Murfreesboro, Tennessee — A county sheriff in the Bible Belt is defending his display of the Ten Commandments in the lobby of the sheriff’s department, which also houses the jail. Rutherford County, Tennessee Sheriff Robert Arnold was gifted with the framed Commandments last year, along with a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the […]
Washington, D.C. — Eight members of Congress are calling upon Secretary of State John Kerry to take action on behalf of the persecuted family of a blind Chinese activist who has taken refuge in America. In April 2012, Chen Guangcheng fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing after being placed on house arrest years prior […]
Brooklyn, New York — A federal judge in New York has denied a request by the Obama administration to stay his recent order mandating that all age limits to accessibility of the morning-after pill be removed. As previously reported, Judge Edward R. Korman, appointed by Ronald Reagan, blasted the Obama administration in March for not […]
Muldrow, Oklahoma — Junior and high school students in a town in Oklahoma are fighting back against efforts by a prominent atheist group to have the Ten Commandments removed from public schools throughout the district. Superintendent Ron Flanagan told reporters that he received a complaint from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) about the […]
Washington, D.C. — The United States House of Representatives has issued the first-ever spousal ID to the partner of an openly homosexual Congressman, reports state. Philip Frank, the significant other of Representative Mark Pocan of Madison, Wisconsin was issued the ID recently, granting him recognition as being the spouse of the Congressman, as opposed to […]
Montpelier, Vermont — A bill making allowance for physician-assisted suicide has passed the Vermont Senate, sending the measure now to the House for a vote. Senate passage of the Patient Choice and Control and End of Life Act was narrow, a 17-13 vote. The legislation “require[s] a patient to get two physicians to diagnose terminal illness […]
Cooperstown, North Dakota — A pro-life poster has been returned to the walls of a North Dakota high school after it was removed following receipt of a complaint from a disgruntled parent. Student Michayla Maertens was contacted by officials at Griggs County Central High School last month and was informed that her poster, which was […]
The Learning Channel, otherwise known as TLC, has canceled a controversial reality show that features a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday lives of five preachers’ wives from Atlanta, Georgia. As previously reported, The Sisterhood began airing on the network the first of the year, following five women that are married to preachers in one of the […]
The U.S. State Department and others are calling upon North Korean officials to release a Christian American that was recently sentenced to 15 years hard labor after being accused of attempting to overthrow the government. As previously reported, Kenneth Bae, who operates a Washington-based tourist company, was arrested not far from the city of Yanji […]
An undercover video filmed by a prominent pro-life organization captures one of the nation’s notorious late-term abortionists comparing the lifeless body of an aborted baby inside his or her mother’s womb to “meat in a crock pot.” Live Action, which has conducted undercover investigations on the abortion industry for nearly two decades, uploaded a new […]