Following the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to allow Hobby Lobby to not cover certain types of birth control on religious grounds, six Catholic organization and Wheaton College have also gained relief from a Health and Human Services mandate which would have forced them to provide employees with contraception.
Six thousand attendees showed up dressed in white to a service at Faith Community Baptist Church on Sunday "to make a stand for God's intended marriage and family."
Following the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to allow Hobby Lobby to not cover certain types of birth control on religious grounds, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Commission, blasted President Barack Obama's treatment of religious liberty issues.
A Catholic church in St. Paul that closed last year has reopened its doors as a mosque. The 127-year-old Church of St. John closed in 2013 when it merged with another church due to declining membership. Last Friday the building reopened as Darul-Uloom Islamic Center.
Singer and entertainer Demi Lovato told fans at a Los Angeles Pride parade earlier this month that she believed in a God who accepted everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation.
A British Columbian city which banned a Christian conference from being simulcast on city property because it was sponsored by Chick-fil-A has affirmed this week that its buildings are open to all regardless of faith.
Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has served in Congress since 1997 and is running for reelection this year, announced her stance following an endorsement from Human Rights Campaign, a LGBT advocacy group.