An atheist group at a Wisconsin university is set to receive nearly $70,000 of student fees to fund its programs and events for the 2013-2014 school year. The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently approved $67,400 in funding for the group Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics (AHA). The allocation is said to be the largest amount ever given to any […]
During a recent interview with CNN, Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), advised that a page that was removed from the ministry website last month following Graham’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, which classified Mormonism as a cult, is “not going to come back.” […]
Islamic Sharia law is on the rise in Great Britain as members of the UK parliament are seeking to ban self-established Muslim courts in the nation. There are approximately 85 Sharia tribunals throughout Great Britain, all of which are run by Islamic judges who rule according to the Koran. There are no appeals following judgment […]
A teenager in Oklahoma received a surprising sentence this week following a manslaughter conviction. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Alred was involved in a deadly car accident last December, during which he was driving under the influence of alcohol. After slamming his truck into a tree in the Hopewell Park area at approximately 4 a.m., Alred’s passenger, sixteen-year-old […]
A federal judge has agreed to grant an injunction against Obamacare’s abortion pill mandate to a popular Bible publisher. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton issued the temporary injunction in favor of Tyndale House Publishers of Carol Stream, Illinois today, stating that the requirement “substantially burdens” the company’s free exercise of religion. “[The abortion pill mandate] places […]
An Oklahoma senator has released a report outlining what he believes is some of the Pentagon’s most wasteful spending. Among a number of odd items includes a workshop on how Christianity would be affected if aliens were proven to exist. Senator Tom Coburn is known to be the “waste-watcher” on Capitol Hill, as he investigates […]
A college professor in Vermont has released a book in support of polygamy, explaining why she believes it is the next civil right in America. Janet Bennion is a professor of anthropology and sociology at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Earlier this year, she released a book entitled Polygamy in Primetime: Media, Gender and Politics in […]
Hundreds of teachers attended a Marxist conference this past weekend in Chicago to unite on their common Socialist beliefs. The Midwest Marxist Conference was hosted by the Chicago chapter of the International Socialist Organization, and was held at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During the event, teachers discussed the partnership between the Chicago Teacher’s […]
A group of nudists are preemptively suing the City of San Francisco for what they state is their civil right to walk around the public streets naked. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on a proposal that seeks to outlaw the exposure of an individual’s private parts in public. The nudists, […]
An atheist activist organization is targeting children in a new advertising campaign and website called Kids Without God. The American Humanist Association (AHA), whose motto is “Good Without a God,” announced the launch of its campaign on Tuesday, which it states was “created to strengthen and support kids and teenagers who don’t happen to believe […]