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  Mar 21, 2016

  Baptist Youth Pastor's Wife Says She's Wearing Hijab on Mondays to Show Solidarity With Muslims

  A Baptist high school guidance counselor and youth pastor's wife in Missouri is wearing a hijab (Muslim headscarf) to school every Monday as a way of showing solidarity with Muslims and combating anti-Muslim rhetoric.

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  Mar 21, 2016

  Wheaton College Names First Female Provost in School History Amid Plans to Adopt New Diversity Requirements

  For the first time in Wheaton College's over 150-year history, the Illinois evangelical higher education institution has named a woman to be the school's provost.

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  Mar 18, 2016

  Anglican School to Expose 4-Y-O Students to 'Transgender Day;' Parents Pull Children From Classes

  Several parents in East Sussex, England are upset after learning of a teacher's plans to host a "transgender day" at a primary school to raise awareness about "gender issues," and at least three families have already indicated that they will pull their children from the school.

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  Mar 18, 2016

  14-Y-O Christian Girl Kidnapped, Forced Into Sex Slavery for 7 Mo. in Nigeria Speaks About Her Abduction

  A Christian schoolgirl who was kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by her Muslim captors in Nigeria has opened up about the terror she endured over the last seven months.

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  Mar 18, 2016

  US Must Resettle 50K Syrian Christians, Religious Minorities Facing 'Genocide,' New Senate Bill Proposes

  Hours after Sec. of State John Kerry declared that the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill to prioritize Christian and religious minorities in the United States' Syrian refugee resettlement program.

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  Mar 18, 2016

  #NeverTrump Conservatives Discuss Options: Contested Convention or Third-Party?

  A group of prominent conservative activists and operatives from across the country gathered Thursday morning to discuss building a conservative "unity ticket" to stop Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump from winning the GOP nomination.

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  Mar 18, 2016

  John Kerry, Barack Obama at Odds on ISIS 'Genocide' Declaration?

  Sec. of State John Kerry's declaration that the Islamic State is committing genocide may have been at odds with President Barack Obama.

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  Mar 17, 2016

  Norwegian Christian Family Fast, Await Court Ruling on Custody of 5 Children Seized Over Spankings

  The Romanian Pentecostal parents who had their five children were seized from their custody by the Norwegian government last November are in the midst of a 40-day fast while they await a court ruling that will decide whether or not they will regain custody of their children.

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  Mar 17, 2016

  Sec. of State John Kerry Finally Calls ISIS' Atrocities Against Christians, Others 'Genocide'

  Sec. of State John Kerry announced Thursday morning that the United States government will label the Islamic State's slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria a "genocide."

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  Mar 17, 2016

  Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Would Likely Back Abortion, Pro-Lifers Say

  Following President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court Wednesday, national pro-life leaders are stressing that Garland would likely vote in accordance with the liberal wing of the court on abortion if he replaces the late Justice Antonin Scalia.