WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case surrounding whether high school graduations may be held in churches, allowing a lower court ruling to stand that declared the practice to be unconstitutional. The court issued its denial on Monday, with Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissenting. “It is perhaps the job […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri woman and her family are crediting prayer for saving her life after she was trapped in her wrecked car for over eight hours. Cassandra Wiggins, 39, was traveling to work on Thursday morning at approximately 7:00 a.m. when her car hydroplaned and she slid down an embankment out of […]
MADISON, Wisc. — One week after overturning Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban, Judge Barbara Crabb has issued a stay on her initial ruling, ending, for now, same-sex marriages in the state. Crabb cited the Herbert decision by the US Supreme Court wherein the court ordered a stay in a similar case in Utah. “[A] federal district […]
ROANOKE, Va. — Some Muslims in Virginia have expressed offense to local media over a gospel tract that is being distributed by a local church that denounces Islam. The Bible Baptist Church of Roanoke has been distributing tracts every Sunday in an effort to tell others about Jesus Christ. One tract that has generated controversy […]
DUNDEE, Scotland — Police in Scotland have dropped all charges against an American evangelist who was arrested earlier this week for offending a single bystander by allegedly making ‘homophobic comments.’ As previously reported, Evangelist Tony Miano, a retired police officer from California, was arrested for breach of peace in Dundee, Scotland in January following a complaint that […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — The governor of Louisiana is considering whether or not to sign a bill that requires doctors to keep brain dead women on life support if they are at least 20 weeks pregnant. The House and Senate overwhelmingly passed H.B. 1274 last week, a bill that now is in the hands of […]
BALTIMORE – Southern Baptist leaders voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to affirm the biblical model of human sexuality, agreeing that gender identity is solely determined by biological sex and not by ‘one’s self-perception.’ As previously reported, church representatives at the annual Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore considered a number of items for discussion this week, including […]
(Reuters) — The U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle, 56, is a father of three with a passion for adventure who was in the country as part of a vacation tour, his lawyer said on Monday. “Jeffrey loves to travel and loves the adventure of experiencing different cultures and seeing new places,” his […]
(CNN) — Texas Republicans have adopted a party platform that includes support for voluntary psychological “therapy” targeted at converting homosexuals to heterosexuals. Almost 10,000 attendees gathered in Fort Worth at the annual Texas GOP Convention to vote on a platform ahead of the 2016 race for the White House. Supporters of “conversion” or “reparative” therapy […]
WASHINGTON — During a hearing on Capitol Hill that centered on the current state of religious freedom in America, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) grilled the leader of a prominent church-state separation group if he believes in the biblical command to share the gospel. The event, which was hosted by the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and […]