Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of Sweetcakes by Melissa, have filed an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court to challenge the state's imposition of a $135,000 fine for their refusal to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2013.
Harvard University has reportedly put a Christian student group on a year-long probation after it asked a lesbian member to step down from her role as a Bible study leader.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the removal of a 40-foot veterans cross memorial from an intersection in Maryland.
Facebook has reportedly flagged Christian satire site Babylon Bee as "fake news" after it published an article stating that CNN had purchased an "industrial-sized washing machine to spin news before publication."
Vice President Mike Pence has hit back at ABC's "The View" after one host reportedly compared his Christian faith to a mental illness.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has submitted a legal brief to the Kentucky Supreme Court in support of a Christian business owner who refused to print t-shirts for a gay rights festival due to his religious beliefs.
An Iowa Senate committee has passed a measure that would ban most abortions in the state after the unborn baby's heartbeat is detected.
A Catholic school in Connecticut has decided not to expel a student who had displayed a sticker promoting Planned Parenthood on her laptop.
A school in Arkansas has decided to take down posters containing Bible verses and Gospel quotes after receiving a complaint a Wisconsin-based atheist organization.
The Education Department has reportedly stated that it will no longer investigate or take any action on complaints filed by transgender students who have been barred from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
The Walgreens drugstore chain has drawn criticism from conservative groups after it adopted a new policy that would allow customers to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.