By Christy Barritt Christian Organization Calls on World for Help The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) is calling on the international community to pressure governments and those in authority to declare Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Militants from the group have been blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths since they began waging Jihad […]
By Christy Barritt Church Fights for Tax Exemption Christ Church Pentecostal in Nashville, Tennessee is taking the government to court and challenging its authority to define Christian ministry. The church was denied a tax exemption for part of its property after the Tennessee Board of Equalization determined the church’s bookstore and gymnasium were not […]
By Christy Barritt Montana Passes Parental Notification Law Voters in Montana approved a law in November that requires parents to be notified if their underage daughter is receiving an abortion. Seventy percent of Montanans voted to pass Referendum 120. The law requires that abortionists notify parents 48 hours in advance before performing an abortion […]
By Christy Barritt Canadian School Continues to Give Out Free Bibles A Canadian public school system will continue to give out free Bibles, despite the protests from one parent. Gideons International has been giving out Bibles to fifth graders in the Chilliwack, British Columbia school system since 1946. Before receiving the Bibles, the students […]
By Christy Barritt Arizona Ordered to Fund Planned Parenthood A federal judge ruled in October that Arizona could not stop funding Planned Parenthood with taxpayer dollars. Governor Jan Brewer signed a law in May, stating that Arizona would not give public funds to organizations or doctors that provided abortion, even for Medicaid provided general […]
