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  Jan 4, 2019

  University no longer teaching 'nonhuman perspectives' on queer in LGBT studies class

  A public university in New Jersey says it's no longer teaching about “nonhuman perspectives on queer” in a spring 2019 LGBT studies class. However, the university admits that the class once did teach about nonhuman queer perspectives.

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  Jan 4, 2019

  Pelosi, House Dems pass spending bill funding abortion; White House vows veto

  The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted Thursday night to pass government spending legislation that would reinstate federal funding to abortion organizations working worldwide.

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  Jan 4, 2019

  Wisconsin now covering sex-reassignment surgeries for trans-identified employees

  Wisconsin is now paying for sex reassignment surgeries and hormone therapy for state employees as part of their health care coverage. .

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  Jan 3, 2019

  Pro-life Jubilee Campaign lawyer in coma after being hit by car while biking

  A well-respected pro-life Christian lawyer with the Jubilee Campaign has been in a coma since being struck by a car two days before Christmas.

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  Jan 3, 2019

  House Democrats seek to restore abortion group funding on first day of new Congress

  The newly sworn-in Democrat-led House of Representatives plans to vote Thursday on a spending bill to end the federal government shutdown that includes a provision to provide funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups.

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  Jan 3, 2019

  Laos crackdown on Christians: ‘Christianity is religion of Europeans and Americans'

  Authorities in the Asian nation of Laos cracked down on worshiping Christians this Christmas season.

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  Jan 3, 2019

  Christian magistrate wins right to appeal firing; judge says ‘intolerant’ views should be respected

  A 72-year-old Christian magistrate who served over 20 years on the bench but was let go from his job for voicing his beliefs about same-sex adoption has won the right to appeal his termination.

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  Jan 2, 2019

  Judge rules 'webcam' abortions can continue in Kansas despite new state law

  A judge in Kansas has ruled that a state law that purports to ban telemedicine abortions, also known by critics as “webcam abortions,” can not effectively bar abortion clinics from giving women drugs for a medical abortion without a doctor present.

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  Jan 2, 2019

  Pastor's wife and mother of 6 dies after car is swept away by flash flooding in Indiana

  The body of a pastor’s wife in southeastern Indiana has been found in a creek after she was reported in danger from flash flooding on new year's eve.

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  Jan 2, 2019

  5 bipartisan accomplishments of the 115th Congress

  At a time when the United States is very much divided politically, some might be surprised to know that lawmakers passed several pieces of bipartisan legislation in the two years since President Donald Trump took office.