JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives has advanced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would recognize the unborn as persons. “We’re killing kids so fast it is insane,” said Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, during the floor debate on Tuesday. “The epidemic of abortion is so out of control. It is time […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the governor of North Carolina declaring that a newly-passed law requiring the use of government restrooms to be consistent with one’s birth gender violates the federal Civil Rights Act, and is demanding confirmation by Monday that officials “will not comply with or implement” […]

NEW YORK — Barack Obama plans to mark “Gay Pride Month” in June by designating a tavern in New York City as being a national monument to “gay rights”—the first move of its kind made by an American president. The Stonewall Inn had been raided by police in 1969 over reports of homosexual activity at the […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has rejected an application by an atheist for a specialty license plate that reads “I’m God.” According to reports, Ben Hart was granted the license plate when he lived in Ohio, but when Hart moved to Kentucky, his application for the plate was denied because […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A former student a Missouri State University (MSU) has filed a legal challenge against school officials after he was allegedly expelled from the university counseling program for advising that he could not counsel those involved in homosexuality on relationship matters. Andrew Cash began his master’s in counseling at MSU in 2007. To […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A Southern Baptist deacon is under fire after it was discovered that his heating and air conditioning company decided to complete a renovations project for an Oklahoma abortion facility, stating that his company believes in “finishing what they have started.” Yarbrough & Sons is a heating and cooling business owned and operated […]

YULEE, Fla. — A man who was convicted in 2009 of recording women changing in a surf shop dressing room, and who has been accused of asking women inappropriate questions as they shop, fled a Florida Target store last week after one of the shoppers who had an encounter with him before recognized his face. Candace Spivey of Yulee, Florida says […]

PALLISA DISTRICT, Uganda (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda beat and raped a young Christian woman for testifying that a mosque leader killed her father because of his faith, sources said. The imam at a mosque in Kanyumu village, Pallisa District, Sheikh Musana Ibrahim, and two other Muslims killed Samson Mukama on Jan. 28, […]

MADISON, Wisc. — A professing atheist activist organization is expressing its objection to three public schools that either have already or plan to visit Ken Ham’s Creation Museum in Kentucky. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent letters to officials with Brookville High School in Dayton, Ohio, Jackson Independent School District in Kentucky, and the […]

LOS ANGELES — A court has ruled that a woman’s lawsuit against the so-called Church of Scientology may proceed following a seven year battle to have her case heard over accusations that she was forced to have an abortion as a teenager. According to reports, Laura Ann DeCrescenzo became involved with the Church of Scientology […]