NORMAN, Okla. — Four high school wrestlers in Oklahoma have been charged with raping two of their male teammates during a hazing incident last month. Tanner Shipman, 18, Sage Gandenberger, 17, and Chase Smith, 16, are charged with two counts of first-degree rape by instrumentation by force and fear, and first-degree rape by instrumentation of […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of what heralds itself as the world’s largest Christian university, joined Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on stage Saturday and Sunday during campaign rallies in Iowa to help garner support from evangelical voters days before the Iowa caucuses. “We need someone other than a career politician,” said Falwell, […]
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A former priest-in-training has been arrested for allegedly seeking to have sexual relations with infants and toddlers in Mexico following an undercover investigation. Joel Wright, 23, of Columbus, Ohio was arrested on Saturday and is expected to be arraigned in federal court today. He has been charged with traveling with the intent to […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Four city council members in Arizona are seeking to stop a Satanist organization from delivering the invocation at an upcoming meeting after the city announced that it would allow the presentation. The Satanic Temple had submitted a request to deliver the invocation at a Phoenix City Council meeting to ensure that “minority” […]
Just days before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump showed off the Bible gifted to him by his mother in an effort to win evangelical votes. “I really appreciate the support given to me by the evangelicals,” Trump states in the video entitled “Trump: Christian values,” released on Saturday. “They’ve been incredible. Every […]
WASHINGTON — The White House announced on Saturday that Barack Obama is scheduled to visit a Baltimore mosque on Wednesday where he will meet with Islamic leaders and deliver a speech promoting religious tolerance and denouncing “bigotry.” The visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore will be Obama’s first to an American mosque during his seven […]
BALTIMORE, Md. — Vice President Joe Biden called the selection of Republican candidates for the presidency a gift from God to Democrats this week during a talk in Maryland. Biden was speaking to House Democrats at their annual retreat in Baltimore. “We may be given a gift from the Lord in the presidential race here,” he stated. […]
LA PLATA, Md. — A school district in Maryland has been sued by a former Marine and his wife for allegedly promoting Islam in student assignments. In 2014, John Kevin Wood expressed objections to the assignments given to his daughter in her 11th grade world history class at La Plata High School, which included writing […]
As have the last several Republicans to hold the office of the president, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has announced that he supports the murder of children through abortion in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother. “Let me be clear — I am pro-life,” Trump wrote in an op-ed published in […]
HOUSTON, Texas — The Texas grand jury that leveled criminal charges against a pro-life leader who investigated the practices of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood never voted on whether or not to charge Planned Parenthood with any crimes, reports state. An attorney with Planned Parenthood revealed the information to the Associated Press on Wednesday, stating […]