Michael Gryboski

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  Dec 5, 2023

  ‘A solemn day’: 51 Illinois churches leave UMC amid homosexuality schism

  Fifty-one congregations in Illinois have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church amid the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing schism over its stance on sexuality.

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  Dec 4, 2023

  74 churches granted disaffiliation from UMC Florida Conference amid homosexuality schism

  Seventy-four congregations in Florida have left the United Methodist Church over the denomination's longstanding debate over its stance on homosexuality.

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  Dec 4, 2023

  Pro-life Christian nonprofits sue Washington state AG over private records investigation

  Two Christian pro-life nonprofits have sued Washington Attorney General Robert Ferguson, accusing his office of unlawfully investigating their private records.

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  Dec 3, 2023

  This week in Christian history: English pope elected, PCA holds first General Assembly, OVU closes down

  Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the election of the only English pope in Catholic Church history, the Presbyterian Church in America holding its first General Assembly, and the closure of Ohio Valley University.

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  Dec 1, 2023

  62 Michigan churches leave UMC amid schism over homosexuality

  A regional body of the United Methodist Church has voted to allow 62 congregations in Michigan to leave the denomination over its debate over homosexuality, joining thousands of other churches who have done the same.

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  Dec 1, 2023

  Sandra Day O’Connor, first female Supreme Court justice, dies at 93

  Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the high court bench and served for 25 years, died at the age of 93 on Friday. The Supreme Court announced she died this morning in Phoenix, Arizona, as a result of complications from advanced dementia and a respiratory sickness.

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  Dec 1, 2023

  Over 130 abortion clinics have closed since 2022: Operation Rescue

  More than 130 abortion facilities in the United States have closed down since last year, with nearly 50 shuttering so far in 2023, a new report by the pro-life organization Operation Rescue suggests. 

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  Nov 30, 2023

  Feds investigating Harvard, other schools over antisemitic incidents

  The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has recently opened an investigation into Harvard University over claims of antisemitic incidents on campus.

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  Nov 30, 2023

  Gov't employees may be barred from wearing religious attire, EU court rules

  The European Union's highest court has ruled that member state governments can prohibit public employees from wearing religious attire, such as Muslim female head coverings.

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  Nov 30, 2023

  Texas man sentenced to 10 years for setting synagogue on fire in anti-Semitic hate crime

  A Texas man was sentenced to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release on Wednesday for attempting to burn down a synagogue in an anti-Semitic attack.