AUSTIN, Texas — School district superintendents in Texas recently voted to require student athletes to provide proof of their gender by submitting a copy of their birth certificate. The new policy, passed by a 586-32 vote, ensures that boys do not play on girls’ teams and girls do not play on boys’ teams. “Member schools may […]
A top member of Liberty University’s board of directors is expressing concern over university President Jerry Falwell’s endorsement of Donald Trump, stating that Trump’s behavior does not comport with that of a Christian. Mark DeMoss, the founder of the Atlanta-based public relations firm DeMoss, serves as the chairman of Liberty University’s executive committee. In speaking with […]
PIERRE, S.D. — The Republican governor of South Dakota has vetoed a bill requiring that public school students use the restroom or locker room that corresponds with their birth gender as he believes that it “openly invites federal litigation.” As previously reported, last month, the state Senate voted 20-15 in approval of H.B. 1008, just weeks after […]
SOUTH YORKSHIRE, U.K. — A Christian studying to be a social worker at a prominent university in the United Kingdom has been expelled after explaining the biblical stance on homosexuality on his personal Facebook page. According to reports, last September, Felix Ngole, 38, had posted on his private page—which is only able to be viewed by […]
BALTIMORE, Ohio — At least two schools in an Ohio county have temporarily suspended meetings of student Bible clubs following a complaint from a professing atheist organization. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent letters to four school districts in Ohio after an unidentified resident provided a screenshot of a church website […]
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho Senate Committee that approved a bill allowing the Bible to be used for reference purposes in public school classrooms has unanimously decided to alter the text of the legislation to ensure that the law can’t be interpreted as permitting the teaching of Creation in the classroom. As previously reported, S.B. 1321 was recently introduced by […]
WHEATON, Ill. — Officials at Wheaton College, who have been in headlines in recent months surrounding controversy over a professor who claimed that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, are now denying that they sought the resignation of a former lesbian employee who says she was forced out over her views that it is “good” […]
CHINO, Calif. – A California judge has ordered a public school district to stop allowing prayers at its board meetings and is demanding that the school district reimburse the atheist activist group that filed suit for all court costs and plaintiff fees. In November of 2014, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a 49-page […]
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A teenage girl who identifies as a boy has sparked controversy at a California high school as some students and parents are expressing concern about her use of the boys’ locker room. “My son came home from school and told me there was a girl using the boys’ locker room,” parent […]
WHEATON, Ill. — Officials at Wheaton College have announced that their parting agreement with an associate political science director who will be leaving the college following controversy over her assertion that Christians and Muslims worship the same God will include an annual visit from a Muslim or Jewish scholar. “Each year we will invite a scholar […]