LANSING, Mich. — The Satanic Temple held a ceremony on the steps of the Michigan capitol building on Saturday to decry what it called the “siren song of the religious right.” “Hail Comrades. Hail sisters and brothers. Hail Satan,” Director Jex Blackmore said as she opened the gathering, being met with the response of “Hail […]
PHOENIX — A Muslim man who was arrested in June after allegedly being involved in a plot to attack a “draw Muhammad” contest in Texas has now also been accused of planning to bomb a shopping mall in Arizona and the 2015 Super Bowl. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 44, of Arizona, had been charged this summer […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Abortion activists stood outside of a Tennessee courthouse on Monday with signs calling for “abortion on demand and without apology” and for charges to be dropped from Tennessee woman who attempted a coat hanger abortion to kill her unborn son. As previously reported, Anna Yocca, 31, an unmarried mother, reportedly filled her bathtub with water […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The new governor of Kentucky has issued an executive order that accommodates county clerk Kim Davis’ request that her name be removed from the “marriage” licenses that her office is issuing to homosexuals. The current license “creates a substantial burden on the freedom of religion of some county clerks and employees of […]
WHEATON, Ill. — Talks have broken down between a prominent Christian-identified university in Illinois and an associate political science director who was placed on leave after she declared in a self-initiated hijab-wearing campaign to fight “Islamophobia” that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. As previously reported, Larycia Hawkins posted to Facebook two photos of herself […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two federal judges in California have refused to grant injunction requests that would have stopped a new law from being applied that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to provide information on government abortion programs. As previously reported, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Reproductive FACT Act into law in October, a measure that has been […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) has announced that it will investigate federal oversight of the use of aborted babies for scientific research after members of Congress sent a letter earlier this year requesting the review. According to reports, 35 Senators signed a letter this past October requesting […]
BEAUMONT, Texas — City officials in Beaumont, Texas have reversed their initial prohibition against police officers using the police station for a Bible study. According to reports, a group of officers had been holding the Bible study at the police station during their lunch break one to two times a month for the past two years. […]
BOSTON — A state court in Massachusetts has ruled that a religious school in the state can’t decline to hire homosexuals for non-teaching positions despite their lifestyle being contrary to the school’s mission and beliefs. In 2013, Matthew Barrett accepted a job as food service director at Fontbonne Academy in Milton, an all-girls school that is […]
JERUSALEM — Archaeologists have uncovered a rare marble slab near the Sea of Galilee that some believe provides evidence of a city mentioned in Scripture where Jesus cast a legion demons out of a man who lived among the tombs. The 1,500-year old slab was found in what is believed to have once been a […]