WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court has struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), ruling that it violates the “dignity” of homosexuals in the country and states that decide to legalize homosexual “marriage.” It also declined to rule on California’s Proposition 8, stating that those who challenged the lower court’s ruling did not […]
WASHINGTON – Members of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships recently welcomed a group of atheists to discuss public relations between the Obama Administration and American secularists. In a press release issued on Monday, the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) announced that several of its members had visited with Melissa Rogers, Director of the White […]
CHICAGO — A county board in Illinois is considering granting a permit to a Muslim organization that seeks to turn a residential home into an Islamic prayer center. The matter has been ongoing for the past three years, as in 2010, the Islamic Center of Western Suburbs submitted plans to the DuPage County Board, noting that […]
AUSTIN – Members of the Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a 20-week late-term abortion ban during the wee hours of Monday morning. With almost a three-to-one ratio, Texas legislators voted 97-33 to authorize Senate Bill 5 (SB5), which will now be sent to the Texas Senate for consideration later this week. This comes nearly […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled that a school district in the state discriminated against a six-year-old boy when it prohibited him from using the girls’ restroom. As previously reported, the parents of Coy Mathis state that their son decided to stop living like a boy last year, as he complained about […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a Massachusetts buffer zone law that prohibits pro-life counselors from coming within 35 feet of the entrance and/or driveway of an abortion facility. The case, McCullen v. Coakley, began in 2008 and was filed on behalf of seven pro-life residents that […]
SEATTLE — A Democratic representative from Washington State is asserting that an ad campaign by the Joint Terrorism Task Force is ‘offensive to Muslims’ and should be reconsidered. Representative Jim McDermott wrote a letter to FBI Director George Mueller last week to explain his concerns about the “Faces of Global Terrorism” ad, which has been […]
NEW YORK — Attorneys representing an eighth grade student who was barred from asking God to bless her classmates during middle school graduation have filed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. As previously reported, the student, who is only being identified as A.M. since she is a minor, served as co-president of her eighth […]
TOPEKA — Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (CHPPKM) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Kansas law that requires–among other regulations–that abortionists tell mothers that they are killing a “whole, separate, unique, living human being.” As previously reported, Kansas legislators passed the sweeping abortion bill in March of this year, which […]
LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — A mother is Georgia is expressing offense at what she perceives as being gender discrimination after the Christian school that her daughter attends decided to discontinue allowing the girl to play on the boys’ football team. According to reports, the football coach at Strong Rock Christian School recently contacted the parents […]