Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.

His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.

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Apr 22, 2016
Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Compares Abortion to Slavery in Georgetown Speech
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards equated her controversial Wednesday visit to Georgetown University, the nation's oldest Catholic college, and the fight for "reproductive rights" with the nation's fight to end slavery and racism.
Apr 22, 2016
Donald Trump Says He Would 'Absolutely' Change GOP's Abortion Platform
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's pro-life stance is being called into question after he said he would "absolutely" change the Republican Party's platform on abortion to include the exceptions of rape, incest and to save the mother's life.
Apr 21, 2016
ISIS Executes 250 Girls for Refusing to Join 'Sexual Jihad'
The Islamic State terrorist group has executed as many as 250 women and some of their families in Mosul for refusing to become sex slaves, a Kurdish official has said.
Apr 21, 2016
Trump Under Fire for Saying Transgenders Have Right to Use Women's Bathrooms
Donald Trump said Thursday that he is alright with transgender individuals using whatever restroom or changing room they feel is appropriate and criticized North Carolina's recently passed transgender bathroom law.
Apr 21, 2016
ESPN Fires MLB Great Curt Schilling Over Transgender Bathroom Facebook Comment
The Disney-owned sports network ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling Wednesday night after he issued stern criticism of the backlash stemming from the passage of North Carolina's transgender bathroom law on Facebook earlier in the week.
Apr 21, 2016
Georgia Gov't Reviewed Pastor's Sermons on Homosexuality Before Firing Him, Documents Show
A public health expert and Seventh-day Adventist pastor was fired by Georgia's Department of Public Health after public officials were assigned to watch and review the content of his sermons on YouTube, official government documents indicate.
Apr 20, 2016
BGEA Blasts North Korea for Claiming Billy Graham Called Kim Il Sung a 'God'
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is calling out North Korean media for reporting a false claim that world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham once said that former communist leader Kim Il Sung "might be a God."
Apr 20, 2016
Whole Foods Sues Gay Pastor for $100K After Homophobic Cake Allegation
Whole Foods Market has filed a counter lawsuit against a gay pastor in Texas who accused a store in Austin of selling him a cake with a homophobic slur decorated on it.
Apr 20, 2016
MLB Great Curt Schilling 'Blindsided' by Backlash Over Transgender Bathroom Comment
After coming under fire for posting a comment on Facebook in defense of state laws aimed at protecting women in public bathrooms, former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling defended himself Tuesday by telling people it is their fault if they are offended.
Apr 20, 2016
Obama State Dept. Should Tell Truth About Iraq, Syria Religious Freedom Abuses, USCIRF Chair Robert P. George Says
United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein explained to members of Congress Tuesday why the State Department failed to designate Iraq and Syria in its recently released list of "countries of particular concern" for religious freedom.