TOPEKA — Christian parents in the state of Kansas have filed a lawsuit challenging newly-adopted educational standards that would mandate children as young as five to be taught about evolution and global warming as if scientific fact. In June of this year, the Kansas Board of Education joined 25 other states and the National Research […]
LIBERAL, Kansas — A school board in Kansas has voted unanimously to allow student-led prayers at school functions, restoring a practice that had been discontinued due to a fear of appearing to endorse a particular religion. While prayer was not on the agenda for this month’s meeting in Liberal, Kansas, members agreed that it was […]
Christian students across the nation and around the world will be gathering around their school flagpoles today for the annual ‘See You at the Pole’ day, a student-led prayer event that has been a tradition for over 20 years. ‘See You at the Pole’ began in the town of Burleson, Texas, a suburb of Fort […]
AZUSA, Cal. – An evangelical Christian university has reportedly asked one of its professors to leave the school after she announced that she was changing her gender identity from female to male. Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private educational institution near Los Angeles with a student body of nearly 10,000. According to APU’s website, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Four Christian universities in Oklahoma have filed suit against the Obama administration to challenge the requirement that they provide insurance coverage for sterilizations, contraception and drugs that they believe induce abortions. Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Oklahoma Baptist University and Mid-America Christian University are being represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), […]
DARMSTADT, Germany — The four homeschooled children of a couple in Germany have been returned to their parents upon the condition that they attend public school as per German law. As previously reported, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed the home of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich last month and forcefully removed all […]
EAST KILBRIDE, Scotland – Two Christians have been removed from teaching positions at a Scottish school after officials discovered they were allowing students to read books about Biblical creation. Alexandra MacKenzie and Elizabeth Mockus were both instructors at Kirktonholme Primary School in southern Scotland. According to media reports, the two instructors are affiliated with a […]
AUSTIN — The Texas Board of Education is holding a public hearing today over proposed science textbooks that have caused controversy among Christian reviewers due to their overwhelming promotion of evolutionary theory. “Every scientific test has supported Darwin’s basic ideas about evolution,” one textbook reads. “Life on Earth is continually evolving. The history of Earth […]
TAYLORSVILLE, North Carolina — A middle school teacher in North Carolina was recently suspended for showing his students a popular music video that promotes same-sex ‘marriage.’ The unnamed social studies teacher is employed at West Alexander Middle School in Taylorsville, North Carolina. According to reports, he played the video “Same Love” by Mackelmore and Lewis […]
CONCORD – A mother in New Hampshire who was barred from praying outside of the high school that her children attend has returned to the campus for the new school year, but is now praying silently each morning. As previously reported, Lizarda Urena has been praying on the steps of the Concord High School auditorium every […]