A leading Southern Baptist Convention spokesman has taken aim again at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and author of the SBC’s constitutional amendment…
Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon and told the American people once again there should be no such thing as separation of church and state in America. Patrick, a Southern Baptist from Houston,…
SBC says it’s not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian
It is not possible to be a “gay Christian” or a “transgender Christian,” the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says. In a new social media reel posted by the ERLC, that question is answered by RaShan Frost,…
The Intercept challenges Trump’s retaliation against protesters
An online news organization sued the Trump administration June 24 to win the release of documents related to a federal database established to retaliate against protesters and others exercising constitutional rights. The Intercept is asking the U.S. District Court for…
UN says Israel has committed war crimes and genocide in Gaza
Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by intentionally injuring and killing children in military operations in Gaza and surrounding areas, a United Nations task force charges. More than 20,100 Palestinian children have been killed and 44,000 wounded…
UMC removes Asbury and 3 others as approved seminaries
Four theological schools, including the flagship school of conservative Methodists, have been removed by the University Senate from the list of theological schools approved for United Methodist candidates for ministry. Following usual quadrennial reviews by the senate’s Committee on Theological…
Like SBC, Episcopal Church hopes to sell its headquarters building
The Southern Baptist Convention isn’t the only national denomination attempting to sell its headquarters building amid changing dynamics. The Episcopal Church announced June 17 that its 12-story Church Center building in New York City is on the market. Two years…
US conservatives and evangelicals work to ‘Make Britain Great Again’
As Britons digest Monday’s announcement that another English prime minister is resigning, conservatives and Christians from the U.S. were meeting in England June 23-25 to return the country to “traditional family values” by promoting right-wing politics. “The Age of Reconstruction” is…
Court blocks Trump’s federal voter database
A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to dismantle a massive database created to investigate and potentially purge U.S. citizens from voter rolls nationwide. Maintained by the Department of Homeland Security, the databank was formed by merging sensitive data…
Waco judge wins right to refuse same-sex weddings
A Texas court has awarded $640,000 to a Waco, Texas, judge who sued the state after it disciplined her for refusing to perform same-sex weddings because of her evangelical Christian faith. A district court awarded Judge Dianne Hensley $10,000 in…
US Supreme Court denies Rastafarian damages for illegal haircut
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 23 that inmates cannot seek damages if their religious rights have been abused or denied by prison officials. The 6-3 decision along ideological lines came in the case of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose…
Trump EEOC claims more religious discrimination on vaccine mandates
In another instance of the Trump administration punishing companies for past demands that workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $358,000 to resolve a dozen claims. Under the second presidency of Donald Trump, the Equal Employment…