COCOA BEACH, Fla. — The absence of a Bible from a Florida Air Force display honoring American soldiers missing in action has generated controversy. Michael Tater, 64, told reporters this week that he recently noticed that the Missing Man Table at the Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach was itself MIA and contacted officials […]
Wenzhou, Zhejiang — A Three-Self Patriotic Movement church in China’s coastal Zhejiang province is facing demolition after refusing to remove the cross that tops the building. “When the Party Secretary Xia Baolong visited the local areas, he found the cross on top of the church very conspicuous. So he ordered that it be demolished. Then, […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic governor of Virginia vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to reinforce the religious rights of students, stating that it infringes on other student’s desires to be free from “coercive prayer and religious messaging” at school events. As previously reported, Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) introduced SB 236 this year as […]
WOODBURY, Tenn. — A prominent legal organization recently sent a letter to the director of an after-school program as the parents of a young boy claimed that their son was told that he could not read the Bible on the premises. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee mailed correspondence to the Cannon County […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — A Washington-based humanist group has petitioned the federal court to find county commissioners in Maryland in contempt and fine them $10,000 per prayer for continuing to allow prayers in Jesus’ name despite a court order. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the […]
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling on Thursday that allowed New York City churches to meet in public school buildings. As previously reported, the case of Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York has been circling through the court system for the past 17 […]
LAS VEGAS — The Republican Party of one county in Nevada recently voted to remove its definition of marriage from its party platform, as well as its position on abortion. Members of the Clark County Republican Party largely agreed to the changes on Saturday, editing out language in the party platform that outlined their belief […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi passed a religious freedom bill on Tuesday that allows for residents of faith to legally challenge state actions that place a substantial burden on their free exercise of religion. “State action or an action by any person based on state action shall not burden a person’s right to exercise […]
OVIEDO, Fla. — The parents of a kindergartner in Florida have pulled their child from public school after they state that their daughter told them that she was recently not allowed to pray over her lunch. Marcos and Kathy Perez had been considering homeschooling their five-year-old daughter Gabriella, but advise that the alleged incident put […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two Christian ministries in Alabama are dismayed at the actions of local law enforcement after they were recently stopped from feeding the homeless due to a new ordinance centering around food trucks. “I’m just so totally shocked that the city is turning their back on the homeless like this,” Pastor Rick Wood […]