MARION, Ohio — A school board in Ohio has voted unanimously not to restore a nearly 60-year-old plaque of the Ten Commandments that was removed from a local high school last year following a complaint. The Marion City Schools Board agreed on Monday to indefinitely “loan” the plaque to the Marion County Historical Society for display instead of its […]
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. Senators have introduced joint resolutions that would essentially void two D.C. bills that passed last year, which some state force faith-based organizations to violate their religious beliefs. As previously reported, the D.C. City Council passed the Human Rights Amendment Act of 2014 in December, which does away with an exemption afforded […]
TUNIS, Tunisia — The Islamic terror group ISIS, which also identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on tourists to a museum in North Africa that left over 20 people dead, including the gunmen. Members of the group posted a statement online on Thursday, calling the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two lesbian women in Ohio have filed a complaint with their local Chamber of Commerce after a Christian videographer declined to record their commitment ceremony, and now the chamber is vowing to revise its policies to prohibit members from turning down orders related to homosexuality. Jenn Moffitt and Jerra Kincely sent an email […]
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Seven children in Arkansas who were seized by the Garland County Sheriff’s Department in January have been allowed to return home on a trial basis, leading up to a hearing to determine whether the parents will be granted full custody. As previously reported, the homeschooled children of Hal Stanley, who pastors a home […]
WASHINGTON — Senate democrats blocked the advancement of a federal sex trafficking bill on Tuesday after taking issue with the inclusion of a statute that prohibited money from a victim’s fund from being used for abortion. The Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act had been presented by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and sought to […]
WHITE OAK, Texas — A Texas principal who quotes Scripture over the intercom during the morning announcements will no longer do so after a prominent atheist activist group sent a letter of complaint about the matter. As previously reported, according to KETK-TV, an anonymous student at White Oak High School recently contacted atheist blogger Hemant Mehta after […]
In a new audio recording released by the Islamic terror group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani threatened to blow up the White House, Big Ben and Eiffel Tower and take over much of the world for Islam. “We won the day Europe and [the] U.S. dreamed of […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a prominent atheist organization that sought to challenge the presence of a Ten Commandments monument in the state capital. American Atheists, based in New Jersey, had filed the legal challenge on behalf of a woman who complained about its installment […]
LEESBURG, Va. — A town council member in Virginia has been under fire after declaring last week that it wasn’t human effort alone that ended American slavery, but that God “touched the hearts of men” to direct the government to put an end to the injustice. Leesburg Town Councilman Thomas Dunn spoke via telephone on Tuesday […]