WASHINGTON — Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid announced this week that he plans to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) up for a vote by Thanksgiving. The bill, introduced earlier this year by Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, seeks to protect homosexuals and those who prefer to identify as the opposite gender in the workplace, […]
DALLAS — Some are expressing concern after reports surfaced outlining that the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department allowed Muslims to receive a special meal during the recent Ramadan season. The news first broke via a Pakastani newspaper in an article entitled Halaal Food Being Provided to Muslim Inmates: Lupe Valdez. “Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez has said […]
MADISON — A case involving a Wisconsin teacher who admitted to viewing and sharing pornography on school district computers has been appealed to the state Supreme Court after it was ruled that the teacher’s firing was unfair. Andrew Harris was a science teacher at Glacier Creek Middle School in Cross Plains until May 2010. In […]
RICHLAND, Wash. — Attorneys for a Christian florist in Washington have asked a county court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general, which accused her of violating Washington’s anti-discrimination law for declining to help decorate a same-sex “wedding.” As previously reported, Baronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland was leveled with a […]
AUSTIN — A federal judge appointed by then-President George H.W. Bush has struck down portions of a new Texas abortion law, declaring the regulations an unconstitutional and “undue burden” on a woman’s ability to have an abortion. The ruling by District Judge Lee Yeakel came one day before the regulations were to be enacted. Texas […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A prominent atheist organization states that it plans to sue an Alabama city that was recently in headlines surrounding the launch of a new program that unites area pastors and police in reaching the hurting in the community. As previously reported, this past summer, the Montgomery Police Department launched Operation Good Shepherd […]
LUBBOCK, Tex. – As a legal battle continues over new abortion regulations in Texas, one official has announced that he will not enforce the recently enacted standards until they are officially deemed constitutional in court. As previously reported, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 2 (HB2) into law this summer, following strong support for […]
LINCOLN — Homeschooling parents in the state of Nebraska recently packed a public hearing in Lincoln, as well as two satellite sites in Grand Island and Scottsbluff, to express their disapproval of newly proposed regulations surrounding the choice to homeschool. The Nebraska Department of Education had called a conference over the rules, which had been […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has decided to make the phrase ‘So help me God’ optional in its cadet oath after an organization that fights for the separation of church and state lodged a complaint with officials. As previously reported, the situation began when the academy sent photographs of its […]
RICHMOND — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments this week both for and against ‘Choose Life’ license plates for North Carolina drivers, as the battle over the plates continues to rage between state officials and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As previously reported, last December, a federal judge appointed by […]