RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic governor of Virginia vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to reinforce the religious rights of students, stating that it infringes on other student’s desires to be free from “coercive prayer and religious messaging” at school events. As previously reported, Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) introduced SB 236 this year as […]
WOODBURY, Tenn. — A prominent legal organization recently sent a letter to the director of an after-school program as the parents of a young boy claimed that their son was told that he could not read the Bible on the premises. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee mailed correspondence to the Cannon County […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — A Washington-based humanist group has petitioned the federal court to find county commissioners in Maryland in contempt and fine them $10,000 per prayer for continuing to allow prayers in Jesus’ name despite a court order. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University, which is considered the world’s largest Christian university and whose motto is ‘training champions for Christ,’ has hired an open homosexual advocate to choreograph its upcoming Broadway-style presentation of Mary Poppins. The university recently published an article regarding the production, which it celebrates as being the school’s “largest to date.” […]
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling on Thursday that allowed New York City churches to meet in public school buildings. As previously reported, the case of Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York has been circling through the court system for the past 17 […]
NEW YORK — A New York woman is inspiring the masses after she recently passed away following her decision to postpone her cancer treatment in order to save her baby’s life. Elizabeth Joice, 36, had always wanted a baby. But she was told by doctors that the chances that she and her husband Max could […]
LAS VEGAS — The Republican Party of one county in Nevada recently voted to remove its definition of marriage from its party platform, as well as its position on abortion. Members of the Clark County Republican Party largely agreed to the changes on Saturday, editing out language in the party platform that outlined their belief […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi passed a religious freedom bill on Tuesday that allows for residents of faith to legally challenge state actions that place a substantial burden on their free exercise of religion. “State action or an action by any person based on state action shall not burden a person’s right to exercise […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A display at the University of Michigan is raising concern among pro-life groups nationwide as it celebrates abortion as a ‘life-sustaining act’ that its creator believes is a ‘gift from God.’ “‘4000 Years for Choice’ is an exhibition of posters about the age-old practices of abortion and contraception as a means […]
OVIEDO, Fla. — The parents of a kindergartner in Florida have pulled their child from public school after they state that their daughter told them that she was recently not allowed to pray over her lunch. Marcos and Kathy Perez had been considering homeschooling their five-year-old daughter Gabriella, but advise that the alleged incident put […]