In a letter Monday, United Methodist Church clergy and lay leaders accused the attorney general — a member of their denomination — of violating church laws. More than 600 clergy and lay leaders from the United Methodist Church have accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions of violating church law in connection to his role in enforcing […]
After a legal battle lasting nearly five years, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that it was legal to deny accreditation to Trinity Western University’s proposed law school in British Columbia. That means graduates of the Christian law school may not have the paperwork needed to practice law in certain provinces, making their diplomas effectively useless.
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The Collier County School Board voted 3-2 on Monday to adopt a new batch of science textbooks after residents filed objections to more than a dozen of them. Four Collier residents opposed some of the textbooks, making arguments ranging from unbalanced views of evolution and climate change to inaccurate racial depictions of science experts. Board Chairman
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions ignited a public theological debate last week when he used the Bible, specifically Romans 13, to justify the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border. He likely took his cues from the White House Bible Study (WHBS), a weekly Bible study for members of the president’s cabinet organized
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It rarely ever turns out this way, so it’s something to celebrate. A Massachusetts parent whose daughter just graduated high school complained to city and district officials about a policy allowing commencement speakers to lead prayers when addressing the audience, explaining that it’s against the law to do that. As a result, the city will
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More parents are seeking to avoid childhood vaccinations in states that allow nonmedical exemptions. These “hotspots” of decreasing vaccination rates, some of which include large urban cities, are likely locations for future outbreaks of preventable disease. I recently cared for a child with a bloodstream infection caused by a nontypable Haemophilus influenza, one of the more
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For eight decades, the blasphemous of Ireland have risked the wrath not just of their maker and of the Roman Catholic Church, but of the government itself. “The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law,” says Article 40 of the Irish Constitution.
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Governor Henry McMaster personally intervened with the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of Miracle Hill Ministries. In an unusual move, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, a long-standing ally of President Donald Trump, has personally intervened with the Department of Health and Human Services to secure a religious exemption from federal nondiscrimination laws
It rarely ever turns out this way, so it’s something to celebrate. A Massachusetts parent whose daughter just graduated high school complained to city and district officials about a policy allowing commencement speakers to lead prayers when addressing the audience, explaining that it’s against the law to do that. As a result, the city will
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A California appeals court on Friday reinstated a law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives. The ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal allows the controversial law known as the End of Life Option Act to remain in effect, giving patients who have less than six months to live access to lethal
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