Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 14, 2015

  Liberty University Among Top 20 Schools Accounting for a Fifth of All Graduate School Debt; $351 Million Borrowed in One Year

  Graduate students at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, America's largest private, nonprofit university and the world's largest Christian university, borrowed more than $351 million to fund their studies in the 2013-2014 academic year to place the institution on a list of 20 schools responsible for a fifth of all graduate school debt.

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  Jul 13, 2015

  NewSpring Pastor Perry Noble Reveals He Was 'Racist,' Used N-Word 'Recreationally;' Now Condemns Confederate Flag

  Perry Noble, pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, revealed last Friday that he used to be a "racist" and spouted the n-word "recreationally" with his family until he found Jesus.

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  Jul 10, 2015

  600 Churches Say Ending the War on Drugs Is the Christian Thing to Do

  The New England Conference of United Methodist Churches, a group of 600 churches spanning six states, voted in favor of a resolution Saturday which calls for an end to the war on drugs because it is the Christian thing to do.

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  Jul 10, 2015

  Pope Francis: 'Many Grave Sins Were Committed Against the Native People of America in the Name of God'

  Pope Francis apologized Thursday for what he called the Roman Catholic Church's complicity in committing "grave sins" against Native Americans "in the name of God" during the oppression of Latin America in the colonial era.

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  Jul 10, 2015

  Chicago Radio Host Dan Bernstein Implies Christian QB Russell Wilson Might Be Gay; Says He Doesn't 'Have to Live a Lie'

  Just days after Christian Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson declared that he and his popular singer girlfriend Ciara are engaged in a sexless relationship, outspoken Chicago sports radio host Dan Bernstein suggested that Wilson might be gay and that he doesn't "have to lie" anymore.

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  Jul 9, 2015

  Megachurch Pastor Ron Carpenter Jr. Says People Can Be Born Predisposed to Be Gay, but 'Jesus Can Straighten' It

  In a sermon which has ruffled some of his congregants and general critics alike since he delivered it last Wednesday, megachurch pastor Ron Carpenter Jr. of Redemption World Outreach Center in Greenville, South Carolina, says he believes people can be born predisposed to homosexuality but "Jesus can straighten" the iniquity.

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  Jul 9, 2015

  At Most of America's Busiest Airports, Little Known Chapels Offer Places to Pray and Worship

  A few years ago, Adrien Neely was getting ready to have lunch at the food court inside the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia but he couldn't find himself a vacant table. So Neely asked a woman eating alone if he could join her and she obliged. "What do you do here?" the woman soon asked him. "I am a chaplain," Neely replied. She was shocked.

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  Jul 8, 2015

  Actress Candace Cameron Bure Defends Bakery That Refused Service to Lesbian Couple; Spars With View Co-Host Raven-Symone

  Christian actress Candace Cameron Bure sparred with ABC's "The View" co-host Raven-Symone in an episode Tuesday in which she defended Oregon bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein who were recently ordered to pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple for refusing to bake a cake for the Sapphic couple's wedding.

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  Jul 8, 2015

  3-Y-O Starts Transition From 'Jack' to 'Jackie' Because He Was Unhappy Being a Boy; Doctor Calls It Mental Disorder

  Their 3-year-old son who liked to wear his sister's clothes and pink boots told them last year that he was unhappy being a boy. Now, an Oakland couple is trying to keep their son happy by supporting his transition from a boy named "Jack" to a girl called "Jackie."

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  Jul 7, 2015

  Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl Says Church Stands by Traditional Marriage, but Will Respect Gay Marriage Ruling

  Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl says that despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, it cannot change the traditional understanding of marriage as defined by Scripture.