MIAMI, Fla. — During a town hall event with NBC News Monday evening, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said that he would want Congress to send legislation to his desk making Roe v. Wade the “law of the land” when asked about his plan to “protect” the “right” to abortion should Amy Coney Barrett be […]

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Students in a Kentucky school district will no longer be allowed to present prayers during graduation ceremonies after the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently wrote to the district to state that the practice violates the principle of government neutrality toward religion. FFRF had sent the letter in August after being […]

During a recent interview on her “You and Me Both” podcast, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that youth are leaving the church because, in part, they perceive it to be “judgmental” and “alienating.” In the first half of her Sept. 29 broadcast, Clinton, who identifies as United Methodist and […]

TRENTON, N.J. — The Democratic governor of New Jersey is trumpeting legislation that will seek to codify the “right” to an abortion into state law should Roe v. Wade ever be overturned by the Supreme Court, as well as to ensure that abortion and birth control are free by mandating private insurance companies to cover […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge, in following instructions from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upon remand, has ruled that the State of New York can’t take away a Christian adoption agency’s ability to place children in loving homes while its case moves forward in court. The agency had sued after it was threatened […]

CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS — A Haitian couple, who lived in the United States for a time and recently returned to Haiti as missionaries, have been killed in an armed home invasion outside of Port Au Prince. According to reports, a local gang is believed to be responsible for the deaths of Jean Phillippe Quetant, 57, and his wife, […]

SALEM, Mass. — The Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple has filed a lawsuit against Lamar Advertising after it declined to run billboard displays in Arkansas and Indiana that promote the organization’s abortion “religious ritual.” The Satanic Temple (TST), which identifies as non-theistic and views Satan as a metaphor for rebellion rather than an actual living being, says […]

WASHINGTON — The American Medical Association, along with the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood, have filed an appeals petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to overturn new Health and Human Services (HHS) rules that resulted in Planned Parenthood losing federal Title X funds. “Millions of people have depended on Title X […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Four atheists have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge language on Alabama’s voter registration form that includes an oath ending with “So help me God.” “The Alabama Secretary of State is violating basic First Amendment freedoms by unconstitutionally compelling Alabama — and United States — citizens who want to register to vote to swear […]

LOS ANGELES — A 36-year-old man who had already been in police custody as a suspect in a carjacking incident has been charged with premeditated attempted murder for shooting two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies last month as they sat in their cruiser. According to reports, Deonte Lee Murray has a criminal history, which includes illegal […]