Texas school officials tell cheerleaders to stop putting Bible verses on banners
Updated Sept. 25 KOUNTZE, Texas (WordNews.org) Sept. 24, 2012 – A Christian legal group is urging Americans to email a Texas superintendent and tell him to stop banning the free speech of cheerleaders who were told to stop putting Bible verses on banners. Kountze Independent School District’s superintendent, Kevin Weldon, told the cheerleaders’ parents that […]
Read More →Church leaders urged to be active in voter registration
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Sept. 21, 2012 – A pastor asks all those in the congregation who are voting age to stand. He follows up by asking those who are registered to sit down. Quickly, ushers come down the aisle to pass voter registration forms to those still standing. It’s an example Liberty Counsel shares with […]
Read More →Youth organization launching ‘I Vote Pro-Life First’ campus tour
MANASSAS, Va. (WordNews.org) Sept. 13, 2012 – Students for Life of America, a pro-life youth organization, is visiting campuses in battle ground states to promote anti-abortion candidates. The initiative is called “I Vote Pro-Life First” and the goal is to educate 300,000 voters and recruit 1,200 Get-Out-The-Vote volunteers The movement calls on Americans to sign […]
Read More →Minn. court rules in favor of Child Evangelism Fellowship
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WordNews.org) Sept. 3, 2012 – A Minneapolis public school district must reinstate the Good News Club, a federal appeal court has ruled. The U.S. District Court of Appeals ruled the Minneapolis Special School District No. 1 engaged in viewpoint discrimination when it ousted the Child Evangelism Fellowship-sponsored club from offering “enrichment programming from […]
Read More →Atheist group challenges churches providing lunches to high school football team
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WordNews.org) Aug. 27, 2012 – An atheist activist group is threatening a Georgia school district for allowing churches to provide lunches to high school football teams. Liberty Counsel is now offering free legal defense to Walker County Public School in response to the threat from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF states in […]
Read More →Gay marriage headed to Supreme Court?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 31, 2012 — Supporters of California’s marriage amendment that supports marriage between one man and one woman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit declared the amendment unconstitutional. The full 9th Circuit passed on reviewing the decision on […]
Read More →South Dakota abortion law upheld in court
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (WordNews.org) July 24, 2012 — A federal appeals court upheld a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions about the increased risk of suicide they will face, Reuters is reporting. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 7-4 ruling Tuesday, overturning a decision by a three-judge […]
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