PISMO BEACH, Calif. — A prominent atheist activist organization has filed suit in an effort to stop a chaplain from leading prayers at council meetings in a city located along California’s central coast. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed the complaint last week, asserting that the prayers offered regularly by Pismo Beach chaplain Paul […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court of the United States is set to hear oral argument today surrounding the issue of whether it is permissible for municipalities to present prayers predominantly in Jesus’ name, especially if area residents are largely Christian. As previously reported, the court accepted the case of Town of Greece v. Galloway in May […]
SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers in Illinois have voted to legalize same-sex ‘marriage’ in the state, making the ‘Land of Lincoln’ the 15th in the nation to permit the practice. The matter was not without debate, however, as a number of legislators expressed their opposition to the measure, including from the Scriptures. “This debate is a joke,” […]
WASHINGTON — Approximately two dozen U.S. Congressmen and women recently participated in the first-ever observance of the Hindu festival of lights, known as Diwali, on Capitol Hill. The observance was a bi-partisan effort organized by Democratic Representative Joe Crowley of New York and Republican Representative Peter Roskan of Illinois. Both men co-chair the Congressional Caucus […]
Eight states are refusing to grant ID cards to spouses of homosexuals at National Guard bases following orders from new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Hagel had issued the order in August of this year following the Supreme Court decision to strike down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The ID cards […]
WEST WINDSOR, NJ. — An evangelist in New Jersey plans to appeal after a municipal judge found him guilty of defiant trespassing this week for preaching the Gospel at a public train station. As previously reported, Robert Parker has been preaching at the Princeton Junction train station in West Windsor for the past five years, […]
HONOLULU — Senators in the largely Democratic state of Hawaii overwhelmingly passed legislation this week to legalize same-sex ‘marriage,’ sending the bill to the House for a vote. The measure resulted in much debate on both sides of the issue, and at times included religious references. “Pope Francis said, ‘Who am I to judge?’ I […]
SAN ANTONIO — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announced this week that he believes that God has given him the mission to spark spiritual and constitutional revival in the United States of America. At an appearance this past Sunday at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, he explained that he believes that […]
NEW ORLEANS — An appeals court in New Orleans, Louisiana has partially reversed a ruling that declared newly-imposed abortion regulations in the state of Texas to be unconstitutional. As previously reported, on Monday, a federal judge appointed by then-President George H.W. Bush struck down portions of the law, declaring the regulations an “undue burden” on a […]
IRVING — A former Pentagon official who pushed for the repeal of the U.S. military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy has been named the next president of the Boy Scouts of America. Robert Gates served as the Secretary of Defense under then-President George W. Bush beginning in 2006 and stayed on board for part of […]