Samuel Smith

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  Apr 26, 2018

  What's the Worst Country Not Designated a 'Concern' by State Dept? USCIRF Answers

  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2018 report Wednesday recommending 16 countries that should be designated by the State Department as "countries of particular concern."

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  Apr 25, 2018

  Conservatives Love and Liberals Hate This New Trump Nominee: 6 Reactions to Kyle Duncan

  It took seven months for the United States Senate to confirm Stuart Kyle Duncan to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans but not without much anger and praise over President Donald Trump's decision to nominate him.

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  Apr 25, 2018

  Obama's Faith Adviser Criticizes 'Antagonism Toward Faith Groups' That Aren't Totally Progressive

  Speaking during a panel discussion Tuesday on "religiously motivated dissent," former President Barack Obama's faith adviser, Melissa Rogers, criticized some on the political left for for writing off people of faith who don't subscribe to a full "progressive package of policies."

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  Apr 24, 2018

  Christian Publisher: Google Blocked Our Ads Over Jesus, Bible References

  The head of a Lutheran publishing house has claimed Google will no longer accept advertisements related to the organization's website "because of the faith we express."

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  Apr 24, 2018

  Youth, Schools and Violence: Where Has Society Gone Wrong?

  As the United States has by far more deadly shootings occurring in its schools than any other developed nation, many are left wondering if there are elements of today's American society that are partially to blame, or at least play a factor, when it comes to the troubling influx of deadly school massacres.

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  Apr 23, 2018

  US Navy Rejects Atheist Group's Demand to Remove Bible From POW/MIA Display

  The United States Navy has rejected a leading secularist group's demands that it remove a Bible on display at a "Missing Man" table honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action at a Naval hospital in Japan.

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  Apr 23, 2018

  Trump to Halt HHS Rule Forcing Christian Doctors, Hospitals to Perform Sex Change Surgeries

  The Trump administration plans to eliminate an Obama-era regulation that opponents say requires faith-based hospitals, insurance providers and doctors to perform, provide and cover gender-reassignment surgeries and procedures that violate their religious convictions.

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  Apr 23, 2018

  Trump DHS Admits to Separating Immigrant Families at Border but Denies 'Deterrence' Motive

  The United States Department of Homeland Security has admitted that it has separated children from illegal immigrant families caught trying to cross the southern border but asserted that it is not doing so as a "deterrence" measure.

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  Apr 23, 2018

  Christian Woman Set on Fire for Refusing Muslim Man's Marriage Proposal Dies in Pakistan

  A Pakistani Christian woman has died after she was set on fire for refusing a Muslim man's marriage proposal, reports indicate.

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  Apr 22, 2018

  Patricia Heaton and 'The Middle' Co-Star Jen Ray Visit Refugees in Uganda With World Vision

  After wrapping up the series finale of the ABC show "The Middle," actresses Patricia Heaton and Jen Ray traveled with the evangelical humanitarian aid agency World Vision to serve South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.