The U.S. Postal Service is waiting for President Biden’s signature to take advantage of legislation designed to relieve some financial burdens that have been on the balance sheet for more than a decade. The Senate on Tuesday passed the Postal Ser…
Author: Mark A. Kellner
Kay Ivey, Alabama governor, blasts high school sports association over inflexible playoff schedule
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican and self-identified Baptist, has sided with athletes from a Seventh-day Adventist high school that had to forfeit a game when the state’s high school sports association balked at rescheduling a playoff game…
Christian doctors’ group: Cali. law an attempt to make morally-opposed physicians assist in suicides
A group of Christian physicians sued California Tuesday claiming last year’s revisions to the state’s 2015 assisted suicide law will force medical personnel to violate their conscience and participate in procedures they oppose on religious …
Scores of congregations quit United Methodist Church over gay clergy, same-sex marriage
At least 130 congregations have quietly walked away from the United Methodist Church in a schism over the denominations’ planned acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexual clergy. The breakaway congregations are keeping their church property …
Biden’s approval rating plummets among Black Protestants, religiously unaffailiated: Pew poll
President Biden’s approval among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated — the so-called nones — has fallen dramatically after a year in office, the Pew Research Center said Thursday. The two groups “are among the Dem…
Jerry Falwell Jr. reaffirms faith after scorching Vanity Fair profile
Jerry Falwell Jr., former president of evangelical Christian powerhouse school Liberty University and a prominent ally of former President Donald Trump, took to the internet to defend his faith after a scorching profile in Vanity Fair magazine. Mr. Fal…
Bipartisan support grows for nonprofit security grant funding hike after Texas synagogue siege
A bipartisan group of senators is calling for increasing federal funding for security measures at houses of worship following last month’s hostage standoff at a Texas synagogue. Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and…
State Department sharply criticizes Russia over prison term for female Jehovah’s Witness
The State Department on Wednesday denounced Russia’s crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses in a blistering response to reports that a Russian court has sentenced a female Witness to six years in prison for practicing her faith. “The United…
Wedding photographer to appeal N.Y. decision compelling gay-wedding photoshoots
Wedding photographer Emilee Carpenter is appealing a New York federal judge’s ruling that her attorneys say compels the evangelical Christian to create photo displays for same-sex weddings. “This is a free speech issue. And I believe that a…
Biden administration planning lists of employees seeking ‘religious’ vaccine exemptions
An obscure federal agency has proposed creating a database capturing the names and “personal religious information” of government employees who submit “religious accommodation requests” to be exempted from the Biden administrati…