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Atlanta is one of the finalists for the next two Super Bowls to be awarded, along with New Orleans, Miami and Tampa; the city was favored because of its new, future retractable-roof stadium. However, a so-called "religious freedom" bill approved by Georgia Legislators that protects opponents of same-sex marriage could change the NFL's choice. This religious exemptions' House Bill 757 has created concerns it could lead to discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people.

A Christian couple in Texas with devout religious beliefs who own a bakery and refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple said they received a threatening phone call that warned their house would be burned down and their 17-year-old son harmed.

Kelvin Cochran, the Atlanta fire chief who was famously fired from his position after publishing a book critical of homosexuality, will now see his highly-publicized case head to trial.

A 34-hour Democratic senate filibuster, which started Monday in Missouri's capitol of Jefferson City over proposed religious protection measure Senate Joint Resolution 39, is making national news. As of Wednesday morning, to force a vote and end the filibuster, the Republican sponsor of this "religious objections" proposal has distributed a new version of a measure that would allow protections if businesses deny services related to same-sex marriage.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom reportedly opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage in England because of her deeply held Christian beliefs, a source told the Daily Mail.

The Supreme Court of Washington has agreed to revisit the case against Barronelle Stutzman, the 70-year-old florist who was penalized for refusing to service a same-sex marriage because of her Christian beliefs. According to reports, Stutzman's legal representatives are questioning the fines imposed on their client due to the findings of the case.

Many American Christians believe that a new movement in the U.S. is emerging that could change traditional moral values. And, in line with this, many of them are starting to feel that those pushing for this new morality are targeting to suppress religious beliefs and practices.

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has said that if he is elected president, he will change government policies so that they are no longer "attacking" and "undermining" marriage.

Despite risking the loss of all they own, Aaron and Melissa Klein, the Oregon bakers who were ordered to pay $135,000 for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, are continuing to obey God rather than man, taking their case before the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Missouri residents could vote in the near future whether to give increased legal protection to representatives of business, church and other religious entities if they decline to provide services for, or participate in, same-sex weddings. Sen. Bob Onder, R-Lake St. Louis, wants to put the question on the ballot this year in the form of a proposed constitutional amendment.

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis on Wednesday received the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) President's Award for her unwavering commitment to Christian values in spite of government and media opposition. Davis was honored in Nashville, Tenn., at Proclaim 16 - the NRB International four-day Christian Media Convention of thousands of Christian communicators. Davis gained international attention after defying a federal court order requiring that she issue marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that supported same-sex marriages.

A Christian bakeshop owner in Texas has turned down the request of a gay couple for a wedding cake for their marriage. The baker said she refused to take the order because the event where it will be used goes against her religious beliefs.

"I won't be watching another one of Manny Pacquiao's fights," Magic Earvin Johnson wrote on Twitter Wednesday. His drop of support is stilling getting attention, due to his son, E.J. Johnson being publicly gay and due to fans reminding the basketball star he hasn't exactly had a clean slate himself in life. Johnson responded to the boxer's comments last week comparing gay marriage to animals. Pacquiao, who said he stands by his Biblical-based "Law of God" perspective, lost the backing of Nike in the furor over his controversial LGBT comments. Pacquiao eventually issued an apology, saying he was "humbling himself before others and God" regarding his mistake.

Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao has refused to back down on his controversial comments about gay people even after the major sportswear brand Nike terminated his contract, arguing that it is more important for people "to hear the truth."

Theologian John Piper has revealed why Christians today do not believe practicing homosexuals should be killed for their sin despite Leviticus 20:13, which reads, "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

In a move Evangelical voters may find disturbing, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has promised to the American people will see "more forward motion" on "gay equality" under his presidency.

In a disturbing turn of events, New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian Church has become the first church in the United Kingdom to offer baptisms to transgender members.

A leader in the LGBT community has reversed his stance regarding an embattled bakery in Northern Ireland that was found guilty of discrimination last year for refusing to make a cake that included a message supporting same-sex marriage.

A national check-printing company has been ordered to pay $115,000 and apologize to a transgender "woman" after banning "her" from using the women's restroom as the United States continues to embrace the concept of "gender fluidity".

Franklin Graham has praised the Anglican Communion for suspending the Episcopal Church due to its embracing of same-sex marriage and expressed hope that the move will prompt the church to return to Biblical principles.

A court has accepted China's first same-sex marriage case, lodged by a gay man against a civil affairs bureau for denying him the right to marry, in a decision hailed as a step forward for gay rights.

Sara Giromin, also known as Sara Winter, Founder of feminist group, Femen Brazil, denounces feminism and apologizes to Christians for lewd behaviour.

When conservative lawmakers in Indiana and Arkansas last year promoted "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA) legislation designed to legalize anti-LGBT discrimination, a similar bill was considered in Georgia. Now that proposed measure is set to return among these Southerners legislators, along with another pro-discrimination bill.

Melissa and Aaron Kline are Christians who owned Sweet Cakes bakery. Their Oregon based bakery was ordered by the state to pay a $135,000 fine plus interest for "emotional damages" to a gay couple who wanted a wedding cake that they refused to make.

Just a few months after Kim Davis spent five days in jail for refusing to authorize same-sex marriage certificates, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has announced that the state will no longer require county clerks' signatures to be present on valid marriage licenses.