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  Jun 2, 2014

  74-Y-O Man Who Wanted to Be a Girl Since 11, Says He Will Get Sex Change to Match Female Persona Now That Medicare Covers Surgery

  Denee Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran who was born a man but has been living as a woman for many years, says she plans on having sex-reassignment surgery to match her persona thanks to a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services Friday to cover the surgery under Medicare.

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  Jun 2, 2014

  President Obama Proclaims June LGBT Month; Celebrates Extending Immigration, Family Benefits to Gay Couples

  President Barack Obama on Friday proclaimed June as being the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride month, after celebrating that his administration is also extending family and immigration benefits to legally married gay couples and calling for more freedoms for gays in the workplace.

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  Jun 2, 2014

  'It's Offensive and Un-American,' Says Lawyer of Ruling Forcing Christian Baker to Produce Cakes for Gay Weddings

  Nicolle Martin, lawyer for Jack Phillips, a Christian Baker and owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has called a ruling by the state's Civil Rights Commission last Friday telling her client he cannot refuse to bake cakes for gay weddings "offensive and un-American."

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  Jun 1, 2014

  Lawyer: 'Absurd' That Christian Sudanese Mother Will Be Freed in Days; Family Has No Idea

  Elshareef Ali Elshareef Mohammed, lawyer for Christian Sudanese mother Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who was sentenced to death for her faith, dismissed reports on Saturday that his client is expected to be released in a few days as "absurd," as her family has not been told there is any chance for her release.

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  May 31, 2014

  Meriam Ibrahim, Christian Sudanese Mother Sentenced to Death for Faith, Expected to Be Freed

  A defiant Christian woman in Sudan who was sentenced to death while pregnant for refusing to renounce her faith and converting to Islam, is expected to be released within days.

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  May 30, 2014

  21-Y-O College Student Executed 'Perfect Christian' Parents and Teen Sister in Bloody Murder-Suicide, Say Police

  A "perfect Christian" family found dead in their upscale Mission Viejo, California, home Tuesday was murdered by their 21-year-old son in a bloody Memorial Day murder-suicide, say police.

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  May 30, 2014

  'Lord...Accompany Them in This Voyage;' Mexicans, Others, Pray to Cross US Border Illegally

  As President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress grapple with the contentious issue of immigration reform, Mexicans and other Central Americans are continuing to seek to cross the U.S. border illegally and some have been making the risky trip with prayers.

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  May 29, 2014

  'Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover;' Ben Carson Teaches Democrat Ted Strickland the Importance of Reading in Testy Debate (Watch)

  Renowned neurosurgeon and conservative star Benjamin Carson was up to his common sense ways again on Wednesday when he taught former Democratic Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland the importance of reading.

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  May 29, 2014

  Empowered21 Urges Pastors to Preach Power of Holy Spirit on Pentecost; More Than 600 Million Pentecostal, Charismatic Globally

  With more than 600 million Pentecostals and charismatic Christians around the world, the 'Spirit-empowerment' movement called Empowerment21 is urging pastors and relevant Christian ministries to declare the Holy Spirit and its power this Pentecost season which culminates on Sunday June 8, 2014.

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  May 29, 2014

  'I Just Remember Getting Mad;' 16-Y-O Confesses to Murdering Parents in Gruesome Attack Because They Took His iPod

  A 16-year-old 10th grade honor-roll student at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia, confessed in court Wednesday that he simply snapped and murdered his mother and father because he had grown tired of their routine punishments, such as, "my dad taking away my iPod and stuff."