Texas Students Push Back After School District Covers Ten Commandments Following Complaint

Texas Students Push Back After School District Covers Ten Commandments Following Complaint

O’DONNELL, Texas — Students at a high school in Texas are pushing back after a prominent Church-State separation group lodged a complaint about a Ten Commandments painting hung on the wall, which resulted in the school district covering the display. “I made the decision to cover it up until I made a more informed decision about […]

Oklahoma Woman, Adult Daughter Charged With Incest After Authorities Learn of ‘Marriage’

Oklahoma Woman, Adult Daughter Charged With Incest After Authorities Learn of ‘Marriage’

DUNCAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma woman and her adult daughter are behind bars after authorities discovered that they were involved in an incestuous relationship in “marrying” each other earlier this year. According to reports, the Department of Human Services (DHS) contacted the Duncan Police Department after visiting the home of Patricia Spann, 43, for a child welfare investigation. […]

Obama Nominates Nation’s First Muslim Federal Judge

Obama Nominates Nation’s First Muslim Federal Judge

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has nominated a Muslim attorney to the federal court circuit, who if approved, would be the first Islamic judge in American history. Abid Qureshi serves in Washington, D.C. at the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP, where he specializes in cases involving the False Claims Act, health care fraud and securities violations. A […]

New Hampshire City Votes to Reinstall Ten Commandments Monument Toppled by Vandal

New Hampshire City Votes to Reinstall Ten Commandments Monument Toppled by Vandal

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — The city council of one New Hampshire municipality has voted to reinstall a Ten Commandments monument next to city hall after it was toppled last month by an unknown vandal. The Somersworth City Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday to restore the display to its previous position, and add flagpoles and historic markers to […]

Ohio Ballot Proposal Would Prosecute Abortion as Aggravated Murder

Ohio Ballot Proposal Would Prosecute Abortion as Aggravated Murder

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposal to amend the Ohio Constitution and classify the performance of an abortion as an act of aggravated murder has been presented to the state attorney general—a first step in the process of placing issues on the November ballot. “No person shall perform, procure or attempt to perform an abortion,” the proposed text […]

Sensitivity Video Teaches Police to Ask Transgenders Their Preferred Pronoun, Allow Restroom Preference

Sensitivity Video Teaches Police to Ask Transgenders Their Preferred Pronoun, Allow Restroom Preference

A sensitivity training video recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) teaches police officers nationwide to ask men who identify as women and vice versa which gender pronoun they prefer, and to allow them to use the restroom that correlates with their gender identity. The video, Law Enforcement and the Transgender Community, was produced by […]

Poll Finds Most Non-Mainline Pastors Spoke About Abortion From Pulpit Within Past Year

Poll Finds Most Non-Mainline Pastors Spoke About Abortion From Pulpit Within Past Year

A poll conducted by the Barna Group finds that most non-mainline Protestant pastors have spoken about abortion from the pulpit over the past year, while the majority of denominations considered to be apostate did not. Barna’s quarterly Pastor Poll inquired of 513 Protestant senior pastors and 88 Roman Catholic priests last December and January as to […]

Obama Administration Proposes Rule That Could Ban States From Defunding Planned Parenthood

Obama Administration Proposes Rule That Could Ban States From Defunding Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — Concerns are being expressed over a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that suggests that it plans to ban states from defunding abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The notice of proposed rulemaking, “Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients,” outlines that it plans […]