The Metzger Bar and Butchery in Virginia’s Richmond has canceled a reservation made by the Christian group, the Family Foundation, because of the group’s viewpoints regarding abortion rights and same-sex marriage. According to Victoria Cobb, …
While the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church ultimately voted to allow 35 churches to officially disaffiliate from the UMC during its November special session, three of the churches seeking to do so were …
When the U.S. Senate voted Nov. 30 to pass legislation that protects same-sex marriages, the bill had an unlikely backer — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The church had previously endorsed …
More than 200 churches in North Carolina have opted to exit the United Methodist Church over the Protestant denomination’s debates concerning homosexuality. A total of 249 congregations, which represents around 22 percent of the regional …
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has announced that it will include a third gender category for “genderqueer/nonbinary” individuals while collecting information about its members. The Protestant denomination announced through a news release that the addition of …
Nelli Parisenkova, a Christian childcare teacher based in California, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer after being fired and mistreated for not reading LGBT books to children. She refused to read them due …
The Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University has called off an event for Christian professionals on the grounds that the organizers do not support gay marriage — and thus their values are incompatible with the college’s …
Samford University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Birmingham, Ala., had barred two churches that perform same-sex marriages from participating in a university event. Local church representatives associated with the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church were …
Theater professor Richard Bugg filed a lawsuit against administrators at Southern Utah University, alleging that school officials breached his First Amendment rights on his refusal to use a student’s preferred pronouns. FIRE Faculty Legal Defense …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that faith-based schools that take part in a free lunch program can seek exemptions from federal rules barring discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The USDA …