LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The attorney general of Arkansas has announced that he will appeal a recent ruling that struck down the state’s ban on abortion after 12 weeks if a heartbeat is detected. “[T]he notice of appeal was filed today and this office will diligently litigate this matter to its conclusion,” Attorney General Dustin […]
CHICAGO — A self-described ‘militant atheist’ who brutally beat an Ohio pastor last fall has been sentenced to eight years behind bars for committing felonious assault. As previously reported, Norman Hayes of Bridge Community Church in North Hampton told reporters last October that following a Sunday church service, James Maxie, 28, and his girlfriend came […]
REGINA — The Canadian Border Services Agency has overturned a decision to deny a Christian speaker entry into the country because of his biblically-based work in opposition of homosexual behavior. As previously reported, Peter LaBarbera, the director of the U.S.-based Christian ministry Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, spent hours responding to questions from authorities with […]
APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — A school district in California has ruled that two teachers recently violated the rights of Christian students when they prohibited the children from distributing coins imprinted with Bible verses to their friends. “We’re going to make sure that students are protected,” Apple Valley School District Superintendent Thomas Hoegerman told the San […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — County commissioners in Maryland narrowly voted this week to obey a federal court order that barred them from presenting public prayers in Jesus’ name. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush, issued a preliminary injunction last […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill that would make the Bible the state book of Louisiana was approved by a House committee on Thursday, sending the measure on to the full House of Representatives. As previously reported, Representative Thomas Carmody (R-Shreveport) recently filed HB 503 at the request of Shreveport resident Randy Dill. Dill told local television […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida megachurch minister has resigned from his position of senior pastor after he recently admitting to cheating on his wife. Bob Coy, 58, led Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, which is considered one of the largest churches in Florida. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale has approximately 200,000 members across its ten satellite […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio lawmaker is reiterating his call to impeach a federal judge over his recent rulings on same-sex ‘marriage,’ after he vowed last week to strike down the state’s ban on homosexual weddings. Representative John Becker (R-Union Township) told reporters that U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black is trampling both the state […]
NEW YORK — A real estate developer in New York City has filed an application to demolish Park 51, or what has become known as the ‘Ground Zero mosque.’ However, reports state that the developer may simply have plans to build a larger facility in its place. The New York Department of Buildings told Reuters […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A prominent Christian legal organization has filed a lawsuit against an Indiana public transportation company for refusing to allow a health care referral service to place advertising cards in its buses because of its pro-life stance and associations. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reports that it filed a federal lawsuit on Monday […]