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  Jul 28, 2017

  Christian Teens Win Settlement After School Principal Tells Them to 'Go to Hell'

  Two Christian pro-life teenagers who were harassed and told to "go to Hell" by a gay Pennsylvania public school vice principal when they were protesting abortion outside of the school on a public sidewalk have agreed to a settlement with the school district.

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  Jul 28, 2017

  Trump's Reversal of Transgender Troop Policy Not Exclusively Because of Evangelicals, Johnnie Moore Says

  A prominent evangelical who serves as an informal adviser to President Trump and his administration says the president's vow to bar transgender people from serving in the military had more to do with his discussions with military personnel than the influence of conservative evangelical leaders.

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  Jul 28, 2017

  Christian Bridal Shop Closes Doors to Public After Receiving Threats for Denying Lesbian Wedding Dress

  A Christian-owned bridal shop in Pennsylvania has temporarily closed its doors to the public and is now only accepting appointments after its owner received threats because the shop refused to serve a lesbian couple looking for a wedding dress, a source close to the situation told The Christian Post.

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  Jul 27, 2017

  Twitter Bans Ad Promotion of 'One Man One Woman' Marriage Book, Calls It 'Hate'

  Twitter has rejected a pastor's request to use the social media site's advertising platform to promote a tweet highlighting his new book advocating for a traditional Christian belief in marriage.

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  Jul 27, 2017

  Obama's Religious Freedom Ambassador Praises Trump's Nomination of Sam Brownback

  The former ambassador at-large for international religious freedom who served under the Obama administration, David Saperstein, has praised President Donald Trump for nominating Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to fulfill the congressionally-mandated position he once filled.

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  Jul 27, 2017

  San Quentin Inmates Trained to Land High-Paying Tech Jobs After Release Don't Return to Prison

  Inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California have successfully redesigned a leading criminal justice reform group's website with little to no internet access with the help a prison reentry entrepreneurship program that successfully trains prisoners for software coding jobs upon their release.

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  Jul 26, 2017

  ISIS' 'Genocide' of Christians References Removed From State Dept. Documents

  Lawyers at the United States State Department have removed the word "genocide" from speeches and official documents that describe the Islamic State's brutal treatment of Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, human rights activists have warned.

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  Jul 26, 2017

  Planned Parenthood's New Parenting Guidelines Say Genitals 'Don't Make You Boy or Girl'

  Planned Parenthood's updated guidelines for how parents should talk to their preschoolers about sex explains that genitals are not a determining factor into whether a child is a boy or a girl.

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  Jul 26, 2017

  LGBT Mega-Donor's 'Punish The Wicked' Plan Not Directed at Christians, Rolling Stone Claims

  The Rolling Stone has come to the defense of a leading LGBT mega-donor who was quoted by the magazine as saying that his goal is to "punish the wicked" opponents of the LGBT agenda after conservative news outlets argued that Gill's quote shows that he is looking to punish Christians who advocate for conservative views on marriage.

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  Jul 25, 2017

  Minnesota Transgender 'Toolkit': 'Segregate' Students Who Object to Transgender Kids in Bathrooms

  An advisory council within the Minnesota Department of Education has voted in favor of implementing a new transgender "toolkit" that instructs public and charter schools to "segregate" students who object to sharing bathrooms and locker rooms with transgender students of the opposite biological sex.