WASHINGTON — A nationally-recognized Christian legal organization has submitted an amicus brief on behalf of over 230,000 Americans who have expressed support of a steel beam cross that is under fire from a prominent atheist group. As previously reported, the group American Atheists stated that the cross, which was found in the rubble following the […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has decided to make the phrase ‘So help me God’ optional in its cadet oath after an organization that fights for the separation of church and state lodged a complaint with officials. As previously reported, the situation began when the academy sent photographs of its […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado is considering dropping God from its cadet oath after an organization that fights for the separation of church and state lodged a complaint with officials. The situation began when the academy sent photographs of its new prep school to a local newspaper, which included […]
WASHINGTON — A government watch group has filed a lawsuit in an effort to obtain records of correspondence between the U.S. Department of Defense and a prominent anti-Christian activist. Judicial Watch, a Washington-based organization that “seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people,” […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Baptist minister is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that seeks to have a Ten Commandments monument removed from the premises of the state Capitol building in Oklahoma. The monument at issue was proposed and paid for in 2009 by Republican Representative Mike Ritze, […]
The United States Marines Corps may soon be leveled with a lawsuit over language in one of its training documents, which cites “lack or loss of spiritual faith” as being a risk factor for suicide among soldiers. According to reports, an anonymous soldier reported the clause found in a Marines Corps’ Force Preservation Program document to […]
ANCHORAGE — An Air Force commander from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska has caved to atheist demands to remove an online article written by the base chaplain that uses the adage “There are no atheists in foxholes.” Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Reyes recently posted the article in his “Chaplain’s Corner” section of the base website. The […]
BATON ROUGE – Thanks to legal support from a religious rights advocacy group, a Sunday school ministry in Louisiana can once again hold events in a public park after being forced by officials in 2010 to stop the public meetings. In 2005, after receiving permission from Baton Rouge’s Recreation and Park Commission, Voices of Mercy […]
Christian organizations across the country are expressing their disappointment following today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court, which struck down key components of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. As previously reported, the decision comes largely due to Justice Anthony Kennedy’s agreement with his liberal colleagues — Justices Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomayor and […]
MOUNTAIN HOME, Id.– An Air Force base in southwestern Idaho has removed a Scripture-based painting from one of its dining halls after a complaint was submitted by an activist group that seeks to keep religion out to the U.S. military. Last Friday, the Pentagon received a letter of complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation […]