State and federal courts are more and more frequently reinforcing the idea that LGBTQ people’s rights and dignity are important government interests. “e are here today because a specific worldview is being imposed upon me,” said West Point High School French teacher Peter Vlaming at a public hearing in...
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER) ‘Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of...
In a case that Americans could take as a warning, a Canadian man is on trial for making truthful statements about a political candidate’s transgender activism. Bill Whatcott, the Canadian director of the non-profit, pro-family group distributed flyers during a recent political campaign revealing that candidate for parliament Ronan...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The federal government is supporting a Christian group that’s suing the University of Iowa after losing campus recognition for denying a leadership position to a gay student. The Justice Department filed a "statement of interest" backing a lawsuit filed by Business Leaders in Christ,...
“In publishing this manifesto, Family Research Council forfeits any right to argue that they are not a hate group.” Peter Sprigg Discipline is required on my part to refer to Peter Sprigg without inserting my preferred middle name for the anti-LGBT bigot. Peter Sprigg has authored a pretentious Issue...
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of two women who run an art studio and fear that a Phoenix non-discrimination ordinance could be used against them to force them to accept orders for same-sex celebrations or else face penalties that could include...
FILE — Praying hands (iStock) Christmas is a cheerful season in the West. Families and friends gather together, decorate Christmas trees, drink hot chocolate and cherish each other’s company. Most importantly, it is a warm and joyous opportunity to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Yet we are lucky...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with Coptic Pope Tawadros II / Getty Images Egypt’s Christians continue to struggle to get government approval for church building and repair projects despite the reforms implemented by a church construction law approved in 2016. A new report by the Project on Middle East...
US SUPREME COURT— Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips is now both on offense and defense as Colorado comes after him again. This time it’s for him refusing to bake a cake to mark a transgender changing from male to female. Meanwhile, he’s suing the state. The state agency acting...
(Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)The exterior of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, July 14, 2009. The Department of Justice has filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a Christian-owned funeral business punished for firing a transgender employee who refused to wear male clothing....
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