Samuel Smith

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  Jul 12, 2015

  Two Christian Colleges Extend Employment Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses

  Two Christian colleges located in states that had their same-sex marriage bans struck down by the United States Supreme Court's June 26 decision that nationally legalized same-sex marriage are offering employment benefits to legally recognized same-sex spouses of school employees.

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  Jul 10, 2015

  Oregon Christian Bakers Forced to Pay $135K by Monday or Lien May Be Placed on Home; Husband Now Works as Trash Collector

  More than $210,000 has been raised in support of Oregon Christian bakers who are being forced by the state to pay $135,000 in "emotional damages" to a lesbian couple for declining to bake them a wedding cake in 2013, an act that would have violated their deeply-held religious convictions.

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  Jul 10, 2015

  Boko Haram Offers to Free Over 200 Chibok Schoolgirls in Exchange for Release of Imprisoned Militant Leaders

  The Nigerian terrorist outfit Boko Haram has offered the release over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls who were abducted from a boarding school over a 14 months ago in exchange for the release of multiple Boko Haram militant leaders who are being held by the Nigerian government.

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  Jul 9, 2015

  Contrary to Media Hype, World's Largest Baptist University Still Holds That 'Good Old Baylor Line' Against 'Homosexual Acts'

  Although the world's largest Baptist university, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has removed reference to "homosexual acts" from it's sexual conduct policy, the school still stands strong in its opposition to homosexual behavior despite multiple headlines leading readers to believe the school has removed "a ban on homosexual acts."

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  Jul 8, 2015

  ISIS Executes 3 Journalists In Iraq, Syria; Two Bound to a Tree and Shot in the Head, Female Reporter Sentenced to Death by Shariah Court

  The Islamic State terrorist organization executed three journalists in Iraq and Syria this week, of which two were tied to a tree and shot in the head, while one was sentenced to death by a Shariah court after being accused of spying.

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  Jul 8, 2015

  Christian Woman Forced to Strip Naked for 'Immoral Dress' Will Be Imprisoned If She Can't Pay Fine Levied by Sudanese Court

  A Sudanese court has ruled that a young Christian woman must pay a fine or serve a one month jail sentence after she and 11 other girls were accused of violating Shariah law by wearing trousers and skirts while walking home from a Baptist church function in the nation's capital of Khartoum.

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  Jul 8, 2015

  Did Judge Really Place 'Gag Order' on Bakers Who Refused Gay Wedding, Prohibit From Speaking About Their Christian Faith?

  A debate has erupted over whether or not Oregon's labor commissioner actually placed a "gag order" on Christian bakery owners who refused to serve a same-sex wedding when he issued a final order telling the couple to "cease and desist" from speaking publicly about their Christian conviction to refuse serving same-sex weddings.

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  Jul 7, 2015

  Christian Colleges' Right to Deny Married Housing for Gay Couples Is 'on the Edge of the Indefensible,' Barry Lynn Asserts

  Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced Monday the launch of an "aggressive" initiative to combat any state or federal legislation, or court ruling seeking to protect religious objectors of same-sex marriage from government consequence for living according to their religious convictions.

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  Jul 7, 2015

  Over 500,000 Franklin Graham-Endorsed 'BibleSticks' Distributed to US Troops, Filling Demand of Soldiers Who Want to Carry the Gospel With Them

  The audio Bible recording company Faith Comes By Hearing has now distributed over 500,000 digital audio Gospels, about the size of a pack of gum, to U.S. military troops, which allows them to continue learning the Gospel while they're deployed away from their families, homes and churches.

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  Jul 7, 2015

  ISIS Jihadists Line Syrian Streets With Crucified Civilians Tied to Electric Poles for Breaking Fast During Ramadan

  Witnesses are reporting that the Islamic State terrorist organization has "crucified" dozens of men and boys in the streets of the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor who were allegedly caught breaking their fast and eating during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.