Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Dec 7, 2017

  City Refuses to Remove Cross From Veterans Memorial After Atheist Group Complains

  The city of Vero Beach, Florida, is refusing to cave in to an atheist group's demands that it remove a cross from a veterans memorial that was built over 50 years ago, and has even taken steps to prepare for any potential lawsuit.

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  Dec 7, 2017

  Planned Parenthood Funds Free Plan B Vending Machine at Massachusetts College

  The nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, has funded a project to install a vending dispenser that contains free Plan B emergency contraceptive pills for students at a New England college that costs about $50,000 per year to attend.

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  Dec 7, 2017

  Christians Donate Less to Their Religion Each Year Than Muslims and Jews, Study Finds

  A new online survey has found that Jews and Muslims in the United States, on average, claim to spend twice as much money each year participating in and donating to their respective religions than Christians but are more likely to distance themselves from their religions because of it.

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  Dec 6, 2017

  Oklahoma School District Stops Football Coach From Leading Team Prayer

  Another school district has taken action to quell a complaint made by the nation's largest atheist legal organization in regard to a public high school football coach praying with his team.

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  Dec 6, 2017

  $300K Donated to Pro-Life Org in Pence's Name After Mila Kunis' Planned Parenthood Donations

  Nearly $300,000 has been donated to a pro-life lobbying organizations in Vice President Mike Pence's name in response to pro-choice actress Mila Kunis' donations to Planned Parenthood.

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  Dec 6, 2017

  Demand for Church Security Seminar High in Wake of Shooting; Texas Megachurch to Host a Second

  Hundreds of church leaders from across the United States and from all over the denominational spectrum filed into Pastor Jack Graham's Prestonwood Baptist megachurch in Plano, Texas, on Tuesday for a free seminar on church security, a conference that was in such high demand they had to schedule more than one.

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  Dec 5, 2017

  3 in 10 White Evangelicals Say 'There's Almost Nothing President Trump Could Do to Lose' Their Approval

  Three out of 10 white evangelical Protestants in the United States say "there's almost nothing President Trump could do to lose my approval," a new survey from the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute has discovered.

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  Dec 5, 2017

  Canadian School District Quits Operation Christmas Child Over Gay Marriage Stance

  A school district in Canada has ended its participation in the Samaritan's Purse children's charity program Operation Christmas Child after complaints were received about the Franklin Graham-led evangelical organization's stance on human sexuality.

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  Dec 5, 2017

  Is Jesus Opposed to Tax Cuts?

  After the GOP-led United States Senate passed a tax overhaul plan last weekend, conservative and liberal Christians debated whether there is a biblical command to maintain high tax rates on the wealthy so the government can afford programs to help the poor.

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  Dec 5, 2017

  Pence Meets Iraqi Archbishop to Discuss US Aid to Christians Rebuilding Their Lives After ISIS

  United States Vice President Mike Pence met with a leading Chaldean Archbishop on Monday to discuss how the U.S. government can best help the recovering Iraqi Christian community in the aftermath of the Islamic State.