Justices Won’t Hear Case of Praying Football Coach
(CN) – Noting that the Supreme Court doesn’t necessarily agree with a Ninth Circuit ruling against a high school football
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Russian Church Head: Smartphones Could Precede Antichrist
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to the arrival of the Antichrist.
Read moreChristian Rock Band
A federal judge dismissed sexual assault charges a 14-year-old girl filed against Christian rock band Owl City, but not against the former member who pleaded guilty to lewdness.
Read moreNativity Scene
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an Indiana man claiming Fulton County put up a Christian nativity scene outside of its courthouse in violation of the First Amendment’s ban on the endorsement of a particular religion.
Read morePakistan Acquits Christian Woman Facing Death for Blasphemy
Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death under the country’s controversial blasphemy law, a landmark ruling that sparked protests by hard-line Islamists and raised fears of violence.
Read moreProposed Amendments Reignite Culture Wars in Alabama
In an interview with Courthouse News, controversial former judge Roy Moore says an Alabama ballot initiative allowing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property – an act that got him removed from the state’s high court 15 years ago – has the support of the people because it recognizes moral values.
Read moreVideographers Argue for Right to Refuse Gay Couples
An attorney for Minnesota videographers who refuse to shoot same-sex weddings argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday that doing so would violate their religious beliefs.
Read moreHershey School ‘House Parents’ Decry Rampant Proselytization
Accusing the Milton Hershey School of barely disguising its sectarian activities, two former employees claim in a federal complaint that the philanthropic boarding school threatens its nonevangelical staff and students with “isolation, death, hell, and demonic possession.”
Read moreJudge Quashes Bid to Fly ‘Christian Flag’ in Boston
A civic group failed to persuade a federal judge Wednesday that Boston must mark its proposed event by flying a flag featuring a red Latin cross.
Read moreRewriting History, Bosnian Serbs Question Srebrenica Genocide
The signs here are in Cyrillic, the churches are Orthodox Christian, the beer is Serbian and the residents of this Serbian side of Sarajevo say what happened in Srebrenica two decades ago was not genocide.
Read moreBoston Ban on Religious Flags Inspires Suit
A civic group that wants to fly a flag of a red Latin cross over Boston City Hall brought a federal complaint Friday to get its way.
Read moreCalifornia Pregnancy-Center Rules Unravel at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court struck down a California law on Tuesday that puts different disclosure requirements on pregnancy centers depending on the status of the licenses.
Read moreGay Couple Loses Supreme Court Battle on Wedding Cake
A Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his Christian beliefs won a 7-2 reversal Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreDivorced Catholic Doctor Prevails in Challenge to Firing
A Catholic hospital in Germany failed to persuade an EU magistrate Thursday that it was justified in firing a doctor because of his divorce.
Read morePensacola Turns to 11th Circuit to Save Cross in Public Park
Pensacola, Florida on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit to reverse a lower court order requiring the city to remove a 34-foot-tall Latin cross from a public park.
Read moreFeds Return Artifacts Bought by Hobby Lobby to Iraq
U.S. immigration officials on Wednesday returned nearly 4,000 looted antiquities to Iraq after they were purchased by arts and craft giant Hobby Lobby in an attempt to collect biblical artifacts.
Read moreBakery Appeals to UK Supreme Court in Gay-Rights Cake Case
A bakery owned by a Christian family is asking Britain’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same-sex marriage.
Read moreJudge Strives to Avoid ‘Entanglement’ in Case of Dueling SC Churches
A federal judge on Monday granted motions to expand a trademark infringement and false advertising lawsuit the pits the Episcopal Church against a breakaway group known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina.
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