Home » Religious Freedom You are browsing entries filed in “Religious Freedom”

ACLU Concedes Defeat In Ten Commandments Case

Ten_Commandments

The ACLU has conceded defeat in their quest to remove a Ten Commandments display by letting time expire in filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review of the matter. In the case, ACLU v. Grayson County, the ACLU allowed the time to expire without filing the petition, closing the final chapter [...]

9:45 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Professor Fired For Teaching Catholic Doctrine On Homosexuality Is Reinstated

gay men

A university professor who was fired over a complaint that he engaged in hate speech in his explanation of Catholic church doctrine on homosexuality, will now be reinstated to his position. Kenneth Howell, an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois in Champaign who taught, “Introduction to Catholicism”, was dismissed earlier this month after teaching his [...]

12:03 pm | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

N.C. Pastor Fired For “Jesus” Prayer At State Capitol

nc_flag

A North Carolina pastor was fired from his position as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer in the name of Jesus. “I got fired,” said Dr. Ron L. Baity, the Pastor of the Berean Baptist Church located in Winston-Salem, N.C, during an  interview with Fox News Radio. [...]

8:59 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Florida School District Sued For Banning Bibles

bible

World Changers of Florida has filed a lawsuit to overturn a  school district’s new ban against distributing free Bibles to interested students during off-school hours. For years, the Collier County School District  allowed World Changers to place free Bibles on tables where interested students can take them at their leisure.  But last year, during the celebration [...]

10:54 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Two Evangelists Arrested Outside Islamic Mosque

phili_mosque

Two evangelists were arrested Fourth of July weekend for sharing the gospel on a public sidewalk outside an Islamic mosque in Philadelphia. On July 3, Michael Marcavage, president of Repent America, Mike Stockwell of Cross Country Evangelism, and Ken Fleck, were singing hymns and sharing the gospel with Muslims who walked out of the “Masjid Al [...]

9:20 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Appeals Court Says School Officials May Be Personally Liable For Religious Discrimination

jesus_candy-cane

A federal appeals court said Thursday that two Texas school principals may be held personally liable for confiscating Christian-themed candy cane pens and other materials from students who planned to hand them out. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in the case, Morgan, et al. v. Swanson, et al., that principals Lynn [...]

10:09 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Michigan Arab Festival Held To Higher Reverence Than First Amendment?

dearborn_police_missionaries

The arrests of four Christians at the Dearborn Arab International Festival by police officers is being called by some, an enforcement of Shariah law – the radical Islamic legal system. On June 18, four Christian missionaries who never handed out any literature or engaged in unwanted conversation, were arrested for “disorderly conduct,” according to Police [...]

6:01 pm | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom,USA | Read More »

“Not Guilty”: Pleads Man After Arrest On Public Property Outside Abortion Clinic

mahoney_arrest_PP

A Presbyterian minister plead “Not Guilty” Monday at the District of Columbia Superior Court after being arrested on public property outside of a Planned Parenthood Clinic. For many years, the pro-life community had been allowed to pray and counsel on the public property surrounding the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Washington, D.C., but earlier this year [...]

1:51 pm | Posted in Religious Freedom,USA | Read More »

High Court Rules Against Christian Student Group

supreme_court_building

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the rights of a California public law school to deny recognition to a national Christian student organization because that organization’s beliefs violate the school’s policy on nondiscrimination. In the 5-4 opinion, the Court upheld the lower court rulings in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, saying the group’s (student chapter [...]

9:43 am | Posted in Featured Articles,Latest Headlines,Law Schools,Religious Freedom,Supreme Court | Read More »

Judge Rejects Gay-Pride Group’s Attempt To Ban Free Speech At Public Park

gay_pride_flag

A federal court rejected an attempt by organizers of a Minneapolis gay-pride festival to prevent a Christian from distributing Bibles and preaching repentance. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in the District of Minneapolis ruled in the case, Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Pride/Twin Cities v. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, that Twin Cities Pride festival organizer’s attempt to bar [...]

3:47 pm | Posted in Latest Headlines,Religious Freedom | Read More »

Click Here!

Latest Comments

  • Laura Hall: It is interesting that this article never names the University of Illinois, Urbana as the offending...
  • Jerry F: Why is “Christian” in quotes when you refer to Christian prayer? Christ is real, my friends, and...
  • Christopher: As a life long deist and recent convert to Christianity, I cannot stand around idly anymore and watch...
  • thomas hannove: this is insane and ridiculous. the u.s.is a christian nation.islam hates the u.s.and christians.
  • Kirsten: What a triumph for God. God is love, and love has prevailed over hate.