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  Apr 13, 2017

  Judge Orders CPS Return 7-Y-O Taken From Parents for Refusing School's Demands for Mental Diagnosis

  A 7-year-old Ohio boy who was taken away from his family by child protective services after his parents refused his school's demand to get him mentally evaluated has returned home after a court hearing on Wednesday, his parents have said.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  Senator to Trump: Remove Obama's 'Shame List' of Christian Colleges

  A Republican senator has told President Donald Trump that the Department of Education must remove from its website a "shame list" of faith-based colleges that have asked for an exemption to Title IX discrimination law that was first published last year by the Barack Obama administration.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  15 Felony Charges Against David Daleiden in California Are Bogus, Former Prosecutors Say

  Two former Los Angeles area prosecutors have said that California's attorney general was wrong to charge pro-life activist David Daleiden and his associate with 15 felony charges for their undercover work that exposed Planned Parenthood's illegal aborted baby body parts reimbursement practices.

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  Apr 12, 2017

  Some Evangelicals Left Church Over Trump, but Not the Ones You'd Expect

  Some evangelicals left their church due to politics after last year's heated presidential election, but in unexpected ways.

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  Apr 12, 2017

  MLB Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt Says Christian Players Were Stigmatized When He Played

  Although Christian professional athletes today are not afraid to share their faith with the world, Philadelphia Phillies great Mike Schmidt explained last week that professional baseball players back in the '60s and '70s were much more hesitant to come out as Christians because of the negative stigma associated with faith in MLB clubhouses.

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  Apr 12, 2017

  Kentucky PCUSA Congregation Being Kicked Out of Church Building After Rift Over Marriage Definition

  A congregation in Kentucky could soon be evicted from its church building by its regional Presbyterian Church (USA) governing body after the congregation voiced disapproval with the denomination's decision to recognize and allow gay marriage.

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  Apr 11, 2017

  ISIS Buried Over 1,600 Bodies in Mass Graves in Yazidi Town of Sinjar

  The dead bodies of over 1,600 people have been discovered in 31 different mass graves in the predominantly Yazidi town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, the town's mayor said.

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  Apr 11, 2017

  Teacher Fired for Assigning 6th Graders Questionnaire on Going to Gay Bar

  A Florida middle school teacher has been fired after she assigned her students a questionnaire that asked a number of "inappropriate" questions about race, sexuality, religion and culture.

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  Apr 11, 2017

  ISIS Massacres 140 Civilians Trying to Flee Mosul

  The Islamic State terror group has executed over 140 civilians who tried to escape jihadi-held territory in western Mosul, the Kurdish Regional Security Council has said.

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  Apr 10, 2017

  Atheist Group Says It's Unconstitutional for College Football Coach to Tweet About God

  The nation's leading secularist legal organization is pressuring the University of Mississippi to ban its head football coach, Hugh Freeze, from using his Twitter account to write about his Christian faith and God.