AUSTIN — The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would protect pastors from legal action if they refuse to officiate same-sex ceremonies. Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) presented S.B. 2065, entitled “Freedom of Religion with Respect to Recognizing or Performing Certain Marriages.” “A religious organization, an organization supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, […]
WASHINGTON — A federal religious freedom panel has released its annual report, finding an “alarming” increase in global persecution over the past year. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) scrutinizes religious freedom in countries around the world each year and reports back to the White House on the state of affairs, as well […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to pass a resolution urging the Obama administration to do more to free an American pastor imprisoned in Iran, as well as all Americans incarcerated in the country. The resolution was presented by Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, the home state of Saeed Abedini, who has been behind […]
SEATTLE — A journalism student from Seattle has been uncovered as a prominent female ISIS recruiter, according to reports. Rawdah Abdisalaam is believed to be behind the Twitter account @_UmmWaqqas, a now suspended page that called upon Muslims to join the Islamic caliphate. The account had 8,000 followers. “This is all I do pretty much,” one post stated, which included […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A nationally-recognized Satanist organization has filed suit against the state of Missouri in effort to obtain a “religious exemption” from a law requiring mothers to wait 72 hours before obtaining an abortion. As previously reported, the New York-based Satanic Temple announced last summer that it was using the Supreme Court decision in favor […]
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A visual arts professor at the University of California San Diego (USCD) has been requiring students to take the final exam “naked” for the past 11 years, causing one mother to take a stand and speak out against the “perversion.” “Create a gesture that traces, outlines or speaks about your ‘erotic self(s),’” […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The world’s largest evangelical university welcomed practicing Roman Catholic and brother of former president George W. Bush to speak to students on spiritual matters on Saturday as he considers his run for president of the United States. Jeb Bush, a former Episcopalian, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1996—the faith of his Mexican-born wife Columba. […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington urged graduates at New Orleans’ Dillard University to “put God first,” stating that in his own life, he knows that all he has achieved is by the grace of God. Washington, 60, known for his roles in films such as “Glory,” “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Remember the Titans” […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A bill introduced in the Alabama legislature that would allow students to learn the strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories is being criticized and ridiculed by evolutionists as an attempt by “religious fanatics” to “undermine the integrity of science education.” On April 30, House Bill 592 was introduced in the Alabama House […]
Megachurch preacher Paula White has married rock and roll star Jonathan Cain, making the occasion both her and Cain’s third marriage. White, 49, is known for founding without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida with her second husband Randy White. She turned the church over to him years after their divorce in 2007. White hosts the […]
