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  May 3, 2017

  Trump to Sign Religious Freedom Order on National Day of Prayer, Report Says

  President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sign a highly anticipated executive order on religious freedom on the National Day of Prayer, according to Politico.

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  May 2, 2017

  Proposed Spending Bill Would Increase Abstinence Sex Education Funding by 50 Percent

  The bipartisan federal spending bill being advanced by the GOP-led United States Congress would significantly increase funding for sexual education programs that teach children that the best way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases is by avoiding sexual intercorse until marriage.

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  May 2, 2017

  Christian Mother Asia Bibi's Death Sentence Appeal Delayed Again by Pakistan Supreme Court

  Asia Bibi, the Christian mother imprisoned on death row in Pakistan, will have her appeal hearing delayed yet again after the nation's Supreme Court rejected a request for her case to be heard in early June.

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  May 1, 2017

  16-Y-O Daughter of Nigerian Church Leader Forced Into Islamic Marriage by Sharia Court

  The 16-year-old daughter of a Nigerian church leader was forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her Muslim boss by a Sharia court in the Niger state, a local news outlet has reported.

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  May 1, 2017

  Activists Slam Pro-Life Majority Congress Over Spending Deal Funding Planned Parenthood

  Pro-life leaders are "disappointed" that the Republican-led Congress is advancing a bipartisan spending bill that would allow Medicaid funds to continue to go to the nation's largest abortion provider.

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  May 1, 2017

  Adventist Pastor Comes Out as Bisexual, Resigns Over Church's Biblical Teachings on Homosexuality

  A female pastor at a Seventh-day Adventist church in Arizona has come out as bisexual and resigned from her position, saying that she has "come to a point of complete disagreement with the Adventist Church on their teachings about LGBT people."

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  May 1, 2017

  Professors Leave Franklin Graham's Alma Mater Over Covenant Opposing Gay Marriage

  Some faculty members are threatening to leave the small private Christian college in North Carolina that leading evangelist Franklin Graham graduated from after they were asked to affirm a community statement affirming their opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.

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  Apr 28, 2017

  Trump Will Enact 'Morally Sound' Religious Freedom Policy, Says Ken Blackwell

  A key member of President Donald Trump's transition team says it's only a matter of time before the president and his administration enact a policy, perhaps an executive order, protecting religious freedoms.

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  Apr 27, 2017

  Planned Parenthood's Health Services Dropped but Taxpayer Funding Surged to $553 Million Under Obama

  An analysis of annual statistics shows that there has been a drastic decline in the number of health services Planned Parenthood has actually provided over the last decade even though its taxpayer funding has increased to over $500 million per year.

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  Apr 27, 2017

  Samuel Rodriguez Urges People to Look at Facts Behind 23-Y-O Dreamer's Deportation to Mexico

  The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, one of six faith leaders who spoke at President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, is calling on the Trump administration to reunite a 23-year-old Mexican man, who came to the United States when he was 9 and was deported earlier this year, with his family.