By Christy Barritt Complaint Filed over Restaurant’s Church Bulletin Discount A Pennsylvania man filed a complaint against a local restaurant that offers a 10 percent discount for customers who bring a church bulletin with them on Sundays. John Wolff, an atheist, argued that the discount is discriminatory since he doesn’t attend church. He filed […]
By Christy Barritt Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Decency Standards The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Communication Commission can enforce decency standards on the airwaves, but they also threw out fines and sanctions imposed by the FCC for prior offenses. The case, which has been going through the court system since […]
By Christy Barritt Belief in Hell Deters Criminals A new study by a University of Oregon psychologist found that believing in Heaven and Hell has a direct correlation to crime rates. Essentially, the study showed that belief in a punitive God means less crime while a belief in a forgiving God means more crime. […]
By Christy Barritt Children of Homosexual Parents Deal with Social Issues Children raised by homosexual parents are more likely than peers raised by married heterosexual parents to suffer from a host of social problems. That’s the result of a new study published in the journal Social Science Research. The data came from the New […]
By Christy Barritt Global Warming Skeptics and Believers Equally as Smart A new survey has shown that those skeptical about climate change are just as intelligent as those who aren’t. This was the result of a new study from the journal Nature Climate Change. The study asked 1,540 Americans science questions like, “Electrons are […]
