WASHINGTON — Nearly twenty members of Congress are being represented in a federal Amicus brief in an effort to help save a historic war memorial cross. The Mount Soledad war memorial cross was erected near San Diego, California in 1954 and has been at the center of controversy for two decades surrounding whether or not […]
WICHITA — An elementary school in Kansas has removed a controversial bulletin board following online outrage from conservative blog sites. Minneha Core Knowledge Magnet Elementary School in Wichita had planned to teach students about various world religions during the new school year, and created a generic display on “The Five Pillars of Islam” as part […]
Controversy is stirring over a professing Christian website that provides a venue for married couples to hook up with other partners to find ‘free love.’ The term swinger is defined as “a person who swaps sexual partners in a group” or “who engages freely in promiscuous sex.” It has been virtually unheard of in Christian circles–until […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Indiana over a new regulation that requires abortion facilities in the state that solely provide medical (pill-based) abortions to be bound to the same standards as surgical abortion facilities. The suit was filed on Thursday on behalf of Planned […]
GRIMES, Iowa — A Christian couple in Iowa fears that they may have to eventually shut down their business after two homosexual men filed a formal complaint this month over their company policy regarding same-sex “marriage.” Dick and Betty Odgaard operate The Gortz Haus Gallery, a bistro, floral and arts shop, and wedding facility in Grimes, […]
SAN ANTONIO — A Christian legal organization has filed an equal opportunity military complaint after a Christian Air Force veteran was relieved of his duties and reassigned to another facility for disagreeing with his commander on the issue of homosexual “marriage.” As previously reported, Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk has served in the Air Force for […]
Ann Arbor, Michigan – A pro-life sidewalk counselor in Michigan has permanently won the right to display a “free ultrasound” sign and others in his car outside of his local Planned Parenthood office. As previously reported, Paul Dobrowolski was ticketed last year for displaying signs inside of his vehicle as part of his outreach to abortion-minded mothers. […]
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – An American soldier was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday after he plead guilty to killing over a dozen Afghan civilians, most of whom were women and children. As previously reported, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales appeared in court this past June and entered a guilty plea to over […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the state of Arizona cannot strip the abortion provider Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding. As previously reported, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake, appointed in 2004 by George W. Bush under the recommendation of Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, issued a temporary injunction […]
MADISON – The U.S. government is seeking to give a prominent atheist tax breaks for leading a secular organization, even though the same atheist believes such taxing policies are unconstitutional. Annie Laurie Gaylor is the 57-year-old co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a national non-profit committed to keeping all references to God or […]