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Public school graduations in Brookfield, Wisconsin church upheld

By Dakota O'Leary • September 12, 2011

A federal appeals court said Friday that two public schools in southeastern Wisconsin did nothing wrong when they held graduation ceremonies in a church. 

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6.4 magnitude earthquake in Vancouver Island, Canada, minimal damage, leaves people unhurt

By Dakota O'Leary • September 10, 2011

Yesterday the USGS reported a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at 12:41 PDT.   For many, it brought back memories of the 1946 earthquake that hit Vancouver

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California Christians worry about introduction of LGBT history to elementary school curriculum

By JohnThomas Didymus • September 8, 2011

New York Gay Pride

As the January date of its implementation approaches, California Christians are worrying about the  new state law, the SB 48, which mandates state public

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Liberty University to celebrate 40 years

By D. Beeksma • September 7, 2011

Liberty University

In 1971, Jerry Falwell, Sr. followed what he considered to be a vision given to him by God:  to build a world-class university founded

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Jackson County Christians recite the Lord's Prayer before high school football game

By D. Beeksma • September 5, 2011

Students display Christian flag at football game

Right before Friday night's football game at Marianna High School, students, parents, and players recited the Lord's Prayer, with one group proudly displaying a

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Theocrats Playing Dirty Politics

By Mriana • September 2, 2011

David Williams, challenger of Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, urged Beshear “to denounce this attack on prayer at public functions and lead the efforts

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Catholic scholar says governments that promote sex education are only fooling themselves

By JohnThomas Didymus • September 1, 2011

According to Catholic scholar, Lucetta Scaraffia, writing on the front page of the Catholic publication L'Osservatore Romano, governments that promote sex education in schools

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Alliance Defense Fund opposes ACLU's campaign against schools blocking students' access to LGBT activist websites

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 30, 2011

The Christian conservative legal advocacy group, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), reacted to a recent complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) alleging

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There's going to be a whole lot more prayer going on at De Soto County high school football games

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

De Soto County students gather in prayer

After the De Soto County, MS, school district announced that it would no longer broadcast Christian prayer before high school football games, parents perceived

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Eight-year-old American missionary preaches the gospel to Buddhist monks

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

According to a Baptist Press report, an eight-year-old was one of a 25-member team of missionaries from Truett-McConnell College, a Southern Baptist-affiliated college in

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The New American blog blasts the Freedom from Religion Foundation for "harassment of school districts" over school prayer

By Dakota O'Leary • August 25, 2011

Yesterday we reported on the decision of the DeSoto School District in Missisippi to stop prayers at their school before athletic events and other

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Religious theme creates wickedly good advertising

By D. Beeksma • August 23, 2011

Dirt Devil ad

Dirt Devil's religiously-themed advertisement has gone viral on the Internet.  The "wickedly good" advertising campaign was shown in Germany and is a spoof of

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Deaths of 74 children in Catholic schools raise suspicions of serial killer priest in Netherlands

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 23, 2011

The authorities in The Netherlands are investigating the deaths of 34 boys in a Catholic school for mentally handicapped  boys. The deaths which occurred

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