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  Sep 20, 2015

  Persecuted Christians Tell Horrors of Starvation, Brutal Electric Shock Torture for Refusing to Deny Jesus Christ

  At a Religious Freedom Project summit Friday at the Catholic University of America, a Chinese evangelist told of how she was was forced to make Christmas tree lights and endured starvation, electrocution and beatings in Chinese prisons and "re-education" labor camps due to her refusal to renounce Christ.

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  Sep 17, 2015

  University of California Seeks to Ban Freedom of Speech

  A new campus policy has been proposed at the University of California that seeks to limit freedom of speech so that students and faculty have the "right" to study or work "free from acts and expressions of intolerance."

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  Sep 17, 2015

  Evangelical Trump Supporters Are Betraying Their Values, Russell Moore Says

  As polling data suggests that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to attract the support of about a fifth of Evangelical voters, Prominent Christian ethicist Russell Moore opined Thursday that Evangelicals and social conservatives who back the real estate mogul are defying their Christian morals.

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  Sep 17, 2015

  Viral Video: 'October Baby' Abortion Survivor Slams Planned Parenthood in Emotional Congressional Testimony

  Thanks to a congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood, millions of people on the Internet are hearing the story of a 38-year-old abortion survivor.

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  Sep 17, 2015

  Assad Troops Force Children to Watch Father Being Burned Alive

  As the Syrian civil war and the forces of President Bashar Al-Assad continue to take the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrian mothers and fathers, charities and orphanages in Turkey are doing the best they can to provide children whose parents have been killed with new lives and listening ears for the horror stories those children have to tell.

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  Sep 17, 2015

  Carly Fiorina's Rousing Denunciation of Planned Parenthood Moves Crowd at CNN Debate (Video)

  Former Hewlett Packard CEO and Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina received an ovation during Thursday night's GOP presidential debate after she strongly denounced Planned Parenthood and implied that the Republicans in Congress should risk a government shutdown to force a presidential veto to spending legislation that wouldn't fund the abortion giant.

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  Sep 16, 2015

  Bobby Jindal at CNN Debate: Biggest Discrimination in America Is Against Christians Who Believe in Traditional Marriage

  Former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and other second-tier Republican presidential candidates in shared differing views Thursday night on whether Kentucky clerk Kim Davis and other public officials have the right to exercise their religious belief in traditional marriage while serving public office after the Supreme Court has nationalized same-sex marriage.

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  Sep 16, 2015

  Evangelical Christians Dump Trump: 'Highly Religious' Favor Ben Carson by 56 Percent, New Survey Finds

  Although data from earlier this summer suggested that businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the leading candidate among Evangelical voters, newer data suggests that Trump is struggling to pick up the support of churchgoers, who are signaling a strong backing for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

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  Sep 15, 2015

  FRC Honors Kim Davis With 'Cost of Discipleship Award' for Courage at Values Voter Summit

  The Family Research Council will honor Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed six days for being in contempt of federal court after refusing to issue marriage licenses due to her biblical opposition to same-sex marriage, as the recipient of this year's "Cost of Discipleship Award" later this month.

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  Sep 15, 2015

  Selling Baby Body Parts 'Generates Income' for Abortion Clinics, Says Planned Parenthood Official

  The Center for Medical Progress released its 10th undercover Planned Parenthood video Tuesday morning, which purports to show high-level officials discussing how the absence of national PPFA guidelines for organ and tissue compensation allows affiliates to profit off the sell of babies' body parts, and keeps them from being "bullied by ridiculous laws."