UN passes resolution endorsing gay rights
July 14, 2011
A United Nations (U.N.) body has affirmed homosexual and transgender rights for the first time, proponents of a recently adopted resolution say. The action came
Supreme Court strikes down California game law
July 14, 2011
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 27 that a state law prohibiting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors violates
Faith-healing couple sentenced to jail for ‘child abuse’
July 14, 2011
OREGON CITY, Ore. — Brushing aside pleas for leniency, a county judge on June 24 sentenced two members of a faith-healing church to 90 days
China’s Shouwang Church continues to meet despite arrests
July 14, 2011
Despite restrictions due to the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th anniversary, members of Shouwang Church in Beijing continued to meet outdoors July 3, leading to at
U.S. House upholds Defense of Marriage Act
July 14, 2011
U.S. House lawmakers voted July 7 to order the Pentagon to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man
Calls for Planned Parenthood investigation continue
July 14, 2011
Congress should investigate Planned Parenthood for its alleged misuse of government funds and circumvention of state laws, according to an extensive report released July 7
Jewish Christian couple accused of converting minor
July 14, 2011
JERUSALEM — A hard-line Jewish ultra-Orthodox group in Israel that singles out Jewish Christians known as Messianic Jews for harassment and abuse is taking aim
Chinese authorities expel church member from Beijing
July 14, 2011
BEIJING — Chinese authorities detained a member of one of Beijing’s largest unregistered churches June 27 and sent him to his hometown in Shandong province,
