Samuel Smith
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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2 Christian students suspended for alleged homophobic comments; parents outraged
Two 10-year-old Christian students were suspended for five days last month after they were accused of using “homophobic” language when objecting to an LGBT Pride Month primary school assignment.
Christian student expelled over views on homosexuality in UK wins court appeal
A Christian student who was expelled from his master’s degree studies in social work by the University of Sheffield over a Facebook post about his religious beliefs on homosexuality got a legal victory at the Court of Appeal in England.
IKEA ex-employee sues company for firing over quoting Bible verses on homosexuality
The popular Sweden-based furniture retailer IKEA is being sued after it fired an employee in Poland for posting Bible verses to voice his objection to the company’s promotion of LGBT rights.
3 American children removed from parents' home by Norway’s child services
An American mother now living in Norway is asking for the return of her three American-born children after they were removed from the family home in May, less than a year after moving to the Scandinavian country from Atlanta, Georgia.
Samuel Rodriguez tours border detention facility, slams media ‘misinformation’
Competing narratives on how detained immigrant children are being treated in border facilities continue to emerge as a group of evangelical pastors and Democrat members of Congress reflected Monday on what they saw during separate border visits.
Manhattan Chick-fil-A vandalized during LGBT pride parade
A Chick-fil-A restaurant was vandalized during a gay pride parade in New York City last weekend apparently over the beliefs of the fast-food company’s president.
2020 Dems appeal to an 'imaginary god created in their own minds,' Robert Jeffress says
Dallas megachurch pastor and one of President Donald Trump’s spiritual advisors Robert Jeffress criticized the Democratic Party’s recent hiring of a faith outreach director, saying Saturday morning that it is a “godless party” looking to an “imaginary God.”
Suppressing God and faith in America is like 'schizophrenia,' Ben Carson says
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson criticized secularists during an annual gathering of social conservative activists Friday morning, saying that the idea of pushing God out of American public life is similar to “schizophrenia.”
Pence to social conservatives: there’s 'nothing compassionate about open borders'
Vice President Mike Pence told a gathering of conservative Christian activists Saturday night that the Democratic policy goals relating to border security are “morally wrong” and would only enable the abuse and assault of migrants being trafficked to the southern border.
Adam of the Bible had no race or ethnicity, Dennis Prager says
Popular radio host Dennis Prager detailed Friday some differences between "liberals" and "leftists," warning that leftists in American academia are cracking down on free speech in a way that biblical views of race is considered a "microaggression."