Gordon, who helped lead the campaign against the judges, said the fear of a divided social conservative vote is widespread among the state’s evangelical clergy. However, few have actually reached out to candidates, he said. Brad Cranston, a pastor from Burlington, said he too is worried that social conservatives will split their vote and lose... Continue Reading

The Newwark (NJ) Post is reporting that two abortion doctors, Steven Chase Brigham and Nicola Irene Riley have been charged with murder in connection with a botched August 2010 abortion procedure at a secret Elkton, Md. facility. Brigham, 55, of Voorhees, N.J. was arrested in Camden, N.J. by homicide detectives there on Wednesday night. He... Continue Reading

McDowell (teacher) asked Glowacki (student) his views on homosexuality — and when Glowacki said expressed his religious viewpoint, McDowell ordered him out of the classroom and threatened to suspend him. He then asked the rest of the class if there was anyone else who was offended by homosexuality, and kicked out another student who raised... Continue Reading

Not only are we a religiously fluid nation, we’re also a porous one. Beliefs, for instance, once considered exclusive to the New Age movement have seeped into the mainstream. Twenty percent of Christians, and slightly more of the public overall, say they believe in reincarnation, according to Pew. Editor’s Note: As a reminder, it is... Continue Reading

Not so long ago, the postmodern pedophiles had help in defining down their deviance from the American Psychological Association. In 1998, the association published an article in its Psychological Bulletin that concluded that child sexual abuse does not cause harm. The authors recommended that pedophilia should instead be given a value-neutral term like “adult child... Continue Reading

On Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 1941, 17 days after the dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, 70 years ago, Holland residents gathered in CentennialPark and Hope Memorial (Dimnent) Chapel for a 7 p.m. community carol sing and an 11 p.m. carol service. Beginning in 1918, following World War I, the Holland park... Continue Reading

When Jill Abramson in June became editor of The New York Times, she said her rise was like “ascending to Valhalla. In my house growing up, the Times substituted for religion. If the Times said it, it was the absolute truth.” Happily, almost no one has that kind of faith anymore. It’s time once again... Continue Reading

“If monopoly is bad for America and antitrust is something they take seriously, they ought to take freedom of expression much more seriously than the possibility of a monopoly power.” Google’s anti-competition practices are a cause for concern for the Senate’s Antitrust Subcommittee and the National Religious Broadcasters, which claims the search engine is violating... Continue Reading

The atheist group sent a banner of its own to Henderson County that read, “At this season of the Winter Solstice, let reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but a myth & superstition that hardens hearts & enslaves minds.”... Continue Reading

The United States’ watchdog for worldwide religious freedom gained reauthorization from Congress Friday on what could have been its final day of existence. The House of Representatives approved by voice vote a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for three more years. The House action came three days after the... Continue Reading