By Casey Harper A psychiatrist and professor has worked with victims of demonic possession for decades, and he says America’s exorcisms are on the rise. Richard Gallagher, a certified psychiatrist and clinical psychiatry professor at New York Medical College, works with Catholic priests to help them answer one question: Is the tormented patient a victim…
Yesterday, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) slammed Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, on Twitter. This comes after he said he would consider voting for the Libertarian Party ticket and announced he would not be voting for either Trump or Clinton. Notes for October:Johnson is pro-abortion, pro-exec overreach, bad on religious liberty & naive…
By Casey Harper A Christian calligraphy studio is suing the city of Phoenix over its LGBT non-discrimination ordinance, the latest dust-up in a slew of same-sex legal battles nationwide. Lawyers for Brush & Nib, a calligraphy studio run by two Christian women who sell hand paintings and calligraphy for weddings and events, filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Phoenix LGBT…
By Steve Birr Police in Washington, D.C., released video Monday of an assault on a Muslim woman outside a Starbucks by another woman who allegedly told the victim she hopes Donald Trump sends her “out of this country.” The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is searching for the woman seen shouting and dumping a drink on…
By Steve Birr Police are investigating a reported hate crime against a Muslim woman in a Washington, D.C., Starbucks, by a woman who allegedly said she supports Donald Trump for president. The suspect verbally insulted the woman because of her faith, shouting threatening jeers at the woman before leaving the location, reports WUSA9. The suspect then returned,…
A federal judge has ruled Pastafarianism is not a religion protected by the U.S. Constitution. But what makes one religion legitimate and another mere fantasy? by Joey Clark As debates regarding “religious freedom” rage across the country, it is best to keep in mind that belief systems do not have rights, only individual persons…
Another brilliant cartoon by TLR’s Seamus Coughlin skewers liberals over the double standard on tax exempt organizations. Liberals will quickly point out that churches and religious orgs don’t pay taxes so they shouldn’t be exerting influence in the political process. Well, if that’s so…
Casey Harper A family-owned pharmacy is on the verge of being pushed out of business because they say the owners — devout Christians — won’t sell drugs like the morning after pill. Washington state passed a law in 2007 that pharmacies must provide emergency contraceptives, like the morning after pill and the week after pill, which many pro-life…
A video taken in secret on the Yale campus has many people concerned for the future of civil liberties as students seem to belong to a generation with no concern for human liberty. The video shows students signing a petition to ban the 1st Amendment. Yes, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to…
Casey Harper A Kansas public school district has said it will no longer allow the Gideons to distribute Bibles after an anti-religion group threatened to sue. The dispute started Nov. 4 when the Gideons continued their annual tradition of visiting Seitz Elementary School in Fort Riley, Kansas, and left Bibles on a table in the hallway…