Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
CBS Mocks ‘Ignorant’ Noah’s Ark Attraction, Wonders Why It Was Built
Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2016
CBS This Morning reporter Mark Strassmann on Thursday offered a sneering, condescending look at a new biblical theme park attraction in Kentucky. Speaking of the gigantic Noah’s Ark Experience, Strassmann dismissed, “Nothing like it built before. But critics…
Snipers hunt police in Dallas: Five officers killed, 6 wounded
Posted on Friday, July 8, 2016
Eleven police officers were shot ambush-style, including four fatally, in Dallas Thursday night by at least two snipers, amid a protest against the recent police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana, and Philando Castile in…
Buffett-Backed Abortion Researchers Messed With Texas and Won
Posted on Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic abortion ruling this week was a small band of academic researchers whose trove of data and analysis was instrumental in dismantling some of the country’s toughest restrictions on the procedure in Texas…
U.S. military repeals ban on transgender service members
Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Pentagon on Thursday ended its ban on openly transgender people serving in the U.S. military, formally removing the risk to an estimated thousands of U.S. troops who once could have been kicked out of the armed forces…
Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion law
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2016
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law regulating abortion clinics, delivering a 5-3 decision that was the high court’s first major foray into the abortion issue in nine years.
Obama Designates Stonewall as First National Monument for LGBT Rights
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2016
With this weekend marking the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on legalizing gay marriage, President Obama will designate the Stonewall Inn in New York City as a new National Monument, the first official National Park Service…
Deadlocked Supreme Court blocks Obama on immigration
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Supreme Court dealt a critical blow to President Obama's immigration policies on Thursday, deadlocking in a 4-4 decision over two controversial programs the White House wants to implement.
