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ABOVE: Lori Windham, senior counsel at Becket Law appeared on the Tuesday afternoon edition of CBN's Newswatch to discuss the case. Newswatch is seen weekdays on the CBN News Channel.  A federal court ruled Monday against Wayne State University, finding that it discriminated against InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a religious student club when it kicked the group off campus for requiring its leaders to be Christians.  "Student groups were permitted to restrict leadership based on sex, gender identity, political partisanship, ideology, creed, ethnicity, and even GPA and physical attractiv...

WASHINGTON – As religious freedom emerges as a major theme at the Supreme Court this year, some court watchers predict a series of opinions involving COVID-19 restrictions have put that issue on a collision course with gay rights. In nine cases since November, the high court has sided with churches and synagogues that sued over coronavirus regulations limiting the number of worshippers who can attend services. The disputes have put religious freedom center stage and may provide clues about how the justices will handle a blockbuster case involving same-sex couples.  The Supreme Court ...

Bethany Christian Will Allow LGBT Parents to Foster and Adopt The largest Christian adoption agency is now calling on “Christians with diverse beliefs” as it aims to serve more children under a new inclusion policy. Kate Shellnutt| Image: iStock / Getty Images Bethany Christian Services, the largest Christian adoption agency in the United States, has changed a longstanding policy and will now place children with LGBT parents for foster care and adoption across its operations in 32 states. The news was announced today in a ministry-wide email and first reported in The...

Lincoln, Neb., Mar 31, 2019 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- If you ask a Nebraskan how the historic floods over the past few weeks have affected them, they are likely to count their blessings, and to tell you that it could have been worse. They’ll thank God for sparing their lives, rather than curse him for the destruction of their homes or the washing away of their cattle. It’s not, so much, a reflection of the severity of the disastrous flooding (which covered a third of the state at its peak, and will likely cost hundreds of millions of dollars in property, crop and livestock losses), but rather a ...

Sharonell Fulton enjoys time in the garden with one of her foster children. | Becket The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a religious freedom case on whether the city of Philadelphia acted unlawfully when it stopped placing foster children with a Catholic foster agency because it does not certify same-sex foster parents. The nation’s high court heard arguments on behalf of two Philadelphia area foster mothers who are seeking to reverse the decision by the city government, which no longer places foster children in the homes of parents who partner with Catholic Social Service...