The New York City Department of Education has announced that it has expanded a pilot program across thirteen area high schools, which will provide free contraceptives to students without parental consent. The program is called CATCH (Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health) and was launched in an effort to prevent teenage pregnancy. While there are no […]
A jury trial has been set for a former Eastern Michigan University student who was expelled after refusing to attend homosexual sensitivity training when she declined to counsel a fellow student that was a homosexual. According to reports, Julea Ward, a high school teacher, was enrolled in the university’s counseling program in 2009 and was […]
The Ohio Department of Education already has rescinded a “letter of admonishment” issued to a Christian fired for encouraging students to think critically about the origin of life, and now a legal team is asking the state Supreme Court to restore John Freshwater to his classroom. Freshwater, who has taught for 24 years, was suspended […]
A federal judge has dismissed Wheaton College’s lawsuit against the Obama administration, objecting over a mandate that requires employee health insurance plans to cover contraception. Wheaton, a Christian liberal arts college in Illinois, filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. in July objecting to a U.S. Health & Human Services directive that employers must offer […]
Two more Christian universities have filed suit against the Obama administration over a policy that forces religious institutions to provide for free birth control. In their complaint, Indiana-based Grace College and Seminary and California-based Biola University argue that covering certain forms of birth control for employees without a co-pay amounts to participating in abortion. “The […]
A number of Christian colleges have filed suit against the Obama administration for the contraception mandate that is included in the recently upheld health care bill, and have vowed to defy the requirement even if the courts do not rule in their favor. The Affordable Health Care Act requires religious employers to assist workers with […]
A federal judge in Georgia has dismissed the lawsuit of a college student who contested her university’s demand that she attend a remediation program in support of the homosexual lifestyle. Jennifer Keeton says that she was was enrolled in Augusta State University’s Counselor Education Program in 2010, when she was reprimanded by officials for reportedly […]
A United States Congressman recently created controversy when he stated that he believed the nation’s schools should be modeled after Islamic institutions with the Quran as the foundation. Andre Carson is a democratic representative from Indiana, and is also a Muslim. When he was invited to speak at the Islamic Circle of North America Convention, […]
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a public school teacher who was fired for questioning evolution in his classroom. John Freshwater, a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School, had approached school officials in 2003 to request that he be allowed to explain to students the various disagreements that exist […]
Some South Korean publishers are removing references to evolutionary theory from secondary school textbooks after a creationist group petitioned the government for change. Out of the seven scientific textbook publishers in Korea, six have agreed to remove references to the evolution of birds, and three are erasing teaching on the evolution of horses. The move […]