REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — An employee at a California McDonald’s has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to flush her newborn child down the toilet. The baby miraculously survived and is now in stable condition. According to prosecutors, Sarah Lockner, 25, complained of abdominal pain while at work at the Redwood City […]
AUSTIN, Texas — At least 74 mothers have responded to an offer from a chain of abortion facilities in Texas, which announced that it would provide free abortions to those affected by Hurricane Harvey during the month of September to “help” pregnant mothers who wanted to terminate their pregnancy but could not do so because of the […]
YUKON, Okla. — A pastor and former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives who is currently running for the governor of Oklahoma declared in a video posted online this week that if elected, he would abolish abortion in the state. “Tragically, some 250,000 preborn Oklahomans have been deprived of their right to life since […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The worship band of a non-denominational “church” in Indiana recently performed the song “Money Talks” from the secular rock group AC/DC—also known for its “Highway to Hell” tune that celebrates having a party in Hell with one’s friends—during the Sunday morning service to correspond with the pastor’s sermon series. “Come on! […]
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Residents of a small Virginia town are expressing concern after officials recently removed a plaque from an elementary school cafeteria that thanks God for the food in light of a complaint from one of the nation’s most active Church-State separation groups. “We have allowed the Freedom From Religion Foundation supposedly acting on behalf […]
LANSING, Mich. — A federal judge has granted an injunction to a Michigan farmer who was banned from selling at a local farmer’s market for operating his business in accordance with his beliefs on marriage. “The City of East Lansing must grant Country Mill Farms any necessary license and allow Country Mill Farms to sell its […]
(The Christian Institute) — A couple who resigned from a National Trust property because they refused to wear gay pride badges say they have been blacklisted from volunteering. Bob and Linda Gates resigned from Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, having worked there for 14 years. When they applied to volunteer at Blickling Hall, a nearby National […]
SOMERSET, Ky. — Police in Kentucky have announced that a man who was taken into custody as a person of interest in the killing of a late pastor’s wife has confessed to killing the elderly woman. Dwight Bell, 41, who had previously been incarcerated for murdering his own father, had been suspected of stealing Ruthie […]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A chapter of one of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist groups has lodged a complaint after being notified by concerned parents that a music teacher at a Tennessee elementary school played Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” during the morning announcements. The East Tennessee chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently emailed Linden Elementary […]
(The Telegraph) — The majority of Church of England Christians don’t read the Bible, the church’s own polling has revealed. Figures show that 60 percent of self-declared followers of the Church admit they never read the Bible, and 36 percent say they never attend church. One in three said they never pray. The figures produced […]