City in Mississippi Denies Homosexual Group’s Request to Parade ‘Gay Pride’ Through Streets

City in Mississippi Denies Homosexual Group’s Request to Parade ‘Gay Pride’ Through Streets

STARKVILLE, Miss. — A board of aldermen in Mississippi has voted to deny a homosexual group’s request to hold a pride parade in the city. The City of Starkville denied a special event request from Starkville Pride on Tuesday in voting 4-3 against the group’s application. The organization sought to hold the event in the […]

Norwegian Homeschooled Boy Returned to Parents Under Stipulation That He Attend School

Norwegian Homeschooled Boy Returned to Parents Under Stipulation That He Attend School

NORWAY — A homeschooled boy who was seized by Norwegian child welfare agents earlier this month has been returned to his parents until the stipulation that he be sent to school next week, and that the parents temporarily hand over their passports. “We are very pleased to announce that Kai is back in his home […]

Benjamin Watson on Florida School Shooting: Our Culture ‘Gravitates Toward Violence’

Benjamin Watson on Florida School Shooting: Our Culture ‘Gravitates Toward Violence’

In commenting on last Wednesday’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, outspoken Christian and NFL player Benjamin Watson lamented on social media and national television that American culture “gravitates toward violence,” and noted that society only suffers when it removes God from the public sphere. “‪In times like this, we […]

Pennsylvania Student Charged With Planning to Shoot Up High School Graduation

Pennsylvania Student Charged With Planning to Shoot Up High School Graduation

(New York Daily News) — An 18-year-old Pennsylvania student was arrested Tuesday for threatening to conduct a mass shooting at his high school’s graduation — the latest in a string of student arrests across the country after the massacre in a Florida high school killed 17. Jacob Deneen, a Shade-Central City High School student, confessed […]

Billy Graham Dead at 99

Billy Graham Dead at 99

Billy Graham, who became well-known for his various crusades across the U.S. and around the world, and who served as a counselor to numerous presidents, including Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, has died at age 99. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced on Wednesday that Graham died at 7:46 a.m. this morning […]

Kansas Republican Party Votes to ‘Affirm God’s Design for Gender’

Kansas Republican Party Votes to ‘Affirm God’s Design for Gender’

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Republican Party voted over the weekend to approve a resolution on human sexuality that affirms “God’s design for gender.” The proposal had been submitted by Eric Teetsel, who serves as president of the Family Policy Alliance of Kansas and is also a Republican Party State Committee member. Teetsel is the […]

University of Central Oklahoma Reinstates Ken Ham Event Initially Cancelled

University of Central Oklahoma Reinstates Ken Ham Event Initially Cancelled

EDMOND, Okla. — The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has reinstated a lecture with apologist Ken Ham following an initial cancellation, of which the student body president explained that he had been “bullied” by what he called a “very vocal group” that attempted to keep Ham from speaking on campus. “I’m thrilled my talk at UCO is […]

Atheist Activist Group Wants Courthouse Scripture Mural Removed

Atheist Activist Group Wants Courthouse Scripture Mural Removed

FINDLAY, Ohio — One of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist activist organizations has sent a letter to the clerk of the Findlay, Ohio municipal court to claim that a displayed mural referencing Psalm 91 violates the U.S. Constitution. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says that it was contacted by a “concerned citizen,” […]

Religious Liberty Bill Advanced by Iowa Senate Panel, Opponents Claim Law Would Hurt Economy

Religious Liberty Bill Advanced by Iowa Senate Panel, Opponents Claim Law Would Hurt Economy

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa Senate panel has advanced a bill that seeks to protect the religious liberty of its residents, while opponents claim that if the proposal becomes law, it could hurt the state economy. According to the Des Moines Register, Senate Study Bill 3171, also known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act […]