A United States Congressman recently told an audience that he believes that evolution and the Big Bang Theory are “lies straight from the pit of Hell.” Republican Representative Paul Broun from Georgia was speaking to a group of Christians at a sportsmen’s banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell when he made the statement. In […]
The state of Montana reached a settlement in federal court this week with a Billings minister who was arrested while collecting signatures for a ballot initiative outside of a popular public facility. Cal Zastrow, an Assemblies of God pastor, says that he was seeking signatures near the sports complex MetraPark earlier this year for Constitutional […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia weighed in on the issues of homosexuality and abortion this past week during a book signing at the American Enterprise Institution in Washington, D.C. Scalia, a Reagan appointee and Roman Catholic, told reporters that he believes that as a “textualist” — an individual that adheres to the original meaning […]
A boy scout in Moraga, California is claiming that he is being denied rank as an Eagle Scout because he is a homosexual. In July of this year, 17-year-old Ryan Andreson wrote a letter to his troop leader, expressing that he was being teased by others at his school for being homosexual, and asked for […]
Cheerleaders at a Texas high school are fighting for the right to display Bible banners during school football games after their Scriptural signs came under fire from a national atheist organization. Approximately fifteen cheerleaders from Kountze High School have filed suit against their Houston-area school district, arguing that the district’s decision to stop the use […]
The City Council of Phoenix, Arizona has repealed an ordinance that had been used this summer to prohibit Christians in the city from distributing bottled water on the streets. As previously reported, in July of this year, Patrick Moore and Dana Crow-Smith told Christian News Network that they had been approached by an official with […]
Presidential incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney participated in the first of three presidential debates last night, squaring off on everything from the economy to Obamacare and big government. The debate took place at the University of Denver and was moderated by PBS News Hour host Jim Lehrer. Lehrer presented a number […]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made reference to a universal god during Wednesday night’s presidential debate via a single statement not particularly related to the debate issues at hand. “We’re a nation that believes that we’re all children of the same God,” Romney said. He had referred to the Constitution just moments prior, noting that […]
A new Christian fraternity at Yale University may be denied recognition and funding because of its “Christians only” policy. Beta Upsilon Chi is the largest Christian fraternity in the nation, but the student newspaper at Yale University says that the group’s exclusionary membership requirements pose a problem. “[The fraternity] will have to change its membership rules […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against legislators in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania surrounding their declaration of 2012 as being “The Year of the Bible.” As previously reported, in January of this year, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution introduced by Rick Saccone of Allegheny, recognizing that the Bible is […]