BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama police chief is under fire from a prominent atheist activist organization for conducting prayer walks in his city as a way to fight crime. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper to assert that his actions are unconstitutional and […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — A number of Air Force cadets stationed at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado have staged a ‘revolt’ against the recent erasure of Scripture from a white board outside of a cadet’s bedroom. “I have been crucified with Christ therefore I no longer live, but Christ lives in me,” the […]
WHITE PLAINS, NY — The head of the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church has ended the church trial of a minister who officiated his son’s same-sex “wedding,” and is now vowing to end all future trials in the region. “Church trials produce no winners,” Martin D. McLee told reporters on Monday. “[They] […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow Americans exemptions from purchasing insurance under Obamacare if their religious beliefs prohibit them from doing so. The Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act (H.R. 1814) was introduced by Representative Aaron Shock (R-Ill) and was backed with the support of […]
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — At least half dozen crosses have appeared along a roadside in California after a humanist group convinced city officials to order a grieving family to remove a cross memorial from the same location, asserting that it violated the separation of church and state. The family of 19-year-old Anthony Devaney erected the […]
BUFFALO – A New York pregnancy center has become the first facility in the U.S. to offer both birthing services and abortions in the same building. The Birthing Center of Buffalo is a new health facility that opened its doors last month. According to reports, the center is the first of its kind, offering both […]
SALT LAKE CITY — A new reality show coming to The Learning Channel (TLC) tonight will feature a Utah polygamist and his five wives, with whom he has fathered 24 children. My Five Wives will follow the life of Brady Williams, 43, and his wives Rhonda, 43, Paulie, 41, Robyn, 40, Rosemary, 40, and Nonie, […]
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — An Ohio city councilman has refused to stop presenting prayers in the name of Jesus despite having come under fire from a prominent atheist activist organization, as well as a number of area residents who find the prayer offensive. City Council members in Cuyahoga Falls recently received copies of a letter […]
DALLAS — The Texas Workforce Commission has launched a religious discrimination investigation into FOX Sports Southwest for allegedly firing a Christian commentator over past remarks regarding the sin of homosexuality. Craig James and The Liberty Institute had filed a complaint against the network late last year, asserting that James was unlawfully fired because of his […]
NEW YORK — The Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Thursday both for and against a cross-shaped beam that is set to stand on display at the 9/11 museum in New York City, an artifact that was removed from the rubble of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. As previously reported, […]