Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 12, 2014

  Creflo Dollar Says Myles Munroe Came to Him in a Dream Three Days After He Died and He Was Leading His Own Funeral

  Popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo Dollar, revealed at a national memorial service for renowned pastor and motivational speaker Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, in the Bahamas that the revered preacher appeared to him in a dream three days after the deadly crash that killed the beloved couple and seven others last month.

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  Dec 12, 2014

  'I Wouldn't Pay to See It;' New Moses Movie Exodus Slammed for Poor Acting, Writing and Crocodile Plague

  Ridley Scott's epic film "Exodus: Gods and Kings," based loosely on the story of the biblical Moses, was already under fire for the casting of white actors in lead roles in recent weeks. Now, critics who have seen the film have roundly ridiculed, and in some cases dismissed it as offensive in several scathing reviews.

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  Dec 11, 2014

  Kentucky Withdraws $18 Million in Tax Breaks for Noah's Ark Project Over Concerns It Will Promote Christianity

  Concerned that the project will promote religion in violation of the separation of church and state provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the state of Kentucky has retracted approximately $18 million in tax incentives for the proposed Noah's Ark theme park in Northern Kentucky.

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  Dec 11, 2014

  Rick Santorum to Run for President Again in 2016; Says He's the 'Underdog' and 'America Loves Underdogs'

  Adding to the growing number of hats already floating in the sea of potential Republican presidential candidates for 2016, former Pennsylvania senator and runner-up in the 2012 GOP presidential primary Rick Santorum has announced that he's jumping into the race for the White House again and this time he sounds prepared for a dogfight.

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  Dec 10, 2014

  Atheists Push to Remove Language From Constitutions in Maryland and 6 Other States That Ban Them From Holding Public Office

  Although these bans aren't enforceable under federal law, a coalition of atheists are now lobbying to remove language from constitutions in Maryland and six other states that prevent people who do not believe in God from holding public office.

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  Dec 10, 2014

  'Nae Nae The Hell Out', Says Baltimore Pastor Westley West Invoking Popular Hip-Hop Dance in Church

  An unorthodox decision by a Baltimore, Maryland Pastor to invoke a popular hip-hop dance during a recent sermon on righteousness by instructing his congregation to "Nae Nae the hell out" has made his message viral and sparked a debate about whether he went too far to make his point.

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  Dec 9, 2014

  Police Officer Catches Woman Shoplifting Eggs to Feed Her Family and Buys Them for Her Instead of Making an Arrest

  In stark departure from the police brutality being highlighted in the national media, a Tarrant, Alabama, police officer is now the toast of the Internet after he decided to pay for the eggs he caught a desperate mother shoplifting to feed her children instead of arresting her on Saturday.

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  Dec 9, 2014

  Republican Jase Bolger Gets 'Vile and Vulgar' Shots From Left After Michigan House Passes Religious Freedom Bill, Kills LGBT Proposal

  Republican Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, Jase Bolger says he has been getting "vile and vulgar" shots from the "Left" since a bill aimed at protecting the rights of people with sincerely held religious beliefs was passed by the state House after a partisan vote last Thursday while another bill meant to expand civil rights protections for the LGBT community in the state was killed a day earlier.

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  Dec 9, 2014

  The Second Eric Garner Video Some Say Is More Disturbing Than The First; 'He Was Treated Like a Piece of Meat'

  A second video showing the immediate aftermath of the choking of Staten Island, New York father of six, Eric Garner, by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, shortly before he was pronounced dead over the summer, has been drawing renewed interest in the wake of last week's grand jury decision to not criminally indict the officer for Garner's death.

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  Dec 8, 2014

  Gamers Push to Ban Bible After Target, Kmart Pull 'Grand Theft Auto V' for 'Sickening' Violence Against Women

  More than 50,000 gamers from around the world have signed a change.org petition seeking to ban the Bible after the Australian arm of retail giants Target and Kmart pulled Rockstar's "Grand Theft Auto V" from their shelves earlier this month when customers complained about the "sickening" level of violence against women in the game. The petition parodies another change.org petition launched by three survivors of sexual violence. "It's a book that encourages readers to murder women for enterta