Samuel Smith

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  Oct 4, 2017

  Princeton U Student Group Drops 'Evangelical' From Name Fearing Negative Connotation

  A Princeton University student group has dropped the word "evangelical" from its name because its members feel that the word now has a negative perception in today's society.

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  Oct 4, 2017

  'US Taxpayers Are Financing Spoils of Genocide,' Iraqi Archdiocese Lawyer Tells Congress

  A lawyer who represents the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil has accused the United States government of "financing the spoils of genocide" through its reconstruction aid program that he says has benefited Muslims who settled into a once predominantly Iraqi Christian town following the rise of the Islamic State.

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  Oct 4, 2017

  Congressman Tim Murphy, Who Says He's Pro-Life, Asked Mistress to Have Abortion, Report Claims

  Pro-life Republican congressman Tim Murphy is facing heat after it was reported that he encouraged his married mistress to get an abortion when it was believed that she was pregnant.

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  Oct 4, 2017

  ISIS Sex Slave Survivor Tells Congress About Horrors of Her Captivity: 'It Was Like Hell'

  A Yazidi victim of the Islamic State's genocide in Iraq detailed for members of the United States Congress Tuesday afternoon the horrors she experienced during the nine months that was held as a slave.

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Christian Flight Attendant Fired Over Opposition to Union's Support of Women's March, Lawsuit Claims

  A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a lawsuit and a complaint with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that she was fired for voicing religious opposition to her union dues being used to fly union members to the pro-abortion Women's March on Washington in January.

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Church Bombing Survivor Is Now Helping Christians Persecuted in Pakistan Find Refuge in Australia

  A young Pakistani Christian woman who lost her leg in a 2013 church bombing and is learning to live her life without her family in Australia is now trying to help persecuted Christians from her home country gain access to the refuge she has found.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  School District to Remove Bible Verse From Memorial Bench for Slain Student

  A Virginia school district superintendent warned that a Bible verse etched into a bench memorializing a high school student who was killed in an ATV accident last year must be removed.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  SC Official Defends School's Field Trip to Christian Environmental Center After Parent's Complaint

  South Carolina has defended an elementary school's choice of holding a three-day field trip at a Christian outdoor education center after a parent complained and grabbed the attention of the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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  Sep 29, 2017

  Christian Aid Groups Say Trump Lowering Refugee Ceiling to 45,000 Is 'Absurd'

  Christian leaders and humanitarian aid organization heads have spoken out against the Trump administration's announcement that it will allow no more than 45,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the next fiscal year.

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  Sep 28, 2017

  California Univ. Seeks Professor With 'Transgender Studies,' 'Gender Variant Theories' Expertise

  A state university in California is seeking to hire a qualified educator with expertise in "trans studies" and "gender variant theories" who can teach some of its sexuality and gender courses and develop new courses related to their field of expertise.