PENSACOLA, Fla. — A jury that contemplated four new charges that could have put an imprisoned creation science evangelist who refuted evolutionary theory behind bars for life was unable to agree on three of the charges filed against him. As previously reported, Kent Hovind, the founder of Creation Science Evangelism out of Pensacola, Florida, has been fighting […]
TAUNTON, UK — A street preacher in the UK who is charged with making “homophobic” and “Islamophobic” remarks has just completed a two-day trial and awaits a verdict on whether or not biblical speech about the issues is considered a crime in the country. Mike Overd, a street preacher for five years, is accused of speaking […]
WARREN, Mich. — A mayor in Michigan states that he will be countering an atheist booth that will be set up near a prayer station at city hall by distributing “In God We Trust” posters through his office. As previously reported, Warren resident and member of the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) Douglas Marshall submitted […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Officials with a Florida city has revoked the local tax-exempt status from a so-called church that has been running what the city deems a sexually-charged nightclub during Spring Break. “It’s very disturbing, especially inside our city limits here in Bay County,” Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman told reporters this […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Supreme Court of Alabama has ordered a judge who was at the center of a same-sex “marriage” lawsuit not to issue any such licenses, advising that a recent federal court ruling surrounding the matter does not apply to anyone outside of the two women involved in the legal challenge. “To the extent […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A decorated former Navy SEAL who has served as a chaplain for 15 of the 19 years of his military career is been threatened with discharge after superiors called his Christian counseling against premarital sex and homosexuality a “recipe for disaster.” Chaplain Wes Modder served in Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, and […]
WHITE OAK, Texas — The superintendent of a school district in Texas is standing firm after a prominent atheist activist group sent a letter of complaint regarding a high school principal who allegedly quotes Scripture over the intercom during the morning announcements. According to KETK-TV, an anonymous student at White Oak High School contacted atheist […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered an appeals court to reconsider its denial of an injunction to a prominent religious university that had challenged the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. The University of Notre Dame had sued the Obama administration in federal court in 2013, stating that its mandate violated the Catholic institution’s right to religious freedom, […]
KARAJ, Iran — The wife of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran for conducting missionary and humanitarian work in the nation says that her husband was distressed last week after watching several fellow prisoners being beaten and led off to their death. “Saeed was quite shaken as he had to witness six fellow prisoners being beaten and […]
WASHINGTON — The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is warning that Islamists who sympathize with the terrorist group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, are present nationwide. “We have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states,” James Comey told a recent […]