FREMONT, Calif. — A school district in California has voted to place the use of a health book that it had previously approved for ninth grade students on hold after outraged parents complained about the publication’s explicit sexual content. The Fremont Unified School Board voted 3-2 on Wednesday to pull the book Your Health Today published […]
LONDON – In an attempt to crack down on religious ‘extremism,’ Britain’s Education Secretary has announced that any schools that teach creation will be stripped of government funding. Nicky Morgan, Education Secretary of Great Britain, delivered a statement to Parliament late last month, in which she condemned the spread of religious views within British schools. […]
Following outcry from Christian and veterans organizations, the U.S. Navy has ordered that Bibles booted from lodge guest rooms be restored while it reviews its policy on the availability of religious material, reports state. As previously reported, in March of this year, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to the Navy Exchange Service Command […]
ALBANY, NY — A New York farm has been fined $13,000 by the state Division of Human Rights for declining to host a same-sex ‘wedding’ on their property two years ago, and has been ordered to train their employees to accommodate homosexual ceremonies despite their Christian beliefs. Administrative Law Judge Migdalia Peres fined Liberty Ridge […]
PINEVILLE, La. — A Christian college in Louisiana has won its legal challenge against the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare as a federal court ruled that the mandate overly-burdened the school’s right to religious freedom. As previously reported, Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention, filed suit against the Obama […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Approximately 200 students at a Georgia high school and their parents gathered to pray on the football field Wednesday—with an even larger gathering on Thursday—in response to a letter from a national humanist organization that threatened possible legal action if the school’s coaches continue “promot[ing] Christianity.” As previously reported, the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent […]
LONDON — Less than a year after announcing her support for same-sex ‘marriage,’ a UK-based worship artist whose songs are sung in American churches on any given Sunday has come out as a lesbian. Vicky Beeching first was introduced in the Christian music industry in 2002, but became more prominent with the release of her worship […]
An American pastor imprisoned in Iran is facing death threats from ISIS militants that are incarcerated in his ward, reports state. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is reporting that Pastor Saeed Abedini is in serious danger after receiving threats from fellow prisoners that are Muslim militants. “ISIS militants imprisoned in the same […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A nationally-recognized humanist organization has threatened to file a lawsuit against a Georgia school district if it does not forbid football coaches at a local high school from “promot[ing] Christianity.” The American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter on Tuesday to the superintendent of Hall County Schools, the principal of Chestatee High […]
The U.S. Navy has directed that Bibles be removed from hotel rooms on naval bases following a complaint from a prominent atheist organization, reports state. In March of this year, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) advising that two unidentified service members contacted them to […]