DAVENPORT, Iowa — A private Catholic university in Iowa has opened a prayer room for Muslim students and those of other faiths, stated to be complete with sinks for ritual foot-washing and separate spaces for men and women. “On Tuesday, May 8, St. Ambrose University dedicated a room that will be available for daily prayer […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Co. — Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has reversed its requirement that graduation speeches must be devoid of religious references after a prominent religious liberties organization contacted them on behalf of a student who was told she needed to keep comments about Christianity out of her planned speech for the nursing program’s pinning ceremony. Alliance Defending […]
(The Christian Institute) — Children across the Highlands are being bullied in schools for their religious beliefs, an MSP has revealed. Kate Forbes, who represents Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said she was recently approached by families in her constituency about the matter. They told her there was a lack of understanding about the diversity of […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The governor of Alabama has weighed on a recent situation in Mobile in which a public school teacher had to go home to change out her “Just Pray” t-shirt, and says that it is “unacceptable” to disallow the teacher from wearing the message on her clothing just because it encourages prayer. “Religious liberty is a cornerstone […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former public school teacher of 12 years who left her job in January for reasons that include the lack of discipline of students recently showed reporters a list of goals that a fifth grader wrote, number one being that he wanted to kill her. She believes that the education system is broken and that something […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate has advanced a bill that would require public schools to teach children about homosexuals and transgenders in national and state history. The legislation is opposed by at least one family group in the state. S.B. 3249 cleared the Senate 34-18 on Wednesday, and now moves to the House for consideration. […]
(The Christian Institute) — Pornography being shown in sex education would be “very helpful” for children, a doctor and TV presenter has alleged. Dr. Christian Jessen, who presented Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, made the claim during an interview with The Daily Telegraph. He called for parents to make their kids “cringe and squirm” by watching […]
EDMONTON, Alberta — A group comprised of parents whose children attend a Christian school in Alberta, Canada have gone to court seeking an injunction against a recent decision from board members of the local school division to shut down the academy. The school had been in a discussion with the division after officials asked them to keep “offensive” […]
MOBILE, Ala. — An elementary school teacher in Alabama says that she was sent home last week to change after she arrived in a t-shirt that read “Just Pray,” which she had purchased in support of a young girl with an inoperable brain tumor. Chris Burrell, a third grade teacher at Pearl Haskew Elementary School in Irvington, […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a newly-devised policy, the University of New Mexico has enacted a practice of erecting signs to advise students that a “free speech zone” with potentially “uncomfortable” or “controversial” content is ahead, including this week when a gospel preacher visited the campus to talk about repentance and faith in Christ. The controversial development […]