DALLAS – Five months after their children were forcibly removed from their home, a Christian couple continues to fight Texas officials over custody of their homeschooled children. As previously reported, Trevor and Christina Tutt are a Christian couple in Dallas with several biological and adopted children. Formerly foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tutt say they […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A civil trial began this week for a University of North Carolina professor who was allegedly denied a promotion because of disagreement with his outspoken Christian views. Mike Adams works as a professor of criminology in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Adams, a former […]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A professor of feminist studies at a California university was caught on video stealing a sign from members of a pro-life organization and then later allegedly destroyed the poster with scissors in her office. Mireille Miller-Young is an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California—Santa Barbara (UCSB). Her […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Officials at Purdue University have reached a compromise with a donor who had sought legal counsel after the university refused to engrave an inscription on his dedication plaque that included a reference to God. As previously reported, Dr. Michael McCracken and his wife made a donation to the university in 2012, and […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided to allow a Christian homeschooling family from Germany to remain in the country after initially battling the family in court as they sought asylum in the United States. As previously reported, Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the courts for several years while continuing […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is under fire after it refused to engrave language about God on a donor’s plaque for fear that it might be considered a government endorsement of religion. Dr. Michael McCracken and his wife made a donation to the university in 2012, and was asked to provide an inscription for […]
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi has ruled against a public university professor that was allegedly punished for sharing his faith, stating that government employees do not have a right to promote a specific religion in the classroom. According to reports, Thomas Payne, a professor in the criminal justice department at the University […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A prominent Christian legal organization has sent rebuttal letters to two public universities that recently decided to remove all Gideon Bibles from their hotel rooms in response to complaints from an atheist activist organization. As previously reported, the University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University were contacted by the Freedom From Religion […]
COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators want to punish two public colleges for assigning books on homosexuality to freshmen. The House budget-writing committee on Wednesday tentatively approved a spending plan for 2014-15 that would cut $52,000 from the College of Charleston and $17,142 from the University of South Carolina Upstate. Last summer, the College of Charleston […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has apologized for removing a pro-life display earlier this month after some students complained that they found it to be “offensive.” Bama Students for Life had erected the small display behind a glass case that it has reserved last month, and noted earlier this month that the poster […]