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LIVE NOW: NY Judge Strikes Down Non-Citizen Voting Law; Coach Kennedy Wins Prayer Case in Supreme Court | NTD Evening News

The New York Supreme Court on June 27 struck down a New York City law that allowed non-citizens to vote in local elections. In what’s regarded by many as a win for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the religious rights of Coach Joesph Kennedy, the football coach who would pray at…


NY Judge Strikes Down Non-Citizen Voting Law; Coach Kennedy Wins Prayer Case in Supreme Court | NTD Evening News

The New York Supreme Court on June 27 struck down a New York City law that allowed non-citizens to vote in local elections. In what’s regarded by many as a win for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the religious rights of Coach Joesph Kennedy, the football coach who would pray at…


Bloc Québécois Wants to End Daily Prayer in House, but Trudeau Says Not a Priority

The Bloc Québécois says it’s time to end the daily reading of a prayer in the House of Commons and replace it with a moment of reflection. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is against the idea, saying the issue of the daily prayer is not a priority for his government or Canadians. Bloc MP Martin Champoux says his party will table a motion today in…


Fears That Conversion Therapy Ban Could Criminalise Christian Prayer

Some British church leaders are concerned that the UK government’s plans to press ahead with a ban on so-called conversion therapy could effectively criminalise prayer. The proposed legislation will mean therapy to attempt to change people’s sexuality will be banned, and introduce a new criminal offence alongside sentence uplifts for existing ones. On Thursday the…


Prayer Can Be Very Effective In Managing Your Fears And Anxieties

There are countless numbers of people who have experienced the power of prayer in their lives. As a result, here are nine ways prayer can be effective in managing your anxieties, fears, and stresses. 1. You are tapping into the power of God when you pray: God is stronger than your fears and anxieties, and prayer…


Opposing Youth Basketball Teams Pray Together for a Player’s Grandfather Who Fell Ill at a Game

When a player’s grandfather fell ill and became unresponsive in the crowd during an Iowa youth basketball tournament, attendees called 911 and the play was halted. Immediately, a group of fourth- to sixth-grade girls, from opposing teams, formed a prayer circle of their own volition. The mother of one of the players caught the moving…


Waiter at Zaxby’s Who Went Viral for Praying Over Sheriff’s Deputy in 2019 is Now a Graduated Army Officer

In 2019, an inspiring photo of a young college senior, praying for a Volusia sheriff’s deputy and his family at their table in a Zaxby’s restaurant, went viral. Today, that former Stetson University senior has graduated to become an Army officer serving at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Then as now, faith played a big role in…


Boy Stops Police Officer at Bus Stop, Asks Her to Pray With Him: ‘Be That Positive Light’

A Kentucky boy on his way to school brightened a patrolling officer’s day when he stopped her at a bus stop and asked her to pray with him. Officer Jan Dykes didn’t catch the little boy’s name and doesn’t know where he lives, but his gesture on the morning of Nov. 5 made a lasting…


Students Meet and Pray at ‘See You at the Pole’ Rallies Across America

Students, parents, and community members across the United States on Wednesday resume the “See You At The Pole” tradition, uniting in prayer around the flag poles at their schools. The event, according to the See You at the Pole (SYATP) organization, is held on the fourth Wednesday of September each year. This year marks the…


California Requires Aztec Prayer in Schools, and Civil Rights Group Sues

Parents and a civil rights group are suing California over its imposition earlier this year of a novel public school curriculum that reportedly has students praying to Aztec gods. “The curriculum’s unequivocal promotion of five Aztec gods or deities through repetitive chanting and affirmation of their symbolic principles constitutes an unlawful government preference toward a…