The parents of a Pennsylvania state trooper slain by a sniper outside his barracks last fall declared their forgiveness on Sunday for the defendant, a survivalist awaiting trial on murder charges that carry a possible death sentence.
Thomas More Society attorneys have sent a letter to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department challenging the censorship of Fayetteville 40 Days for Life participants’ pro-life signs. Participants in the peaceful prayer vigil outside the Fayetteville Planned Parenthood abortion facility along Highway 265 were told by a department employee that they could not display any signs during their vigil. The same department representative threatened each participant with a fine if they continued to hold the signs. The Thomas More Society contends that this demand is a blatant violation of these pro-life advocates’ First Amendment rights.
For nearly 75 years, drivers between the Somerset and Bedford exits on the Pennsylvania Turnpike could park their cars on the berm and walk up the steps to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
Like so many others Monday (Nov. 24) night, the congregants at West Side Missionary Baptist Church were glued to televisions as a grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case was announced.
The decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will further divide our communities and saddens us as leaders of nearly three dozen of our region’s congregations, faith and ethical communities.
Conservative religious voters made up as big a percentage of the electorate as ever, backing Republicans at least as strongly as ever in the midterm election according to exit polls released following Tuesday’s voting.
