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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — Organizers of an annual Arab festival in Michigan attended by many that adhere to the Muslim religion have decided to cancel this year’s event following four years of tension between attendees and opponents of Islam. Reports state that the City and event organizers faced insurance and liability issues after being sued by […]
WASHINGTON — A recent survey of political and history professors at George Washington University discussed whether Barack Obama should be included on Mount Rushmore, even if not in the near future. The survey was conducted the The College Fix, and polled 10 professors at the university. Two said yes, but urged caution as to the […]
PHILADELPHIA — During the trial of ‘House of Horrors’ abortionist Kermit Gosnell, prosecutors called a Planned Parenthood abortionist who admitted to killing tens of thousands of children as an “expert witness” against Gosnell. The abortionist’s testimony was widely under-reported and little known to the public at the time, although some outlets discussed the matter briefly […]
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are urging the U.S. Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder to grant asylum to a Christian family who came to America to homeschool their children. Representative Marlin Stutzman of Indiana is leading an effort with 26 other U.S. Congressmen to request that Holder use his authority to stop efforts […]