OWASSO, Okla. — An acclaimed high school baseball coach is under fire from a prominent atheist activist organization for allegedly leading his team in prayers before games. Larry Turner, 56, was named the best high school baseball coach in the United States last year as he was dubbed the 2013 National Baseball Coach of the […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A school district in Kansas has revised its free speech policy after being sued by a student who allegedly had been banned from distributing Christian literature at her middle school. As previously reported, the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit in December on behalf of a seventh grade […]
DUBAI — Al Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged the kidnapping of American citizens in a recent interview with As-Sahab, according to the SITE monitoring service. During the two-part interview, al-Zawahiri was asked what he would instruct Muslims to do in order to work toward the release of Islamic militant prisoners. “I advise them to capture Westerners, and […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker at Saturday’s United Methodist Women’s Assembly in Kentucky, where she addressed a group of over 7,000 women about spiritual and social issues. Clinton spoke of how she grew up in the United Methodist denomination, and about her desire to tackle global problems […]
HOUSTON — A middle school teacher in Texas has been charged with having an improper relationship with a student after she performed a full-on lap dance on the teen in front of the class. The incident occurred at Stovall Middle School in Houston on February 26th–the unidentified 15-year-old student’s birthday. Police state that teacher Felicia […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Army has announced that it will now recognize humanism under its list of religious preferences for military personnel. According to the Religion News Service (RNS), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to the Pentagon in February, requesting that humanists in the military be able to cite the […]
ATLANTA — The governor of Georgia signed a bill into law on Thursday that bars state health plans from offering abortion coverage. As previously reported, S.B. 98 was introduced by Senator Judson Hill (R-Marietta) and is said to serve as a means of protecting Georgians from funding the termination of innocent life. “No abortion coverage […]
BROOKS, Ore. — Officials in a small Oregon town are scrutinizing local waste-to-energy practices following reports that an area power plant has been burning aborted babies in their incinerators to generate electricity. The attention has caused an emergency meeting of the Marion County Board of Commissioners to review the issue and consider revising their policies regarding […]
BALTIMORE, Md. — A prominent Christian legal organization has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Maryland man who states that he was denied admission at a local community college because of his outspoken Christian beliefs. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) filed the suit on Monday, alleging that officials with the Community […]
ATLANTA — Seven homosexuals in Georgia have filed suit in an attempt to overturn the state’s marriage amendment, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004. “This state shall recognize as marriage only the union of man and woman. Marriages between persons of the same sex are prohibited in this state,” the amendment reads. “No […]