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By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will be able to defend the state’s ban on a particularly heinous method of abortion, a nearly unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday (March 3). The high court issued an 8-1 opinion that enables Cameron to intervene in defense of Kentucky’s Human Rights of Unborn Children Act, a 2018 law that … [Read more...] about High Court Permits Kentucky AG To Defend Abortion Ban

(Christianity Today) At some point, the US Supreme Court will have to consider whether Christian college professors are legally ministers, and who decides that, and how, Justice Samuel Alito said in a statement on Monday. But the case of a former social work professor suing Gordon College for denying her promotion is not quite right for those arguments—at least for … [Read more...] about SCOTUS Won’t Weigh Whether Christian College Profs Are Ministers—For Now

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – President Biden’s first State of the Union speech received from a Southern Baptist ethics leader both commendation for its support of Ukraine and objection for its endorsement of abortion rights and gay rights. Speaking Tuesday night (March 1) to a joint session of Congress and a national television audience, Biden began the traditional … [Read more...] about ERLC Leader Reacts to Biden’s First State of the Union

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state's anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have not been protected by Michigan's civil rights law because the word “sex” in the law has been interpreted only as a … [Read more...] about Michigan Supreme Court Hears Major Gay Rights Case

United States (International Christian Concern) – Yesterday, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress. While emphasizing the need for national unity, President Biden’s assessment of the country left out one of the key areas where many of American are already united.   Within his address, President Biden let slide many of the grave … [Read more...] about Biden Delivers First State of the Union Amidst Worsening Global Persecution