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A pro-life billboard in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was vandalized with graffiti that included a coat hanger drawn to appear attached to the baby pictured in the uterus.

An atheist organization has threatened a lawsuit against an Indiana public school district if it allows the traditional nativity scene at this year’s Christmas concert.

An investigation ordered by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) has revealed that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in his state are sending aborted babies to be incinerated with other “bio-hazard medical waste.”

Sandwich chain Subway has deleted longtime pitchman Jared Fogle from its website after state and federal authorities raided Fogle’s home Tuesday morning in connection with a child pornography investigation.

The sobering reality that further entanglement with the Common Core standards and tests could come along with school vouchers is underscored by the fact that Common Core champions Bill Gates, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Jeb Bush are all major supporters as well of school voucher programs and charter schools.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has decided not to run for the presidency in 2016, according to a spokeswoman. He’s opting to run for reelection as Indiana’s governor, instead.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came out fighting for school vouchers Monday at a national conference of education reform advocates, where Walker said vouchers are a “moral and economic imperative.”

An outbreak of HIV infections is still vexing portions of southeastern Indiana, affecting drug users and causing almost 150 cases so far.

On Saturday at South Carolina Republican Party’s annual convention, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who recently won two straw polls in two of South Carolina’s biggest counties, forcefully attacked big business for its collusion with the Democratic Party in attacking Indiana’s religious liberty law. He also slammed the Obama administration for its intrusion on Americans’s liberty.

Openly gay pop singer Boy George stopped by Ora TV’s Larry King Now Wednesday, where he admitted that if given the opportunity, he would play a show in Indiana, despite calls to boycott the state over the newly adopted Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

A gay woman in Indiana has created a stir by coming out in favor of religious liberty, showing public support for Christian-owned Memories Pizza and their decision not to cater gay weddings.

A couple of days after Rihanna premiered her new single “American Oxygen” at the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis, the music video for the song debuted.

Rihanna headlined the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis on Saturday, where she debuted her long-awaited new song “American Oxygen” and unloaded with both barrels on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Former House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, joined “Breitbart News Sunday” radio program to discuss the media scrutiny over the Indiana religious freedom law.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a conservative Republican and potential 2016 presidential candidate, said on Breitbart News Sunday this weekend for the Easter Sunday special show that Democrats and liberals are waging an open assault on Americans’ religious liberty rights.

Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D), a critic of Indiana’s RFRA law, said that she would force someone to provide service to the Westboro Baptist Church on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on MSNBC. Quinn initially stated

Writer Ana Marie Cox argued that “you’re going to have to force people to do things they don’t want to do” in a discussion on Indiana’s RFRA law on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on MSNBC. “I think it’s important

It is really funny to hear prolific emailer and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounce Indiana’s religious freedom law, a law that is eerily similar to the one her cigar aficionado husband, President Bill Clinton, fully supported and signed into law back in 1993.

As America continues the debate over laws securing religious freedom, several of the nation’s CEO’s are taking sides. Apple’s Tim Cook, for instance, excoriated Indiana over its law. But former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is disgusted at how business leaders like Cook are acting.

From Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic: What do white evangelicals, Muslims, Mormons, blacks, conservative Republicans, and immigrants from Africa, South America, and Central America all have in common? They’re less likely to support gay marriage than the average Californian. Over

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd stated that Jeb Bush seemed like “he was trying to have both sides of this debate” over Indiana’s RFRA law on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” After hearing a clip of Jeb defending Indiana’s law

Jeb Bush’s Wednesday arrival in the Bay Area may have been met with initial criticism for his support of Indiana’s religious freedom law–which proponents, including Bush, say protects religious rights, while critics suggest it provides grounds for discrimination against LGBT Americans. But by the time he finished Thursday’s fundraisers, he had convinced at least one major donor that he was perhaps open to adjusting his views to appease a more liberal base.

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born Lew Alcindor in New York City on April 16, 1947. In 1971, at the age of 24, while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks, he converted to Islam and changed his name to one that means “the noble one, servant of the Almighty.” There was, however, an ugly side to Jabbar’s conversion to Islam — a troubling and oppressive attitude towards women.

Despite media uproar over the issue, Arkansas’s Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed into law his own state’s version of the religious liberty bill that is bringing Indiana so much criticism.

Author, columnist, talk show host, and Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce said that the invective hurled at businesses refusing to provide services to same-sex marriages “is the antithesis of what the gay rights movement was about” and that the gay

Memories Pizza owners Kevin and Crystal O’Connor claimed their business has never catered a single wedding for anyone, gay or straight, on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Both were asked if they’ve ever catered a wedding, to which both

Crystal O’Connor, whose family owns Memories Pizzeria, in Walkerton, IN, vowed that the store will re-open despite the backlash it has faced on Thursday’s “Cavuto” on the Fox Business Network. “We have decided that we will re-open again” O’Connor declared, although

Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter said “I’m glad this [Indiana Governor] Mike Pence (R) isn’t running for president” and accused him of caving on the state’s RFRA law on Thursday’s “O’Reilly

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News that the modern Democratic Party is “so radicalized and so extreme” that it won’t stand up for the most basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution, including religious liberty as afforded by the First Amendment.

The greatly anticipated “fix” to the Indiana religious freedom law has been released by the Indiana legislative committee, and it is far worse than conservatives feared.

Only days after a high-profile Democrat opponent announced a run to take his seat, Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk is coming out swinging. Not against his opponent, but against fellow Republican Mike Pence for signing Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The head coach of an Indiana high school girl’s golf team has been suspended after apparently threatening to burn down a Christian-owned pizzeria.

Faith is officially regarded as trivial now, a hobby to be practiced quietly in whatever private spaces the State chooses to permit. The case against the RFRA boils down to telling religious people they must set aside their faith if they want to do business, because the State has an interest in every transaction, no matter how small, and there are no valid objections to its moral judgment.

Celebrities have flocked to Twitter to make their displeasure about Indiana’s new religious freedom law known. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 101 into law last week, a law which prohibits state and federal government from limiting a person’s ability to exercise their religion. Critics on the left have argued that the bill is anti-gay.

NASCAR announced it “will continue to welcome all competitors and fans” at its racing events in Indiana and other states. It’s responding to widespread criticism over the state’s religious liberty law.

A pizza place is backing Indiana Governor Mike Pence for signing the state’s controversial Religious Freedom Act.