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  May 4, 2016

  Obama to Name Stonewall as First National Monument for Gay Rights

  President Obama is expected to commemorate the United States' first national monument for the gay rights movement in New York City near a tavern that many claim is the birthplace of the American LGBT rights movement.

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  May 4, 2016

  #NeverTrump Conservatives Vow to Continue Fight; Talk of Third Party Begins

  Even after Ted Cruz dropped his presidential bid Tuesday, some #NeverTrump conservatives still believe that it is "not inevitable" for the billionaire real estate mogul to win the GOP nomination while other #NeverTrump conservatives are think otherwise.

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  May 3, 2016

  Indian Bishop Kidnapped, Beaten in Attempt to Extort $75K From Church

  An Indian Catholic bishop who was kidnapped by unknown abductors, beaten and interrogated about the finances of his diocese has been freed.

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  May 3, 2016

  Green Beret Who Confronted Child Rapist in Afghanistan Reinstated

  A decorated United States Army Green Beret who faced involuntary discharge for confronting an Afghan police commander who raped a 12-year-old child will be exonerated and reinstated, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records confirmed last week.

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  May 3, 2016

  ISIS Locks Girls in Cages With Human Skulls for Violating Shariah Dress Code

  The Islamic State terrorist organization is employing yet another cruel and sick way to punish women who chose not to adhere to the militant group's strict dress code by locking them in cages with skeletons.

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  May 3, 2016

  ESPN Cuts Curt Schilling's Historic 'Bloody Sock' Performance From 2004 Red Sox Documentary

  ESPN has scrubbed out one of the most defining moments of the Boston Red Sox's 2004 World Series playoff run that involved controversial pitcher and recently fired ESPN analyst Curt Schilling and his famous bloody sock from a documentary that aired Sunday.

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  May 3, 2016

  Are Evangelical Churches Abandoning the Working Class?

  As cycles of unemployment, poverty and death have set in on many working class communities across America,are churches overlooking their responsibilities to help alleviate the pain and suffering of plighted working class families?

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  Apr 30, 2016

  Only 4 Percent of Evangelicals Think Trump Is 'Genuinely' Conservative, George Barna Says

  One of the most prominent pollsters who focuses on the religious beliefs and behaviors of Americans says most evangelicals actually doubt that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is a conservative.

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  Apr 29, 2016

  Pentagon Won't Court Martial Soldiers Who Killed 42 in Bombing of Afghan Hospital

  A Pentagon investigation has found that war crimes were not committed last October when a U.S. aerial gunship killed 42 civilians during an accidental airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

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  Apr 29, 2016

  Donald Trump Manipulates 'Hatred' for 'His Own Political Advantage,' Jim Wallis, Christian Leaders Argue

  Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and dozens of other liberal Christian leaders are condemning Donald Trump's manipulation of the public fear and resentment throughout the 2016 election as being "a moral and theological crisis" that "threatens the wellbeing" of the American society.