Atheists Demand Texas High School Remove Christian Flag, Students Respond by Flying Their OwnOctober 23, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) issued a letter of complaint earlier this month to a Texas school district’s superintendent regarding a Christian flag flown at one of...
US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Ruling Declaring Ten Commandments Monument UnconstitutionalOctober 17, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, two women filed a lawsuit in 2012 regarding a Ten Commandments display on government property in New Mexico. The Supreme Court recently declined to take...
Air Force Service Members Accused of Painting Satanic Graffiti on South Carolina ChurchOctober 16, 2017 — ICC Note: Four young adults in the Air Force are now facing charges after they allegedly defaced a historic church in South Carolina. Although their motive for the crime is...
Indonesian couple fearing deportation take refuge in NJ churchOctober 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Jemmy and Tobing, a Christian couple that escaped religious persecution in Indonesia are fearing of being deported back. After the fall of dictator Suharto, mobs in the Muslim-majority...
Former Vietnamese refugee appointed bishop in CaliforniaOctober 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Nguyen Thai Thanh, who escaped religious persecution in Vietnam as a young man, was appointed bishop for Orange Diocese in California. Father Thanh was born in 1953...
Christian Baker Supreme Court Hearings Set for DecemberOctober 9, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, Jack Phillips, baker at Masterpiece Cakeshop, has been in the middle of a discrimination legal battle since 2012 when he declined to bake a wedding...
Court Rules Cheerleaders Can Paint Bible Verse BannersOctober 6, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, in 2012 the Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a complaint over a group of cheerleaders writing Bible verses on banners. Shortly after, the school district...
Superintendent Says Bible Verse on Bench Memorializing Student Killed in Accident Must Be RemovedOctober 5, 2017 — ICC Note: A Virginia school superintendent recently announced that a Bible verse etched onto a bench honoring a student who passed away in an accident last year must be removed....
Judge Rules in Favor of Atheist Group, Says Cross on Penn. County Seal Must Be RemovedOctober 4, 2017 — ICC Note: In the summer of last year, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County regarding its official seal. A federal district judge decided last...
US Department of Justice Backs Christian College Student Told Not to Preach on CampusOctober 2, 2017 — ICC Note: In 2016, a Christian student named Chike Uzuegbunam was told by his college, Georgia Gwinnett College, that he was only permitted to preach within one of the campus’...
Judge’s order ‘a huge relief’ for Indonesian family in NHSeptember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Timothy Sombah and his parents are Christians who fled Indonesia years ago and have resettled in Somerset, New Hampshire. He could hardly believe when a federal judge recently...
Tennessee Church Holds Emotional First Service Since Shooting Left One DeadSeptember 28, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, a masked gunman attacked Tennessee’s Burnette Chapel Church of Christ over the weekend, killing one and wounding several others, including the pastor and his wife....
TN Man Charged With First-Degree Murder as Church Shooting Leaves One Dead, Seven InjuredSeptember 26, 2017 — ICC Note: On September 24, a masked man attacked Tennessee’s Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, just after the service ended, killing one and wounding seven more. The attacker, Emanuel Kidega...
Inmate Sues Kansas Prison for ‘Imposing Christian Propaganda’September 22, 2017 — ICC Note: An inmate at Kansas' Topeka Correctional Facility, Shari Webber-Dunn, is taking legal action over alleged “Christian propaganda” in the facility. According to the lawsuit, there are several religious...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Iraqi and Syria Relief and Justice BillSeptember 19, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE H.R. 390 Takes Another Key Step Forward Toward Assisting Christians in Dire Need 9/19/17 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved...
Residents Voice Concern After School Removes Plaque Thanking God for Food Following ComplaintSeptember 18, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, an elementary school in Virginia recently removed a prayer plaque from its cafeteria following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The FFRF...
