Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Nov 18, 2016

  Atheist Group Forces Football Coach to End 30-Year Prayer Tradition

  After the nation's largest atheist group pressured a Pennsylvania public high school football coach to stop praying with his team before each game, his players are vowing to continue the longstanding tradition even if that means doing so without him.

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  Nov 17, 2016

  650% Increase in Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Western Nations: Global Terrorism Index

  A new terrorism report finds that deadly terrorist attacks in Western nations increased by over 650 percent in 2015 despite the fact that there was a 10 percent decrease in the total number of deaths due to terrorism worldwide.

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  Nov 17, 2016

  Justice Alito: US Constitution Has Faced 'Unprecedented Challenges' Under Obama Admin.

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Thursday morning that America's constitutional structure has faced "unprecedented challenges" in recent years, adding that the constitutional principle of religious freedom is in "greater danger" today.

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  Nov 16, 2016

  Minnesota Mom Sues County After Transgender Son Receives Gov't Funded Hormone Treatment

  A Minnesota mother is suing St. Louis County government agencies and medical providers on the grounds that they violated her parental rights by treating her transgender teenage son as an adult even though he hadn't been granted court approval to be legally emancipated from his parents.

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  Nov 16, 2016

  Hundreds Gather to Support Christian-Grandma Florist in Appeal Case for Not Working Gay Wedding

  Hundreds of supporters cheered on the Washington Christian grandmother and florist who was fined for declining to make floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding as she appeared before the state's Supreme Court on Tuesday for oral arguments in her appeal of an unfavorable lower court ruling.

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  Nov 16, 2016

  UK Christian Couple Barred From Adopting 2 Foster Kids Over Views on Gay Parenting

  Thousands are signing a petition supporting a British Christian couple that has been barred from legally adopting their two foster children because of their conservative Christian beliefs on same-sex parenting.

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  Nov 15, 2016

  North Korean Defector Pens Letter to Trump, Lists 8 Tips For Handling Kim Regime

  A North Korean defector and human rights activist has penned a letter to president-elect Donald Trump urging him to do eight key things when he gets into office to help North Korean defectors and pressure the totalitarian Kim regime to end its systematic human rights abuses against Christians and others political prisoners.

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  Nov 15, 2016

  Ben Carson Declines Trump's Offer for Cabinet Post, Says He Can Do More Outside Gov't

  Former Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has told The Christian Post that he has received "lots of offers" to work in the Donald Trump administration but stressed that he has no interest in serving a cabinet position or working inside the federal government.

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  Nov 15, 2016

  Atheist Radio Program Pulled From Airwaves, Replaced by Nonstop Christmas Music

  The Wisconsin-based atheist legal group known for suing public schools and local governments nationwide over any kind of perceived endorsement of Christianity has had its longtime radio program pulled off the air and replaced by non-stop Christmas music.

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  Nov 14, 2016

  Kurdish All-Female Militia Launches Offensive Against ISIS to Avenge Sex Slaves

  An all-female Kurdish militia has launched a military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq with the aim of avenging and liberating the Yazidi women who've been raped, assaulted and killed by the terror group in Northern Iraq's Sinjar region.