NEW YORK — Both the Republican and Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City are expressing their support for adding two Islamic holidays to the academic calendar. Republican Joe Lhota and Democrat Bill de Blasio state that schools should close on both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, two major Muslim holy days. The first […]
MEMPHIS — An elementary school in the heart of the Bible Belt has changed its mind after initially banning a 10-year-old girl from writing about God for a class assignment. Erin Shead asked her teacher at Lucy Elementary School in Memphis if she could write about God when her class was given the assignment to […]
RALEIGH — The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is expressing opposition to proposed random homeschooling inspections as the state’s Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) is set to meet with five families to review their schooling records. Dan Forest issued a news release to express disapproval after he learned of the matter, which also raised concerns […]
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Three youth pastors in Washington have been barred from visiting an area middle school after being accused of speaking about Christianity to students during the lunch period. This past Thursday, parents of students who attend Woodward Middle School in Bainbridge Island attended a board meeting to discuss the issue, with over […]
DENVER – A well-known evolutionary professor stated in a recent interview that those who do not accept evolution are “fundamentally irrational” with “a kind of slightly crazy mindset,” and claimed that a Christian apologist’s evolution-challenging film is “a great example” of “Biblical porn.” Craig Stanford is a professor of anthropology and biological sciences at the […]
MONTGOMERY — A homeschooling family from Montgomery, Alabama is wowing many across the nation as six of their ten children have enrolled in college by the age of twelve, and the four remaining hope to do the same. Kip and Mona Lisa Harding state that they are simply raising the “average family,” but credit their […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group has mailed letters to school districts throughout Tennessee in an effort to defend the practice of prayer at school football games. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) crafted the letters as a counter to correspondence recently sent by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which complained about the prayers […]
TEMECULA, Calif. — A Christian legal organization has sent a letter to a school district in California asking that teachers be added to its anti-bullying policy after a middle school teacher rejected the Bible as being as acceptable fulfillment of an assignment to read a nonfiction book. The incident happened at Margarita Middle School in […]
NASHVILLE – A divinity school in Tennessee has installed an openly homosexual clergywoman as the school’s new dean. Vanderbilt Divinity School (VDS), located in Nashville, Tennessee, has developed a reputation for progressive policies and teachings. An article last week in Nashville Scene described the institution as a “liberal oasis” and “a bastion of the religious […]
BUFFALO — A magistrate judge has recommended that a lawsuit filed by a Christian legal organization against SUNY Buffalo officials be permitted to proceed, and that the university’s motion to dismiss the suit be denied. The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) had filed a federal legal challenge against the university following an incident in April […]