Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Same-Sex Marriages Placed on Hold in California
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit placed an indefinite hold on California same-sex marriages Monday, overruling the order of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker who paved the way for such unions to start on Wednesday.
Muslim-Turned-Christian Girl Released From Custody
Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010
Rifqa Bary, a young Muslim-turned-Christian girl who fled her home amid fears she would be killed turned 18 Tuesday, August 10, and is now released from Ohio state custody, Worthy News has learned.
Obama Supports Building Mosque Near Scene Of 9/11 Attack
Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama says he supports a plan to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center in New York, near the scene of the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks. It was the first time the president has…
Same-Sex Marriages to Resume in California on Wednesday
Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010
The California ban on homosexual marriage, known as Proposition 8, was overturned last week and is now awaiting an appeal, Worthy News has learned. Chief United States District Judge Vaughn Walker said same-sex marriages will resume on August…
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Dead at Age 86
Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ted Stevens, former United States Senator from Alaska was killed in a plane crash in a remote area of Alaska on August 9, 2010. He served in the U.S. Senate as Senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2008,…
Humanitarian Aid Workers Massacred by Taliban
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010
Six American and two European aid workers were murdered in northern Afghanistan along with two Afghan colleagues as they were returning to Kabul from a medical mission in a remote mountainous area, Worthy News learned on Sunday, August…
BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76
Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010
Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.
BREAKING NEWS: Hamas Founder’s Christian Son Granted Asylum in U.S.
Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian and spied for Israel will be granted political asylum after the Department of Homeland Security dropped its objections, Worthy News learned late Wednesday, June…
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Accepts General McChrystal Resignation
Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010
United States President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, The Associated Press (AP) news agency…
Hamas Leader’s Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.
Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to…
U.S. President Obama Urged To Tackle Religious Persecution
Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010
United States President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described international religious freedom as "important" at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, but a group investigating persecution of Christians said the administration should turn its words into…
