US Ninth Circuit Court Rules Against High School Coach in Public Prayer Case

September 4, 2017 — 09/04/2017 United States (First Liberty Institute) - “Banning all coaches from praying silently in public just because they can be seen is wrong,” First Liberty President and CEO Kelly Shackelford...

As U.S. ban on North Korea travel kicks in, tourists say their farewells

September 2, 2017 — ICC Note: U.S. travel ban on North Korea comes into effect starting from Sept 1, 2017. U.S. citizens, except for humanitarian works and journalists who can apply for exemptions, are...

Atheist Activist Group Asks Sen. Marco Rubio to Stop Tweeting Bible Verses

August 30, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint, requesting that Senator Marco Rubio refrain from posting Bible verses through his official Twitter account. Although the...

Atheist Group Scolds Governor for Lamenting Bible’s Removal from Schools

August 25, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently stated that the Bible is a “violent, racist book” when the governor of Kentucky publicly spoke in favor of Bibles being...

Court Rules High School Football Coach Cannot Pray on the Field

August 24, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, Washington high school football coach Joe Kennedy was suspended from his position for refusing to comply with the school’s orders to cease post-game prayers on...

23 States, 24 Members of Congress Join Supreme Court Briefs in Support of Ten Commandments Monument

August 22, 2017 — ICC Note: In response to a lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument on public property in New Mexico, 23 states and 24 congressmen have filed briefs requesting that the Supreme...

New Mexico Public School Paints Over Scripture Mural Following Complaint

August 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a public school in New Mexico has decided to paint over a mural that includes a Scripture...

US Secretary of State Takes Aim Global Failure to Stop Persecution in New Religious Freedom Report

August 18, 2017 — ICC Note: In conjunction with the US State Department’s 2016 International Religious Freedom Report, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has spoken out to condemn global religious persecution. He specifically denounced...

County Board Votes to Temporarily Cover ‘Keep God’s Commandments’ Lettering Following Complaint

August 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a county board of supervisors in Nelson County, VA decided to temporarily cover lettering that reads “Keep God’s Commandments”...

Mayor Defies Atheist Group’s Demands, Vows to Keep Bible Verse on Courthouse Wall

July 31, 2017 — ICC Note: At the end of June, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) contacted the mayor of Henderson County, Tennessee, regarding the inscription of a Bible verse on a county...

Tennessee Police Department to Relocate Scripture Plaque Following Complaint from Activist Group

July 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Tennessee police department has decided to move a plaque displaying Romans 8:31. The group asserted that the plaque...

President Trump Selects Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas for the Post of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

July 27, 2017 — The filling of this vital post in the State Departments’ Office of International Religious Freedom allows many important initiatives of US efforts to promote religious freedom to proceed. 7/27/2017 Washington...

Family Removes Roadside Cross Memorializing Mother Who Died in Crash Following Atheist Complaint

July 21, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, the Freedom From Religion Foundation recently contacted a mayor in Oregon regarding a roadside cross, honoring a mother who died in a crash, which they...

Atheist Group Stops Church from Handing out Flyers During State-Affiliated Hunter’s Safety Class

July 20, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department regarding a church’s involvement in a state-affiliated hunting safety...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Commission’s Prayers Cannot Be Exclusively Christian

July 18, 2017 — ICC Note: In March 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against commissioners in Rowan County, North Carolina regarding their prayers during public meetings. After more than...

Cuban Pastor Sentenced to One Year of Heavy Labor and House Arrest for Homeschooling Children

July 13, 2017 — 07/13/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 7, Pastor Ramon Rigal, leader of Iglesia de Dios en Cristo, was sentenced to...