UNION COUNTY, Indiana — A police officer in Indiana has been leveled with a lawsuit for sharing the gospel with a driver during a traffic stop. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is representing complainant Ellen Bogan, 60, who claims that Indiana State Police trooper Brian Hamilton violated her constitutional rights by asking her about her religious […]
DALLAS — Thomas Duncan, the Liberian national who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died Wednesday at a Dallas hospital, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said. “He fought courageously in this battle,” said Wendell Watson, a hospital spokesman. “Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the […]
Thousands of youth nationwide will gather today at their local athletic field to challenge each other to read and live out the Scriptures in their everyday lives in an annual event known as “Fields of Faith.” The event, organized by Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), is held every second Wednesday in October. Its mission is to […]
CHICAGO — An Illinois teenager who lived with his parents just outside of Chicago has been arrested after attempting to leave the country to join the Islamic savage group ISIS, also identifying themselves as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, was taken into custody by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task […]
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – A British messianic Jew deported from Israel last year for participating in an evangelistic outreach to Jews confirmed that he will appeal his case to the nation’s supreme court. Barry Barnett, 50, left the country on Dec. 2 under a deportation order issued by Israel’s Ministry of the Interior. He was […]
PHILADELPHIA — A Mennonite manufacturing company headquartered in Pennsylvania has been granted a permanent injunction against what has been called the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare following its win in the U.S. Supreme Court. As previously reported, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, which has 950 employees at its Arkansas, Maryland, Utah, North Carolina and Pennsylvania locations, filed […]
PASADENA, Md. — A former presidential candidate recently taught students at his Maryland-based Institute on the Constitution that separation of church and state does not mean removing God from the government. Michael Peroutka, an attorney who also ran for president in 2004 with the Constitution Party, regularly teaches Christians about the biblical view of government—or […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for an immediate expansion of same-sex “marriage” by unexpectedly and tersely turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit homosexual unions. The court’s order effectively makes same-sex “marriage” legal now in 30 states. Without comment, the justices brought to an end delays in in five states— […]
The retail giant Target has released a new promotional advertisement that features two lesbian women who are preparing a room for the arrival of a child. “Baby Digs: The Magic of Space” was posted to YouTube on October 1st, and has already obtained over 22,000 views—as well as a lot of controversy. “I’m Amanda, and I’m […]
SALISBURY, N.C. — A prominent atheist activist organization is seeking to end the presentation of optional Bible classes at several elementary schools in North Carolina. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to officials with the Rowan-Salisbury School System after it received a complaint from an unidentified individual who took […]