NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Senate has voted to shelve a bill to designate the Bible as the state book just two days after the effort passed the state House of Representatives. As previously reported, Rep. Jerry Sexton (R-Bean Station) introduced HB 615 earlier this year to amend the Tennessee Code to make the acknowledgment. “The Holy Bible […]
IRBIL, Iraq (CNN) — ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack Friday near the U.S. Consulate in the Kurdish Iraqi city of Irbil, according to several Twitter accounts linked to the terror group. The U.S. Consulate was the target of the attack, ISIS said. At least two people were killed and five injured, […]
PALERMO, Sicily — Fifteen Muslim migrants have been arrested on charges that they threw a dozen Christians off a boat to drown in the Mediterranean sea. On Tuesday, 105 passengers boarded a rubber boat to travel from Libya to Italy, where they were seeking asylum as refugees. However, during the journey, Muslims aboard became agitated when they […]
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court justice granted temporary relief late Wednesday to two religious groups in Pennsylvania that challenged a compromise to the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare, which they state still requires them to facilitate a “moral evil.” The evangelical Geneva College of Beaver Falls, and the Roman Catholic dioceses in Erie and […]
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. — Presentations from a character identified as “Bible Man” have been halted in a Tennessee school district following a complaint from a prominent atheist activist organization. Horace Turner has been presenting assemblies at Grundy County schools for approximately 40 years without issue. He sings songs, presents Bible lessons, distributes literature and erects Christian displays […]
HOUSTON — A Christian mother in Texas has given birth to the nation’s first all-female quintuplets after refusing her doctors’ advice to consider “selective reduction” abortion. Danielle and Adam Busby had struggled with infertility following their marriage and decided to seek help. But the medicines and intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedures that they tried were unsuccessful. “[W]e completely […]
DENVER — Two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have been fired following allegations that they plotted to make provision for a male screener to pat down men that he found attractive and touch them in their private places. “These alleged acts are egregious and intolerable,” the TSA said in a statement. “TSA has removed two officers […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Ohio abortionist who was investigated after a young mother died during a botched second trimester abortion last year will receive the 2015 “Tiller Award” named after notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller. Since 2006, the organization Physicians for Reproductive Health has been awarding abortionists who are particularly active in the abortion industry. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The attorney general of Oklahoma is vowing to protect Bible distributions at public schools after a prominent atheist activist organization sent letters throughout the state in an effort to stop the activity. As previously reported, the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to 26 Oklahoma school districts […]
NASHVILLE — A proposed Tennessee bill to make the Bible the state book is generating mixed opinions from civil leaders, including the governor and lieutenant governor, who opine that the designation would “belittle” the value of the Holy Scriptures. As previously reported, Rep. Jerry Sexton (R-Bean Station) introduced HB 615 earlier this year to amend the Tennessee Code to make […]