UPS has announced it will no longer offer monetary grants to the Boy Scouts of America because of the youth organization’s policy of excluding gay members and leaders. An online petition started by an Eagle Scout named Zach Wahls protesting the grants from UPS gathered more than 80,000 signatures, prompting the shipping company to end […]
A legislative committee in Ohio has approved a bill that seeks to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. According to reports, the Health Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives voted party lines today, with all 11 Republicans in favor of the legislation and all 9 Democrats opposed. The bill, which aims to prioritize state […]
Officials in Oklahoma have agreed to consider plans to establish a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of a county courthouse. LeFlore County representatives had approved a request in 2009 from former Poteau Mayor Don Barnes to erect the statue, but halted the measure after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a similar […]
The leader of a Unitarian establishment in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently began hosting Sunday services for atheists. Markin Lavanhar of All Souls Unitarian ‘Church’ told Tulsa World that he sees approximately 100-200 people attend his special Sunday services, which feature no prayers, no praise and worship and no mention of God. “Just the word ‘God’ turns […]
During a pre-trial hearing this week in St. Petersburg, Russia, a court ruled that a lawsuit filed against American pop singer Madonna for promoting homosexuality to minors could go forward. The court opined that the suit, filed by groups such as Union of Russian Citizens, the People’s Assembly and the New Great Russia, presented “sufficient evidence” […]
Approximately four thousand voters in Georgia wrote in Charles Darwin for Congress on Tuesday as a statement of opposition to current United States Representative Paul Broun, who was running virtually unopposed. According to reports, University of Georgia biologist Jim Leebens-Mack recently began a Facebook campaign urging the write-in following remarks made by Broun, in which […]
The Blaze, the news publication of Mormon conservative talk show host Glenn Bleck, reported this week on the commentator’s reaction to the reelection of Barack Obama. “Man, sometimes God really s*cks,” Beck said. “I got up yesterday at 3:00 in the morning and I knew. And I couldn’t sleep, and I started to say my […]
WASHINGTON — David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. The affair was discovered during an FBI investigation, according to officials briefed on the developments. They spoke on condition of anonymity […]
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Missouri Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin, who sparked a furor in August with comments about “legitimate rape,” was defeated by Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill on Tuesday. Until the rape comment, Akin was considered the favorite to beat McCaskill in a state that has trended Republican and voted for Republican presidential […]
(Reuters) – Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday in defiance of federal law, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the Obama administration. But another ballot measure to remove criminal penalties for personal possession and cultivation of recreational cannabis […]