A town in Massachusetts has voted 183-50 to fine citizens who use profanity in public. Residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts voted on Monday to approve a proposal presented by Police Chief Bruce Gates to help curb the use of expletives in the city. While private speech is not effected, those whose engage in loud, potty mouth […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse has relieved one of its officers from his enforcement duties following a civil challenge presented by two evangelists in federal court. According to documents filed by the city, Sgt. Michael Long of the Syracuse Licensing Department, who identified himself as “the end all” and “an army of one,” […]
A self-proclaimed atheist Eagle Scout has sued his local school district for allowing prayer at his graduation ceremony last month. Matthew “Max” Neilson, 18, says that his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when school officials at Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina allowed a student to proceed with the benediction when he […]
A California City Council has voted unanimously to place the phrase “In God We Trust” in its chambers. Anaheim officials agreed this past Tuesday to insert the phrase in gold or black lettering over the city seal, and to set up a fund so that private donations could cover the cost. Anaheim is the seventeenth […]
Kansas senators are lamenting the retirement of a very special chaplain. Fred Hollomon has been opening each session of the Senate with prayer for 31 years. However, Hollomon’s prayers aren’t your ordinary, run-of-the-mill invocation. Each and every one of them are all set to rhyme. The 86-year-old chaplain says that he spends approximately two hours every […]
Roy Moore, also known as the Ten Commandments judge, is gaining ground in his bid to make a comeback as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. During the Republican primaries earlier this year, Moore won the nomination in a landslide vote, even though his opponents had outspent him six times over. It was said […]
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to review a ruling from earlier this year that overturned California’s Proposition 8, which banned homosexual “marriage.” The case now heads to the Supreme Court. The decision on Tuesday was divided, with three judges dissenting. Those that disagreed with the majority stated that the federal court’s ruling […]
A Wisconsin pastor has been sentenced to two years in prison for encouraging his members to spank their young children. Phillip Caminiti, 55, is the pastor of Aleitheia Bible Church, which meets in homes in the Black Earth area. Caminiti came under fire in 2010 for allegedly advising members that they needed to discipline their […]
The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear a case out of the Ninth Circuit regarding a pregnant woman that was tasered for refusing to sign a speeding ticket. The case stems from an incident that occurred in 2004 when 33-year-old Malaika Brooks was pulled over by Seattle police while taking her 11-year-old son […]
The California Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would stiffen penalties for those that are involved in human trafficking. In a vote of 36-0, the Senate approved of legislation that would forfeit $1.5 million from every individual that was convicted of the crime, half of which would be used for programs to fight human […]