Cult leader Sun Myung Moon is fighting for his life, according to reports. Moon, 92, recently came down with a cold and pneumonia, which worsened. He now lies unconscious in the intensive care unit of a hospital in North Korea. As of Friday, his breathing had become more stable. Doctors have given him a 50-50 […]
The Kentucky Supreme Court has let stand a ruling from the state Court of Appeals upholding the state’s right to acknowledge God in Kentucky’s homeland security law. The organization American Atheists filed a lawsuit in 2008, claiming that the ordinance, written in part by Representative Tom Riner, a Baptist pastor in Louisville, violated the Constitution’s […]
CHICAGO — Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed a new tax into law that would collect money from strip clubs in the state in order to help raise funds for rape crisis centers. In signing the new “skin tax” bill, Quinn officially created the Sexual Assault Services and Prevention Fund. Beginning January 1, 2013, every […]
The popular auction website eBay has changed a few of its terms to prohibit the solicitation of magic spells and religious prayers. In the company’s 2012 Fall Seller Update, eBay outlines that “spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic, prayers, blessing services, magic potions [and] healing sessions” may no longer be offered for sale after August 30th. […]
A United States Congressman has apologized following publicized reports that he was investigated by the FBI for skinny dipping last year in the land of Israel. According to fellow congressional members, a number of congressmen traveled to the country last summer as part of an official delegation that served as an educational trip for new […]
Families in Nepal are celebrating the annual Hindu festival Gai Jatra, or the “Procession of Cows,” in an effort to help deceased loved ones reach Heaven. The festival is said to have its roots in ancient times when Hindus worshiped Yamaraj, the “god of death.” According to Hindu beliefs and legend, people would hold the […]
Curators with the 9/11 memorial museum in Manhattan are fighting back following a federal lawsuit filed by an atheist group in an attempt to have a steel beam cross removed from the facility over claims that it makes them mentally ill. David Silverman, the president of American Atheists, says that while museum directors have a […]
SALT LAKE CITY — A ruling that was handed down late Friday by U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups will keep a lawsuit on track to be heard by the court as to whether or not Utah’s law against bigamy is constitutional. The lawsuit filed by Kody Brown, a reality TV show polygamist who has four […]
A friend to vice president Joe Biden was recently granted $20 million dollars to build a car dealership overseas. John Hynansky, who is a longtime regular donor to the Biden and Obama campaigns, was awarded the funding from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Official documents outline that the money will be used to “expand Winner […]
The former partner of an ex-lesbian who fled the country with her daughter in 2009 in order to evade custody transfer has filed a massive federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by Janet Jenkins, who was “married” to Lisa Miller in 2002 in Vermont before the two split in 2003, names twelve defendants and outlines numerous […]