Texas Churches File Suit to Stop Housing Authority from Demolishing Property

Texas Churches File Suit to Stop Housing Authority from Demolishing Property

HOUSTON — Two churches in Texas have filed suit to stop the Houston Housing Authority from bulldozing their properties in order to build a housing development. With the assistance of the Christian legal organization The Liberty Institute, First Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church and Latter Day Deliverance Revival Church filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Harris […]

Texas Planned Parenthood Official: Sale of ‘Intact Fetal Cadavers’ Is ‘Just a Matter of Line Items’

Texas Planned Parenthood Official: Sale of ‘Intact Fetal Cadavers’ Is ‘Just a Matter of Line Items’

HOUSTON, Texas — The fifth investigative video into Planned Parenthood’s harvesting and sale of fetal organs released by the Center for Medical Progress shows a Texas director describing how abortion procedures can be “creatively” altered to pull the baby’s body out intact, depending on the demand. The video, released on Tuesday, captures Melissa Farrell, director […]

Texas Pastors Whose Sermons Were Subpoenaed Over ‘Bathroom Bill’ Challenge Sue Houston Mayor

Texas Pastors Whose Sermons Were Subpoenaed Over ‘Bathroom Bill’ Challenge Sue Houston Mayor

HOUSTON — A group of Texas pastors whose sermons were subpoenaed last year in the midst of a lawsuit over a petition seeking to repeal Houston “Bathroom Bill” have filed suit against the city’s mayor, alleging a violation of their religious freedom. As previously reported, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, an open lesbian, had promoted an […]

Hillsong Responds to Concerns After Choir Director Comes Out as ‘Gay,’ Engaged to Another Member

Hillsong Responds to Concerns After Choir Director Comes Out as ‘Gay,’ Engaged to Another Member

NEW YORK — Reports that a Hillsong choir director (or former choir director) has come out as “gay” and is engaged to another member has raised controversy nationwide and has elicited a response from the leader of the international chain of churches. Josh Canfield, a Broadway performer, told Playbill earlier this year that he had […]

Senator Introduces Bill to Exempt Businesses from Obamacare Abortion Pill Mandate

WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma Senator has authored a bill that would provide an exemption for businesses and non-profit organizations from what has been deemed the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. The Health Care Conscience Rights Act, presented by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., would remove penalties for entities that object to providing coverage for contraceptives and […]

‘The Realities of Abortion Have Become Public’: U.S. Senate to Vote on Defunding Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on a proposal to strip federal Title X funding from the abortion giant Planned Parenthood and reallocate it to other women’s health facilities. The move comes after several undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress brought light to Planned Parenthood’s sale of baby […]

Alabama Sheriff Has Scripture Decal Affixed to County Patrol Vehicles

Alabama Sheriff Has Scripture Decal Affixed to County Patrol Vehicles

Houston County Sheriff Donald Valenza said his “strong beliefs” inspired him to purchase a biblical-focused decal for the back of his department’s patrol vehicles. “I’ve always had religious belief, and I feel like that’s kept me alive,” he told the Dothan Eagle. “It symbolizes the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.” The decal, which cost $1.60 each, […]

Judge Throws Out Atheist Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Ten Commandments Monument

Judge Throws Out Atheist Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Ten Commandments Monument

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the presence of a Ten Commandments monument at a local high school, declaring that the complainants have not suffered injury from the display. “Plaintiffs … have failed to establish that they were forced to come into ‘direct, regular, and unwelcome […]

‘Another Boy!’: Abortionist Discusses Dead ‘Specimens’ in Fourth Planned Parenthood Expose’

‘Another Boy!’: Abortionist Discusses Dead ‘Specimens’ in Fourth Planned Parenthood Expose’

DENVER, Co. — The Center for Medical Progress has released a fourth video expose’ on the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, this time showing a local official discussing ways that the organization has sought to avoid trouble with the law and outlining the “specimen” collection process following abortions. The video features Savita Ginde, medical director of […]