PASADENA, Md. — A former presidential candidate recently taught students at his Maryland-based Institute on the Constitution that separation of church and state does not mean removing God from the government. Michael Peroutka, an attorney who also ran for president in 2004 with the Constitution Party, regularly teaches Christians about the biblical view of government—or […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for an immediate expansion of same-sex “marriage” by unexpectedly and tersely turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit homosexual unions. The court’s order effectively makes same-sex “marriage” legal now in 30 states. Without comment, the justices brought to an end delays in in five states— […]
HARTFORD, Conn. – A national homeschooling advocacy group is decrying a measure proposed by a Connecticut government task force that would allegedly require homeschoolers to undergo screenings to identify those considered to be “troubled.” As previously reported, lawmakers in Connecticut proposed a bill last year that would have mandated mental health assessments for both public […]
SALISBURY, N.C. — A prominent atheist activist organization is seeking to end the presentation of optional Bible classes at several elementary schools in North Carolina. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to officials with the Rowan-Salisbury School System after it received a complaint from an unidentified individual who took […]
Nearly 1,500 pastors nationwide are expected to participate in an effort today that seeks to challenge government restrictions against political speech from the pulpit. The effort is called Pulpit Freedom Sunday, and was organized by the Pulpit Initiative, a project of the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). As the seventh annual event of […]
KANSAS CITY — A circuit court judge in Missouri has ruled that officials must recognize same-sex ‘marriages’ from other states, striking down part of a voter-approved amendment recognizing marriage as being solely between a man and a woman. In 2014, 20 homosexuals who tied the knot in other states sued the Missouri government for not […]
The Islamic terrorist group ISIS, also identifying themselves as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a fourth beheading video, executing another British aid worker who had been providing humanitarian assistance in Syria. The video, entitled “Another Message to America And Its Allies,” begins with footage of a news report outlining the British Parliament’s […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared “brain dead” by doctors last year following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures claims that the child has regained brain activity and seeks a court ruling reversing her declaration of death. As previously reported, the matter centers around 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who underwent […]
DALLAS — Officials in Liberia may prosecute a man who brought the Ebola virus to the United States after he allegedly lied on a questionnaire before boarding a plane out of the country, reports state. Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority, told reporters this week that Thomas Eric Duncan answered […]
NEW ORLEANS — An appeals court has upheld a Texas law that is expected to result in the closure of most of the state’s abortion facilities, overturning a lower court ruling that found the statute to be unconstitutional. As previously reported, the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights had filed suit earlier this year to challenge […]