Andrew Branch

• Heisman Trophy Winner: “Football Doesn’t Define Me” Monday, January 5, 2015
  New Year’s Day brought the debut of the NCAA’s new College Football Playoff, with one semifinal featuring two top coaches and the other two top quarterbacks.
• Is Houston Still Targeting Pastors' Sermons? Monday, November 10, 2014
  Houston Mayor Annise Parker officially rescinded controversial subpoenas for five pastors who supported a lawsuit challenging an anti-bias ordinance she supports, but she’s still on the hunt for...
• Teams Enter World Series on Emotional, Spiritual Highs Monday, October 27, 2014
  San Francisco outfielder Travis Ishikawa doesn’t recall rounding the bases after hitting a three-run, walk-off home run Thursday night that beat the St. Louis Cardinals and sent the Giants to the...
• Texas AG: Sermon Subpoena is Unconstitutional Monday, October 20, 2014
  Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Oct. 15 called on Houston Mayor Annise Parker and City Attorney David Feldman to relent on subpoenas demanding pastors’ sermons.
• Man Challenges Belgium’s Euthanasia Law after Mom’s Death Tuesday, September 16, 2014
  Tom Mortier is taking Belgium to Europe’s highest court for allowing doctors to euthanize his depressed mother and waiting to notify him until the next day.
• Air Force Won’t Let Atheist Airman Skip God in Enlistment Oath Tuesday, September 16, 2014
  The Air Force has given an atheist airman until November to take his enlistment oath, which includes the phrase “so help me God.” If he refuses, he will not be allowed to rejoin his unit.
• Missionaries Who Beat Ebola Speak Out as Another Doctor is Diagnosed Monday, September 8, 2014
  North Carolina-based missions group SIM identified a third American diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia, even as survivors Nancy Writebol and Kent Brantly began to tell their stories.
• Christian Newspaper Editor Files Discrimination Complaint over Firing Tuesday, July 29, 2014
  An Iowa newspaper editor is claiming his former employer fired him because of his biblical beliefs about sexuality.
• Hobby Lobby Critics Target Green Family’s Bible-based Projects Monday, July 21, 2014
  In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby over the contraceptive mandate, critics have zeroed in on the Green family’s plans for a Bible museum and public school curriculum.
• Feds Open Taxpayer-Funded Insurance to Sex Change Surgery Wednesday, July 2, 2014
  Taxpayers could soon be paying for federal employees’ sex reassignment surgeries after the Office of Personnel Management lifted its ban on insurance coverage for the procedures.
• Conservatives Lobby for Religious Exemptions in LGBT Anti-Bias Policy Tuesday, July 1, 2014
  Rather than fight President Barack Obama’s planned executive order against LGBT bias in the workplace, religious conservatives are rallying to persuade him to include an exemption for religious...
• Brazilian Soccer Star Belongs to Jesus Tuesday, June 17, 2014
  As his native Brazil hosts the month-long World Cup tournament, soccer star Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite wants you to know that he is a Christian.
• Colorado Baker Ordered to Make Same-Sex Wedding Cakes Tuesday, June 3, 2014
  Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a Christian baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, ruling his religious objections did not trump the state’s anti-discrimination...
• Houston Tramples Religious Liberty with New Anti-Bias Policy Tuesday, June 3, 2014
  In what some are calling a sham proceeding, Houston leaders on Wednesday approved an Equal Rights Ordinance that adds the LGBT community to the city’s nondiscrimination laws.
• Three Newborns Challenge Pro-Abortion Assumptions Tuesday, May 27, 2014
  Two cases of newborns beating the odds are making international news, illustrating the value of life, and literally defying those who wanted them dead.
• UN Calls Catholic Pro-Life Stance Torture Monday, May 19, 2014
  In a novel attack on pro-life groups and nations, the United Nations has accused the Roman Catholic Church of torture for advocating against abortion.
• Did Planned Parenthood Help Arizona Rapist Go Free? Monday, May 12, 2014
  Planned Parenthood Arizona is under fire for allegedly hiding a rape involving what turned out to be a serial rapist.
• From Shunned Sportscaster to Religious Freedom Fighter Tuesday, April 15, 2014
  Craig James, a football analyst fired by Fox Sports for saying homosexuality is immoral, has taken a job at the Family Research Council (FRC), a conservative Christian advocacy group.