A three-judge panel for that circuit ruled last September that (Pastor) Phelps’s anti-gay messages – on placards and a Web site – are protected speech The U.S. Supreme Court continues its unpredictable foray into LGBT-related legal conflicts, this week announcing that it will decide whether a protester has a First Amendment right to use a... Continue Reading

(AG) Cuccinelli argued that only the General Assembly could bar such discrimination and since it had not done so, the public colleges couldn’t. Virginia’s public colleges and universities may be able to ban anti-gay discrimination after all. Days after the state’s attorney general told the institutions that they couldn’t ban discrimination against gay people, the... Continue Reading

Christian school administrators are concerned that the South Australian board decision to stop the teaching of creationism as part of science lessons will precipitate similar action across the country. The South Australian Non-Government Schools Registration Board has published a new education policy that states it requires the ”teaching of science as an empirical discipline, focusing... Continue Reading

A mainstream media newspaper publishes a positive pro-life story Last year Dave Wilkinson asked God for guidance. He wanted to know what he could do to better fight abortion. Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor, runs three Ventura County pregnancy clinics that encourage women to choose alternatives to the procedure. He believes the prevalence of abortion is... Continue Reading

“It is a matter of historical fact that our institutions and government actors have in past and present times given place to a supreme God.” The classroom walls of San Diego’s Westview High are a monument to freedom of speech and religion. Over the years, teachers have attached an eclectic collection of expressions that includes... Continue Reading

Charges Dismissed Against Pro-Life Advocate Who Challenged Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s Pro-Abortion Views Attorneys from the Chicago- based Thomas More Society, on the eve of the trial, won a victory in Providence municipal court when the city prosecutor decided to dismiss criminal charges against Christopher Young. Young, a Catholic pro-lifer who is also a Democratic mayoral... Continue Reading

For those who went to bed early last night…… The Hurt Locker swept the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony here winning six out of nine trophies, becoming the lowest grossing movie ever to win the ultimate Hollywood award. Its maker Kathryn Bigelow is the first female director to win the Oscar. Set in Iraq, it... Continue Reading

Gadahn, the first American to face treason charges in e than 50 years, has appeared in more than half a dozen al-Qaida videos, taunting the West and calling for its destruction. Two Pakistani officers and a government official said Sunday that an American charged with treason for working with al-Qaida had been captured, a development... Continue Reading

Topics: Abortion divides House Democrats; Iman pleads guilty in terror case; Phoenix church fights to feed homeless; Possible bias in gays-in-military study; Texas Board of Ed conservative loses; Rare biblical manuscript pieces united Saying that The Aqulia Report is operated on a bootstrap is the understatement of the century. That affects our ability to report... Continue Reading

Despite failing in court, opponents of the law vowed to fight another day. It was cold and drizzling outside the City Courthouse just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, but no one seemed to mind among the same-sex couples waiting for the chance to apply for a marriage license. “This is a dream come true,” said... Continue Reading