WASHINGTON — An Islamic imam delivered a prayer on Wednesday before the U.S. House of Representatives, claiming that God is simply known by “different names” and experienced through “multiple paths.” Abdullah Antepli, the chief representative of Muslim affairs at Duke University, had been invited to deliver the invocation by Democratic Congressman David Price of North Carolina. […]
Continue reading …HONOLULU, Hawaii — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a family planning organization, a pharmacist group, a physicians academy and a Hawaii doctor in an effort to challenge FDA regulations and make the abortion pill Mifeprex available at pharmacies nationwide. “[S]ome women prefer medication abortion because it feels […]
Continue reading …WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina couple that was advised to abort after learning that their unborn twin sons were conjoined at the chest is celebrating the birth of their boys, named Isaac and Elijah. “To us, it wasn’t an option,” Jason Kroeger told Fox 19. “There is that initial shock, and a lot goes through […]
Continue reading …LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has reluctantly ruled that a county in the Commonwealth can’t include a Christian cross in its official seal. U.S. District Judge Edward Smith, nominated to the bench by then-President Barack Obama, wrote in his ruling that he doesn’t believe that Lehigh County’s inclusion of a cross […]
Continue reading …CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE, Va. — A school superintendent in Virginia says that a Bible verse engraved on a bench that memorializes a student who died in an ATV accident last year must be removed in order to be “legally compliant.” The Charlotte Court House community came together following the death of Colton Osborne, a student […]
Continue reading …BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Bill Clinton has ruled that Brevard County, Florida’s board of commissioners can’t disallow atheists from delivering invocations at public commission meetings. “By opening up its invocation practice to volunteer citizens but requiring that those citizens believe in a ‘higher power’ before they will […]
Continue reading …INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The attorney general of Indiana says that he plans to file an appeal after a federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama issued a permanent injunction against a state law that bans the murder of unborn children based on a Down Syndrome diagnosis or any other disability, but stops short […]
Continue reading …CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prayer has returned to Charlotte’s city council meetings after confusion was cleared over whether or not city officials thought the practice should be discontinued due to a recent circuit court ruling. “What the council is currently doing is okay,” Jason Kay of the Charlotte city attorney’s office told reporters. “It is perfectly […]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in favor of a Christian college student who was told last year that he couldn’t preach in a campus free speech zone after officials received complaints that his speaking was “disturbing people’s peace and tranquility.” “[A] public college that restricts speech simply […]
Continue reading …NORMAN, Okla. — A Muslim man from Oklahoma who beheaded his coworker three years ago and attempted to decapitate a second woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder as a jury rejected his attorney’s insanity defense on Friday. Alton Nolen, 33, was also found guilty of four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one […]
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