Washington, D.C. — Barack Obama recently nominated what could be the nation’s first openly homosexual federal circuit judge to the bench. Justice Department attorney Todd M. Hughes was announced as Obama’s pick on Thursday, along with Raymond T. Chen, a move that homosexual advocacy groups are applauding. The nomination marks the second of its kind, […]
Miami, Florida — A judge in Florida has ruled that a homosexual hairstylist who fathered a child via artificial insemination may be listed on the girl’s birth certificate, along with the two lesbian women that are raising her. The matter ends a two-year legal battle between the women and their friend, who they approached to […]
Farmington, Utah — A school district in Utah has agreed to settle with the American Civil Liberties Union and place a book promoting homosexuality back on the shelves of its elementary schools. The Davis School District was sued last year by the ACLU after a parent complained that the book In Our Mothers’ House had […]
Germantown, Maryland — A young mother and her baby both died last week at the hands of a notorious abortionist who has licenses in several states across the country. Reports state that 29-year-old Jennifer McKenna Morbelli of New Rochelle, New York died on Thursday following complications from a botched abortion. Morbelli was 33 weeks pregnant […]
Trenton, New Jersey — An Assembly panel in New Jersey has approved a measure that would place the issue of assisted suicide on the state ballot. The 7-2 vote by the Health and Senior Services Committee means that the bill, entitled the Death With Dignity Act, will now pass on to the House and Senate. […]
New York, New York — An exclusive report by the New York Post finds that New York City area schools have been distributing thousands of morning after pills to students — a figure much under-reported by the City last year. As previously reported, last September, the New York City Department of Education announced that it had expanded […]
Gilbert, Arizona — A small church in Arizona has lost its federal appeal to strike down an ordinance that indirectly forces the church to display its signs announcing its Sunday services in the dark of night, while allowing other types of signs to remain displayed 24/7. Good News Community Church is pastored by Clyde Reed […]
Washington, D.C. — The United States Army is being threatened with a lawsuit after a chaplain allegedly prayed to the Heavenly Father during an event at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, which offended an atheist soldier in attendance. The Huffington Post reports that Staff Sergeant Victoria Gettman is unpleased with the response that […]
Lemon Grove, California — A new billboard advertisement purchased by two atheist organizations was erected in California recently, urging the public to have a “personal relationship with reality.” San Diego Coalition for Reason director Debbie Allen told reporters that the purpose of the billboard, placed on Martin Luther King Drive, is to “shine a positive […]
Ringgold, Georgia — A middle school teacher in Georgia was recently investigated after a prominent atheist organization wrote a letter of complaint to the district superintendent because the woman allegedly sang a song about Jesus in class. Sixth grade science teacher Heather Moorman will not be disciplined over the accusation, but the matter reported by […]