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Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

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Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

A Scottish grandmother charged for silently holding a sign offering conversations with women considering abortions had her first hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Decision Magazine - December 22, 2025

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Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

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Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

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Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

A Scottish grandmother charged for silently holding a sign offering conversations with women considering abortions had her first hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Decision Magazine - December 22, 2025

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Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

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North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

Students Punished for Expressing Discomfort in Girl Sharing Locker Room

Judge Rules That Schools Are Violating The Constitution By Discriminating Against ‘Good News Clubs’

Rejecting Gender Ideology, Calif. School District Votes To Comply With Title Ix

School District Bars Prayer Events on School Grounds After Receiving Complaint From Atheist Organization

‘Gender’ Cannot Trump Biology: World Athletics to Enforce Sex-Determination Testing for Female Athletes

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto, Passes Sweeping ‘Two Sexes’ Bill

Government Safeguards Federal Employees’ Freedom to Share Faith at Work

After Investigation, Trump Admin Finds Five Virginia School Districts Guilty of Violating Title IX

Ski Resort Employee Files Lawsuit After Bible Verses On His Personal Social Media Led To His Firing

Texas City Permits Church Members to Share Faith in Public Park

Federal Judge Blocks Defunding of Planned Parenthood

‘An Important Precedent’: Australia Court Upholds Free Speech in Key Case

A Historic Victory For Religious Liberty: Supreme Court Rules Parents Can Opt Children Out Of LGBT Story Hours

Supreme Court: States Can Exclude Abortion Providers From Medicaid

Franklin Graham Urges Prayer in Wake of Iran Bombing

Upholding Religious Liberty In Schools: Texas School District Upholds Student’s Right To Share Bible Verses

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Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

A Scottish grandmother charged for silently holding a sign offering conversations with women considering abortions had her first hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

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Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

Rev. Kamran Salamat, 45, was attacked on Dec. 5 and found with wounds to the lower abdomen, right wrist, and left ear. Salamat was about to take his daughter, 16, to her college. After gunning him down, the motorcyclist, who is suspected to have been accompanied by two other men, fled unharmed.

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North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

“The First Amendment grants all Americans the right to express their point of view, religious or secular,” said First Liberty Senior Counsel Ryan Gardner. “Rejecting a faith-based advertising banner yet accepting other secular ads is clearly hypocritical, discriminatory, and illegal. We are thankful the City reversed course and will allow New Life Christian Center to run its advertisement.”

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

Students Punished for Expressing Discomfort in Girl Sharing Locker Room

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

Students Punished for Expressing Discomfort in Girl Sharing Locker Room

Judge Rules That Schools Are Violating The Constitution By Discriminating Against ‘Good News Clubs’

Rejecting Gender Ideology, Calif. School District Votes To Comply With Title Ix

School District Bars Prayer Events on School Grounds After Receiving Complaint From Atheist Organization

‘Gender’ Cannot Trump Biology: World Athletics to Enforce Sex-Determination Testing for Female Athletes

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto, Passes Sweeping ‘Two Sexes’ Bill

Government Safeguards Federal Employees’ Freedom to Share Faith at Work

After Investigation, Trump Admin Finds Five Virginia School Districts Guilty of Violating Title IX

Ski Resort Employee Files Lawsuit After Bible Verses On His Personal Social Media Led To His Firing

Texas City Permits Church Members to Share Faith in Public Park

Federal Judge Blocks Defunding of Planned Parenthood

‘An Important Precedent’: Australia Court Upholds Free Speech in Key Case

A Historic Victory For Religious Liberty: Supreme Court Rules Parents Can Opt Children Out Of LGBT Story Hours

Supreme Court: States Can Exclude Abortion Providers From Medicaid

Franklin Graham Urges Prayer in Wake of Iran Bombing

Upholding Religious Liberty In Schools: Texas School District Upholds Student’s Right To Share Bible Verses

‘State-Sanctioned Murder’: Britain to Vote on Decriminalizing Abortion From Conception Until Birth

Christian Law Firms Applauded Nebraska For Bill Protecting Female Sports from Male Participation

Duck Dynasty Star Phil Robertson ‘In the Presence of His Lord’

Education Dept. Cancels $37.7M Fine Against GCU After The Christian University Was Targeted By Biden Admin

Scottish Grandmother Arrested Under Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Reacts to Zones’ Potential Expansion

S. Carolina Supreme Court Delivers Another ‘Clear And Decisive Victory’ To Uphold ‘Heartbeat Law’

UPDATE: Court Protects Fifth Graders Forced to Promote Gender Ideology to Kindergarteners

‘Direct Assault On Liberties’: UK Council Withdraws Application to Ban Public Prayer and Evangelism

Parents Fight Back: ‘Citizens Do Not Have To Tolerate Obscene Drag Shows In View Of Their Children’

‘Safe Home Act’: Bill Introduced To Protect Adoptive and Foster Parents Who Oppose Gender Ideology

Trump HHS Releases Sweeping Report Condemning Puberty Blockers, Sex-Change Surgeries For Minors

Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s Ban on Radical Gender Treatment Backfires On Activists

Christian High School Student Denied Graduation for Seeking Opt-Out from LGBTQ Curriculum

‘Voicing The Truth’: Professor Vindicated After Being Fired For Denouncing Transgender Treatments For Children

Christian Groups Sound The Alarm About Colorado Bill, Calling It A Dangerous Threat To Parental Rights

Overriding Veto, Kansas Passes Measure Protecting Christian Foster and Adoptive Parents

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Pro-life billboards in West Kelowna, British Columbia, are scheduled to come down at the end of their contract following a fight with pro-abortion activists. The billboards—which state, “All lives are precious”—were purchased from B.C. Billboards by the Kelowna Right to Life Society and stand along Route 97, just 120 miles north of the American-Canadian border.

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

“Puberty blockers, and the cross-sex hormones that so often follow them, are highly dangerous drugs that can cause long-lasting damage to children—impacting their bodily development, bone density, mental health, lifelong fertility, and more,” explained Miller. “It is scandalous to expose children to these drugs, and it is scandalous to silence and jail those who speak out about it. No one should fear arrest for defending children’s safety.”

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

“We had a very interactive panel of judges who engaged with Pastor Hodges’ legal arguments,” Fleischer said. “Even the government’s attorney effectively conceded the core of our position. When asked whether there were any limits—such as if a mayor might refuse to reappoint someone simply because of disagreement with their religious beliefs—she responded, ‘It would depend on whether there was a nexus between religious tenants and politics.’ In this case, there was no nexus. Pastor Hodges was removed not because of anything he did or how he carried out his duties, but solely because of his Biblical worldview.”

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Olivier paused preaching in the area after COVID shut down the amphitheater’s concerts, but in May 2021, he returned to share the Gospel. At first, he evangelized in the designated zone but then eventually moved outside the area to preach because the zone isolated him from speaking to crowds. After he was arrested and fined, Olivier filed suit against the city, arguing that the ordinance violated his First and 14th Amendment rights.

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

Both ADF and First Choice Executive Director Aimee Huber have pointed out that the state attorney’s general’s office seems to be attacking the centers because they’re pro-life. “Our state’s government has done everything they could to make New Jersey a sanctuary state for abortion,” said Huber. “Since pregnancy centers like ours do not perform or refer for abortion, we are targets for a government that disagrees with our views.”

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

A University of Oklahoma student filed a discrimination report after she received a zero out of a 25 for writing an essay that expressed her Christian beliefs on gender norms. The school responded by removing the graduate assistant who graded the essay.

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

“Gethsemani Baptist Church has only ever wanted to continue its 25-year mission of providing food for the hungry, hurting people in their community,” said Ryan Gardner, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute. “We are grateful that the city’s agreement will ensure that the church can carry on its ministry serving the vulnerable families in Yuma County.”

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

In December 2015, Cambridge Christian and University Christian School played against each other for a state championship football game at Citrus Bowl Stadium. The game was organized by the FHSAA. Although both schools asked to pray through the stadium speaker before the game, the FHSAA denied the request.

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

“For so long,” he said, “the message to government employees, to teachers, really to anyone in the public arena, is ‘No religion is allowed.’ So I think that a simple demand letter can shed light on that particular lie. … For years, the Supreme Court and other courts have acknowledged that private citizens directing private displays, like Susan is, has always been not just permitted but encouraged by the Constitution.”

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

“We didn’t refuse to stand on the podium out of hate,” Anderson told Fox News. “We did it because someone has to say this isn’t right. In order to protect the integrity and fairness of girls sports we must stand up for what is right.”

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

“The district’s inconsistent policies demonstrate that the seniors’ messages on the parking spots in Academy School District 20, including those at Rampart, are private speech, not government speech,” First Liberty wrote in a letter to Superintendent Jinger Haberer and Principal Meghan Sanders on Oct. 22. “Therefore, the district cannot deny Ms. Shumaker’s private, religious speech without violating the First Amendment.”

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Kevin Duffy, the former director of pro-abortion organization MSI Reproductive Choices, conducted the analysis on the NHS report. Duffy, who abandoned the pro-abortion agenda and became a pro-life researcher, has repeatedly spoken on the dangers of the abortion pill. “From about 2015-2016, MSI began to emphasize a strategic push towards self-managed medical abortion, supplying abortion drugs through pharmacies.”

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

“I’ve been able to able to benefit from other people and other cases that established my rights and freedoms,” Olivier said. “And I want to be able to do that for those coming after me. It is important to fight these battles even though it doesn’t make for a comfortable, quiet or peaceful life.”

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

The state of Massachusetts has stripped another Christian foster care couple of their foster licensing after they declined to sign a state-enforced gender affirming...

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

The chilling attacks, announced by the militant group through photos and statements, draw attention to the growing persecution of Christians in Mozambique, as the Islamic militant group advocates for the killing of Christians and pushes farther south in the country.

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Franklin Graham has repeatedly spoken up about boys and men participating in female sports. “This is an issue that needs to be addressed in all sports across the board for the protection and rights of women and girls both now and for the future,” he said.

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

The comments come at the end of a 60-day public inquiry the FTC launched “to better understand how consumers may have been exposed to false or unsupported claims about gender-affirming care.” That public inquiry followed an FTC workshop on gender-affirming care for minors in which medical experts, whistleblowers, detransitioners and parents of detransitioners testified that gender-affirming medical practitioners have deceived consumers.

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Nigerian who faced the death penalty under a Sharia court for writing and posting an allegedly blasphemous song online, is headed to a Nigerian Supreme Court hearing. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International, a Christian legal organization which is defending the singer in his retrial, says the case could “set a precedent for the entire country” and be an example for other international courts.

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

The issue arose in June 2024, when Chapin resident Ernest Giardino held up a 20- by 24-inch sign with the words “Trust Christ He paid the price” on one side and “He Saved Others—Jesus—He’ll Save You” on the other. He had held similar signs on Chapin sidewalks for the previous eight months. But on June 20, as he was about to leave his spot at the intersection of Old Lexington Road and Chapin Road, a police officer approached him and said he needed permission from the town before he could hold such signs.

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

“I love my career and the people I serve with a passion, but I’m not going to sell my soul for it,” the counselor wrote, without tagging his employer. “While places I work might be a ‘safe and affirming space for lqbtqia+ community,’ I personally (and professionally) never want to affirm rebellion against our Creator. What good does it do if we gain the whole world if we lose our own soul? I’ve recently watched previously sold Christians sell out on this issue. Count me out. I’m His, and sticking to His Word.”

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

The program director called her “evil” and then a “liar” for saying that she never received complaints from her LGBTQ patients whom she served. He informed her that “she could not take the Bible or her religious beliefs to work with her … and that she was abusing her power as a healthcare provider to manipulate patients,” according to a press release.

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

The Alaska Medical Board voted to protect minors in the state from gender transition procedures through advancing draft regulations deeming such interventions as “unprofessional medical conduct.” The proposed regulation would place such conduct within the same behavioral category as practicing medicine while drunk.

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Two real estate agents, one in Montana and the other in Virginia, have been punished by local and national Realtors associations because, as bivocational pastors, both agents embrace Biblical views on marriage and sexuality.

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

A federal district court judge ruled that the state of Minnesota cannot bar religious colleges from requiring students to sign a statement of faith when the students participate in a state program that offers free classes at some public and private colleges.

Students Punished for Expressing Discomfort in Girl Sharing Locker Room

“Instead of protecting students’ privacy and acknowledging biological reality, the school system is punishing innocent boys with trumped-up charges that could jeopardize their college and career futures,” said Seth Wolfe, the father of the other student. “Every parent should be alarmed—because if it can happen to our child, it can happen to yours.”

Judge Rules That Schools Are Violating The Constitution By Discriminating Against ‘Good News Clubs’

“This is a great victory for Child Evangelism Fellowship, parents, and the students in Oakland public schools. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public schools cannot discriminate against Christian viewpoints regarding use of school facilities. Child Evangelism Fellowship gives children a Biblically based education that includes moral and character development. Good News Clubs should be in every public elementary school.”

Rejecting Gender Ideology, Calif. School District Votes To Comply With Title Ix

“I see it affecting families with girl athletes who are frustrated about having to compete against a biological male,” Lori Cisneros, board trustee, told Fox News Digital. “And they’re frustrated because biological males, naturally, are stronger, bigger and just different than how girls are designed.”

School District Bars Prayer Events on School Grounds After Receiving Complaint From Atheist Organization

Le Mars Community School District, in Northwest Iowa, received a complaint from Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The atheist organization, known for its hostility toward religious speech in the public square, sent the complaint on behalf of an individual who discovered the prayer event through a Facebook post.

‘Gender’ Cannot Trump Biology: World Athletics to Enforce Sex-Determination Testing for Female Athletes

World Athletics, a track and field body representing over 200 countries and territories, announced it will implement new regulations including a genetic test to determine if an athlete is qualified to compete in the female category.

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto, Passes Sweeping ‘Two Sexes’ Bill

The Republican-led North Carolina Legislature overrode a governor’s veto to pass a law that recognizes male and female by biological definitions, and safeguards the rights of women, minors, and parents in sex-segregated spaces and in public schools.

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