Anugrah Kumar

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  Jul 4, 2015

  US Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Marriage; Replaces Terms 'Man and Woman' With 'Couples'

  The U.S. Episcopal Church has voted to change the church's rules governing marriage and to authorize their clergy to perform same-sex weddings, days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize gay marriage for all Americans.

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  Jul 4, 2015

  Syrian Rebel, in Orange Jumpsuits, Execute ISIS Militants as 'Remedy' for Islamic State 'Disease'

  A Syrian rebel group, which calls itself the "Army of Islam," has released a video showing its militants, all dressed in orange jumpsuits, executing dozens of Islamic State terrorists wearing black clothes. "Allah did not make a disease without appointing a remedy to it," the rival group proclaims.

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  Jul 4, 2015

  Young Evangelicals More Like Old Evangelicals Than Peers on Gay Marriage, Study Finds

  A new survey, conducted after the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, reveals that young "practicing" Christians have more in common with their older counterparts on the issue of same-sex marriage than they do with their peers.

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  Jun 29, 2015

  Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins, DesiringGod Writer Explains

  Homosexuality is one of the nine sins mentioned in 1 Corinthians with reference to the unrighteous who will not inherit the kingdom of God, but it is different from all the rest, writes an author on the desiringGod blog, explaining why this difference is even more pronounced today.

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  Jun 29, 2015

  Pastor Greg Laurie: 6 Things Christians Can Do Amid Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Ruling

  California megachurch pastor Greg Laurie gave a special sermon Sunday to help his congregation and Christians elsewhere in the country deal with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. There are at least six things that Christians can do, he said, including showing the power of a biblical marriage to the world.

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  Jun 29, 2015

  Pastor Voddie Baucham Says Gay Is Not the New Black: 'Ethnicity Is Innate and Unchangeable; So-Called Sexual Orientation Is Not'

  Texas pastor Voddie Baucham has appeared in a video produced by the desiringGod ministry, responding to the oft-repeated claim that "gay is the new black." He argues that some similarities between the two movements cannot undermine significant differences between ethnicity and sexual orientation.

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  Jun 29, 2015

  Mike Huckabee Says Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Ruling 'Has Left Christians With No Choice but to Follow God or Civil Law'

  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage has left Christians with no choice but to follow God or civil law. He also said he might put a nativity scene on the White House lawn, if he becomes president, just as Obama used rainbow-colored lights to celebrate the court's decision.

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  Jun 28, 2015

  Target, Marriott, Barilla, Macy's and More Applaud Gay Marriage Ruling to Woo Consumers

  Many major companies are tweeting out their support of Friday's Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. The Italian pasta maker Barilla, which publicly favored traditional marriage until recently, has also reversed its stance on gay marriage.

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  Jun 28, 2015

  John Piper: Celebrating Homosexual Sin Isn't New but Institutionalization of It Is

  Theologian John Piper responded to the Supreme Court decision that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, saying it approves and institutionalizes the sin of homosexual intercourse.

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  Jun 28, 2015

  Episcopal Church Elects First Black Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

  The U.S. Episcopal Church made history Saturday by electing its first black presiding bishop at its general conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the denomination will also explore the church's directives on issues including gun violence, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and same-sex marriage.