School: Student can’t oppose gay adoption
NEW YORK (BP) — A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy who wrote an op-ed opposing gay adoptions was censored, threatened with suspension and called ignorant by the superintendent of the Shawano School District, according to an attorney representing the child. Mathew Staver, the founder of the legal group Liberty Counsel, sent a letter to Superintendent Todd Carlson […]
NYC boots church out of housing project
NEW YORK (BP) — An evangelical Christian church has been told by New York City officials that it can no longer rent a community room in a federally funded housing project named after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. An attorney representing the Bronx Bible Church said the congregation was notified that Christmas Day would be […]
Air Force base refuses to remove nativity scene
NEW YORK (BP) -- Travis Air Force Base in California has decided it will not remove or relocate a nativity scene and a Menorah in spite of a threat from The Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
School to sing ‘Silent Night’ despite legal threat
NEW YORK (BP) — A group of 5-, 6- and 7-year old children will be able to sing “Silent Night” in their Christmas program after Alabama school officials decided to ignore a complaint filed by a group that called the song “unconstitutional.” The news came as a relief to students and teachers at G.W. Trenholm […]
Walter Reed OKs Bibles, ‘religious artifacts’
NEW YORK (BP) — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said it is rescinding a policy that prohibited family members of wounded military troops from bringing Bibles or any religious reading materials to their loved ones. The decision to rescind the ban came one day after a Republican lawmaker denounced the policy on the House […]
High court permits NYC schools to ban churches
NEW YORK CITY (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an evangelical church's plea to overturn New York City's ban on renting public schools for religious worship services. That means the city now has a green light to begin evicting congregations that pay rent to use public school buildings for church services.
R.I. governor’s ‘holiday tree’ sparks outrage
NEW YORK (BP) -- A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling Gov. Lincoln Chafee "Governor Grinch" after he defied lawmakers and decided that the state would have a "holiday tree" instead of a "Christmas tree."
Christian baker faces boycott for refusal to make cake for lesbians
NEW YORK (BP) — Pro-gay activists have launched a boycott of an Iowa baker who declined to create a wedding cake for a lesbian couple based on her religious beliefs. Victoria Childress, the owner of Victoria’s Cake Cottage in Des Moines, has been accused of being anti-gay, homophobic and a bigot after she refused to […]
