Judge Rules South Dakota’s Voter-Approved Marriage Amendment Unconstitutional

Judge Rules South Dakota’s Voter-Approved Marriage Amendment Unconstitutional

PIERRE, S.D. — A federal judge in South Dakota has struck down the state’s voter-approved marriage amendment which enshrines marriages as being solely between a man and a woman, opining that the law is unconstitutional because it excludes homosexuals from having the same opportunity. “Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to marry,” wrote Judge Karen Schreier, […]

Thousands Sign Petitions Calling for Mayor to Reinstate Chief Fired Over Christian Book

Thousands Sign Petitions Calling for Mayor to Reinstate Chief Fired Over Christian Book

ATLANTA — Thousands have signed petitions calling for the mayor of Atlanta to reinstate the city’s fire chief after he was terminated following a complaint over a Christian book that he published containing brief remarks decrying homosexual behavior and other forms of sexual perversion. To date, nearly 100,000 people have participated in efforts launched by […]

North Carolina Residents Peacefully Rally Over Removal of ‘Religious’ Veterans Memorial

North Carolina Residents Peacefully Rally Over Removal of ‘Religious’ Veterans Memorial

KING, N.C. — A number of residents from the city of King, North Carolina came together on Sunday to peacefully protest the removal of a veterans memorial in the city and to stand in solidarity in support of the display. As previously reported, in 2012, the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State […]

High School Teacher Accused of Promoting Christianity, Giving ‘Bible Cookies’ to Students

High School Teacher Accused of Promoting Christianity, Giving ‘Bible Cookies’ to Students

STOCKTON, Calif. — A high school teacher in California is under investigation after a church-state separation group lodged a complaint that the teacher is promoting Christianity in the classroom and gives out “Bible cookies” to students. The organization Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), led by Barry Lynn, an attorney and licensed […]

NYPD on High Alert After ISIS Issues Call for Muslims to ‘Strike Police’

NYPD on High Alert After ISIS Issues Call for Muslims to ‘Strike Police’

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department is on high alert after ISIS, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, issued a call on Saturday for Muslims to “strike police” and other civil authorities—a threat that the government is taking seriously following last week’s dual Islamic attacks in Paris. “Do not […]

Alabama Officials Pass Resolution Declaring Winfield a ‘City Under God’

Alabama Officials Pass Resolution Declaring Winfield a ‘City Under God’

WINFIELD, Ala. — Officials in an Alabama city recently passed a resolution declaring the municipality of Winfield a “city under God.” The resolution was passed in late December at the prompting of Mayor Randy Price, who urged city council to make the statement and take a stand for Christ. “I feel like we need to […]

Russian University Plans to Create a ‘Noah’s Ark’ Database of All Living Species

Russian University Plans to Create a ‘Noah’s Ark’ Database of All Living Species

MOSCOW, Russia – A university in Russia has unveiled an ambitious “Noah’s Ark” project to collect cell samples of all the living species on Earth. Dr. Viktor Sadovnichy, president of Moscow State University, recently announced plans for the undertaking in a press conference. Likening the project to Noah’s Ark, Sadovnichy said the university aims to create a […]

Atheists from ‘Better News Club’ Launch Program to Counter Christian ‘Good News Club’

Atheists from ‘Better News Club’ Launch Program to Counter Christian ‘Good News Club’

CHURCHVILLE, N.Y. — In response to a Christian Good News Club held after school at an elementary school in New York, professing atheists from the “Better News Club” have launched a similar program to counter the gospel offering. The Good News Club, affiliated with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), is offered as an after school program […]

Two Dead, Hundreds Injured as Filipino Crowd Throngs Idol Being Marched Through Streets

Two Dead, Hundreds Injured as Filipino Crowd Throngs Idol Being Marched Through Streets

MANILA, Philippines — Two people are dead and hundreds more were injured as the result of massive throngs that followed and sought to press up against a centuries-old statue of Christ that was marched through the streets of Manila as part of an annual Roman Catholic celebration called the Feast of the Black Nazarene. While […]