Richmond, Virginia — The attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia is fighting back after a federal appeals court threw out Virginia’s sodomy law, stating that it was unconstitutional. Last month, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” ordinance, which prohibits certain types of sexual behaviors, violated the Due Process […]
Thibodaux, Louisiana — A Louisiana woman is being permitted to continue distributing Bibles at her local farmer’s market after the park service that presides over the area upheld her right to do so. Shirley Elliott has been selling jams and jellies at the Thibodaux Farmer’s Market near Jean Lafitte National Historic Park for approximately two years. […]
Washington, D.C. — The leader of a prominent homosexual activist organization will present a painting representing Jesus Christ to Barack Obama this morning during the president’s annual Easter prayer breakfast. As the White House extended an invitation to Cindi Love of the group Soulforce to participate in the event, Love says she will present Obama […]
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — A pro-family organization in Pennsylvania is expressing concern over a proposed bill that would require an investigation into homeschooling families in certain situations. SB32 was recently presented in the Pennsylvania legislature by Senator Andrew Dinniman, and is meant to amend the Public School Code of 1949. “The school district in which the child resides […]
Alamogordo, New Mexico — An atheist activist group is targeting a city in New Mexico for its recent decision to post the motto “In God We Trust” on the walls in City Hall. The Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin sent a letter to city officials in Alamogordo, New Mexico warning that the motto […]
Raleigh, North Carolina — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed legislation to defend what they believe is the right of states and municipalities to establish a particular religion. The Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013 was filed on Tuesday by Representatives Carl Ford and Harry Warren, and is supported by nine additional […]
Olympia, Washington — A Republican lawmaker in Washington has blocked a proposed bill that would require insurance companies in the state to provide coverage for abortion services. As previously reported, the bill, known as The Reproductive Parity Act, passed the House last month by a vote of 53 to 43, but its approval was not so […]
In France, any woman who chooses to can have an abortion for free. As of April 1, the French state covers 100 percent of the costs for 100 percent of terminations. Previously, only girls under 18 could claim the full cost back from social security, while older women would receive between 70 and 80 percent. […]
Georgia GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart warned that straight people might enter into fraudulent same-sex marriages to obtain benefits, the Marietta Daily Journal reported Saturday. “You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow,” she told the Journal. “Say you had a great job with the […]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Exchanges between the defense attorney for a notorious abortionist and a medical examiner and prosecutor became heated yesterday over the decision to charge the abortionist with homicide in the death of a 41-year-old woman. According to reports, argument broke out in the courtroom between defense attorney Jack McMahon, who represented abortionist Kermit […]