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Dr. Charles Stanley and his son, Andy - both well-known Georgia pastors - have each caught attention this week for their views on homosexuality.

On Wednesday, the 51st annual Louisiana Governor's Prayer Breakfast was held in the state's capitol of Baton Rouge. The sold out event, hosted by Governor Bobby Jindal (Rep.) featured guest speaker Ravi Zacharias, founder and president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.

Late Wednesday evening, the White House released an official response to an online petition to enact Leelah's Law to ban all LGBTQ "conversion therapy" for minors. Rosario Butterfield wouldn't agree. A former lesbian, champion for LGBTQ rights and English professor at Syracuse University, she came to Christ in 1999.

With a white cross centered on a rainbow, religious freedom and gay rights shared center stage on the cover of the most recent issue of Time. Within the magazine's pages, several authors addressed the struggles faced by those on both sides. But when discussions turned from battles to victories, the scale heavily tipped in favor of one.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has emerged from decades of being tossed to and fro on the issue of homosexuality and will move forward in amending the denomination's constitution to include acceptance of same-sex weddings.

President Obama received criticism from conservative leaders in the African American community after alluding to the gay right's movement as another civil rights struggle during his speech in Selma, Ala. last week.

The Alabama Supreme Court put a stop to same-sex marriage on Tuesday when Chief Justice Roy S. Moore issued a 134 page order in an effort to uphold the state's ban on the unions which was approved by voters nine years ago. The state's highest court ordered probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a February ruling by a Mobile federal court judge stating the opposite.

Brian William's recollection of an event that took place in March 2003, when he was a passenger with a group of U.S. military helicopters traveling in the skies above Northern Iraq, has quickly evolved back into what it appears to have been from the start - a lie.

Believed to date back to the sixth century, an ancient book that has been housed in Harvard University's Sackler Museum for more than 30 years was recently discovered to contain unknown gospels.

Twenty nine years ago today, students across the nation huddled together, crowded around metal TV carts eagerly anticipating what was to be a positive historic event.

The FBI has stepped in to provide assistance to the Mexican government as it searches for answers in the ongoing mystery surrounding the disappearance of 43 students in late September. Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, is also slated to meet with President Obama in Washington on Jan. 6.

From the first sentence, Newsweek's leading cover story of 2015 - 'The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin' - the author paints a hateful picture of what the he refers to as 'cafeteria Christians.' People who pick and choose Bible verses to best suit their arguments, the article claims, then seek to cram their beliefs down the throats of any passerby while twisting phrases and customizing translations to prove their biases and beliefs still honor God's word.

For many in the lowest caste system in India, a people known as the Dalit, turning to Christ has brought them increased persecution in an already oppressive society. Left to work only the most menial jobs in the country, they will now lose the government benefits once reserved for the Dalit unless they choose to renounce their Christian faith and return to Hinduism.

Moving into the first bitter winter of World War I, battles across Europe had claimed the lives of nearly one million and a war that was predicted to end in few weeks was just getting started. And as snow blanketed Flanders Field near Waregem, Belgium, men deemed enemies due to war chose to lay aside their differences and their weapons.

On Friday, the FBI officially blamed the North Korean government for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment in an attempt to halt the release of the company's movie 'The Interview." And one politician has offered a solution to the problem that would not only get the movie out to viewers but would also help a global cause.

Tuesday's Taliban attack on a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan left more than 130 children - ranging in ages from 12 to 16-years-old - dead at the hands of Islamic terrorists.

On Friday, the Senate confirmed President Obama's nomination of Rabbi David N. Saperstein to the position of ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Following a 62 to 35 vote, the prominent rabbi will lead U.S. efforts to counteract religious persecution around the world.

A high school in rural Luverne, Minn. is getting pressure this week after one parent complained to a national organization about an abstinence talk that freshman were given the opportunity to attend at a neighboring campus on Sept. 30.

One month ago, Kentucky Baptist leaders chose to sever ties with Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville. The decision to end the longstanding relationship passed by an overwhelming majority during the Kentucky Baptist Convention's annual meeting.

On Sunday, some 100 Pearl Harbor and World War II survivors gathered at the Visitor's Center main lawn at the monument in Oahu, Hawaii to observe the 73rd anniversary of Japan's attack on the U.S. military base.

On Thursday, the Minnesota State High School League overwhelmingly passed a measure that will allow transgender student athletes to participate in traditionally girl-only sports. The decision, read before a packed house at the MSHSL's offices in Brooklyn Center, caused an outburst of cheers and tears among supporters.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Blood Products Advisory Committee proposed a reversal of a federal government policy banning homosexual men from donating blood. The existing lifetime ban on blood donations started in the early 1980s and was established to prevent the transmission of HIV at the start of the AIDS epidemic.

During a weekend trip to Turkey, Pope Francis spoke out against religious persecution, and encouraged dialogue and tolerance amongst religious leaders to counteract faith-based killings in the Middle East.

Following Monday's grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, the small Missouri town has seen more rioting, looting and vandalism. Prior to the decision, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon activated the state's National Guard and declared a state of emergency.

On Monday, a St. Louis, Mo. grand jury chose not to indict Darren Wilson, a Caucasian police officer, in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed, 18-year-old African-American man. The decision, from three black and nine white jurors who were chosen in May, came after nearly three months and more than 70 hours of testimony from 60 different witnesses.