Thomas More Society attorneys have sent a demand letter to Office Depot, challenging the company’s refusal to print religious flyers. The office supply chain would not print prayer handouts for customer Maria Goldstein at its Schaumburg, Illinois location. The nonprofit public interest law firm labeled that refusal of service as discrimination and a violation of the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding the resignation of Auburn Chaplain Chette Williams.
More than half the 14 million refugees and asylum-seekers under the mandate of the United Nations refugee agency world-wide do not actually live in the camps they are associated with. A growing number live illegally in cities and towns around the world. Across Asia alone, from India to the Pacific islands, there are about half a million such “urban refugees” according to the UN agency. Christian Freedom International has documented the plight of Christian refugees from Pakistan in a newly released video.
Pastor James McConnell is in hot legal water after prosecutors have decided to press charges over a sermon he delivered in May 2014.
Continue to Give, a crowdfunding platform, has allowed Sweet Cakes by Melissa, AKA Christian bakers, to continue their fundraising efforts after being shut down by crowdfunding giant GoFundMe.
Pope Francis called on the world to give tangible help to persecuted Christians on Monday, highlighting the plight of people he described as modern “martyrs” after nearly 150 people were killed by Islamist militants in Kenya.
