Phoenix, Arizona — A judge in Arizona has ruled that a woman who began converting her appearance into a man over a decade ago may not be granted a divorce over confusion regarding whether the woman was a man when she married. In 1997, Tracy Lehuanani Lagondino began undergoing testosterone treatments and changed her name […]
Manhattan, New York — A federal judge appointed by former president Bill Clinton has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a national atheist organization that sought to remove a steel beam cross from the 9/11 Museum in New York City because it promoted Christianity. As previously reported, the group American Atheists stated that the cross, […]
Des Moines, Iowa — Lawmakers in Iowa are threatening to pull funding to a state community college after they became aware that the educational institution was using taxpayer money to send students to a homosexual event that they believe perverts the Bible. “We cannot in good conscience vote to give taxpayer dollars to people or […]
Tallahassee, Florida — Representatives for a Florida chapter of the abortion provider Planned Parenthood expressed their opposition this week to a bill that would require that babies that are born alive after failed abortion attempts receive life-saving medical care. HB1129, the Infants Born Alive Act, was approved by the Civil Justice Subcommittee and Health Quality Subcommittee […]
Lakeland, Florida — A Florida atheist group has lost their court challenge surrounding prayers that are offered during Lakeland’s City Commission meetings. Atheists of Florida had filed a lawsuit against the City of Lakeland and its mayor, Gow Field, in 2010, contending that the prayers that preceded each meeting violated the Establishment Clause of the […]
Washington (CNN) – A group of rabbis, pastors and priests has a message for President Barack Obama: stop the drone war. In a video produced by the Brave New Foundation, a group that uses video and social media to protest against drones, Jewish and Christian leaders describe the practice as “assassination by remote control,” which violates […]
Frankfort, Kentucky — Lawmakers in the state of Kentucky have voted to override Democratic Governor Steve Beshear’s veto of a religious freedom bill that passed in the legislature last week. As previously reported, Beshear rejected The Religious Freedom Act last Friday, releasing a statement to explain his decision. “I value and cherish our rights to […]
A former presidential candidate is blasting Franklin Graham and Richard Land for expressing their endorsement of universal background checks as a form of gun control, stating that they are “on the wrong side of the Bible and history.” In a recent Time Magazine article, Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, explained that […]
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — A Pennsylvania lawmaker has unveiled legislation that would require the naming of plaintiffs who file lawsuits to remove religious symbols from public places. Rep. Tim Krieger (R-Delmont) said he introduced House Bill 922 in response to two lawsuits filed on behalf of anonymous plaintiffs by the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation. The […]
Washington, D.C. — The nine justices of the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of United States v. Windsor today, insinuating that the court might leave the argument over homosexual “marriage” up to the states. The debate follows Tuesday’s hearing over the validity of California’s Proposition 8, which barred same-sex “marriage” in the […]