WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case surrounding the constitutionality of North Carolina’s ultrasound law, allowing a lower court ruling declaring the regulation a “free speech violation” to stand. As previously reported, lawmakers in North Carolina passed the Women’s Right to Know Act in 2011, which required women to obtain […]
Continue reading …LEBANON, Pa. — An estimated 50 teachers from a school district in Pennsylvania recently attended a workshop on Islamic culture and religion, and visited a local mosque for further instruction. According to reports, the training was meant to help teachers understand and accommodate Muslim students in the Lebanon School District. Leaders from the district, including […]
Continue reading …RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawmakers in North Carolina have officially voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would allow some judges to opt out of participating in same-sex ceremonies. As previously reported, S.B. 2 was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) to allow magistrates to recuse themselves from officiating over […]
Continue reading …EUCLID, Ohio — A robber in Ohio returned the wallet and cell phone that he forcefully took from another man after the victim began praying for the robber out loud and invited him to church. Shaquille Hairston, 21, of Euclid told reporters this week that after he took a bus home in the middle of […]
Continue reading …LANSING, Mich. — After the governor of Michigan signed a bill into law this week allowing private adoption agencies to decline certain adoptions on religious grounds, the ACLU has vowed to file suit to force agencies to place children with homosexuals. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed HB 4188, HB 4189, and HB 4190 on Thursday, […]
Continue reading …PHILADELPHIA — A former editor of a prominent Christian publication is praising Tony Campolo after he announced this week that he has decided to endorse and speak out for the inclusion of open homosexuals in the Body of Christ—a move that is generating concern among Christians nationwide. “God bless Tony Campolo,” wrote retired Christianity Today […]
Continue reading …NASHVILLE — A federal appeals court has ruled that a public school district in Tennessee did not violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause when it contracted with a Christian school to run its alternative program for students with behavioral or educational challenges. According to reports, in 2003, two teachers with the Jefferson County School district filed […]
Continue reading …COVINGTON, Ky. — An eight-year-old girl’s letter to Jesus, found tucked away in her Bible, has led authorities to her rapist, who is now facing sodomy and child sexual abuse charges. According to reports, in October 2013, police were called to a Covington-area elementary school to investigate a report that a child had been sexually […]
Continue reading …DES MOINES, Iowa — A 100-year-old woman has exceeded her goal of sewing 1,000 dresses for needy children in Africa as part of her contribution to a Christian charity that assists impoverished families worldwide. Lillian Weber of Iowa has been making dresses for the organization Little Dresses for Africa since 2011. Little Dresses for Africa […]
Continue reading …BOISE, Idaho — Republicans in Idaho have proposed a resolution calling for support for using the Bible alongside public school curriculum. Resolution 2015-P20 was submitted by Idaho County Chairman Marge Arnzen, and uses state history as the basis of the motion. “[I]n 1782, the U.S. Congress voted this resolution: ‘The Congress of the United States […]
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