Federal Judge Orders Expungement of Punishment Against Teen Who Shared Christ With Classmates

EVERETT, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington has ruled partly in favor of a high school student who was repeatedly suspended last year over his evangelistic activities on campus, ordering the punishments on his record to be expunged. As previously reported, Michael Leal, a senior at Cascade High School in Everett, was suspended several […]

North Carolina Senate Overrides Governor’s Veto of Same-Sex ‘Wedding’ Judicial Opt-Out Bill

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Senate has voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would allow some judges to opt out of participating in same-sex ceremonies. As previously reported, S.B. 2 was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) to allow magistrates to recuse themselves from officiating over the […]

Report: German Twin Brothers Die Fighting for ISIS in Iraq

(Opposing Views) — German twin brothers who joined ISIS earlier this year have died in action. One of the brothers, known under his Islamic name Abū Mus’ab al-Almānī, died when he exploded his vehicle in a mission against the 4th Regiment of the Iraqi army in Baghdad, Iraq, according to ISIS’s online magazine Dabiq. “The […]

West Virginia Man Sues Educators for Teaching Daughter ‘Religion’ of Evolution

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Va. — A man in West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against local, state and federal education officials after his daughter was taught about evolution in school, which he refers to as “the propagation of religious faith.” According to the complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern […]

Bush Judges Declare Ban on Abortion When Heartbeat Detected ‘Unconstitutional’

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court panel consisting of all George W. Bush appointees has declared an Arkansas state law banning abortion when a heartbeat is detected to be “unconstitutional,” upholding a lower court ruling opining the same. As previously reported, in March 2013, legislators voted to make the Human Heartbeat Protection Act […]

Church-State Separation Group Pressures Public School to Cancel Field Trip to Creation Museum

GLENDIVE, Mont. — Public school officials in Montana recently canceled a field trip to a local creation museum after a prominent church-state separation group threatened to file suit. Approximately 100 third graders from Lincoln Elementary School in Glendive were scheduled to visit the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum on Thursday as they have done for […]

‘We Will Kill You’: Former Counter-Terrorism Trainee Taught on U.S. Soil Now Waging Jihad With ISIS

WASHINGTON — A Tajikistan man who received counter-terrorism training in the United States has now joined the barbaric Islamic group ISIS and is threatening to do harm to Americans in a newly-released video. “Listen, you American pigs: I’ve been to America three times. I saw how you train soldiers to kill Muslims,” Gulmurod Khalimov declares […]