Author: Erick Neuman
Faith-based pregnancy care centers in Vermont have successfully challenged officials over a law they say restricted their free speech and their services to women. As a result, state lawmakers have walked back on a measure and will no longer openly discriminate against the centers over their life-affirming service to their communities. As CBN News reported, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), Aspire Now, and Branches Pregnancy Resource Center sued state officials in July 2023. They argued the state unconstitutionally restricted their speech and provision of services with a bill that was signed into law by Gov. Phil…
A new Colorado law aimed at protecting transgender individuals is now the subject of a federal lawsuit, with critics arguing it violates constitutional free speech protections and could pit parents against their children. The “Kelly Loving Act” makes it a form of discrimination in public settings to use a name or pronoun that does not align with a person’s self-identified gender. Groups including Defending Education, Protect Kids Colorado, and Do No Harm are plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit challenging the law, which Gov. Jared Polis signed on May 16.0 ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters to ensure you receive the latest news from…
A transgender athlete won two events at the California state track and field championships this weekend after officials announced an adjustment to high school sports rules essentially defying President Trump’s executive order to protect girls in sports. A.B. Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High in Southern California, won the girl’s triple jump and high jump, sharing the high jump win with two other contestants. California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) changed the rules before the meet so girls who finished behind a biological male still got the award they would have won if the trans athlete had not competed. The rule…
Another devastating terror attack has been perpetrated against Jews here in America. A pro-Israel group was sprayed with fire on Sunday at a peaceful demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, leaving eight people injured, almost all of them senior citizens. A man shouting “Free Palestine” burned the victims with fire and threw Molotov cocktails into a crowd at a pedestrian mall in Boulder, scorching people who were walking to raise awareness for the plight of the Israeli hostages who have been held captive for more than 600 days in Gaza. The F.B.I. says it’s investigating the incident as a terror attack. One bureau official called it “targeted…
A man shouting “Free Palestine” threw an incendiary device Sunday into a crowd of people on a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado, burning at least six people who were walking to raise awareness for the plight of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. The F.B.I. says it’s investigating the incident as a terror attack. One bureau official called it a “targeted terror attack,” although the Boulder police chief was initially reluctant to call it terrorism. Police arrested a subject identified as Mohamed Sobry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national. Authorities did not share details about Soliman, who was reportedly injured in the attack. The White…
Author E.Z. Zwayne is on a mission to address a topic “no one really wants to talk about” — sexual struggles, pornography, and purity within the church. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” “It is massively, massively prevalent,” Zwayne told CBN News of such struggles. “And I don’t mean prevalent in a positive sense. This issue of pornography that has been taking the world by storm [and] is wreaking havoc.” He continued, “It’s destroying men, it’s destroying families, it’s destroying society, it’s ravaging the church.” Zwayne, president of Ray Comfort’s Living Waters, is out with a new book, “Fight Like…
An ex-psychic said a new survey showing a substantial portion of Americans consult with horoscopes, tarot cards, and other means is “horrific” but unsurprising. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” “I thought it was horrific, to be quite honest with you, but I can’t say that I’m completely surprised,” said Jen Nizza, an ex-medium-turned-Christian who hosts the “Ex-Psychic Saved” podcast. Nizza’s comments came in response to the Pew Research Center’s latest findings surrounding “New Age practices, such as astrology, tarot card reading, and fortune-telling.” “A fall 2024 Pew Research Center survey finds that 30% of U.S. adults say they consult…
Locals are calling it the beginning of a revival, and it’s bringing churches from all over South Carolina together for a big crusade in June. Evangelist Jacob Ebersole of World Harvest Ministry says something special is happening in upstate South Carolina. “What’s happening right now is something that we couldn’t even dream or imagine. We give all glory to God. People all the way from Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Gaffney, honestly all the way to Myrtle Beach and even into other states, North Carolina, are getting word of this crusade that is coming June 6th, 7th and 8th to Spartanburg,” Ebersole…
A Christian photographer and blogger scored a major victory against New York state and county officials who tried to force her to create photographs and blogs celebrating same-sex weddings despite her religious objections. A federal court has issued an order stopping state officials from forcing Emilee Carpenter, owner of Emilee Carpenter Photography, to create messages that violate her faith. Carpenter, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, challenged the state’s laws that forced her to express messages that violated her beliefs after she received multiple requests from same-sex couples to photograph their weddings. As CBN News reported, New York accommodation laws…
For decades, Mississippi ranked as one of the lowest states in overall quality of life. That included education until recent reforms led to gains in literacy rates, taking the state from 49th in 2013 to 21st in 2022. The dramatic improvement in student literacy rates in the state of Mississippi has been dubbed the ‘Mississippi Miracle.’ Many say the educational wins should be highlighted and shared with other states as models they can follow. “I certainly use the term the Mississippi Miracle every chance I get because it catches people off guard,” Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) said during an interview…