JOHNSTON COUNTY, Okla. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against officials of a county in Oklahoma in an effort to force the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of the county courthouse. The suit comes just weeks after a similar monument was removed from the grounds of the […]
DEKALB, Ill. — Officials at Northern Illinois University have agreed to remove all Bibles from the guest rooms at their campus student center following a complaint from a prominent atheist activist organization. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) reports that it recently sent a letter to the university to assert that the presence of […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge from several religious groups to what has been dubbed the “abortion pill mandate” in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, marking the second time the court has deliberated opposition to the law. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty had filed an appeal […]
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania man is seeking to “marry” another man that he adopted as his son three years ago. Nino Esposito, 78, had been with his partner Roland Bosee, 68, for 40 years when the two decided that Esposito would adopt Bosee as his son so that they could be considered “family” under the law. […]
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Members of a city council in Iowa voted Monday to remove a veterans memorial that included a cross from a local park, and in turn, members of the community voted on Tuesday to remove the council members from office. ”We warned them multiple times if they let our town down they would […]
DALLAS, Texas — A leadership and motivational speaker recently delivered what he called a “prophetic prayer” to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump via his attorney, claiming that God has given Trump “an anointing for the mantle of government.” Lance Wallnau of Dallas posted a video on Facebook on Tuesday that showed the speaker encouraging Christians at […]
Days after Russian officials expressed doubt that Saturday’s devastating plane crash in Egypt was the result of a terror attack, U.S. intelligence officials now state that they have information suggesting that ISIS—or an affiliate of the group—planted a bomb on the aircraft. “There is a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage […]
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told reporters on Friday that he believes Seventh-Day Adventists should ordain women, expressing disagreement with current prohibitions against female headship. “I don’t see any reason why women can’t be ordained,” he said, opining that it was a “huge mistake” for Adventist leaders to vote against female ordination. Carson was referring to July’s 60th […]
HOUSTON, Texas — Residents in Houston, Texas voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to repeal the city’s controversial homosexual and transgender equality ordinance, also known by opponents as the “bathroom bill.” As previously reported, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, an open lesbian, had promoted an “Equal Rights Ordinance” in 2014 designed to quell any discrimination in America’s fourth […]
CHICAGO — The Obama administration has ordered a school district in Illinois to allow a male student who identifies a female to use the girls’ locker room or face enforcement measures that could mean the loss of $6 million in federal funding. As previously reported, an unidentified high school student within Township High School District 211 […]