Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 4, 2021

  Researchers claim biblical Sodom was destroyed by massive asteroid, scholars disagree

  The Tall el-Hammam, an archaeological site in Jordan also known as TeHEP, is the biblical Sodom referenced in the Genesis account of Sodom and Gomorrah, Steven Collins, chief archaeologist and co-director of the project, has claimed.

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  Oct 4, 2021

  Biden Justice Dept. calls Texas abortion law ‘scheme of vigilante justice’ in push to block it

  Calling it an "unprecedented scheme of vigilante justice," an attorney for the U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to block Texas' controversial Senate Bill 8 law, which prohibits abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

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  Oct 1, 2021

  Kris Vallotton addresses old sermon claiming he's seen restored virginity in young people

  Senior associate leader of Bethel Church and co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California, Kris Vallotton has clarified clips from a 2014 lesson on sexual purity in which he claimed to have "seen thousands of people's virginity restored" after they recently went viral on TikTok.

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  Oct 1, 2021

  NY gov. unfairly invoked God to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, lawyer tells 2nd Circuit

  An attorney for a conservative group argued in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan Wednesday that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has unfairly used God to encourage people to take COVID-19 vaccines as she argues there are no legitimate religious reasons to avoid taking them.

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  Sep 30, 2021

  Planned Parenthood: Texas law turned call centers into hotlines for people pregnant 'against their will'

  The head of the largest abortion provider in the United States is alleging that Texas' heartbeat abortion ban has turned her organization's call centers into “crisis hotlines” for people who have become pregnant “against their will.”

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  Sep 30, 2021

  ERLC, faith groups defend Texas inmate’s right to have pastor lay hands on him during execution

  The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the National Association of Evangelicals joined with five other faith and religious freedom groups on Monday to defend the right of a Texas death row inmate to have his pastor lay hands on him and pray as he receives a lethal injection for murdering a man in 2004.

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  Sep 29, 2021

  Some Christian medical workers reject NY gov.'s claim vaccine is God’s answer to prayer

  As thousands of healthcare professionals in New York state rushed to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that went into effect Monday, 17 Christian professionals who filed a lawsuit seeking religious exemptions earlier this month stood firm in their convictions — even under threat of losing their jobs.

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  Sep 28, 2021

  Pastor pledges to stop eating until Congress passes climate bill but hopes it won’t take long

  As Democrats in Congress push to pass President Joe Biden’s climate plan in a $3.5 trillion budget bill  that would direct billions of dollars to incentivize coal and natural gas-burning utilities to switch over to renewable energy, a Wisconsin pastor pledged to stop eating on Saturday until the legislation is approved or he reaches 6% of body fat.

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  Sep 27, 2021

  Marjorie Taylor Greene, Debbie Dingell shout over who’s a good Christian on Capitol steps

  Two congresswomen got into a heated debate over what it means to be a good Christian shortly after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would codify the right to abortion into law. 

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  Sep 27, 2021

  NY Gov. Kathy Hochul tells megachurch COVID vaccine is God’s answer to prayers

  New York state’s freshly-minted and first female Gov. Kathy Hochul praised the Lord and wielded her faith at the Brooklyn-based Christian Cultural Center on Sunday, telling congregants that vaccines against COVID-19 are God’s answer to “our prayers” and urged them to become her apostles by encouraging others to get their shots.