ONALASKA, Wisc. — A police department in Wisconsin has removed a prayer plaque from its walls following receipt of a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to the Onalaska Police Department after being informed by a local resident—who it left anonymous—that a “Police Officer’s […]
(The Guardian) — The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has confirmed that he does not believe gay sex to be a sin, saying that while he had no wish to “pontificate on theological matters,” he also did not want people to misunderstand his religious beliefs. Farron, who professes to be an evangelical Christian, has faced […]
DAVIS, Calif. — The University of California’s Davis campus is now making the morning-after pill available to students via a vending machine installed in its Activities and Recreation Center. Called the “Wellness to Go” vending machine, students can insert $30 to obtain emergency Plan B. Condoms and other sexual products are also offered, as well […]
GAYLORD, Mich. — A number of liberal activists wearing pink hats like those donned at the Washington Women’s March recently shouted down a prayer delivered at a town hall gathering in Michigan, chanting repeatedly, “Separation of Church and State!” The incident occurred last Thursday in Gaylord during a meeting held by Republican Rep. Jack Bergman. Derek Hagland of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A California woman who identifies as a man has filed a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital and its parent company for prohibiting her surgeon from performing a sex change-related hysterectomy at the facility because of the organization’s religious convictions. The 35-year-old woman, who goes by the name Evan Minton, had been scheduled to […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A felony terror charge has been filed against a Muslim man who recently recorded himself on Facebook Live brandishing numerous guns outside of a Christian event and warning viewers in a profanity-laden denouncement to be “scared” and “terrified.” Ehab Abdulmutta Jaber, 45, has been charged with one count of making terrorist […]
CRANDON, Wisc. — A Wisconsin man has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused several young girls over a period of six years and performed an abortion on one of them after impregnating her. Matthew Christenson, 33, of Crandon is accused of molesting five girls, ages 12-17, in January 2010, December 2012, August 2015 […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man who had been been living in an elderly pastor’s garage along with his girlfriend has been charged in the homicide of the Ohio minister. Ricky Skinner, 42, has been formally charged with murder as police believe that he beat Joseph McDowell, 81, to death last month. McDowell led Southard Baptist Church in Columbus. […]
BOISE, Idaho — A man who identifies as a woman has filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over its refusal to change his birth certificate from male to female. The 28-year-old man, who is only being identified as F.V., was born in Idaho but now lives in Hawaii. According to the complaint filed […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Lawmakers in Iowa have passed a budget bill that would defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. House File 653 directs the state to discontinue utilizing federal funds for Medicaid, and instead create its own family planning fund, estimated at $3.1 million. “The Department of Human Services shall discontinue the […]