Bradford Richardson

With bathroom bill, North Carolina economy expanding and tourism thriving

North Carolina may have lost out on the NCAA championships, the NBA All-Star Game and Bruce Springsteen thanks to its hotly contested transgender bathroom law, but the state's economy didn't miss a beat.

March 20, 2017

‘Power Rangers’ movie to feature gay ranger

The upcoming "Power Rangers" movie will feature a ranger who is questioning her sexuality.

March 20, 2017

Pro-life groups push Senate to confirm Neil Gorsuch

The pro-life movement is advocating the swift confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling the federal appellate judge a "defender of the most basic human rights" and a legal theorist "reminiscent of the late Justice Antonin Scalia."

March 20, 2017

Pro-life pregnancy centers ask Supreme Court to strike down California abortion referral law

Pro-life pregnancy centers are asking the Supreme Court to strike down a California law requiring clinics to refer patients for state-funded abortions.

March 20, 2017

Christian genocide in Middle East anniversary has some call for Trump action

Lawmakers, advocates and survivors gathered Thursday to mark the anniversary of the U.S. designation of Islamic State genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East, urging the Trump administration to turn those words into action.

March 16, 2017

Planned Parenthood delay in annual report raises eyebrows in the pro-life movement

The release of Planned Parenthood's annual report is several months late, leading some in the pro-life movement to wonder what information the report contains and whether it is being suppressed due to the congressional effort to defund the nation's largest abortion provider.

March 16, 2017

Bathroom bill advances out of Texas Senate

The Texas Senate approved a bill Wednesday regulating public restrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities on the basis of biological sex, as the Lone Star State continues to defy the gay-rights movement and the threats of boycott from major corporations.

March 16, 2017

Chelsea Clinton to pen children’s book called ‘She Persisted’

Chelsea Clinton will write a new children's book titled "She Persisted" about 13 inspirational women in American history who refused to be silenced.

March 16, 2017

Hawaii considering bill to force church, pro-life centers to promote abortion

Hawaii is considering legislation that would require all pregnancy centers to refer patients to clinics that provide abortions, -- a move pro-life centers say will violate their religious beliefs and their free speech rights.

March 13, 2017

Ex-Planned Parenthood clinic manager: They didn’t tell moms if twins were aborted

A former clinic manager at Planned Parenthood says she was instructed not to tell mothers if they were pregnant with twins after abortions, because "it usually just upsets them."

March 13, 2017

On ‘A Day Without a Woman,’ it’s business as usual for most

In retrospect, a better name for the International Women's Day protest Wednesday might have been "a day without a liberal suburban public school teacher."

March 8, 2017

Women’s March claims women give birth to ‘half the population’

The organization behind the "A Day without A Woman" protest quoted a supporter saying women "birth half the population" in a tweet Wednesday.

March 8, 2017

Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, says Donald Trump will return powers back to the states

Texas led the charge in challenging President Barack Obama's expansion of executive powers, but Attorney General Ken Paxton says he expects that to change under President Trump, who he said appears ready to leave far more discretion in the hands of states.

March 8, 2017

Pro-life movement remembers victims of abortion on ‘A Day Without a Woman’

Feminists are skipping work Wednesday to show the world what it would be like without women, but the pro-life movement says the world will already never know the hundreds of millions of mothers, daughters and sisters who have been lost to abortion.

March 8, 2017

Blank book called ‘Reasons to vote for Democrats’ top seller on Amazon

Judging by the popularity of "Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide," one would think the party out of power were making a comeback. There's just one problem -- the top-seller is completely blank.

March 8, 2017

Transgender bathroom bill advances to Texas Senate floor

A bill that would make Texas the second state to regulate intimate public facilities on the basis of biological sex advanced to the state's Senate floor Wednesday on the heels of a Trump administration order saying the matter should be left to states.

March 8, 2017

Clarence Thomas petition: 15K want Museum of African American History and Culture to include him

A petition is calling on the Smithsonian Institution to rectify the omission of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas from the recently opened Museum of African American History and Culture.

March 8, 2017

Supreme Court scraps Gavin Grimm case on transgender bathroom rights

The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision.

March 6, 2017

Franklin Graham calls for Disney boycott over gay ‘Beauty and the Beast’ character

Evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on Christians to boycott Disney due to the company's promotion of homosexuality in its children's movies and cartoons.

March 6, 2017

Sweet Cakes by Melissa, Christian bakers from Oregon, appeal $135,000 fine in gay wedding case

Christian bakers who lost their store and were fined $135,000 for declining to make a cake for a same-sex wedding brought their case before the Oregon Court of Appeals Thursday in an attempt to overturn the judgment.

March 6, 2017