WASHINGTON — The White House responded to a petition on Monday that called for the granting of asylum to a Christian family who fled their homeland of Germany to homeschool their children, choosing not to comment on the matter. As previously reported, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 after German […]
SACRAMENTO – On the same day that the governor of California signed a bill into law mandating that boys who identify as girls be allowed to use girls’ bathrooms and vice versa, a California committee approved legislation which would cause any non-profit organizations that do not embrace homosexuals to lose tax-exempt status. Senate Bill 323 […]
ANCHORAGE — After being removed for a time from the base website due to a complaint, an article about the adage ‘There are no atheists in foxholes,’ written by an Air Force chaplain from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, has been restored. As previously reported, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Reyes recently posted the article in his “Chaplain’s […]
MURRIETA, Calif. – Two men who were arrested for reading the Bible aloud outside of a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office were found not guilty today in a state superior court. Riverside County Judge Timothy Freer agreed with attorneys for Pastor Brett Coronado and Mark Mackey that the prosecution failed to prove that the men had […]
An American Christian who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea earlier this year has been hospitalized due to failing health, reports state. As previously reported, Kenneth Bae, who operates a Washington-based tourist company, was arrested not far from the city of Yanji last November, where some Christian groups provide aid […]
A viral YouTube video capturing a young boy praying for–or to–Barack Obama has ignited outrage in cyberspace, generating hundreds of negative comments from viewers. The video, Prayer for President Barack Obama, was posted on Sunday, and soon skyrocketed in hits shortly after being uploaded. An African American boy named Steven introduces the recording as being […]
SPRINGBORO – A school district in Ohio might seek legal help from religious liberty groups as the district considers implementing education policies to facilitate debates on controversial subjects such as evolution and abortion. As previously reported, the Springboro Board of Education in southwestern Ohio recently received national attention for proposing policy changes that would facilitate […]
WASHINGTON — The mayor of Washington, D.C. disinvited a famed Gospel singer last week from headlining a civil rights concert in the nation’s capital, according to reports. Multiple Grammy and Stellar Award winner Donnie McClurkin, who says that he turned to homosexuality for a time after being sexually abused by men as a child, posted a […]
PHOENIX — A family from Arizona was scheduled to returned to the states on Sunday after they embarked this past spring to find refuge elsewhere due to their concerns about the American government’s increasing infringement upon religious freedom. Hannah Gastonguay and her husband Sean gathered their two children and Sean’s father this past May and […]
The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted unanimously last week to investigate the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for not disclosing the names of donors surrounding its efforts to oust state Supreme Court justices. The matter surrounds campaigns conducted during the 2010 election, where the organization worked successfully to unseat three justices, including the […]