“It’s really unfortunate that it had to come to this, but at the end of the day it’s a victory for Miss Trisler, her family, and for free speech.” Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beechwood) has reversed a decision to disallow the presentation on the House floor of a routine legislative honor to a local... Continue Reading

Texas officials are investigating a recent string of church fires in the state. Amid widespread speculation on motive, investigators of past church fires warn against jumping to conclusions. Authorities are desperately looking for motives to help them find the suspected arsonists behind at least eight of 11 church fires in central and east Texas since... Continue Reading

‘…at least one of the young men who was murdered may have recently become a Christian, but the killing itself was almost certainly just another gang murder” On Saturday, February 6th The Aquila Report ran a story about two Christian young men who were murdered in Boynton Beach, Florida. The story – a reprint from... Continue Reading

Nashville activists warn churchgoers of violent threats to America; Muslims call campaign unfair A belief that Muslims are out to destroy the American way of life is gaining a foothold in some Christian and Jewish circles in Nashville. The movement spreads its message through films, books and the Internet. Its sentiment: Islam is an evil... Continue Reading

“Supporters of traditional marriage say HB 444 undermines the institution of marriage and the will of the Hawaiian people.” Gay rights group Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation are planning to take legal action against the state of Hawaii after the State House of Representatives declined to vote last week... Continue Reading

“It is fundamental to religious freedom that religious groups are free to define their own mission, select their own leaders and determine their own membership criteria.” At least 18 different organizations and 13 state attorney generals are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the constitutional rights of religious groups to set membership and leadership... Continue Reading

Officials at the Pentagon have decided to require U.S. military bases all over the world to provide abortifacient morning-after pills, or emergency contraception. Defense Department spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told the AP that the Pentagon was following through with a recommendation by an independent panel of doctors and pharmacists, who recommended the morning-after pill be included... Continue Reading

“The biggest nightmare that any of us have is that one of these terrorist member organizations within this syndicate of terror will get their hands on a weapon of mass destruction.” Obama administration figures took to Sunday’s political talk shows to rebut charges of White House weakness on Islamist terrorism, with the nation’s top diplomat... Continue Reading

“The alarming drop in marriage rates in America combined with high divorce rates are costly to the nation. The nation needs to pay attention.” Pro-family and faith-based organizations across the United States marked the start of National Marriage Week on Sunday to draw special attention on the need to strengthen marriage and the ways to... Continue Reading

Hawaii’s House of Representatives voted to shelve indefinitely a civil unions bill that would give homosexual couples all the rights of marriage, barely a week after the state Senate approved similar legislation. A voice vote taken late in January renders the civil unions bill a dead letter unless two-thirds of the Democratic-controlled House vote to... Continue Reading