Samuel Smith

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  Nov 3, 2014

  Bishops Oppose Catholic Universities Offering Extended Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses of Their Employees

  As more Catholic and Jesuit universities in the United States begin offering extended benefits to the same-sex spouses of their employees, Catholic church leaders are starting to speak out in objection to their local universities starting to provide those benefits to gay and lesbian spouses.

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  Nov 3, 2014

  New York High Court Unanimously Approves Marriage Between Niece and Her Half-Uncle

  The highest court in the state of New York unanimously voted last week to approve the marriage between a half-uncle and his half niece, ruling that the marriage did not violate the state's statute against incestuous marriages.

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  Nov 3, 2014

  ISIS Propaganda Offers Advice on How Women Can Be 'Good Wives of Jihad'

  The Islamic State terrorist group has recently established a new media wing devoted to using social media to distribute advice on how women can contribute to the group's jihad by using nursing and cooking skills to be exemplary, supportive wives who know how to keep their jihadists happy.

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  Nov 1, 2014

  Church Youth Director Banned From Oregon School After Atheist Student Claims He Insulted Her Beliefs

  A church youth director has been banned from being a lunch-time volunteer at an Oregon middle school after an atheist student claimed that he tried to promote Christianity while sitting in with a group of students during lunch.

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  Oct 31, 2014

  Christian Father Banned From Daughter's School After Confrontation Over Mandatory 3-Page Essay on the Five Pillars of Islam

  A Maryland public high school has banned the father of one of its Christian students from the premises, alleging that he threatened to disrupt the school environment after the vice principal did not give into his complaints about the school's history curriculum, which includes teaching components of Islam.

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  Oct 30, 2014

  Four More North Carolina Judges Resign Over Refusal To Conduct Same-Sex Weddings

  Since gay marriage was legalized in North Carolina on Oct. 10, at least six North Carolina judges have resigned from their benches because they do not want to disobey their Christian belief and conduct same-sex marriages.

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  Oct 30, 2014

  ISIS Militants Plant Bombs Inside Villagers' Homes to Explode When They Return, Says Iraqi Christian Whose Town Was Captured

  A Christian who was one of the last to flee his village in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq before Islamic State jihadists captured it in August claims that ISIS militants are setting up explosives inside of homes so that if residents are ever to return to the village, their houses will explode upon entering.

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  Oct 30, 2014

  'Stoned' Street Preachers' Freedom Of Speech Case To Be Reviewed By US Appeals Court

  A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has voted to review a case that claims police officers in a Michigan town failed to protect the freedom of speech for 12 evangelizing Christian street preachers who were pelted with stones and water bottles by a crowd of Muslims while preaching at an Arab festival in 2012.

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  Oct 29, 2014

  Kurdish Female Forces Are Fighting ISIS in Kobane to Protect the 'Rights of Women Everywhere'

  The Kurdish female commander in charge of leading all women fighters against Islamic State in the battle over the border town of Kobane is calling on women throughout the world to help defeat the Islamic State and end its mistreatment of women.

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  Oct 29, 2014

  Radicalized British Mother Takes 1-Y-O Son With Her to Join Islamic State in Syria

  A 25-year-old British mother is believed to have traveled to Syria, along with her 1-year-old baby son, to join Islamic State extremists in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, according to her family.