SAGINAW, Mich. — An atheist activist group is demanding that officials in a Michigan city cease prayer during their council meetings out of its assertion that the practice is unconstitutional and alienates Godless residents. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Saginaw City Manager Tim Morales asserting that the […]
PHOENIX — Lawmakers in Arizona passed a bill this week that seeks to protect the religious rights of business owners and shield them from unlawful discrimination lawsuits. HB 2153 cleared the Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday 33-27, amending sections 41‑1493 and 41‑1493.01 of the state code pertaining to the free exercise of religion. The bill […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A prominent Christian legal organization has sent rebuttal letters to two public universities that recently decided to remove all Gideon Bibles from their hotel rooms in response to complaints from an atheist activist organization. As previously reported, the University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University were contacted by the Freedom From Religion […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Police did not have to look long for a suspect wanted in a stabbing case earlier this week when a woman walked directly up to a news camera and confessed to stabbing her mother, claiming that her mother was a powerful leader in a Satanic cult and had to be stopped. Katie Nichols told WVLT-TV that she […]
An Australian Christian missionary was arrested this past Sunday by North Korean authorities for distributing Gospel literature. John Short, 75, who has lived in Hong Kong for 50 years, was arrested in his Pyongyang hotel, a day after arriving in the North Korean capital. “[John] was carrying Korean literature on his person and that could be the reason, but I don’t […]
A woman in the UK has given birth to a healthy baby boy after being urged to obtain an abortion amid bleak prognosis that left him with only a ten percent chance of survival. Rachel Collins, 30, says that she was told by her doctor that she had oligohydramnios, meaning that there was too little amniotic […]
WELLSVILLE, Utah — A diesel mechanic in Utah is crediting God for saving his life after he had a close call with death during a severe snowstorm. Larry Leckenby was on his way to fix a broken down snowcat in Wyoming last week when he found himself in the fight of his life. The snowcat […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has apologized for removing a pro-life display earlier this month after some students complained that they found it to be “offensive.” Bama Students for Life had erected the small display behind a glass case that it has reserved last month, and noted earlier this month that the poster […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Barack Obama issued a statement on Sunday expressing his opposition to the intentions of Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini to sign legislation criminalizing homosexuality in the country. Obama was golfing at a private course in Rancho Mirage, California when the written statement was released. “I am so deeply disappointed that Uganda will […]
AMES, Iowa — Officials at Iowa State University have decided to give the Bible the boot out of its Memorial Union hotel rooms following demands from a prominent atheist organization. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had sent a letter to the university last month, citing an anonymous complaint. The organization then asserted […]