The constitutionality of state laws that require women to obtain an ultrasound prior to an abortion may soon be in the hands of the United States Supreme Court. Plaintiffs in the case of Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services et al. v. Lakey et al. must file an appeal with the Supreme Court this month if they wish to contest […]
The popular department store JC Penney is coming under fire for advertising a same-sex couple in its May catalog. The advertisement is entitled “Freedom of Expression” and features a woman identified as “Wendy” with “her partner Maggie,” and their daughters Raven and Clover. The women are embracing each other and smiling. The photograph was in […]
A bill prohibiting courts and other government officials from using Sharia Law to make legal decisions has passed both houses of legislature in the state of Kansas. Although it is known as the “Sharia Bill,” the measure never mentions Islamic law, but broadly prohibits foreign laws from being used as reference guides in the state. […]
A domain registration company is claiming to be the only business of its type to fight pornography on the Internet. PurityNames.com stated that it is concerned about the surge of pornographic material on the web, much of which is enabled by registrars that sell .xxx domains. Jim Prendergast, the CEO of PurityNames.com, explained that his […]
ABC has canceled “GCB” after its first series due to a lack of sufficient viewership. The program had angered many Christians nationwide, who called the drama series “blasphemy at its worst.” Originally entitled “Good Christian B——s,” the Sunday night soap opera featured popular female actors who portrayed scantily-clad churchgoing women that wielded sarcastic attitudes. Because […]
An appeals court in the state of Illinois struck down the state’s eavesdropping law this week, which made it a felony for individuals to record police without their consent. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals released a 66-page ruling Tuesday declaring that the Illinois law is “the broadest of its kind” in the country and […]
A plane crash has claimed the lives of three male alumni and one former teacher from Oral Roberts University. The plane carrying Stephen Luth, Luke Sheets, Austin Anderson, Garrett Coble and Hannah Luce went down Friday afternoon in southern Kansas shortly after 4:30 p.m. The group was headed to a Teen Mania conference in Iowa, […]
The president of the world’s largest Christian college admitted today that it was his idea to invite Mitt Romney to deliver this weekend’s commencement speech at the university, and that he plans to also invite Obama before the election. Jerry Falwell, Jr., who became president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia following his father’s death […]
Two street preachers have filed a federal lawsuit against a New Mexico municipality to stop its police department from shutting down the public proclamation of the Gospel. The ACLU is representing brothers Jeremy and Joshua De Los Santos, members of Old Paths Baptist Church, after collectively being arrested eight times in approximately a year and […]
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney reiterated in an interview Thursday that while he disagrees with Obama regarding the issue of homosexual “marriage,” he is in favor of allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. Romney explained to Neil Cavuto of Fox News, “[I]f two people of the same gender want to live together, want to have […]