LOS ANGELES — The Lutheran Evangelical Church of America (ELCA) has elected its first-ever openly homosexual bishop. The vote occurred on Friday in Woodland Hills, California, where R. Guy Erwin received 210 of the 381 votes cast on the sixth ballot during the three-day assembly. Erwin’s election was announced by the denomination in a press release, […]
NEW YORK — A free phone app being offered to teens in New York City provides information on where youth can obtain sexually-related services, including abortions, contraceptives and homosexual counseling. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has been offering the app on its website, as well as a .pdf version of […]
STARKE, Fla. — The first monument in the country dedicated to atheism is set to be displayed in front a county courthouse in Florida later this month. The monument is part of a settlement between officials in Bradford County, Florida and the organization American Atheists of Cranford, New Jersey. Last year, American Atheists sued the […]
Following the recent vote to lift the ban on open homosexual members in the Boy Scouts of America, a number of churches across the country have announced that they will be cutting ties with the organization. Reports state that the majority of entities that charter with the Boy Scouts are either faith-based organizations or churches. […]
PHILADELPHIA — Federal charges have been dropped against a couple that was handcuffed on the public sidewalk this week while distributing flyers near the Liberty Bell. A YouTube video has gone viral showing Mark and Barbara Passio surrounded by park rangers and sitting on the ground with their hands behind their back after they were […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — Organizers of an annual Arab festival in Michigan attended by many that adhere to the Muslim religion have decided to cancel this year’s event following four years of tension between attendees and opponents of Islam. Reports state that the City and event organizers faced insurance and liability issues after being sued by […]
WASHINGTON — A recent survey of political and history professors at George Washington University discussed whether Barack Obama should be included on Mount Rushmore, even if not in the near future. The survey was conducted the The College Fix, and polled 10 professors at the university. Two said yes, but urged caution as to the […]
DAYTON, Tenn. – In 1925, a historic court case forever changed the way many Americans view science and religion. Today, nearly 90 years later, two professors are launching a new Christian science organization less than a mile from where that momentous trial unfolded all those many years ago. In the early 20th century, as the […]
VENEZUELA — The presiding female bishop over U.S. Episcopalians is being sharply criticized for delivering a heretical message about diversity, in which she claimed that the Apostle Paul was wrong and bigoted for setting a demon-possessed girl free from spiritual bondage. In speaking this month at “All Saints Church” in Curaçao, Venezuela, Katharine Jefferts Schori utilized a Scripture […]
MILWAUKEE – An elementary school in Wisconsin shocked and angered many students’ parents after recently inviting all schoolchildren to dress up as the opposite sex. As part of a May 24th “School Spirit Day,” faculty and teachers at Milwaukee’s Tippecanoe School encouraged their boy students to dress like girls, and their girl students to wear […]