Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Mar 25, 2018

  'March for Our Lives': Thousands of Students Mark New 'Revolution' to End School Shootings

  Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the nation's capital and around the country Saturday in the student-led "March for Our Lives" protest to demand an end to school shootings and called on Congress to pass restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition.

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  Mar 24, 2018

  Sam Brownback Condemns Venezuela President for Calling Catholic Leaders 'Bishops of Satan'

  Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the United States' top religious freedom diplomat, has condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for claiming two priests who highlighted the horrific economic struggles of the nation in a sermon are "devils in cassocks."

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  Mar 24, 2018

  Father Accuses Boy Scouts of Stripping Merit Badges From Son With Down Syndrome

  The Boy Scouts of America is being sued after it allegedly nullified the merit badges of a Utah boy who has Down syndrome and reportedly turned down his application to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a claim the organization has refuted.

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  Mar 23, 2018

  Indiana High School Students Allowed to Perform 'Christmas Spectacular' After Court Ruling Lifts Ban

  A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that it's constitutional for students and staff at an Indiana public high school to produce the institution's traditional "Christmas Spectacular" after the performance was revised to include scenes representing Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

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  Mar 23, 2018

  LGBT Activists Assault Christians Protesting Homoerotic Ads in the Netherlands

  Conservative Catholic demonstrators were physically harassed, spat on and assaulted by LGBT activists earlier this month while protesting an Amsterdam-based clothing retailer's "overt and offensive" homosexual advertisements in the Netherlands.

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  Mar 23, 2018

  Catholic College RA Threatened With Rape on Campus for Promoting Biblical Marriage

  A resident adviser at a Catholic college in Rhode Island needed to be escorted from his own dorm room for safety precautions earlier this month after he reportedly faced threats from his peers for posting a bulletin promoting the traditional Catholic teaching of marriage.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  Boko Haram Frees Over 100 Schoolgirls, Holds Christian Captive for Refusing to Renounce Christ

  The Islamic State-aligned Boko Haram on Wednesday released over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from their boarding school in Nigeria last month. However, a Christian girl in the group was reportedly not released because she refused to renounce her faith in Christ.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  Bill Requiring 'In God We Trust' Display in Public Schools Passed by Tennessee Lawmakers

  The general assembly in Tennessee has passed a bill that if signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam would require schools to prominently display the motto "In God We Trust" on campus.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  North Carolina Church Halts CBF Funding Because New LGBT Hiring Policy Is Too 'Discriminatory'

  A Baptist church in North Carolina has discontinued funding to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because the congregation feels the organization's new hiring policy opening the door to LGBT employees is still too discriminatory.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  7 Christians Injured After Muslim Men Open Fire on Pakistani Church, Beat Congregants With Bricks

  Seven Christians were injured this Sunday in the Punjab province of Pakistan after a group of enraged Muslim men attacked and beat worshipers with bricks and even "opened fire" on them as they were leaving their worship service.