‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’ Painting Removed From Idaho Air Force Base Following Complaint

‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’ Painting Removed From Idaho Air Force Base Following Complaint

MOUNTAIN HOME, Id.– An Air Force base in southwestern Idaho has removed a Scripture-based painting from one of its dining halls after a complaint was submitted by an activist group that seeks to keep religion out to the U.S. military. Last Friday, the Pentagon received a letter of complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation […]

Afghan Boys Recount Friends Yelling ‘We are Children!’ as American Soldier Gunned Down Villagers

Afghan Boys Recount Friends Yelling ‘We are Children!’ as American Soldier Gunned Down Villagers

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Several Afghan children appeared via video in court Wednesday, recounting the night that an American soldier conducted a raid on their village and shot a number of their friends and family dead. Young boys told the court that when Staff Sergeant Robert Bales entered their village last year with the […]

Missouri Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Sharia Law Over Fear of Endangering Foreign Adoptions

Missouri Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Sharia Law Over Fear of Endangering Foreign Adoptions

ST. LOUIS — Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have prevented judges in the state from using Sharia Law in their judgments, citing fears of endangerment of foreign adoptions and other international concerns. Nixon appeared at a press conference on Monday at the office of Lutheran Family and Children’s Services, where […]

Town Council to Permit Prayers in Jesus’ Name Following Criticism of Revised Prayer Policy

Town Council to Permit Prayers in Jesus’ Name Following Criticism of Revised Prayer Policy

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Officials in a small Washington town have decided not to prohibit the mentioning of Jesus’ name in city council prayers. This announcement comes almost a month after the city council members of Oak Harbor—an island town of 22,000 residents in western Washington—considered a proposal that would have banned the names of […]

El Salvador’s Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Case; Points to Personhood of Child

The Salvadoran high court rejected the over-hyped claims of abortion advocates in favor of common-sense protections for mother and child on Wednesday. The ruling upholds El Salvador’s constitutional protection of the right to life beginning at fertilization. Over the past few months, international abortion activists have exploited the case of a 22-year-old Salvadoran woman known […]

Maine House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Rejects Assisted Suicide Bill

Maine House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Rejects Assisted Suicide Bill

AUGUSTA — Members of the Maine House of Representatives recently rejected a bill calling for the legalization of physician assisted suicide in the state. LD 1065, Patient-Directed Care at the End of Life, would have allowed terminally ill patients to ingest lethal medication to hasten their death. “This bill authorizes a patient who is terminally […]

America’s First Atheist Monument to Be Displayed Outside Florida Courthouse

America’s First Atheist Monument to Be Displayed Outside Florida Courthouse

STARKE, Fla. — The first monument in the country dedicated to atheism is set to be displayed in front a county courthouse in Florida later this month. The monument is part of a settlement between officials in Bradford County, Florida and the organization American Atheists of Cranford, New Jersey. Last year, American Atheists sued the […]

Louisiana Lawmakers Reject Proposed Repeal of State’s ‘Creation Science and Evolution Science Act’

Louisiana Lawmakers Reject Proposed Repeal of State’s ‘Creation Science and Evolution Science Act’

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s House Education Committee on Wednesday rejected a repeal to a 1981 law which allows both creation science and evolutionary theory to be taught in public schools. The proposed repeal was sponsored by Republican Dan Claitor, and—had it been passed—would have deleted Louisiana’s “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act.” According to the 1981 […]

Wife of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran to Plead for Husband Before United Nations Council

Wife of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran to Plead for Husband Before United Nations Council

GENEVA — The wife of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran for planting house churches in the country over a decade ago is scheduled to speak before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on Monday. Naghmeh Abedini and the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) have been meeting with various countries and […]

Charges Against Couple Handcuffed for Distributing ‘End the Fed’ Flyers Near Liberty Bell Dropped

Charges Against Couple Handcuffed for Distributing ‘End the Fed’ Flyers Near Liberty Bell Dropped

PHILADELPHIA — Federal charges have been dropped against a couple that was handcuffed on the public sidewalk this week while distributing flyers near the Liberty Bell. A YouTube video has gone viral showing Mark and Barbara Passio surrounded by park rangers and sitting on the ground with their hands behind their back after they were […]