MERIDIAN, Idaho — A school board in Idaho has voted to pull a controversial novel from its 10th grade curriculum after parents complained about its profane and vulgar language and anti-Christian sentiments. The Meridian School Board voted 2-1 this past week to remove The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian from the supplemental reading […]
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Nabisco, the makers of Honey Maid graham crackers and Teddy Grahams, is defending its promotion of homosexuality in a recent commercial entitled “This is Wholesome.” The 30 second commercial begins with a man bottle-feeding a baby, presumably the child’s father. Moments later, another man bends forward and kisses the baby on the […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A 12-year-old boy who was born blind is inspiring the masses as he shares God’s word through song across the country. Christopher Duffley was adopted by his aunt Christine as a baby after he had been placed in foster care. Duffley was born at 26 weeks at 1 pound, 12 ounces, had […]
COCOA BEACH, Fla. — The absence of a Bible from a Florida Air Force display honoring American soldiers missing in action has generated controversy. Michael Tater, 64, told reporters this week that he recently noticed that the Missing Man Table at the Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach was itself MIA and contacted officials […]
Wenzhou, Zhejiang — A Three-Self Patriotic Movement church in China’s coastal Zhejiang province is facing demolition after refusing to remove the cross that tops the building. “When the Party Secretary Xia Baolong visited the local areas, he found the cross on top of the church very conspicuous. So he ordered that it be demolished. Then, […]
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Two gunmen stormed a packed church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday and opened fire on worshippers, killing three people and wounding others, in what police called a terrorist attack. One witness said the gunmen shouted out in a foreign language before shooting indiscriminately at the congregation. Blood-spattered […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The new CEO of Mozilla has resigned from his post after an online dating company and other homosexual advocates threatened to boycott the company over a past donation in support of Biblical marriage. Brandon Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and inventor of JavaScript, stepped down just two weeks after being promoted from […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic governor of Virginia vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to reinforce the religious rights of students, stating that it infringes on other student’s desires to be free from “coercive prayer and religious messaging” at school events. As previously reported, Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) introduced SB 236 this year as […]
WOODBURY, Tenn. — A prominent legal organization recently sent a letter to the director of an after-school program as the parents of a young boy claimed that their son was told that he could not read the Bible on the premises. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee mailed correspondence to the Cannon County […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — A Washington-based humanist group has petitioned the federal court to find county commissioners in Maryland in contempt and fine them $10,000 per prayer for continuing to allow prayers in Jesus’ name despite a court order. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the […]