Samuel Smith

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  Dec 19, 2018

  Nearly 1 in 4 GOP midterm voters 'leaning against' voting for Trump in 2020, poll finds

  Nearly one-quarter of Americans who voted for Republican candidates for Congress in the 2018 midterms say they are “definitely not” or “leaning against” voting for President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, a soon-to-be-released poll has found.

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  Dec 18, 2018

  Atheist group lawsuit over West Virginia school Bible classes should move ahead: 4th Circuit

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a West Virginia county for offering Bible classes in its middle and elementary schools.

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  Dec 18, 2018

  Miami's oldest congregation faces $6.5 million tax lien for leasing space to for-profit school

  The oldest Christian congregation in Miami is being forced to pay $7.1 million in property taxes after the county claimed that the church was leasing out part of its waterfront property to a for-profit Christian school and food trucks.

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  Dec 17, 2018

  2 Christian brothers sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, charity warns

  Two Christian brothers have reportedly been sentenced to death in Pakistan after one of them was accused of posting content deemed disrespectful of Islam on their website.

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  Dec 17, 2018

  British school district to teach 8-y-o kids that 'all genders' can have periods

  As more girls today are seeking to “transition” to become transgender boys, a town in England has advised its sex education teachers to tell students as young as eight that “all genders” can have periods.

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  Dec 15, 2018

  Pakistani Christian woman tortured, starved 4 years in solitary confinement on false blasphemy charge

  A Pakistani Christian woman who was jailed on a false blasphemy charge has recounted in a recent interview how she spent four years in solitary confinement and was periodically starved because of her faith in Christ.

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  Dec 15, 2018

  Poland grants asylum to mother and 2-y-o fleeing Norway's controversial child services

  Poland has granted asylum to a mother and her 2-year-old daughter who fled Norway after child services tried to remove the child from the mother’s care based on what she says are false allegations of drug abuse.

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  Dec 15, 2018

  Faith leaders counter critics of prison reform bill: 'The opposition's solution is to do nothing'

  Criminal justice reform activists and faith leaders can smell the end zone as they sit on the “5-yard line” of passing what could be the most comprehensive prison reform bill in decades. But a few staunch “tough-on-crime” conservatives in the Senate stand in their way.

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  Dec 14, 2018

  State Dept. adds Russia to religious freedom 'watch list,' labels Pakistan a 'country of concern'

  The U.S. State Department has added Russia to its “special watch list” for religious freedom violators and added Pakistan to its list of “countries of particular” concern.

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  Dec 13, 2018

  Town ignores atheists' warnings, keeps Christian cross in Christmas lights display

  To the delight of many Christians, a town in Christian County, Missouri, has reversed its decision to take down an illuminated cross from its Christmas display.