ANDERSON, S.C. — A federal judge appointed by then-president Jimmy Carter has rejected a motion by a national humanist organization to block prayers at events in a South Carolina school district, as well as ban the school from holding graduation ceremonies at a local university chapel. U.S. District Court Judge George Ross Anderson reportedly scoffed […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas school district has been leveled with a lawsuit after officials at a local middle school allegedly prohibited a student from posting flyers because of their Biblical content. The Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced the lawsuit on Monday, which it filed on behalf of a seventh grade […]
FORT WORTH, TX — Controversy is stirring over a recent news report surrounding a special prayer room at Texas Wesleyan University that was established at the request of a Muslim student group. The Rambler, the student publication for the university, published an article on November 19th about the prayer room, explaining its purpose, the story […]
EDINBURGH, Scotland – A Scottish politician recently described Biblical creation as “patently absurd rubbish” during a debate over the teaching of origins in Scottish schools. Two Scottish public schools have come under fire in recent month for allegedly sanctioning the teaching of creation in classrooms. As previously reported, one of those instances involved two instructors […]
An elementary school lesson plan is raising eyebrows as it lauds Obama as a type of messianic figure that rises from Barry to Barack in his quest to bring hope to the people, bearing his new name like a ‘coat of many colors.’ EAG News first discovered the lesson plan, which is based upon the […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. — A Mennonite university in Virginia is considering making a change to its current hiring policy to allow faculty members to be in same-sex relationships. Eastern Mennonite University issued a news release on the matter last week, noting that it has decided to open up a 60-day listening period “to review current hiring […]
AUSTIN – The Texas Board of Education has endorsed science textbooks that sanction evolution and no longer include scientific criticism of evolutionary theory. On Friday, members of the Texas Board of Education (TBE) considered several proposed textbooks for use in state high schools. Historically, TBE members have chosen science textbooks which describe evolutionary theory but […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to respond to a petition to appeal from a Christian homeschooling family that is fighting deportation to their homeland of Germany. As previously reported, Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the courts for […]
MUSTANG, Okla. — The president of a popular arts and crafts chain has presented a proposal for an elective Bible course to be taught at a public high school in Oklahoma. Steve Green, the president of Hobby Lobby, was recently invited by Mustang School District Superintendent Sean McDaniel to give a presentation at a school […]
FAYETTE, Mo. — A national humanist organization has filed a federal lawsuit against school officials in Missouri over a high school math teacher who is accused of leading a weekly devotional and prayer meeting in her classroom. The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Humanist Legal Center filed the suit on Wednesday, asserting that Fayette High […]