BREMERTON, Wash. — A football coach in Washington state who was placed on leave this fall until he agrees to stop praying at the 50-yard line at the conclusion of each game has filed a federal employment complaint, alleging religious discrimination. As previously reported, Joe Kennedy, the assistant head coach for the varsity team at Bremerton High […]
WHEATON, Ill. — A prominent Christian-identified university in Illinois has suspended an associate political science director after she posted photos of herself wearing an Islamic hijab this past week, stating that she was doing so to show solidarity with Muslims. “Wheaton College faculty and staff make a commitment to accept and model our institution’s faith foundations […]
DETROIT, Mich. — The leader of the Detroit chapter of the Satanic Temple recently blogged about her medical abortion, which she carried out on Thanksgiving Day. “I had a Thanksgiving abortion,” wrote Jex Blackmore on her blog “UnMother.” “This was good because I don’t care much for the holiday and was provided ample time off […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the attorney general of Ohio from taking legal action against the abortion giant Planned Parenthood in order to stop the organization from having the bodies of aborted babies picked up by medical waste companies to be steam-treated or incinerated, and then dumped in landfills. As previously reported, Ohio […]
Tunis (AFP) — A court in Tunisia has sentenced six students to three years in jail each on charges of homosexuality in a judgment condemned by rights activists, their lawyer said on Monday. The court in Kairouan last week handed down the maximum term under a controversial article of the criminal code that criminalizes sex […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman is facing an attempted murder charge for using a coat hanger in an attempt to perform a self-abortion. Anna Yocca, 31, an unmarried mother, reportedly filled her bathtub with water this past September and then “took a coat hanger and attempted to self-abort her pregnancy.” When she began bleeding, […]
NEW YORK — A Muslim woman was recently sworn in as a judge in New York City, choosing to take her oath on the Koran instead of the Bible. After being elected to the position last month, Carolyn Walker-Diallo was sworn in last Thursday as a civil judge for the 7th Municipal District at Brooklyn Borough Hall. […]
BILLINGS, Mont. — A judge in Montana has halted the lawsuit of a polygamist who sought “marriage equality” after was denied a license to tie the knot with a second woman. As previously reported, Nathan Collier, 46, went to the Yellowstone County Courthouse in July with his partner Christine to seek a second marriage license. As […]
WHEATON, Ill. — A professor at a prominent Christian university in Illinois posted photos of herself wearing an Islamic hijab this past week, stating that she was doing so to show solidarity with Muslims. Larycia Hawkins is an associate political science director at Wheaton College, one of the most renown Christian schools in the world. […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The abortion giant Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Sunday in an effort to stop Ohio officials from taking any legal action against the organization for having the bodies of aborted babies picked up by medical waste companies to be steam-treated or incinerated, and then dumped in landfills. As previously reported, Ohio Attorney […]