Jackson County Indiana Courthouse Nativity scene case heads to appeals to defend free speech
Liberty Counsel filed an appeal today to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals refuting the opinion by an Indiana federal judge who ruled against the Nativity scene display at the Jackson County Courthouse. Liberty Counsel represents More...
Trump moves to cut more Obama era rules at HHS, ending religious discrimination regulations
On this Religious Freedom Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a rule that implements President Trump’s executive order that removes current regulatory burdens on religious More...
Egypt cracks down on free speech, raids news site Mada Masr over Christian persecution coverage
Egyptian authorities raided one of the last independent news sites in the country, Mada Masr, after having arrested one of their editors the day prior. The news site has received international awards for its independent More...
Appeals court stalls efforts to shut down Christian adoption center, New Hope Family Services
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued an emergency order Monday that temporarily halts New York officials from targeting a faith-based adoption provider for its religious beliefs and seeking to More...
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer rules freedom of conscience protections for medical staff is unconstitutional
A federal Obama-appointed judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a proposed rule this week that protects healthcare individuals and entities from providing and participating More...
HHS adds adoption and foster care protections for faith based group from LGBT attacks, lawsuits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will introduce a new federal rule that would allow faith-based adoption and foster care providers to receive federal money without compromising their sincerely More...
Judge strikes down Obama era ‘gender transition’ surgeries mandate for health care staff
A federal court in Texas struck down an Obama-era rule that forced doctors across the nation to perform “gender-transition surgeries” even if such procedures were against their medical judgment or religious More...
Arlene Flowers, gay wedding case headed to Supreme Court
Maybe the Supreme Court will finally decided this type of case: discrimination or freedom of conscience. The U.S. Supreme Court has received numerous friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the freedom of a Washington More...
Beto O’Rourke vows to attack churches’ tax exempt status over gay marriage
Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, a Catholic and presidential candidate for the Democratic party, called for churches and religious institutions to lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex “marriage.” Joining More...
Supreme Court may hear Aimee Stephens, transgender funeral home case
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases that will determine whether LGBTQ workers have federal protections against sex-based discrimination in the workplace in the wake of transgender firing More...
Liberty Counsel defends Nativity Scene in Jackson County against ACLU Indiana lawsuit
Liberty Counsel has filed a motion requesting the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to issue summary judgment in the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana More...
Iran moves to ban education for non-Muslims as ‘propaganda act’
Iran’s new education minister Mohsen Haji Mirzaei has used the launch of a new country-wide project as an opportunity to strike out against Iran’s religious minorities, saying Wednesday that students of “other More...
San Diego church vandalized after Pastor Amada Huizar objected Drag Queen story time with kids
Executive Pastor Amado Huizar and his Chula Vista church in San Diego faced the backlash from the LGBTQ community or radical actisit after Huizar objected to the Drag Queen library times with children. During Washington More...
NYC retreats on counseling ban for same-sex attractions, transgender, won’t pass Supreme Court
The New York City Council is seeking to repeal a citywide counseling ban out of concern that the ban would not survive the Supreme Court and would impact similar counseling bans across the United States. photo/ More...
Vietnam 6-year-old girl beaten after parents turn to Christianity
A six-year-old girl in Vietnam was savagely beaten because her parents decided to follow Christ, according to Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors UK. Phouc’s parents recently decided to stop the village More...
Pope Francis endorses UAE high committee to promote ‘all persons who have faith’
On August 26th, the Pope expressed his appreciation of the new creation of a high committee, fulfilling goals from the Declaration of Human Fraternity, of which he was a signatory in February 2019. At the interfaith More...
Tampa same-sex counseling ban challenged by Robert Vazzo, New Hearts Outreach
Liberty Counsel filed a motion for summary judgment asking a federal court to permanently block the city of Tampa’s ordinance which violates the First Amendment by prohibiting licensed counselors from providing More...
Myanmar military sues Rev Hkalam Samson for his sanctions remarks to President Trump
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 26, a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) officer filed a lawsuit against an ethnic Kachin pastor for the comments he made during a meeting with President More...
Police in Inhil Regency Disband Church During Service
(International Christian Concern) –On August 25, the Inhil District Civil Service Police Unit stopped the worship activities at the GPdI (Indonesian Pentecostal Church) Efata Church in Sari Agung Hamlet, Petalongan More...
Judge rules Wisconsin cannot exclude transgender surgeries, hormone treatments from Medicaid coverage
A federal judge ruled Friday that Wisconsin cannot exclude so-called gender-reassignment treatments, including both surgery and hormones, from coverage under the Medicaid program, striking down a rule that’s been More...
