Judge Richard Mark Gergel, sitting on the U.S. District Court for South Carolina, ruled Nov. 12, the state of South Carolina does not have a compelling interest or a right to ban same-sex marriages.\"State laws that run contrary to constitutionally protected rights of individuals cannot be allowed ...
Weeks before Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, which cared for Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, announced a financial settlement with his family, local Dallas church, Wilshire Baptist, partnered with the City of Dallas and private donors to help Duncan\'s fiancée, Louise Troh, and her family start ...
Noting the teenage son of a Georgia Baptist leader may have been the victim of cyber-bullying just weeks before he took his own life, Georgia Baptists voted unanimously Nov. 11 for a resolution against cyber-bullying and online predators. Expressing \"profound concerns\" over cyber-stalking, ...
The Georgia Baptist Convention of 1,400,000 members in about 3,300 churches, passed a resolution, Nov. 10-11, stating \"All innocent human life must be respected and protected regardless of race, sex, age or condition of dependency and regardless of manner of conception or creation, and are persons ...
Tennessee Baptists elect Memphis pastor Michael C. Ellis to lead the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Ellis will be the first African American president in Tennessee Baptist Convention history. The 1,000,000 members of its 3,000 churches in this southern state are predominately Anglo.
A North Carolina mother is asking school officials why her son\'s world history class is teaching students that \"most Muslims\' faith is stronger than the average Christian\'s.\"
Satanists want to distribute coloring books to children in Orange County, Fla., schools to try to capture young minds about the dark religion\'s rituals and other practices.\"The Satanic Children\'s Big Book of Activities,\" is being pushed by the Satanic Temple, an organization based in New York ...
A committee of Miami-Dade County commissioners voted to install \"In God We Trust\" as a wall display behind the dais, Nov. 13, the day after another committee pushed through legislation which would grant special rights to transsexuals regarding public accommodation.
The bayou ballad of the Duck Commander family is being produced by a Broadway producer to run as a show on the famed Las Vegas strip of hotels and casinos.
A bombing survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Rebekah Gregory DiMartino completed surgery Monday, Nov. 7, that amputated her non-recovering injured left leg. The 27-year-old Texas mom says this is her \"new beginning\" possible through her faith \'in the Lord.\"
An Army colonel who attempted to restore good order and discipline in his unit -- by stopping the exploitative photographing and videotaping of two lesbian officers, and interrupting the pair\'s groping and deep kissing each other on the dance floor during a formal ball -- has been investigated for ...
A controversial Muslim group with ties to Hamas terrorists the radical Muslim Brotherhood, announced Nov. 10, Muslims have been invited to offer prayers in the Washington National Cathedral this Friday, Nov. 14.The controversy extends beyond CAIR\'s terrorist ties, though.Although not an ...