TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison on Monday for tricking his girlfriend into ingesting an abortion-inducing drug last year. As previously reported, John Andrew Welden, 29, accepted a plea deal in September after admitting to giving his girlfriend, 27-year-old Remee Jo Lee, the pill Cytotec (misoprostol) to […]
NORRIS CITY, Ill. — A Washington, D.C.-based humanist organization is threatening an Illinois school with a lawsuit if it does not discontinue presenting prayers at graduation ceremonies. The Appignani Humanist Legal Center, an arm of the American Humanist Association (AHA), mailed a letter to officials at Norris City Ohama Enfield High School last week, citing […]
FORT WORTH, Tex. — A hospital in Texas has decided not to fight a judge’s orders to remove a pregnant brain dead woman from life support, removing the woman from the ventilator on Sunday and thus ending her nearly 23-week-old baby’s life. “From the onset, JPS has said its role was not to make nor […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — An atheist lawmaker in Nebraska has proposed a bill that seeks to revoke property tax exemptions for religious organizations in the state, including churches. Senator Ernie Chambers (D-Omaha) introduced the legislation before the Nebraska Revenue Committee on Friday, explaining that he believes the proposal would help ease the tax burden on Nebraska […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Senate narrowly passed a student religious freedom bill this week, sending the measure on to the House of Delegates for a full vote. As previously reported, Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) recently introduced SB 236 as part of his longtime fight for faith in the public arena. The legislation reinforces […]
ALHAMBRA, Calif. — A California assistant high school principal has resigned from her post after she was exposed online last week for alleged child sexual abuse of a former female student. Jamie Carillo, now married with children, decided to call her middle school basketball coach last week and confront her regarding the sexual abuse that […]
FORT WORTH — A Texas judge has ordered that a pregnant woman be removed from life support following a lawsuit from her husband and parents. As previously reported, Marlise Munoz, 33, has been on a ventilator since late November when her husband Erick, 26, found her unconscious in the middle of the night. According to […]
RICHMOND — The attorney general of Virginia has announced that he will not defend the commonwealth’s constitutional amendment enshrining marriage as being between a man and a woman. Instead, Attorney General Mark Herring filed a brief in court on Thursday in favor of overturning Virginia’s current ban on same-sex “marriage,” siding with the homosexuals who […]
WASHINGTON — A Christian legal organization is praising the Pentagon for recent changes made to its official policies, which now provide greater protections to religious personnel in the military. The Plano, Texas-based Liberty Institute applauded the Department of Defense (DoD) after it unveiled its modified religious accommodation policy on Wednesday. In addition to updating its […]
CHICAGO — A mobile pregnancy center in the Chicago area has reached a settlement with city officials that grants the ministry the right to freely assist pregnant women without restriction. As previously reported, in March of last year, TLC Pregnancy Services, run by The Life Center, Inc. (TLC), filed a lawsuit against the City of […]