During the second presidential debate between incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican contender Mitt Romney, both agreed that employers should be mandated to provide contraception coverage to their staff. The debate was held Tuesday night at Hofstra University near Long Island, New York, and was moderated by CNN’s Candy Crowley. While the night centered mostly […]
Grove, Oklahoma — Residents in the city of Grove, Oklahoma recently turned out for a school board meeting to urge officials to repeal its new policy prohibiting the distribution of Bibles to students. According to reports, it has long been a tradition by Gideons International to distribute pocket Bibles to fifth graders in the city. […]
Quebec, Canada — Pro-abortion protesters recently stormed an evangelical church in Canada during a conference on pro-life issues. According to reports, at least twenty protesters — all under the age of 25 — gathered outside of the Life Coalition Conference in Quebec to express their disapproval of the annual event. Various groups had advertised their […]
A Tennessee man recently interrupted a Sunday worship service in Church Hill by announcing that he was high on bath salts. Members of the Ross Campground Church called police after the incident and notified officials that the man had fled on foot. When police combed the area, they found Ronnie Hardesty, 36, of Rogersville standing […]
The daughter of a Latter Day Saints bishop and author of a book on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism says that she has concerns about a Romney presidency. Tricia Erickson, who is now a professing Christian after being involved in the LDS establishment for 21 years, stated in an article this week entitled The Obamney Twins that […]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — A municipal court in Philadelphia has dismissed a disorderly conduct charge against a preacher that was cited for being flashed by a female heckler. Following notification today in court that the prosecution has no interest in pursuing the case, Judge Jackie Frazier-Lyde, daughter of renowned boxer Joe Frazier, dismissed the charge against evangelist […]
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Paul Ryan expounded on their views pertaining to abortion at last night’s vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Martha Raddatz of ABC News served as moderator, and in noting that both candidates are Roman Catholic, asked how their faith influences their beliefs about abortion. “I […]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told reporters yesterday that there are no current pieces of legislation pertaining to abortion that he would support if elected as president. “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,” he advised the editorial board of the Des Moines Register during […]
A man from Illinois was recently taken into custody for plotting to carry out a bomb attack on dozens of Oklahoma churches, reports state. Gregory Weiler II, 23, of Elk Grove Village, was reported to police after staff at a motel in Miami, Oklahoma said they saw suspicious items in his room. Among the items […]
Fort Worth, Texas — A Texas man who described himself as a monster was convicted of murder on Monday for killing a local Baptist pastor. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 25, had been charged with suffocating Pastor Clint Dobson, 28, of North Point Baptist Church of Arlington in May 2011. Church secretary Judy Elliott was also attacked […]