Homeschooling Growing at Record Rate in North Carolina

Homeschooling Growing at Record Rate in North Carolina

Homeschooling is growing at a record rate in North Carolina, according to reports. Over 10,000 more students are being homeschooled than just two years ago, with enrollment figures surpassing that of private schools. The News & Observer reports that the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education estimates that there are 98,172 homeschooled students in North Carolina, compared […]

Report: Sexual Immorality Rampant Among Iranian Youth

Report: Sexual Immorality Rampant Among Iranian Youth

It is the last thing Iran’s religious rulers want to talk about, but they may just have to. An official report has documented the nation’s worst-kept secret: sex of every kind is taking place outside the marital bed in the Islamic Republic. Something, in the ruling ayatollahs’ view, must be done. An 82-page document recently issued […]

Court Grants ‘Pregnant Man’ Divorce Amid Argument Whether Woman Was Man When ‘Married’

Court Grants ‘Pregnant Man’ Divorce Amid Argument Whether Woman Was Man When ‘Married’

PHOENIX — An appeals court in Arizona has ruled that a woman who began converting her appearance into a man over a decade ago may be granted a divorce, overturning a lower court ruling that denied the proceedings over confusion whether the woman was a man when she married. As previously reported, in 1997, Tracy Lehuanani […]

School District Holds Health Book After Parents Outraged by Explicit Sexual Content

School District Holds Health Book After Parents Outraged by Explicit Sexual Content

FREMONT, Calif. — A school district in California has voted to place the use of a health book that it had previously approved for ninth grade students on hold after outraged parents complained about the publication’s explicit sexual content. The Fremont Unified School Board voted 3-2 on Wednesday to pull the book Your Health Today published […]

British Officials Condemn Biblical Creation, Compare It to Radical Islam

British Officials Condemn Biblical Creation, Compare It to Radical Islam

LONDON – In an attempt to crack down on religious ‘extremism,’ Britain’s Education Secretary has announced that any schools that teach creation will be stripped of government funding. Nicky Morgan, Education Secretary of Great Britain, delivered a statement to Parliament late last month, in which she condemned the spread of religious views within British schools. […]

U.S. Navy Restores Bibles Booted from Guest Rooms Following Outcry

U.S. Navy Restores Bibles Booted from Guest Rooms Following Outcry

Following outcry from Christian and veterans organizations, the U.S. Navy has ordered that Bibles booted from lodge guest rooms be restored while it reviews its policy on the availability of religious material, reports state. As previously reported, in March of this year, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to the Navy Exchange Service Command […]

NY Farm Fined $13,000 for Declining Lesbian ‘Wedding,’ Ordered to Prove Staff Training

NY Farm Fined $13,000 for Declining Lesbian ‘Wedding,’ Ordered to Prove Staff Training

ALBANY, NY — A New York farm has been fined $13,000 by the state Division of Human Rights for declining to host a same-sex ‘wedding’ on their property two years ago, and has been ordered to train their employees to accommodate homosexual ceremonies despite their Christian beliefs. Administrative Law Judge Migdalia Peres fined Liberty Ridge […]

Georgia Students Take a Stand for Faith, Prayer After Humanist Group Threatens Suit

Georgia Students Take a Stand for Faith, Prayer After Humanist Group Threatens Suit

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Approximately 200 students at a Georgia high school and their parents gathered to pray on the football field Wednesday—with an even larger gathering on Thursday—in response to a letter from a national humanist organization that threatened possible legal action if  the school’s coaches continue “promot[ing] Christianity.” As previously reported, the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent […]

UK Worship Artist Whose Songs Are Sung in American Churches Comes Out as Lesbian

UK Worship Artist Whose Songs Are Sung in American Churches Comes Out as Lesbian

LONDON — Less than a year after announcing her support for same-sex ‘marriage,’ a UK-based worship artist whose songs are sung in American churches on any given Sunday has come out as a lesbian. Vicky Beeching first was introduced in the Christian music industry in 2002, but became more prominent with the release of her worship […]

American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran Facing Death Threats from ISIS Militants

American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran Facing Death Threats from ISIS Militants

An American pastor imprisoned in Iran is facing death threats from ISIS militants that are incarcerated in his ward, reports state. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is reporting that Pastor Saeed Abedini is in serious danger after receiving threats from fellow prisoners that are Muslim militants. “ISIS militants imprisoned in the same […]