A new amendment has been introduced to the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year 2021 that seeks to protect the religious freedom of service members amid the coronavirus…
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New initiative urges all Christians to vote in November; pandemic could impact turnout
A reported 25 million practicing Christians did not vote in the 2016 presidential elections and a new bipartisan initiative called Our Church Votes is hoping to activate them all for…
Progressive evangelical leader urges Biden to talk to evangelicals about abortion, religious freedom
A longtime progressive evangelical leader who’s urged white evangelicals to rethink their vote for President Donald Trump is now calling on 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to do more…
Judge suspends FDA rule mandating women see doctor in-person before getting abortion pills
A judge has suspended a Food & Drug Administration rule requiring that women be seen by a doctor before abortion-inducing drugs are dispensed to them to have an at-home abortion…
Calif. Gov. Newsom orders shutdown of churches, gyms and protests as COVID-19 surges
As new coronavirus cases continue to surge, churches, protests, fitness centers and businesses in several industries in 30 California counties will have to shut down again unless they can operate…
Trump admin. rescinds rule barring international students from taking only online classes
The Trump administration has agreed to rescind a new policy announced last week that could’ve forced international college students on F1 visas to leave the United States if their schools…
Court stops new Tennessee heartbeat abortion ban from taking effect
A judge blocked a new Tennessee law that would ban abortion in most circumstances once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is often around six weeks into a pregnancy. Read…
90% fewer Christians who are facing persecution being resettled to US since 2015
There’s been a nearly 90% reduction in the number of Christian refugees being resettled to the United States from countries where the Church faces the greatest persecution since 2015, according…
Biden vows to overturn HHS conscience protections for Little Sisters, Hobby Lobby if elected president
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he will overturn religious conscience protections for nonprofits and businesses opposed to the Health and Human Services’ contraceptive coverage mandate if elected president. Read…
Satanic Temple threatens to sue Mississippi if state adds ‘In God We Trust’ to new flag
An atheist group that calls itself The Satanic Temple has threatened to sue Mississippi if it decides to add the national motto “In God We Trust” to its flag. Read…