Atheists in Polk County Florida recently scrubbed away a ‘blessing’ placed on a major highway a year ago by a group of area religious leaders. A group of Christians leaders called Polk Under Prayer (PUP) had prayed over the major highway coming into their county and had anointed it with consecrated oil. The Christian prayer [...]

                                               (Image via Wikipedia) For once, here’s a case where the ACLU is actually supporting the freedom of religion rather than trying to restrict it in the public square: “NYCLU to City and Brookfield: Accommodate Christmas Prayer Vigil in Zuccotti Park” NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union today wrote to New York [...]

Most of the time ‘bad news’ is coming out of Egypt, for once here is a good story. The following report comes to us from long-time Christian blogger Andrew Jones (Tall Skinny Kiwi) who was visiting in Egypt at the time and attended the “Day of Prayer 11.11.11’: – 71,000 attended the all-night prayer meeting [...]

                                          (Image via Wikipedia) Members in Congress are trying to get FDR’s D-Day prayer added to the WWII Memorial. Meanwhile the Obama administration is opposing the bill. The Roosevelt D-Day prayer played a memorable part of a major turning point in history. During WWII when allied forces landed in Normandy to take Europe back from [...]

                                             (Image via Wikipedia) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to exclude any prayers from clergy at ground zero during the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. He inferred that “it’s just not appropriate”? However, pastor Rick Warren is planning to hold an alternative national prayer service 2 blocks away at a sister [...]

                   (Gov. Perry by eschipul via Flickr) The Freedom from Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop an evangelical Christian prayer event endorsed by Texas governor Rick Perry. The group argues that the day of prayer and fasting scheduled for August 6 violates the constitutional ban on the government endorsing a [...]

                                                        (Image via Wikipedia) The state of Texas is facing a record drought with declining aquifers in the face of major statewide wildfires. The governor already has applied to the federal government for assistance in the midst of the emergency. Now he is asking his entire state to seek help from a ‘higher’ power. On [...]