Washington, D.C. — Reports indicate that the United States Supreme Court has received over two dozen briefs from legal organizations nationwide expressing their support for Biblical marriage. As the court is gearing up to hear oral argument next month in the monumental cases regarding California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), attorneys […]
Denver, Colorado — A mother in Colorado whose unborn nine-month-old son died in utero when a drunk driver slammed into her car is seeking to place an initiative on the 2014 state ballot that would recognize unborn children as persons under the law. Currently, the state of Colorado, like 22 other states in the nation, […]
In an interview with CBS, which aired last night during the Super Bowl, Barack Obama expressed his support for the removal of the ban on homosexuals serving in the Boy Scouts of America. When anchor Scott Pelley asked Obama if the Scouts should allow open homosexuals, he simply replied, “Yes.” “My attitude is … that […]
Buhler, Kansas — A lawmaker in Kansas has introduced a bill that seeks to protect the display of religious symbols in the state following threats from a prominent atheist organization that it would sue officials in one Kansas city if they did not remove a cross from their welcome sign. Last year, the city of […]
Gresham, Oregon — An Oregon baker is under investigation by the state for notifying a lesbian woman that he does not make cakes for homosexual ceremonies. Aaron Klein is the owner of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery he operates with his wife. Last month, Klein was approached by a mother and her daughter as […]
Cranston, Rhode Island — An activist humanist group has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island florist for refusing to deliver flowers to a teenager that succeeded in having a 50-year-old prayer banner removed from the walls of her high school. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that last year, after 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist […]
A number of churches across the country have decided to cancel, move or substitute their Sunday night services as the Super Bowl presents a conflict with their regular service times. NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina, a megachurch with five campuses, held services last night as it anticipated that most members would skip Sunday services […]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — An abortion facility operated by a notorious abortionist who is now facing murder charges is being exposed in a new online documentary. The film is called 3801 Lancaster and is a look inside the house of horrors run by abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was taken into custody in 2011 by police following […]
Washington, DC — A New Jersey Congressman has proposed a bill in the House of Representatives to designate February 12th as national Darwin Day. Representative Rush Holt, a Democrat and a professing Quaker, recently submitted the proposal to Congress as a way to honor Darwin, who he calls “an amazingly creative man.” “Charles Darwin’s theory […]
Montpelier, Vermont — A legislative panel in Vermont has unanimously approved a bill that seeks to legalize assisted suicide in the state. The Health and Welfare Committee of the Vermont Senate applauded the outcome of the vote, with Chairman Claire Ayer remarking that she was “pleased with the results.” However, some who attended the recent […]