Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 12, 2018

  Christian UC-Berkeley Student Senator Refuses to Resign Over Belief Gender Is Not a Choice

  Isabella Chow, a conservative University of California-Berkeley student senator who is facing calls to resign because she believes gender is assigned at birth and is not an individual's choice, says she plans to stand up for the values of the Christians who elected her.

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  Nov 11, 2018

  Many Pastors See Bump in 2018 Giving but Black Pastors More Likely to Report Decline, Study Says

  While some 42 percent of pastors in general are reporting a bump in giving to their churches over 2017, an equal amount of African American pastors say giving has gone down for them over the same period, a new survey from Lifeway Research says.

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  Nov 10, 2018

  Why Black Church Leaders Often Get Away With Sexual Misconduct, and the Woman Breaking the Silence

  New York City model, Andrea Garrison wants to use her voice as a wrecking ball against the culture of silence that has enabled rogue pastors like Bishop Victor Couzens to sexually exploit women in the black church without penalty. She is also pushing to mobilize other women who have also been mistreated to speak up and force churches to renounce wayward leaders.

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  Nov 9, 2018

  'I Hope to God Nobody Sends Me Anymore Prayers,' Says Mom Whose Son Is Killed After Surviving Vegas Shooting

  Susan Orfanos, the mother of 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos who was killed in Wednesday's mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, after surviving last year's shooting in Las Vegas, said in a recent interview that she wants no more thoughts and prayers.

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  Nov 9, 2018

  Utah Lawmakers Urged to Remove 'Clergy Exemption' From Reporting Child Abuse

  The Truth and Transparency Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to decreasing abuse and corruption in religious and faith-based organizations through increased transparency, has called on Utah legislators to remove the state's clergy exemption from mandatory reporting laws.

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  Nov 8, 2018

  69-Y-O Asks Court to Declare Him 49, Cites Transgender Ideology, American Thinking, Trump, Tinder

  Claiming age is as fluid as gender, Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old Dutch pensioner who feels like he's in his 40s has asked a court in his hometown of Arnhem, southeast of Amsterdam, to allow him to change his birth certificate to show that he is as young as he feels.

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  Nov 8, 2018

  Creflo Dollar: Make Withdrawals From God's 'Heavenly' Bank Account With $19/Month Bible Study

  Televangelist Creflo Dollar, founder and senior pastor of the nearly 30,000-member World Changers Church International, is now offering a $19 per month online Bible study that he says will help people make withdrawals from God's metaphorical bank account.

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  Nov 7, 2018

  Texas Pastor Meets $2.3M Fundraising Goal to Help Liberia Get Clean Water After Huge Donation

  A Texas pastor who began living on a barge on Lake Ray Hubbard in Dallas nearly a month ago and pledged to keep living there until he raised $2.29 million to help provide clean drinking water for all of Liberia by 2020 is now home after meeting his goal in a surprising moment on Monday.

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  Nov 7, 2018

  17-Y-O Shot While Praying to God for Strength in Texas Home, Praises God for Survival

  A 17-year-old girl who was shot while praying to God for strength inside her bedroom in Texas is now praising God for protecting her after she escaped with only a graze to her arm.

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  Nov 7, 2018

  Girl Scouts Sue Boy Scouts for Causing Confusion With Gender Neutral Rebranding

  The Girl Scouts of the United States of America has slapped the Boy Scouts of America with a federal trademark lawsuit alleging that the organization's gender-neutral rebranding campaign pushing a plan to start admitting girls in 2019, is creating confusion and will "marginalize" the female organization and "erode its core brand identity."