, announces her support for then-Republican presidential candidate John McCain, but simultaneously praises Clinton out […]
TIGER, Ga. — A school district in Georgia has agreed to discontinue its practice of presenting prayers at graduation ceremonies and has removed a sign bearing the name of Jesus following a complaint from a humanist organization. The American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter earlier this month to the Rabun County School District after it said that […]
The latest video expose’ released by the Center for Medical Progress shows representatives of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood seeking to keep their involvement in the harvesting and sale of the body parts of aborted babies on the down-low. “I have been talking to the executive director of the National Abortion Federation. We’re trying to […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Cities and parishes across Louisiana hosted community prayer rallies on Tuesday to ask God to protect local law enforcement in the wake of a number of fatal police shootings. The events were the result of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proclamation of Sept. 14 being a statewide day of prayer for Louisiana police. […]