A federal judge in Georgia has dismissed the lawsuit of a college student who contested her university’s demand that she attend a remediation program in support of the homosexual lifestyle. Jennifer Keeton says that she was was enrolled in Augusta State University’s Counselor Education Program in 2010, when she was reprimanded by officials for reportedly […]
Citizens of one Swiss canton, or state, have voted to force doctors to perform assisted suicide on terminally ill patients in its hospitals and nursing homes who want to die. On Sunday, 62 percent of residents of Vaud, Switzerland voted in favor of the initiative, which was introduced in a proposal from parliament last month. […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix officials recently cracked down on Christians who were handing out bottled water during an evangelistic outreach in the city. Patrick Moore and Dana Crow-Smith say that they were prohibited from giving away bottled water last Friday at the city’s monthly “First Friday” festival as they were witnessing to event attendees on […]
The preacher in Phoenix, Arizona that was sentenced to 60-days incarceration for holding worship meetings on his private property is now in jail. “I have spent time with my family this morning praying, crying and saying our goodbye. My heart is broken, but glory to God,” Michael Salman, father of six, wrote on his Facebook […]
A United States Congressman recently created controversy when he stated that he believed the nation’s schools should be modeled after Islamic institutions with the Quran as the foundation. Andre Carson is a democratic representative from Indiana, and is also a Muslim. When he was invited to speak at the Islamic Circle of North America Convention, […]
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a public school teacher who was fired for questioning evolution in his classroom. John Freshwater, a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School, had approached school officials in 2003 to request that he be allowed to explain to students the various disagreements that exist […]
Two studies that were funded in part by the United States Department of Homeland Security list Christians as “perpetrators of terrorism.” The studies are entitled “Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism” and “Hot Spots of Terrorism and other Crimes in the United States,” and were conducted by the START program at the University of Maryland. START […]
Legislators in North Carolina have voted to defund the abortion provider Planned Parenthood, overturning a veto handed down from the state’s governor. The mainly Republican-run legislature, headed by majority leader Paul Stam, sent over $343,000 back to individual county health departments instead of using it to fund those that provide abortions. Last year, Democratic governor […]
A street preacher in Arizona is fighting a jail sentence for holding private worship meetings at his home. Michael Salman says that he has been battling the City of Phoenix for years after code enforcement officials told him that if he was going to hold worship gatherings on his property, it would be considered an […]
Churches in New York City that had been prohibited from using public school buildings for Sunday worship have won a monumental victory in federal court. Judge Loretta Presha issued a permanent injunction today allowing the Bronx Household of Faith to continue to hold services in local public school buildings indefinitely. The school was facing possible […]