HBO Talk Show Host Bill Maher and Panel Bash Bible: God is a ‘Psychotic Mass Murderer’

HBO Talk Show Host Bill Maher and Panel Bash Bible: God is a ‘Psychotic Mass Murderer’

In a recent broadcast of the talk show Real Time on HBO, political commentator and host Bill Maher and his panel of guests debated their thoughts about the Bible, asserting that God is a “pro-slavery,” “homophobic,” “psychotic mass murderer.” Included on the panel was liberal “minister” Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners Magazine and adviser to […]

Professor Defends ‘Religious’ Veterans Memorial Challenged By Church-State Separation Group

Professor Defends ‘Religious’ Veterans Memorial Challenged By Church-State Separation Group

KING, N.C. — A professor in North Carolina is defending a veterans memorial that is at the center of controversy surrounding a lawsuit filed by a church-state separation group. Last year, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS), led by Barry Lynn, an attorney and licensed “minister” in the United Church of Christ, filed […]

Planned Parenthood to Repay $1.4 Million Following Texas Medicaid Fraud Investigation

Planned Parenthood to Repay $1.4 Million Following Texas Medicaid Fraud Investigation

HOUSTON — An investigation into the Medicaid billing practices of a Texas-area chapter of Planned Parenthood has resulted in the organization being found responsible for committing fraud, and will cost the abortion provider $1.4 million. The payment surrounds a settlement that was reached with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which had been sued by a former […]

Alabama School Superintendent to Defy Atheist Demands to Cancel ‘Prayer Caravan’ Event

Alabama School Superintendent to Defy Atheist Demands to Cancel ‘Prayer Caravan’ Event

CULLMAN, Ala. — A school district superintendent in Alabama plans to defy demands from a nationally-recognized atheist activist organization to cancel a prayer event slated for next month. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had sent a letter to to Cullman County School District Superintendent Billy Coleman earlier this week, urging him to scrub […]

Obama Celebrates Islamic Ramadan With 5th Annual Iftar Dinner

Obama Celebrates Islamic Ramadan With 5th Annual Iftar Dinner

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama celebrated the Islamic holiday of Ramadan on Thursday by hosting his fifth annual Iftar dinner, a tradition that began with then President Bill Clinton and was continued by Bush and Obama. Members of the Obama administration, Congress and others of the Muslim religion were present at the event, which was held […]

House Approves Defense Amendment Reinforcing Ban on Atheist Military Chaplains

House Approves Defense Amendment Reinforcing Ban on Atheist Military Chaplains

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment this week that reinforces the military’s current ban on atheist chaplains. The amendment, which passed 23 to 173, was attached to the 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, and was introduced by Louisiana Senator John Fleming. “The notion of an atheist chaplain is nonsensical; it’s […]

New Hampshire School District Bars Mother From Praying On School Steps Following Complaint

New Hampshire School District Bars Mother From Praying On School Steps Following Complaint

CONCORD — A mother in New Hampshire will no longer be allowed to pray on school property after district officials decided to put an end to the practice following a complaint from an atheist activist organization. Lizarda Urena has been praying on the steps of the Concord High School auditorium every morning at approximately 7 […]

Obama Nominee Stirs Controversy: Abortion Saves Women From ‘Conscription Into Maternity’

Obama Nominee Stirs Controversy: Abortion Saves Women From ‘Conscription Into Maternity’

WASHINGTON — A Georgetown law professor and former Department of Justice employee that was nominated to what is considered the second most powerful circuit court in America is stirring controversy over her past articles and speeches, which some perceive as presenting radical abortion and feminist views. Nina Pillard, 52, (pictured left of Obama) was placed […]