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Wichita Pastor Gets Settlement After False Arrest

Wichita Pastor Gets Settlement After False Arrest

WICHITA, Kans. – The City of Wichita will pay Pastor Mark Holick $11,700 for damages resulting from an “Unlawful Arrest” and $2,500 for attorney’s fees as part of a settlement in a case stemming from his 2007 arrest at a gay pride event.
The City said in a Consent Agreement that Wichita police officers and the [...]

March 30 2009 | Read More »

Texas Judge Upholds the State Pledge, “Under God”.

Texas Judge Upholds the State Pledge, “Under God”.

The phrase ‘under God’ in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional, according to a Dallas federal judge.  The unsuccessful lawsuit filed by Dallas Texas couple argued that the state pledge violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
Attorney General Abbott stated, “Today’s ruling protects young Texans’ right to pledge their allegiance to ‘one state, under God’ [...]

March 30 2009 | Read More »

ACLJ Fights to Protect Children From Convicted Sex Offenders

ACLJ Fights to Protect Children From Convicted Sex Offenders

WASHINGTON – For the children of New Jersey, today marks an important day in the fight to protect them from convicted sex offenders.  The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today presented arguments before the Supreme Court of New Jersey in defense of an ordinance by the Township of Galloway, N.J. that is designed to [...]

March 26 2009 | Read More »

Ninth Circuit rules against Christian Legal Society

Ninth Circuit rules against Christian Legal Society

SAN FRANSISCO, Cali. – The University of California Hastings College of the Law cannot be required to recognize and fund a religious student group that discriminates in the selection of members and officers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on March 17.
Just a week after hearing arguments in the case, the 9th Circuit [...]

March 26 2009 | Read More »

Street Preacher Can Continue to Preach Hell Fire.

Street Preacher Can Continue to Preach Hell Fire.

MODESTO, Cali. – Kevin Borden, a street preacher and real estate agent who sued the City of Modesto, California after security guards from Brenden Theatre, in which the City of Modesto owns and had rented to the theater is again free to share his faith to those passing by the downtown plaza. Security guards of [...]

March 23 2009 | Read More »