NAPERVILLE, Ill. — A high school football team in Illinois is standing by its coach after he was recently told to stop leading players in prayer when a professing atheist group contacted the school district to lodge a complaint. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) wrote to Naperville Community Unit School District 203 this week after […]
KIOWA, Co. — A poster quoting a Scripture about marriage has been removed from a Colorado county clerk’s office following a complaint by a prominent professing atheist group. As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent email correspondence to several county clerks and two state lawmakers who had been discussing in an […]
TAUNTON, UK — A street preacher in the UK who was charged with making “homophobic” remarks and was ordered to pay a fine for his speech, including to a man to whom he quoted Scripture from the book of Leviticus, has been vindicated of his conviction of causing “emotional harm.” As previously reported, Mike Overd, a street […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A professing atheist group known for its activism has sent a letter to hotel chains nationwide, requesting that it make available “Bible-free” rooms for those who do not wish to have a copy of the Scriptures in their room during their stay. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently wrote to […]
TAUNTON, UK — A street preacher in the UK who was charged with making “homophobic” remarks and was ordered to pay a fine for his speech, including to a man to whom he quoted Scripture from the book of Leviticus, is to appear in court today for an appeal of his conviction. As previously reported, Mike Overd, a […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Several homosexuals in North Carolina have filed suit to challenge a law that was passed this year that allows judges to opt out of officiating “gay weddings” because of their religious convictions. As previously reported, S.B. 2 was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, to allow magistrates to recuse themselves […]
ELKIN, N.C. — A bench placed in memory of a toddler that was killed in September in a hit-and-run car accident has been removed from a public park after officials said that permission was not obtained to place it—an assertion that the family denies. Mason Roten was 16 months old when a car pushed the vehicle […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — A prominent professing atheist group is seeking to put an end a Tennessee police department’s “Adopt a Cop” program, which invites local residents to pray for members of the city’s police force. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a letter on Tuesday to the Johnson City Police Department to object […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — The highest criminal court in Texas has ruled that it is permissible for police to form human barricades to physically block dissenters from engaging with attendees of “gay pride” events in situations where there is a possibility that the hearers might become violent. On Wednesday, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reinstated the conviction of […]
WASHINGTON — The Muslim couple who killed 14 in an attack on a health department party in San Bernardino last Wednesday plotted how to wage jihad on America even before their marriage, the FBI stated today. “These two killers were radicalized for quite a long time,” FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee. […]