GREENVILLE, S.C. — A video released this week by a police department in South Carolina tells the story of a formerly drug addicted homeless man whose life was transformed after a police officer took the time to talk to him and gift a copy of the Bible—the officer’s own personal Bible. The video by the Greenville […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota has become the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring that public school students use the restroom or locker room that corresponds with their birth gender. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted 20-15 in approval of H.B. 1008, just weeks after the House advanced the bill 58-10. “Every restroom, […]
BRILLION, Wisc. — A prominent Islamic group says that it is considering filing a federal complaint after seven Muslim workers were fired from a manufacturing company after they failed to comply with its policy mandating that they only leave the production line to pray during their scheduled breaks. As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based lawn mower and snow […]
DENVER, Co. — Lawmakers in Colorado have rejected two bills that would have outlawed abortion in the state and criminalized those who kill infants in the commission of a crime against their mother. H.B. 16-1113, also known as the “Protect Human Life at Conception Act,” was introduced by Rep. Stephen Humphrey, R-Windsor. “It is the intent […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Senate failed by a single vote last week to repeal a rule that required public facilities to permit persons who identify as the opposite gender to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their preferred identity. “All covered entities shall allow individuals the use of gender segregated facilities, such […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A Muslim woman led the first prayer to Allah on the Wisconsin Assembly floor on Thursday. Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, had been invited to give the invocation by Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, who professes to be a Christian. He told reporters that he invited […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — During Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Donald Trump said that if he were to nominate a judge to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, he would consider Diane Sykes or Bill Pryor, the latter of which prosecuted “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore. “If I were president now, I would certainly want […]
MARFA, Texas — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday at a ranch in Texas where he was staying for a hunting excursion over the weekend. The 79-year-old justice had been quail hunting at Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa on Friday and retreated to his room after dinner. When he did not […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi have again proposed designating the Bible as the state book. H.B. 840 was recently re-proposed by Rep. Tom Miles, D-Forest, and has nine co-sponsors, including Rep. Michael Evans, D-Preston, who joined him in the first effort last year. “Me and my constituents, we were talking about it and one […]
SANTA FE, N.M. — A legislative committee in New Mexico has killed a proposed bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks—five months gestation—if the abortionist believed that the child was viable. Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, had introduced S.B. 243 to stop the murder of children past what he considers to be the point […]