PHOENIX — A legislator in Arizona has introduced a bill that would protect churches in the state from being forced to perform same-sex ‘weddings.’ Representative Steve Montenegro (R-Litchfield Park), Associate Pastor and Youth Pastor at Surprise Apostolic Assembly, recently announced the First Freedom Act to ensure that pastors retain their First Amendment rights when it […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that struck down Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban as unconstitutional. Without explanation, the court decided on Monday not to accept the case of Horne v. Isaacson, allowing the block on the law to remain in place. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer […]
ISRAEL – The Israeli government has announced that it will begin offering free abortions to women who are between the ages of 20 and 33. According to The Times of Israel, Dr. Yonatan Halevy—head of Israel’s Health Ministry commission—recently announced changes to the country’s government-subsidized “health basket.” As a result of the changes, which were […]
FORT WORTH — A hospital in Texas is being pressured to take a brain dead woman, who is also 20-weeks pregnant, off life support. Marlise Munoz, 33, has been on a ventilator since late November when her husband Erick, 26, found her unconscious in the middle of the night. According to Mr. Munoz, the woman […]
RICHMOND, Va. – A lawmaker in Virginia has received sharp criticism from evolutionists after introducing a bill which would encourage public school teachers and students to examine the strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories. Richard “Dickie” Bell is a Republican lawmaker who represents Virginia’s 20th legislative district. On his campaign website’s list of important political issues, […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on Wednesday surrounding a Massachusetts law that prohibits pro-life sidewalk counselors from coming within 35 feet of the entrance or driveway of abortion facilities. The case before the court, McCullen v. Coakley, began in 2008 and was filed on behalf of seven pro-life residents—mostly […]
WASHINGTON — Following a hearing on Wednesday surrounding a proposed bill that bars federal subsidies from going to insurance plans that provide abortion coverage, Arizona Representative Trent Franks spoke out plainly against the issue of abortion. “I don’t think there’s any greater war on women anywhere in the world than abortion on demand,” he told […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date for oral argument surrounding Hobby Lobby’s challenge to the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare, as well as a suit filed by a Mennonite-owned kitchen cabinet company. As previously reported, the court announced in November that it had agreed to hear two cases: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, […]
Months after it launched its ’40 Dates and 40 Nights’ roadshow, the atheist ‘church’ known as Sunday Assembly has experienced a split from one of its congregations, which decided to form their own group due to ideological differences. As previously reported, in January of last year, British stand-up comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans organized a […]
DUNDEE, Scotland — An American evangelist was arrested for the second time in the UK while open air preaching this week. Evangelist Tony Miano, a retired police officer from California, was arrested for breach of peace in Dundee, Scotland this Wednesday following a complaint that he had preached against homosexuality. Miano had been preaching about […]