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  Nov 20, 2017

  Oklahoma School District Investigates Football Team's Prayer After Atheist Group Complains

  A school district in Oklahoma is investigating a high school football coach after the nation's largest secular legal organization voiced concern that the coach was seen praying with his student athletes before a Nov. 3 game.

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  Nov 17, 2017

  Democrats React to Al Franken Sexual Assault Allegations, Now Say Bill Clinton Should Have Resigned

  Congressional Democrats are speaking out after sexual misconduct allegations were lodged against Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., with many condemning the liberal lawmaker but stopping short of saying he should resign.

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  Nov 17, 2017

  History Prof. Instructs College Students to Use 'Gender-Neutral Language' in Research Papers

  A history professor at a university in California instructed her students to use gender-neutral language when writing their research reports and warned them not to use certain gender-specific language and pronouns.

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  Nov 17, 2017

  Pastor Resigns From Trump Admin. Post After Past Remarks on Black Community, Islam Surface

  A pastor who headed the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships in the Trump administration has resigned after it emerged that he made questionable remarks about African-Americans and Islam while speaking on the radio in years prior to his appointment.

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  Nov 17, 2017

  Roundup: All the Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Roy Moore So Far

  Alabama's Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore has been the center of national attention this past week as several sexual misconduct allegations have been lodged against him and have caused a number of prominent conservatives to question his candidacy.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Male Students No Longer Need to Prove Gender Identity to Play Girls' Sports in New Jersey

  The athletic association that governs most of New Jersey's high school sports has updated its policy to allow biological male students to play on girls sports teams and vice versa without having to provide proof or some sort of documentation of their gender dysphoria.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Hillsong's Brian Houston Says Belief of Biblical Marriage Won't Change After Australia's 'Yes' Vote

  Hillsong Church Senior Pastor Brian Houston has assured that his beliefs in support of the traditional Christian definition of marriage "will not change" even though voters in Australia have voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Operation Christmas Child Delivers Early to Barbudan Children Displaced by Hurricane Irma

  About 250 children from the Caribbean island of Barbuda, whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Irma in September, have received early Christmas presents, delivered to them by a Texas pastor and his wife whose own home was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in August.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Middle School Quiz Asks 6th Graders to Identify Terms Like 'Affair,' 'Trophy Wife,' 'Boy-Toy'

  Sixth graders at a school in Virginia were given an assignment that a concerned parent says contains inappropriate questions about extramarital and adulterous relationships.

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  Nov 15, 2017

  Taxpayers Pay for Military Service Member's Sex Reassignment Surgery for First Time

  The Department of Defense has announced that it will pay for an active-duty service member's gender reassignment surgery, marking the first time since the Obama administration opened the door for transgender individuals to openly serve in the United States military that the Pentagon will pay for such a procedure.