Samuel Smith

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  Dec 13, 2018

  6 Christian organizations win legal battle against Obamacare birth control mandate

  Six Christian organizations have won their years-long legal battles against an Obama-era federal mandate ordering the provision of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health care plans.

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  Dec 13, 2018

  Family groups pressure Congress to legalize VidAngel media filter service after Hollywood lawsuit

  The nation’s lead family television watchdog is concerned that Congress may squander an opportunity to give parents more control over the media their children consume at home as Hollywood interests stand in the way of bipartisan, evangelical-backed legislation to give them the ability to do so.

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  Dec 13, 2018

  Trump signs bill to aid ISIS genocide victims; Iraqi Christians ‘beginning to see a difference’

  Religious leaders and human rights activists are rejoicing after President Donald Trump signed a bill that supporters say will “boost” efforts to help Christians and other religious minorities victimized by the Islamic State’s genocide in Iraq and Syria.

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  Dec 12, 2018

  HHS Civil Rights Office head slams Obama's treatment of Christian groups

  The Department of Health and Human Services’ top civil rights official criticized the former Obama administration on Tuesday for the way it treated Christian organizations who objected to Obamacare’s contraception mandate.

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  Dec 12, 2018

  Leading college faculty union says belief in only 2 genders is based on ‘ideology,' not fact

  One of America’s leading college faculty unions is decrying attempts to define gender as “binary,” and claims that the Trump administration and the “religious fundamentalists” who support such a definition are moved by ideology, not fact.

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  Dec 11, 2018

  Evangelical group derides Trump admin.'s immigration rule proposal as 'deeply troubling'

  Leaders of an evangelical immigration group are voicing their concerns with the Trump administration’s proposal to change an immigration regulation that could give the Department of Homeland Security more discretion in denying visas and green cards to immigrants who would rely too heavily on public assistance.

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  Dec 11, 2018

  Pakistan expels World Vision and other aid groups, accuses them of spreading 'disinformation'

  The government of Pakistan has expelled the evangelical relief charity World Vision, Catholic Relief Services and 16 other foreign aid groups and NGOs. The nation’s top human rights official has claimed that they all engaged in spreading disinformation.

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  Dec 10, 2018

  Principal placed on leave after banning all things Christmas, saying candy canes symbolize Jesus

  The Nebraska principal who banned teachers from using all Christmas or holiday-related symbols or activities in class has been placed on leave for violating school district policy.

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  Dec 10, 2018

  New York gives Christian group 'ultimatum': change gay adoption policy or end placement program

  The state of New York has given a Syracuse-based Christian adoption agency an ultimatum to either change their adoption policy forbidding placement with same-sex couples or no longer be able to provide adoption services, a new lawsuit details.

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  Dec 9, 2018

  DNC Chair Tom Perez bashes Christian voters: They only 'buy' what they're told in church

  Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez warned Wednesday that Democrats need to come up with a “broader communications strategy” in order to reach Christian voters who “buy” what they are being told in church on Sundays.