New reports on the status of the abortion industry indicate that abortion facilities in the United States have been closing at a record rate since 2011. Bloomberg notes that since 2011, 58 abortion facilities–nearly 1 in 10–have either shut down or stopped offering surgical abortions. Some pro-life groups contend, however, that the figures are much higher as […]
SAN ANTONIO — A Christian Air Force veteran that was recently in headlines after being punished by his commander for declining to affirm homosexual marriage, reportedly may face court-martial proceedings as investigators now accuse him of filing a false discrimination complaint. As previously reported, Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk has served in the Air Force for 19 years, and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The chairman of the Madison County Commission in Alabama is refusing to comply with atheist demands that he cease allowing Christian prayers at county meetings, and that he remove a Biblical citation from the county commission website. Chairman Dale Strong says he will continue the invocations at the monthly meetings despite the likelihood that he will be […]
HALIFAX — A online video capturing Canadian university students happily chanting about male classmates engaging in sexual activity with minors has incited outrage from viewers worldwide. The chant, which has reportedly been used for the past five years at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, recently surfaced on YouTube and other outlets, where it has produced both shock and […]
HARRISBURG — A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice has joined a legal team that is fighting efforts to redefine the institution of marriage in the Commonwealth. As previously reported, the lawsuit Whitewood v. Corbett was filed by the ACLU in July in an attempt to strike down Pennsylvania’s longstanding same-sex “marriage” ban. The lawsuit consists of over 20 […]
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — Prayers delivered prior to football games at a public high school in Tennessee are being considered out-of-bounds by an atheist activist organization after an anonymous individual contacted the group to lodge a complaint. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) first contacted officials with the Marion County School District last year, asserting that prayers before South Pittsburg High […]
A woman in the U.K. is suing her local hospital for urging her to abort her son, who they asserted was brain dead and missing one eye, but was born without any signs of the alleged conditions. Sarah Hagan, 38, is suing City Hospital Sunderland now that her son Aaron is 15 months old and suffers from ailments stemming […]
DELAND — A Washington-based group that works to separate God from government is demanding that officials in Florida remove several images from their city seal, due to their perceived Christian symbolism. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AUSCS), led by Barry Lynn, an attorney and licensed “minister” in the United Church of Christ, recently sent a […]
GREENFIELD — The City of Greenfield, Wisconsin has agreed to allow a local pastor and his evangelistic associate to distribute Bibles at its annual Harley-Davidson festival after officers initially threatened them with arrest for their activities. Pastor David Murray had visited the free public festival last month with a friend, Dan Lawrence, to distribute Scripture to attendees. However, they were […]
A video game that is currently in development will aim to create empathy for women seeking an abortion, as its players attempt to overcome various challenges to end their pregnancies. Choice: Texas is the invention of professor Carly Kocurek and self-professed feminist and Buddhist Allyson Whipple. The two state that they decided to create the […]