FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The worship band of a non-denominational “church” in Indiana recently performed the song “Money Talks” from the secular rock group AC/DC—also known for its “Highway to Hell” tune that celebrates having a party in Hell with one’s friends—during the Sunday morning service to correspond with the pastor’s sermon series. “Come on! […]
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Residents of a small Virginia town are expressing concern after officials recently removed a plaque from an elementary school cafeteria that thanks God for the food in light of a complaint from one of the nation’s most active Church-State separation groups. “We have allowed the Freedom From Religion Foundation supposedly acting on behalf […]
LANSING, Mich. — A federal judge has granted an injunction to a Michigan farmer who was banned from selling at a local farmer’s market for operating his business in accordance with his beliefs on marriage. “The City of East Lansing must grant Country Mill Farms any necessary license and allow Country Mill Farms to sell its […]
SOMERSET, Ky. — Police in Kentucky have announced that a man who was taken into custody as a person of interest in the killing of a late pastor’s wife has confessed to killing the elderly woman. Dwight Bell, 41, who had previously been incarcerated for murdering his own father, had been suspected of stealing Ruthie […]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A chapter of one of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist groups has lodged a complaint after being notified by concerned parents that a music teacher at a Tennessee elementary school played Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” during the morning announcements. The East Tennessee chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently emailed Linden Elementary […]
MOUNDS, Okla. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has requested that a police department in Oklahoma stop posting Scripture to social media, asserting that doing so violates the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU of Oklahoma sent a letter to the mayor of Mounds on Wednesday to express concern about the biblical posts, which were referred […]
SEATTLE, Wash. — The openly homosexual mayor of Seattle has resigned from office after a fifth man, a cousin, has accused him of past sexual abuse. Despite his decision to step down, Mayor Ed Murray continues to deny any wrongdoing. He has asserted that the accusations are political and meant to target him as a homosexual. “While […]
TORONTO, Ont. — A Canadian woman who had been arrested last December after she refused to stop reaching mothers inside of an abortion facility, and who faced possible jail time as prosecutors had recommended an 18-month sentence, has instead been placed on probation after hundreds of pro-lifers around the world submitted letters of support. Justice Rick Libman of […]
IJAMSVILLE, Md. — A controversial Maryland couple that had been investigated by authorities following outcry from viewers of their “DaddyOFive” YouTube channel, in which they cursed at and tormented their children to a point of tears, has been sentenced to five years probation for child neglect. According to reports, Michael and Heather Martin of Ijamsville were […]
ISLE OF WIGHT — A couple in the United Kingdom has pulled their son out of school and plans to file a legal challenge after it was suggested that they might be “transphobic” for expressing concern that a boy was permitted to present himself as a girl on-and-off at the Church of England school their son […]