RALEIGH, N.C. — Several homosexuals in North Carolina have filed suit to challenge a law that was passed this year that allows judges to opt out of officiating “gay weddings” because of their religious convictions. As previously reported, S.B. 2 was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, to allow magistrates to recuse themselves […]
ELKIN, N.C. — A bench placed in memory of a toddler that was killed in September in a hit-and-run car accident has been removed from a public park after officials said that permission was not obtained to place it—an assertion that the family denies. Mason Roten was 16 months old when a car pushed the vehicle […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — A prominent professing atheist group is seeking to put an end a Tennessee police department’s “Adopt a Cop” program, which invites local residents to pray for members of the city’s police force. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a letter on Tuesday to the Johnson City Police Department to object […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — The highest criminal court in Texas has ruled that it is permissible for police to form human barricades to physically block dissenters from engaging with attendees of “gay pride” events in situations where there is a possibility that the hearers might become violent. On Wednesday, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reinstated the conviction of […]
WASHINGTON — The Muslim couple who killed 14 in an attack on a health department party in San Bernardino last Wednesday plotted how to wage jihad on America even before their marriage, the FBI stated today. “These two killers were radicalized for quite a long time,” FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee. […]
CHICAGO — A school district in Chicago has voted to allow a male student who identifies as female to use the girls’ locker room in light of an ultimatum issued by the Obama administration. As previously reported, an unidentified high school student within Township High School District 211 requested to use the girls’ locker room […]
HOUSTON, Texas — A mother in Texas is fighting in court for her son’s life after the hospital where he was admitted decided that it was “medically inappropriate” to continue providing treatment to keep him alive. Christopher Dunn, 46, has been in Houston Methodist Hospital for over two months as a mass was found where his small intestine […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — The Air Force Academy is investigating the prayer practice of its football team after a prominent activist group that seeks to separate God from the military lodged a complaint. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) recently contacted the academy in stating that it had been been told by a number of cadets […]
WILDOMAR, Ca. — A California pastor who serves as the founder of a mobile pregnancy care center has filed a legal challenge over a law that requires pregnancy centers in the state to promote government abortion services. As previously reported, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Reproductive FACT Act into law in October, a measure that has been […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Thursday that it will open up all combat roles to women for the first time in the nation’s history, a move that has drawn both applause and concern. “As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our […]