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  Apr 21, 2016

  ESPN Fires MLB Great Curt Schilling Over Transgender Bathroom Facebook Comment

  The Disney-owned sports network ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling Wednesday night after he issued stern criticism of the backlash stemming from the passage of North Carolina's transgender bathroom law on Facebook earlier in the week.

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  Apr 21, 2016

  Georgia Gov't Reviewed Pastor's Sermons on Homosexuality Before Firing Him, Documents Show

  A public health expert and Seventh-day Adventist pastor was fired by Georgia's Department of Public Health after public officials were assigned to watch and review the content of his sermons on YouTube, official government documents indicate.

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  Apr 20, 2016

  BGEA Blasts North Korea for Claiming Billy Graham Called Kim Il Sung a 'God'

  The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is calling out North Korean media for reporting a false claim that world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham once said that former communist leader Kim Il Sung "might be a God."

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  Apr 20, 2016

  Whole Foods Sues Gay Pastor for $100K After Homophobic Cake Allegation

  Whole Foods Market has filed a counter lawsuit against a gay pastor in Texas who accused a store in Austin of selling him a cake with a homophobic slur decorated on it.

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  Apr 20, 2016

  MLB Great Curt Schilling 'Blindsided' by Backlash Over Transgender Bathroom Comment

  After coming under fire for posting a comment on Facebook in defense of state laws aimed at protecting women in public bathrooms, former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling defended himself Tuesday by telling people it is their fault if they are offended.

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  Apr 20, 2016

  Obama State Dept. Should Tell Truth About Iraq, Syria Religious Freedom Abuses, USCIRF Chair Robert P. George Says

  United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein explained to members of Congress Tuesday why the State Department failed to designate Iraq and Syria in its recently released list of "countries of particular concern" for religious freedom.

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  Apr 19, 2016

  Turkey Seizes Last 6 Christian Churches in Diyarbakir as 'State Property'

  The Turkish government has seized the last remaining Christian churches in the war-torn southeastern city of Diyarbakir and has declared them as state property.

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  Apr 19, 2016

  State Dept. Again Refuses to Highlight Pakistan's Religious Freedom Abuses Despite USCIRF Recommendation

  The United States government has again refused to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" for the 14th year in a row despite the fact that religious persecution in the country is reaching ever higher levels.

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  Apr 19, 2016

  Abortion 'Is at the Core of Our Human Rights,' Chelsea Clinton Argues

  While campaigning for her mother in New York on Sunday, Chelsea Clinton told a room full of potential voters that the woman's right to abort her child is "at the core of our human rights."

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  Apr 18, 2016

  Pastor-Hunting Jihadi Becomes Christian After Seeing 'Hand of Christ' Save Poisoned Girl

  A radical Islamic jihadi-turned-Christian evangelist says he accepted Christ as his Savior after Jesus foiled his plot to kill the daughter of a Christian pastor by bringing his hand down from Heaven to give her blood.