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  Jul 6, 2018

  Marquette Ordered to Reinstate Prof. Fired for Criticizing TA Who Banned Anti-Gay Marriage Talk in Class

  The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Jesuit Marquette University must immediately reinstate a professor who was fired for criticizing a teaching assistant who barred a student from speaking against gay marriage.

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  Jul 6, 2018

  Christian College Wins Legal Battle Against Obamacare Birth Control Mandate

  A federal court has granted a Christian liberal arts college in Pennsylvania a permanent injunction against the Obama-era abortion pill mandate that required the school to be complicit in providing health care coverage that violated its religious convictions.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Christians Should Be 'Leading the Charge' in Returning to Civility, Senate Chaplain Barry Black Says

  Senate Chaplain Barry Black believes that the United States has a "serious problem" when it comes to political incivility and that Christians should be leading the way when it comes to ushering civility back into society.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Church of England 'Warmly Welcomes' UK's Plan to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy

  The Church of England has voiced its support for the U.K.'s plan to ban "conversion therapy," while other Christian groups have warned of the free speech implications of such restrictions.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  10 Christian Families in India Forced to Flee Village, Beaten After Refusing to Abandon Christ

  Ten Christian families in India have reportedly been driven out of their homes in the Jharkhand state after they refused to denounce their faith in Jesus Christ last month.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  'How We Treat Immigrants ... Define Us as Americans': Evangelical Leaders Sign Independence Day Statement

  Leading Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore and Hispanic Christian leader Samuel Rodriguez have joined other evangelical and national leaders in signing onto an Independence Day statement on immigration that was published in a full-page ad in the New York Times Wednesday.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Alternative to Trump's Family Detention Policy Offered by Catholic Leaders

  Ending a two-day fact-finding trip to the United States-Mexico border, a group of Catholic bishops have offered an alternative solution to the Trump administration's plan to detain asylum-seeking families who were caught illegally entering the U.S.

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  Jul 3, 2018

  Twitter Punishes Michael Brown Over Tweets About Massacre of Nigerian Christians; Admits 'Error'

  Twitter placed the account of popular conservative radio host and author Michael L. Brown on lock for 12 hours on Monday after it was deemed that two of his tweets about the ongoing persecution of Christians at the hands of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria were deemed "hateful."

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  Jul 3, 2018

  Myanmar Bombs 60 Churches in 18 Months, Replaces Some With Buddhist Pagodas

  Myanmar's military forces have destroyed about 60 Christian churches and have turned some of those properties into Buddhist pagodas amid renewed attacks over the last year-and-a-half, an American pastor who recently traveled to the region said.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  School District Refuses to Share LGBT Videos With Parents After Students Were Forced to Watch

  Parents and conservative activists are voicing outrage with a Pennsylvania school district that has refused to provide links to pro-LGBT videos that were shown to about 2,800 students in April.