christianity
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Appeals court finds judge did not punish man for religious beliefs when giving ex-wife parenting authority
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Colorado’s second-highest court last month rejected a man’s claim that a Larimer County judge unconstitutionally penalized him for expressing religious beliefs critical of homosexuality when she awarded parental decision-making to his ex-wife. District Court Judge Laurie K. Dean gave Brandon Ribble’s ex-wife broad decision-making responsibility for the couple’s children as a result of their divorce.…
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Federal judge allows fired Weld County principal’s Christian discrimination claim to proceed
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A former Weld County high school principal will be able to pursue his claim of religious-based retaliation against the superintendent who sought to fire him, a federal judge ruled last month. Brian Littlefield was a longtime school administrator who became the leader of Roosevelt High School in 2019. He alleged his 2021 termination was the…
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10th Circuit gives green light to Malian man’s deportation, despite fear family will kill him
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The federal appeals court based in Denver paved the way last month for a Mali citizen living in Colorado to be deported, despite his insistence that his family will likely kill him for his departures from strict Islamic tradition. “A.B.,” who requested anonymity from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, argued that…
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In pursuit of ‘family values,’ Christians embrace GOP, politics to their own peril
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We Republicans have long claimed, captured and cherished the notion of “family values” as our own. It is a term which tends to be simultaneously vague and yet deeply meaningful to many. It is a term that we have politicized so much that it is now largely marginalized and devoid of its original meaning. The…
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Colorado’s Rep. Doug Lamborn tweets blistering criticism of Trump’s Charlottesville response
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs tweeted a scathing criticism Wednesday of the president’s remarks about the weekend’s racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia – the Republican congressman’s strongest statement yet on the topic. “The KKK, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists and Nationalists are abhorrent,” Lamborn posted to Facebook and Twitter. “Statements that provide even…
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CCU’s Centennial Institute launches ‘Beauty and the Beast’ boycott over ‘gay moment’
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Colorado’s Centennial Institute is spearheading a campaign urging Christians to boycott Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” because the film purportedly includes an onscreen “exclusively gay moment” and its openly gay director has demonstrated a “hostile approach to the Bible.” “What was frustrating about this film was we clearly saw there was an attempt to drive an agenda, and…
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The Good Fight: Dan File and the Colorado Capitol Commission’s Bible studies
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If Dan File’s Bible studies at the Colorado Capitol have one rule, it’s this: “We don’t discuss politics,” he says. It can be a tough rule to stick with, because nearly everyone else at the table lives and breathes politics, but File is nothing if not up to the task. “We try to keep that,”…
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May: Call it genocide; President should acknowledge what’s happening to Christians in Muslim lands
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In the Yemeni port city of Aden earlier this month, Islamists attacked a Catholic home for the indigent elderly. The militants, believed to be soldiers of the Islamic State, shot the security guard, then entered the facility where they gunned down the old people and their care-givers, including four nuns. At least 16 people were…
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Franklin Graham warns faith-based voters: Don’t sit on the sidelines this election (video)
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Franklin Graham, son of the legendary Rev. Billy Graham, visited Colorado Tuesday as part of a whistle-stop tour crisscrossing the nation in 2016. As part of Graham’s “Decision America 2016 Tour,” an estimated crowd of 2,000 people gathered at the state Capitol waving American flags. It resembled a campaign stop in every way, except one: Graham’s name is not…
