NASHVILLE — A federal appeals court has ruled that a public school district in Tennessee did not violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause when it contracted with a Christian school to run its alternative program for students with behavioral or educational challenges. According to reports, in 2003, two teachers with the Jefferson County School district filed […]
COVINGTON, Ky. — An eight-year-old girl’s letter to Jesus, found tucked away in her Bible, has led authorities to her rapist, who is now facing sodomy and child sexual abuse charges. According to reports, in October 2013, police were called to a Covington-area elementary school to investigate a report that a child had been sexually […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A 100-year-old woman has exceeded her goal of sewing 1,000 dresses for needy children in Africa as part of her contribution to a Christian charity that assists impoverished families worldwide. Lillian Weber of Iowa has been making dresses for the organization Little Dresses for Africa since 2011. Little Dresses for Africa […]
BOISE, Idaho — Republicans in Idaho have proposed a resolution calling for support for using the Bible alongside public school curriculum. Resolution 2015-P20 was submitted by Idaho County Chairman Marge Arnzen, and uses state history as the basis of the motion. “[I]n 1782, the U.S. Congress voted this resolution: ‘The Congress of the United States […]
NASHVILLE — A Bible Belt state is among the latest to consider legalizing assisted suicide, in part due to the efforts of an activist who asserts that the choice to end one’s life is the “ultimate civil right.” On Tuesday, those both for and against physician assisted suicide spent two hours presenting their thoughts about […]
An American pastor who has been imprisoned in Iran for over the past two years has again been beaten behind bars. As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, a former Iranian Muslim turned Christian, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the United States with his wife and two children to find religious freedom after facing conflict […]
WASHINGTON — Administrators from Christian and Catholic schools nationwide have signed on to a letter urging Congress to pass a law that would protect religious schools from punishment over their biblical beliefs on marriage. Daniel Egeler, the president of the Association of Christian Schools International, Al Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, […]
AUSTIN — A federal appeals court has upheld several abortion restrictions encapsulated in a Texas law known as H.B. 2 that may close most of the abortion facilities in the state. “[T]he State truly intends that women only receive an abortion in facilities that can provide the highest quality of care and safety—the stated legitimate […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — A resolution of sorts has been reached in a lawsuit against a Colorado school that prohibited a student from leading a group that met to sing, pray and discuss religious topics during their morning free period. As previously reported, now former Pine Creek High School student Chase Windebank had been leading […]
A new report compiled by the Associated Press (AP) states that abortion rates have declined 12 percent on average in the United States since 2010, but also shows that hundreds of thousands of unborn children are still being killed each year. The AP gathered the information from the 45 states who have reporting requirements with […]