Missouri voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that supporters said will protect religious freedom. The measure — Amendment 2 — says Missourians’ right to express religious beliefs can’t be infringed. It protects voluntary prayer in schools and requires public schools to display a copy of the Bill of Rights. With all but two […]
A small church in Mississippi is fighting a local zoning ordinance that prohibits churches from leasing space in the town square. Last year, officials in Holly Springs, Mississippi denied the request of Pastor Telsa DeBerry to utilize a building in the town square for his small eighteen-member congregation, known as Opulent Life Church. They reportedly […]
CHARLOTTE – Pro-life activist Flip Benham remains a free man after a judge ruled to not revoke his bond on Friday. In 2010, Benham was charged and later convicted of stalking a Charlotte-area doctor. He’s currently awaiting the results of his appeals hearing and is out on post-conviction release. On Friday, he arrived at the […]
Semmes, Alabama — A Walmart employee and a bystander were stabbed on Wednesday after confronting a man and woman who were threatening a street preacher with a knife and pistol. Gene Duffy, 67, says that he was singing Christian songs with his guitar on an outparcel near the Semmes, Alabama Wal-Mart when he was approached […]
HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. — A national legal organization is defending a missionary that was arrested on the Fourth of July for telling police officers that they needed to “repent.” The Rutherford Institute of Charlottesville, Virginia has issued a letter to attorneys representing the town of Holly Ridge, North Carolina, demanding that its police department be […]
Residents of the small town of Dugger, Indiana are fighting to keep a cross that was erected alongside a major roadway from being relocated following threats from a national legal organization that seeks to separate church and state. The 26-foot cross, which is inscribed with the words “Jesus saves,” was placed next to a high […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a year after the Kentucky Supreme Court subjected it to stricter regulations that could have meant its demise in the state. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate set a hearing for Aug. […]
A spokesperson for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has advised that the former Massachusetts governor disagrees with the Boy Scout’s current policy prohibiting open homosexuals from serving as members and leaders. According to The Associated Press, Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul told the news outlet in an email that Romney still stands by his beliefs that […]
A puppeteer is facing conspiracy and child pornography charges as part of a vast international child porn ring that has been unraveling over the past two years. Ronald Brown, 57, of Largo, Florida, is accused of plotting to murder, cook and eat small children, especially a particular young boy at his church. According to Pastor […]
A federal appeals court has upheld the creation of no demonstration zones, which prohibit free speech in certain public areas. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals released a ruling yesterday upholding a lower court’s decision that also declared such zones as being permissible. The opinion was penned by Judge Dennis Jacobs on behalf of a […]