WOODBURY, Tenn. — A prominent legal organization recently sent a letter to the director of an after-school program as the parents of a young boy claimed that their son was told that he could not read the Bible on the premises. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee mailed correspondence to the Cannon County […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — A Washington-based humanist group has petitioned the federal court to find county commissioners in Maryland in contempt and fine them $10,000 per prayer for continuing to allow prayers in Jesus’ name despite a court order. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., who was appointed to the […]
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling on Thursday that allowed New York City churches to meet in public school buildings. As previously reported, the case of Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York has been circling through the court system for the past 17 […]
NEW YORK — A New York woman is inspiring the masses after she recently passed away following her decision to postpone her cancer treatment in order to save her baby’s life. Elizabeth Joice, 36, had always wanted a baby. But she was told by doctors that the chances that she and her husband Max could […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi passed a religious freedom bill on Tuesday that allows for residents of faith to legally challenge state actions that place a substantial burden on their free exercise of religion. “State action or an action by any person based on state action shall not burden a person’s right to exercise […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A display at the University of Michigan is raising concern among pro-life groups nationwide as it celebrates abortion as a ‘life-sustaining act’ that its creator believes is a ‘gift from God.’ “‘4000 Years for Choice’ is an exhibition of posters about the age-old practices of abortion and contraception as a means […]
OVIEDO, Fla. — The parents of a kindergartner in Florida have pulled their child from public school after they state that their daughter told them that she was recently not allowed to pray over her lunch. Marcos and Kathy Perez had been considering homeschooling their five-year-old daughter Gabriella, but advise that the alleged incident put […]
CHARLESTON, W.V. — The governor of West Virginia has vetoed a late-term abortion bill approved by both state Houses, stating that the legislation is likely unconstitutional. Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin drew angst among pro-life groups after the move on Friday, as he is the first governor to reject a bill that seeks to ban […]
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — A county commissioner in Maryland is refusing to stop praying in Jesus’ name despite a court order placing an injunction on sectarian prayers during government meetings. Carroll County Commissioner Robin Bartlett Frazier says that she won’t stop using the name of Jesus even if it means being placed behind bars. “I’m […]
UNITED KINGDOM – The remains of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies in the U.K. were incinerated as clinical waste or burned to heat hospitals, according to findings from a recent investigation. Reporters with Channel 4’s Dispatches television program revealed that numerous hospitals in the U.K. treated aborted and miscarried babies as waste. When the […]