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In 1987, Andre Sarano took a photograph of Christ on the cross in a jar of urine. It won the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art’s “Awards in the Visual Arts” competition, which was sponsored in part by taxpayers…Christians needed to show tolerance to for the diversity of others’ thoughts. LINK

A Satanic group’s bid to put up a display at the Florida Capitol is being rejected by state authorities. During this year’s holiday season several groups have allowed to put up displays in the rotunda because the area is considered a “public forum.” LINK

But Americans are now about to find themselves grappling with their own bureaucratic Berlin Wall. The American Thinker’s Stella Paul has exposed the virtually unnoticed fact that within the ObamaCare exchanges so many Americans are being forced into, “most plans only provide local medical coverage.” LINK

A San Diego federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. sailors were exposed to dangerous radiation [but] left the door open for a follow-on lawsuit […] saying it was beyond her authority to determine whether the Japanese government had perpetrated a fraud […] LINK

RADCON 5 Alert’s have been issued for Las Vegas, Nevada as well as Idaho Falls, Idaho as shared in the screenshots from the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center below. With an extremely high radiation level of 620 in Idaho Falls, down from its previous high of 693, LINK

More than two million people have flocked to Pope Francis’ general audiences in St. Peter’s Square since his election in March, four times the number that Pope Benedict drew in all of 2012.LINK

Nine out of 10 Americans do Christmas and three-quarters believe in the biblical account of Jesus‘ birth — but only a little more than half actually regard the holiday primarily as a religious celebration. More than one-third say it’s more a cultural holiday, a new poll from Pew Research’s Religion & Public Life Policy found. LINK

A blind man who nearly died after falling onto subway train tracks will get to keep the loyal dog who tried to save him — thanks to New Yorkers who whipped out their checkbooks to help the duo stay together. LINK

Compare that lightning fast condemnation to GLAAD’s muted response to Alec Baldwin’s anti-gay outburst back in June: The group allowed Baldwin to use its web site to apologize and/or attempt damage control, essentially shouting, “you’re already forgiven. Baldwin’s tirade carried far more vitriol than anything Robertson said, but let’s assume they’re both equally anti-gay.LINK

Plastic banknotes that can survive a spin in the washing machine are to be brought into circulation by the Bank of England in 2016. The Bank argues that the polymer notes stay cleaner and are more secure than cotton paper notes, which have been used for more than 100 years. LINK

A record number of people throughout the United States have expressed a lack of trust in clergy members, according to a new poll. When asked by researchers at Gallup to rate the honesty and ethics of clergy members, less than half of those who participated in the study ranked them positively. The 47 percent who did represent the smallest group to do so since 1977. LINK

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Catania airport in Sicily remains shut due to an ongoing eruption of nearby Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, airport officials say. Catania, along with the smaller airport of Comiso, was closed on Sunday due to the clouds of ash in the sky. The company that manages Catania, LINK