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  Sep 9, 2015

  7th Grade Students Required to Write 'Allah Is the Only God' in Tennessee Public Schools

  Middle school parents in Tennessee are voicing concern with the Maury County School District after they discovered that their students were instructed to write "Allah is the only god" in order to translate the Islamic pillar of creed for a world history project.

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  Sep 9, 2015

  Why Is Donald Trump Receiving So Much Support From Evangelicals?

  Although there are a number of reasons for Evangelical voters to not vote for misogynistic billionaire and presidential candidate Donald Trump, his early success in attracting the interest of some Evangelicals has many wondering, what is "The Donald's" appeal?

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  Sep 8, 2015

  Navy Chaplain Exonerated From Possible Discharge After Expressing Biblical Beliefs on Homosexuality

  A Navy chaplain who voiced his biblical beliefs about homosexuality during a counseling session is no longer facing the threat of a career-ending punishment after the Navy disapproved a captain's request to bring the chaplain before the Navy's Board of Inquiry, where he could've been forced out of the service.

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  Sep 4, 2015

  Hindu Extremists Threaten to 'Cut Christians Into Pieces' If They Continue to Worship Christ

  Hindu radicals in India have intensified their threats, forced conversions and persecution of Christians, saying they would cut them "into pieces" if they continue to worship Christ. Such threats have already forced at least 10 Christian families in a northwest province to flee from their homes and villages.

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  Sep 3, 2015

  Empower Parents to Choose Public, Private or Religious Education, Robert Jeffress, Ed Young, Other Pastors Tell Texas Supreme Court

  A coalition of conservative pastors including Robert Jeffress and Ed Young have sent an amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court stating that it is "unconstitutionally inefficient" for the state to prohibit taxpayer dollars from going to religious-based private schools when there are students who want to attend such institutions instead of public schools.

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  Sep 3, 2015

  Oklahoma Wesleyan University Now 2nd Christian College to Leave CCCU Over Hiring of Gay Professors

  Oklahoma Wesleyan University announced this week that the institution is dropping out of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities because of the council's inaction against two member schools that announced earlier this summer that they'll hire professors who are married to a same-sex partner.

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  Sep 3, 2015

  Dead Body of 3-Y-O Syrian Boy Washes Up on Turkish Beach After Family Flees ISIS to Seek Asylum in Canada

  Images emerging Wednesday of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed ashore face-down on a Turkish beach have rocked social media with the sad reality of the risks that hundreds of thousands of refugee families are taking just to find peace and liberty away from the nation's civil war and the rise of the Islamic State.

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  Sep 2, 2015

  Josh Duggar Missing From Christian Treatment Center's Mandatory Church Services; Questions Raised About His Whereabouts

  Former Christian reality television star and former social conservative activist Josh Duggar has reportedly not attended mandatory church services that are included in the rehabilitation program that he's believed to be enrolled in after it came to light that he cheated on his wife and allegedly twice paid to have sex with a porn star.

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  Sep 2, 2015

  Avoid 'Evil' Act of Helping Pope Too Much During US Visit, Church-State Separation Group Warns Local Governments

  Quoting an appeals court ruling, such aid is the type of "specific evil" the First Amendment "was designed to prevent," the group said.

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  Sep 1, 2015

  Kentucky Clerk Is Wrong to Deny Gay Marriage Licenses, Says Same-Sex Marriage Opponent

  Prominent conservative activist and author Ryan T. Anderson, one of the most prolific thinkers opposing the redefinition of marriage, thinks the Supreme Court made the right decision Monday in refusing to hear a case from a Christian Kentucky clerk who is denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples.