Springboro, Ohio – Residents of a small Ohio town packed a board of education meeting this week to discuss a controversial proposal to the school’s curriculum. The public school district of Springboro, a town of 18,000 in southwestern Ohio, is considering adding new educational policies designed to give students more balanced viewpoints on a variety […]
Sebastian, Fla. — Debate is stirring nationwide over a case involving a Florida teenager who has been charged with felony child abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a female teammate, who is a minor. Kaitlyn Hunt is an 18-year-old senior at Sebastian River High School — that is, until recently, when she was […]
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Security forces arrested an Iranian pastor in Tehran after raiding his house and pressuring his church to close as a crackdown on Christians intensified ahead of June elections. Robert Asserian was arrested Tuesday during a prayer meeting at his Central Assemblies of God Church after authorities entered his house and […]
Sharofat Allamova, a Protestant from north-western Khorezm Region, has been given one and half years of corrective labor after being convicted under criminal charges of the “illegal production, storage, import or distribution of religious literature.” Fines have also been imposed on people for meeting in a private home and having Christian literature, as well as […]
New York, NY — The New York City Council passed a resolution this week calling upon the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo to grant churches the right to meet in schools after hours. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, officially known as the “Right to Worship” resolution, with a final tally […]
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, May 23rd, former abortionist Anthony Levatino testified before a special congressional committee in an effort to call upon Congress to ban abortion, including the practice of late-term abortions. Levatino gave his testimony in front of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, a thirteen-member congressional body currently chaired by […]
A number of Christian groups across the nation are predicting that there will be a ‘mass exodus’ from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) following yesterday’s vote to permit openly homosexual boys and teens as members. As previously reported, the results of the vote were announced Thursday evening, with over 60 percent in favor of […]
Ann Arbor, Michigan — A district judge in Michigan has issued a stipulating order allowing a pro-life sidewalk counselor to display a “free ultrasound” sign and others in his car outside of Planned Parenthood while his case moves forward in court. As previously reported, Paul Dobrowolski was ticketed last year for displaying signs inside of his […]
Grapevine, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has voted to lift its ban on openly homosexual members. The results of the vote were announced Thursday evening, with over 60 percent in favor of altering the organization’s current policy, which does not bar those struggling with homosexuality, but rather prohibits “open or avowed homosexuals or […]
Rome, Italy — Controversy is stirring over statements made by Pope Francis on Wednesday during a homily delivered at the Vatican, where he commented on the ability of all men to do good, including atheists. According to Vatican Radio, in speaking to his audience about his desire for unity, Francis discussed a passage from Mark […]