NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Text messages have been released in the case of a teenage girl who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide, and staying with him on the phone until he went through with it. Michelle Carter, 18, was officially charged in February in the death of her […]
NEW BOSTON, Texas — A sign maker in Texas is offering auto decals of the national motto to police departments and individual officers nationwide as a way to provide support to America’s law enforcement officials. “To any law enforcement or first responders that want the “In God We Trust’ decals, we will donate them!” Brian […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An estimated 10,000 people gathered at the South Carolina state house on Saturday for a faith-based rally that joined together Christians who seek to be on God’s side of history. The “We Stand With God” rally featured speakers such presidential candidates Rick Perry and Ted Cruz, as well as U.S. Sen. Tim […]
A national legal organization is fighting back a prominent atheist activist group that recently sent letters to over 20 secular universities in its goal to have its football chaplains “permanently benched.” As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) released a 25-page report last week in which it takes issue with the idea […]
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. — A prominent atheist activist organization is demanding the removal of a Scripture decal that an Alabama sheriff recently had affixed to his department’s patrol vehicles. As previously reported, last month, Houston County Sheriff Donald Valenza purchased decals citing Matthew 5:9, and quoting the Scripture in part, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” “I’ve […]
SALT LAKE CITY — An attorney representing a polygamist at the center of the TLC reality show “Sister Wives” is pointing to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex “marriage” in his fight against Utah’s appeal of a federal decision striking down the state’s ban on polygamous cohabitation. “From the rejection of morality legislation […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A county clerk in Kentucky is continuing to defy a court order that she issue marriage licenses to homosexuals and their partners despite her Christian convictions not to be a partaker in other’s sins. “Currently everything remains the same,” Deputy Clerk Nathan Davis told Reuters, as the office continued to turn away […]
NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declined to share his favorite Bible verses during a television interview on Wednesday, stating that it was “very personal.” Trump appeared on the Bloomberg television broadcast “With All Due Respect,” and at one point, interviewer John Heilemann asked Trump to expound further about a comment he made […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A prominent atheist activist organization is seeking to place a “no gods” display on the grounds of the Arkansas state capitol following the approval of a Ten Commandments monument proposed to be erected at the location. As previously reported, Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, had proposed the monument, which will be overseen […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal appeals court has denied a stay of a lower court order declaring that a Kentucky county clerk must issue marriage licenses to homosexuals and their partners despite her Christian convictions not to be a partaker in other’s sins. As previously reported, Kim Davis, clerk of Rowan County, has been the […]