BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s House Education Committee on Wednesday rejected a repeal to a 1981 law which allows both creation science and evolutionary theory to be taught in public schools. The proposed repeal was sponsored by Republican Dan Claitor, and—had it been passed—would have deleted Louisiana’s “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act.” According to the 1981 […]
GENEVA — The wife of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran for planting house churches in the country over a decade ago is scheduled to speak before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on Monday. Naghmeh Abedini and the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) have been meeting with various countries and […]
Following the recent vote to lift the ban on open homosexual members in the Boy Scouts of America, a number of churches across the country have announced that they will be cutting ties with the organization. Reports state that the majority of entities that charter with the Boy Scouts are either faith-based organizations or churches. […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — Organizers of an annual Arab festival in Michigan attended by many that adhere to the Muslim religion have decided to cancel this year’s event following four years of tension between attendees and opponents of Islam. Reports state that the City and event organizers faced insurance and liability issues after being sued by […]
WASHINGTON — A recent survey of political and history professors at George Washington University discussed whether Barack Obama should be included on Mount Rushmore, even if not in the near future. The survey was conducted the The College Fix, and polled 10 professors at the university. Two said yes, but urged caution as to the […]
DAYTON, Tenn. – In 1925, a historic court case forever changed the way many Americans view science and religion. Today, nearly 90 years later, two professors are launching a new Christian science organization less than a mile from where that momentous trial unfolded all those many years ago. In the early 20th century, as the […]
VENEZUELA — The presiding female bishop over U.S. Episcopalians is being sharply criticized for delivering a heretical message about diversity, in which she claimed that the Apostle Paul was wrong and bigoted for setting a demon-possessed girl free from spiritual bondage. In speaking this month at “All Saints Church” in Curaçao, Venezuela, Katharine Jefferts Schori utilized a Scripture […]
MILWAUKEE – An elementary school in Wisconsin shocked and angered many students’ parents after recently inviting all schoolchildren to dress up as the opposite sex. As part of a May 24th “School Spirit Day,” faculty and teachers at Milwaukee’s Tippecanoe School encouraged their boy students to dress like girls, and their girl students to wear […]
LINDALE, Tx. — Over two thousand people packed the Lindale Performing Arts Center in Lindale, Texas on Wednesday in support of a 5th grade Christian-based musical that had been challenged by a prominent atheist organization due to a parental complaint. “In God We Trust” was written by music ministers Chris and Diane Machen, and speaks of […]
PHILADELPHIA — During the trial of ‘House of Horrors’ abortionist Kermit Gosnell, prosecutors called a Planned Parenthood abortionist who admitted to killing tens of thousands of children as an “expert witness” against Gosnell. The abortionist’s testimony was widely under-reported and little known to the public at the time, although some outlets discussed the matter briefly […]