A professor at the University of Connecticut took it upon himself to make a hostile confrontation of Christians who were street preaching on the campus.
James Boster, who is a Professor of Anthropology, spent two hours trying to make students leave the area where several evangelists were sharing the truth of Christ and handing out information regarding Scripture.
At one point, Boster ran up to one of the evangelists and began swearing in his face. Boster stood just inches away from the preacher and shouted that the man was ignorant for his belief in Christ.
Boster started chants of “Hail Darwin” and demanded to know if Christians in the area had accepted Darwin as their lord and savior.
Boster defended himself in an e-mail to Christian News Network saying that Darwin’s message that all humans are brothers and sisters and all mammals are our cousin is closer to the gospels than the preachers who were telling students to turn from their sin and accept Jesus.
The University of Connecticut released a statement saying the professor’s actions were unacceptable.
“Everyone has a right to exercise free speech on our campuses,” the school said to NBC. “At the same time, we expect our faculty to act in a way that promotes civil discourse and to express themselves respectfully. The use of abusive language and the confrontational posture seen here are inconsistent with UConn values.”
A Connecticut high school is targeting a pro-life student group, denying them the opportunity to hand out information or set up displays during the lunch period like other student run groups.
Branford High School Principal Lee Panagoulias and other school officials told the six member pro-life club that they could not have models of a fetus on a display table, could not hand out literature or invite any other student to join their group.
Other student groups in the school do not have any of those restrictions.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has contacted the school and the school district demanding information about the discrimination against the Christian students.
“We cannot sit back while our pro-life students are denied their constitutional rights and bullied by their school administrators,” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told Fox News. “At Branford High School, there is a double standard for the pro-life students, and we intend to expose this injustice and correct it.”
The chairman of the local Board of Education said that if all the procedures of the school for student groups are being followed, they should be given the same rights as any other club.
Three people have been taken into custody after reports of an armed man caused the lockdown of Central Connecticut State University.
Police were called to the campus in New Britain, Connecticut after students called 911 to report a man walking around wearing camouflage while carrying a handgun and what they described as a “sword-like weapon”.
After telling students and faculty to shelter in place, police began a search of the campus and took three people into custody inside one of the residence halls. One of those in custody is a CCSU student.
Police say all three are cooperating with the investigation.
A homeowner who thought that a rafter in his roof had broken was shocked to discover a meteorite had smashed into his home.
“It sounded like a gunshot but it was a louder bang,” Larry Beck told local TV reporters. “We looked up and saw the ceiling coming down and it broke away the sheet rock in the dining room.” Continue reading →
Credit Gary Jeanfaivre with the Newtown Patch
Evil struck Newtown, Connecticut this morning.
A gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, before turning the gun on himself in the second worst school shooting in United States history.
Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother at their home in Newtown before going to the school and killing all the students in his mother’s kindergarten class. In addition to the children, Lanza killed the principal and five other adults. Continue reading →