Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 11, 2016

  Pastor's Letter to Brock Turner's Father: No 'Kudos' for Only Raping Someone Once

  A strong yet compassionate letter written and published on a blog by Pastor John Pavlovitz of North Carolina to the father of swimmer Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious student at Stanford University and received a six-month sentence, has received 3.5 million hits.

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  Jun 11, 2016

  Canada's Supreme Court Ruling on Sex Acts With Animals Exposes Weak Bestiality Law

  A Canada Supreme Court ruling that the crime of bestiality only applies to sexual penetration, and not other sexual acts between people and animals, has led to calls for change in the country's "archaic" laws.

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  Jun 10, 2016

  Neil Degrasse Tyson to Bill Maher: Liberals Are Anti-Science Too

  When Bill Maher claimed yet again on his HBO show "Real Time" that conservatives deny science more than liberals, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who was one of the panelists, quickly corrected him, saying the liberal left is not any different either.

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  Jun 10, 2016

  California Bill Threatens to Strip Faith-Based Schools of Funding Over Gender and Sexuality

  A California senate bill proposes that only colleges and universities that are controlled by a religious organization to train ministers be allowed policies consistent with a conservative view of gender and sexuality, and that all faith-based institutions that have the exemption disclose the basis for it.

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  Jun 10, 2016

  Tel Aviv Shooter's Brother Says He's Proud of Terror Attack That Killed 4 Israelis

  As Israel sealed off the West Bank and Gaza strip to restrict the entry of Palestinians into the country after the terror attack in Tel Aviv, which killed four people and injured over a dozen, the brother of one of the two shooters said, "I'm very proud" of what he did.

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  Jun 5, 2016

  Pastor Shot in Head While at Beauty Salon Window Recalls 'It Was So Surreal'

  A church pastor from Texas was hit by a gunshot at a beauty salon in her home town Minneapolis after an unidentified man suddenly fired multiple shots. The bullet grazed the back of her head and nicked an artery.

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  Jun 5, 2016

  Pope Francis Issues Decree to Remove Bishops for Mishandling Sex Abuse Cases

  Pope Francis issued an edict Saturday on the protection of minors and vulnerable adults, which says bishops and other senior officials of the Catholic Church who fail to take action against paedophile priests can be removed from office.

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  Jun 5, 2016

  Number of Americans Who've Had Gay Sex Has Doubled, New Study Finds

  The number of Americans who say they have had sexual experience with the same sex has doubled since the early 1990s, according to a new study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

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  Jun 5, 2016

  Norway to Return Seized Children to Christian Parents After Int'l Pressure

  The Christian parents of five children, who were seized by Norwegian child services seven months ago to "prevent" them from being "indoctrinated" with Christianity, will soon be reunited as the authorities have agreed to return the custody of the remaining four kids to the family.

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  Jun 4, 2016

  Brian Houston Responds to Criticism Over Hillsong Youth Pastor Dressing as 'Naked Cowboy' at NYC Church Event

  Hillsong Senior Pastor Brian C. Houston had responded to reports that his megachurch's youth pastor went on stage dressed up as the "Naked Cowboy" during last month's Colour Conference in New York City. He wasn't naked but still it "won't happen again," he said.