Hundreds Baptized at Auburn University’s “Night of Worship”

God is moving on college campuses across the country. Revival hit campuses like Asbury University, Lee University, and Samford University, earlier this year. And now Auburn University students are testifying that God moved at an event earlier this week that still has them “speechless and in awe.” Thousand of students at Auburn packed out Neville … Continued

Library Cancels Kirk Cameron

Lawyers for Kirk Cameron told a public library in Alabama that it is running afoul of the First Amendment by canceling a children’s reading event just days before Mr. Cameron and female swimming and women’s sports activist Riley Gaines were set to appear at the reading. First Liberty sent a demand letter to the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library asking for … Continued

More Restrictions on Trans Athletes

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed a bill that prohibits transgender athletes from competing in sports at state universities and colleges that do not align with their biological sex. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, expands the current ban on transgender athletes participating on K-12 teams and in competitions that do not … Continued

530K Children Eligible for Summer Food Benefits

An estimated 530,000 Alabama children who get free or reduced price school meals are now eligible for food benefits this summer after the school year ends, officials said Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Human Resources said qualifying households will get $120 for each participating student to buy food that is eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at … Continued

Alabama Legislators Propose Bill to Ban the Teaching of ‘Divisive Concepts’

Alabama legislators have prefiled a bill that would ban the teaching of subjects considered to be divisive in public schools. House Bill 7 (pdf) would prohibit public entities such as state agencies, local boards of education, and public institutions of higher education from promoting or endorsing, or requiring affirmation of, certain “divisive concepts relating to race, sex … Continued

Auburn Bans TikTok from University Devices, WiFi

Days after Gov. Kay Ivey issued a memo banning TikTok from government devices, Auburn University announced its plans to prohibit the app as well. On Wednesday, Auburn’s IT department sent out a notice saying the popular video-sharing app would be banned on campus WiFi and devices, according to AL.com. The IT department on Thursday tweeted a link … Continued

Alabama City Council Abolishes Entire Police Department Due to Racist Texts by Officers

Two months after an officer in Vincent, Alabama sent a coworker a text message containing racially charged language, the city council moved  Thursday to disband the three-member police department temporarily. An unnamed officer allegedly sent a “pregnant slave” joke via text message to a colleague in June, according to AL.com. Text messages exchanged in June caused … Continued

Despite the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Gay Marriage, Almost Two-Thirds of States Define Marriage as Union of One Man, One Woman

The Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation is in the news again with the House’s passage last week of legislation codifying that 2015 ruling as part of U.S. law. In the years before the high court ruled in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, 38 states defined marriage by law as an exclusive union between one … Continued

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