Todd Starnes is the host of Fox News & Commentary - heard daily on 250+ radio stations. He's also the author of "Dispatches From Bitter America." To check out all of his work you can visit his website or follow him on Twitter @toddstarnes. In his spare time, Todd is active in his church, plays golf, follows SEC football, and eats barbecue. He lives in New York City. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Obama Administration's decision to deny asylum to a German homeschooling family. The Romeike family fled their German homeland in 2008 seeking political asylum in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/15/court-rules-against-german-homeschool-family-seeking-asylum-n1594988 3a619d8c-6ba1-48b0-8010-9a6e4c4bd932 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Hundreds of Christians in a small Oklahoma town have decided to draw a line in the sand and fight back against a national association of atheist and agnostics who want displays of the Ten Commandments removed from local... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/10/students-fight-back-to-save-ten-commandments-n1592626 989d0fe2-e081-4652-b6b4-f1904fcdbcca Fri, 10 May 2013 18:05:00 GMT A Georgia school district will no longer allow prayers or songs with religious references at graduation ceremonies after a Wisconsin group threatened to file a lawsuit and suggested that forcing non-Christian students... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/09/school-bans-religious-graduation-songs-n1591814 d8b6083a-7dab-4175-8551-15384fede326 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT Late last year, a public school teacher in northern Idaho told students to write an essay titled, "I Believe." But there was one caveat - the students were not allowed to write anything about God in their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/06/teens-decide-to-fight-back-against-antichristian-bullies-n1588283 4f380ac0-9234-432f-8b0c-68cb1ca80bb0 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:46:00 GMT A high-ranking Coast Guard official said at a National Day of Prayer event that religious liberty in the U.S. military is being threatened and that service members are being told to hide their faith in Christ, according... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/03/rear-admiral-says-faith-is-under-threat-in-military-n1586598 26546a1c-25b4-4b1c-b0f6-e1e9179dca54 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:21:00 GMT An Air Force spokesperson said personnel are not allowed to proselytize but are free to express their personal religious beliefs so long as it "does not make others uncomfortable." But a critic pointed out an Air Force... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/03/air-force-officer-told-to-remove-bible-from-desk-n1586385 8d68fe6e-6d8a-4c7f-aee5-df323b62f90a Fri, 03 May 2013 15:24:00 GMT A North Carolina Eagle Scout who was expelled and arrested for accidentally leaving a shotgun in his pickup truck in the school parking lot has been offered a scholarship to attend Liberty University. Cole Withrow... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/02/liberty-univ-offers-scholarship-to-eagle-scout-facing-gun-charges-n1585573 3d13d472-bebb-489a-93db-4e9bbc4da162 Thu, 02 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT A Florida teenager with an "exemplary record" was arrested and expelled from school for what school officials say was a science experiment gone wrong. Kiera Wilmot, a student at Bartow High School, is facing two... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/02/science-project-lands-star-student-in-jail-n1585333 baaa4b8a-636b-4f78-831e-c926431fe9f1 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:24:00 GMT Cole Withrow was just a few weeks from graduating with honors at North Carolina's Princeton High School. But on Monday, the Eagle Scout and active church member was expelled and arrested after he accidentally left a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/05/01/town-rallies-around-eagle-scout-facing-expulsion-over-gun-charge-n1584367 573592b5-6448-4b4e-894a-ee5b5b8dd268 Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:00 GMT Religious liberty groups have grave concerns after they learned the Pentagon is vetting its guide on religious tolerance with a group that compared Christian evangelism to "rape" and advocated that military personnel... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/30/religious-groups-fear-christian-purge-from-military-n1583009 93a3805a-b111-49d1-b8c5-90a262392a41 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:43:00 GMT The U.S. Military has blocked access to the Southern Baptist Convention's website on an unknown number of military bases because it contains "hostile content" -- just weeks after an Army briefing labeled Evangelical... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/25/military-blocks-web-access-to-southern-baptist-convention-n1578281 991f21be-45a4-4fab-8f76-b9bb00fcc35b Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT The Jewish Federation of Nashville and a group of outraged parents are calling for a school district to pull a high school textbook they believe promotes bias against Israel. The book, The Cultural Landscape: An... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/24/parents-call-textbook-antisemitic-n1577237 e5e3b1e6-ea40-4b32-8e6e-c5ec2359646c Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:00 GMT The U.S. Army is directing troops to remove a Bible inscription that a vendor etched into the serial numbers of weapon scopes, Fox News has learned. Soldiers at Fort Wainwright in Alaska told Fox News they received a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/23/army-orders-bible-verses-scrapped-off-scopes-n1576504 7176a300-0f3d-4fb2-b7f1-fa130010444a Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT Bob and Sarah Fisher were checking their daughter's homework last week when a social studies assignment caught their attention - it criticized the United States for dropping the atomic bomb during World War... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/23/homework-promotes-antiamerican-view-of-world-war-two-n1576007 b0e135a9-3417-4227-a5a9-2109869e5d58 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:36:00 GMT Pro-Life students at the University of Buffalo came under a fierce attack by a group of professors who compared them to a lynch mob. At least one professor was arrested after she launched a profanity-laced tirade... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/17/professors-compare-prolife-students-to-lynch-mob-n1570886 1bb48707-efbd-40a6-80f9-df0633bf9198 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT A decorated war veteran on a Boy Scout hike with his 15-year-old son was arrested alongside a Texas country road after a police officer accused him of "rudely displaying" a firearm. Army Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham told... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/16/veteran-arrested-for-rudely-displaying-gun-n1569665 36105aef-7270-4ff4-8ef0-ace7df535fb2 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT Tyler Talgo was fed up. For two years the University of Southern California student had listened to the classroom ranting of liberal professors. So it wasn't much of a surprise when Darry Sragow, his political... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/11/professor-calls-republicans-stupid--racist-n1564681 004e77e3-e02d-4348-9250-72679313c153 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:53:00 GMT At least a dozen members of Congress have signed a letter demanding the Secretary of the Army rescind and apologize for a briefing that labeled Evangelical Christians and Catholics as religious extremist groups, Fox New http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/10/lawmakers-want-army-to-apologize-for-attacks-on-christians-n1564125 ed0a6a79-443d-487e-85bc-695f2e628c97 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT The State of Washington is suing a small flower shop after the owner declined to provide flowers for a homosexual wedding - based on her religious beliefs. Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of Arlene's Flowers in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/10/state-sues-florist-who-refused-to-decorate-gay-wedding-n1563874 07715efc-8f43-4d92-9021-638bac844f5b Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:00 GMT A U.S. Army officer sent an email to dozens of subordinates listing the American Family Association and Family Research Council as "domestic hate groups" because they oppose homosexuality -- and warned officers to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/09/army-email-labels-christian-ministries-as-domestic-hate-groups-n1562652 5e81059e-988c-4637-8d9a-0cc92d24d657 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT Fifteen-year-old Daniel Romeike loves America -- his adopted country. But if the Obama Administration has its way, Daniel, his parents and his brothers and sisters will be deported in a court battle over the right to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/09/why-is-obama-trying-to-deport-this-family-n1562320 949c91c6-91b1-4689-88d8-f3989807e75a Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:56:00 GMT Sam Grant nearly celebrated his eighth birthday party in jail. The North Carolina boy had been charged with two felony counts of discharging his BB gun. The parents of an eight-year-old North Carolina boy are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/08/8yearold-nabbed-on-felony-bb-gun-charges-n1561120 e9cef4f8-982d-49ef-8fda-a6aabe4693d1 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:40:00 GMT The U.S. Army listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/05/military-labels-evangelicals-catholics-as-religious-extremism-n1559433 f02eee1f-7d55-49a8-b9ab-cb65ec961410 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:56:00 GMT Religious liberty groups are mobilizing to defend the chaplain of George Washington University's Newman Center after gay students launched an effort to have the priest fired because he preaches against homosexuality and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/05/students-want-antigay-priest-removed-from-university-n1559063 b3773ad6-ea98-4b64-8c6f-7eb88f9eb718 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:07:00 GMT A Wisconsin school district has launched an investigation into accusations that teachers have bullied and harassed a politically active student. Benji Backer, a 15-year-old student at Appleton North High School in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/04/student-teachers-bully-me-because-im-conservative-n1558039 53bed3b7-13a1-46e9-a3ec-538394bac73b Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:15:00 GMT A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against the Salt Lake City School Board after a principal booted a Cub Scout pack from an elementary school. About thirty 8 to 11 year-olds were told they could no... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/02/public--school-bans-cub-scout-pack-n1555502 f275ae22-e0e1-4a8c-91a6-4fb564761929 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:30:00 GMT The Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University compared pro-life students to white supremacists and denied them official club status at the school. "They were denied status because the students on the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/04/01/university-compares-prolife-students-to-white-supremacists-n1554389 61935895-b031-4768-b8fc-3d413ac10cbd Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:56:00 GMT A group of nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers is threatening to pull state funding from an Iowa community college unless they defund an anti-bullying program that the lawmakers say bullies Christians and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/29/lawmakers-antibullying-conference-bullies-conservatives-christians-n1551787 48ed45a2-da91-428e-8548-ba975357abb1 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT A coalition of Eagle Scouts, Scoutmasters, and parents have launched a new organization vowing to keep sex and politics out of the Boy Scouts of America. "The Boy Scouts are one of the great jewels of American... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/27/eagle-scouts-were-being-bullied-by-gay-rights-activists-n1550692 4acac41e-5aa8-4ec9-a9f1-29eda77d0d82 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:00:00 GMT Boys and girls at an Alabama elementary school will still get to hunt for eggs - but they can't call them 'Easter Eggs' because the principal banished the word for the sake of religious diversity. "We had in the past... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/26/school-bans-the-word-easter-n1549633 6cc584a7-5f90-465f-92b7-988c4ca6c773 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Florida Atlantic University has issued a formal apology to a student that was facing academic charges after he complained about a professor who ordered the class to write the name "Jesus" and then stomp on the pieces of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/26/university-files-charges-against-student-for-refusing-to-stomp-on-jesus-n1548359 a3b8529e-fcd7-455a-87b3-0cf314ec24c7 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT CBS finally apologized Sunday night one week after the television show "Amazing Race" broadcast what critics called an "anti-American" segment that offended Vietnam War veterans. "We want to apologize to veterans -... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/25/cbs-apologizes-for-antiamerican-show-n1548288 7a6efc15-77c2-416e-bfcc-7245bfcf5825 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:28:00 GMT Florida Atlantic University has issued an apology for a classroom assignment that involving students writing the name "Jesus" on a sheet of paper and then stomping on the paper. The university also said the lesson will http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/23/university-apologizes-for-stomping-jesus-n1546901 70fc5848-8e59-4c2d-861a-09a2385a7cc9 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT A Florida Atlantic University student said he was suspended from class after he refused a professor's directive to stomp on a piece of paper with the word "Jesus" written on it. "I'm not going to be sitting in a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/22/professor-makes-students-stomp-on-jesus-n1545475 dcf0990a-d2c3-40af-a04e-3bec269a7ebf Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT For the past four years, American taxpayers have paid nearly $400,000 so that Yale University could study the sexual conflict of waterfowl and "plasticity in duck penis length." The National Science Foundation... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/21/feds-spend-400000-to-study-duck-genitals-n1545072 e1d70831-fda3-4762-85f0-6ecd44d94d1d Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT A group of Tennessee lawmakers is preparing to issue an ultimatum to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville - either defund the first-ever "Sex Week" or they will defund the university. Lawmakers, alumni, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/20/university-could-be-defunded-over-sex-week-lesbian-bondage-expert-n1544102 83c3a638-c194-41a3-8ad7-822ed9de51ff Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT New Jersey police and Dept. of Children and Families officials raided the home of a firearms instructor and demanded to see his guns after he posted a Facebook photo of his 11-year-old son holding a rifle. "Someone... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/20/familys-home-raided-over-facebook-photo-of-childs-rifle-n1543734 d4242f20-86ca-4c9d-ad5d-e629e9ca278d Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:30:00 GMT An active-duty Marine who lost both his legs to an Improvised Explosive Device was humiliated by TSA agents after he was forced to remove his prosthetic legs and was then ordered to stand so agents could inspect his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/19/tsa-humiliates-injured-marine-n1538626 92e7145e-0616-41c3-8152-e3f6da7b9f7b Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT The History Channel is refuting accusations that the character portraying Satan in their hit miniseries "The Bible" bears a striking resemblance to President Obama. Television viewers took to Twitter and Facebook... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/19/history-channel-what-the-hell-n1537663 d85013a6-ae51-4425-adf8-d52bab1a78e6 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT The Philadelphia Human Relations Commission has launched an investigation at the request of the mayor after a well-known magazine published an essay that explored perspectives of white citizens on the issue of race... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/18/philly-mayor-wants-mag-punished-over-race-relations-story-n1537527 5d61e32f-5d25-4671-8e3b-0354de51fb6b Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT A lesbian bondage expert and a campus-wide condom scavenger hunt are among the activities planned for The University of Tennessee's first-ever "Sex Week" - an event paid for in-part by student fees. Sex Week is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/14/university-of-tennessee-uses-student-fees-to-pay-for-lesbian-bondage-expert-n1533184 c4d5a408-ce32-4913-a52e-d70f565150e6 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT God and guns go hand-in-hand according to a Chicago-area pastor who hosted a Second Amendment Sunday in his church - that included a cake decorated with an edible chocolate Glock emblazoned with the phrase, "Blessed Are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/14/church-holds-second-amendment-sunday-n1533135 e0840b11-be4f-4935-a68c-97ddcd358f64 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:10:00 GMT A youth baseball league in central Illinois is in desperate need of cash - so they've decided to auction off an AR-15 assault rifle. Last year the Atwood-Hammond baseball league tried to raffle off half a hog. But... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/13/youth-baseball-team-raffling-ar15-rifle-n1532619 96a36f5a-1aec-46df-911f-04bf6d7e35e3 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT The wife of an American pastor held captive in an Iranian prison for nearly a year tells me the Obama Administration has not done anything to help free her husband - and the law firm representing the family believes... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/11/aclj-obama-wont-help-american-pastor-held-in-iran-n1531102 0a5f1beb-bd9c-4cd3-b8b4-3ed392b9adf9 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:43:00 GMT A group of Kansas teenagers says the Obama Administration has ruined their spring break trip to Washington, D.C. after their tour of the White House was canceled - a victim of the Sequester. "President Obama is just... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/10/kansas-teens-obama-ruined-our-spring-break-n1529553 94608395-fd41-4417-9722-c89a63e6c633 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers. Casey Fountain tells me... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/09/school-confiscates-cucpakes-decorated-with-toy-soldiers-n1528963 93540976-68f5-489f-bc25-f0a5972b4fec Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:30:00 GMT Gay rights activists are demanding Tim Tebow back out of a speaking engagement at Liberty University just two weeks after pressuring the New York Jets quarterback to cancel a speaking engagement at the First Baptist... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/08/gay-activists-bully-tebow-christian-university-n1528070 fa764d75-371b-4139-b98f-6a8f230e01f9 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT The mayor of a Washington town has directed pastors to stop invoking the name "Jesus Christ" in city council invocations. Don Jensen, the mayor of Longview, Wash., told the Kelso-Longview Ministerial Association that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/07/jesus-christ-banned-from-council-prayers-n1527967 ffbb6b53-a24d-4b91-9d30-6292a6d99cff Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT The Romeike family fled their German homeland in 2008 seeking political asylum in the United States - where they hoped to home school their children. Instead, the Obama administration wants the evangelical Christian... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ToddStarnes/2013/03/05/obama-admin-wants-to-deport-christian-homeschoolers-n1526500 5aad9afd-9f85-457b-bbab-b91de8ca9c84 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT