Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Aug 23, 2018

  New Lawsuits Target States Discriminating Against Religious Schools in Funding Programs

  Two federal lawsuits are taking aim at rules in Washington and Maine that critics say unconstitutionally discriminate against religious schools and faith-based organizations when it comes to access to public funding.

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  Aug 23, 2018

  Saddleback Church Youth Mentor Convicted of Molesting Twin Boys

  A former youth mentor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church was convicted by a jury Wednesday of molesting twin teenage boys.

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  Aug 23, 2018

  Lesbians Sue Christian Senior Center Over Biblically-Based Policy Banning Same-Sex Cohabitation

  A Christian retirement care facility in St. Louis, Missouri, is being sued after it turned away a lesbian couple in accordance with its biblically-based housing policy.

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  Aug 22, 2018

  Nigerian Pastor Killed by Gunmen Who Stormed Church, Kidnapped His Wife

  A Baptist pastor in Nigeria was killed by gunmen who stormed his church and kidnapped his wife just days after a Catholic priest was killed while shopping in a grocery store.

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  Aug 22, 2018

  Safe Sex Guide Uses 'Front Hole' as Alternative to 'Vagina' to Not Offend Transgenders

  One of the nation's leading online health websites says while it's not replacing the word "vagina" with the term "front hole," it does recommend using the term as a way to not offend transgender people.

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  Aug 22, 2018

  Atheists in Kenya Call for Their Own National Holiday to Celebrate a 'Godless' World

  A group of atheists in Kenya are pleading for their own national holiday in which they can proclaim that God does not exist and hold "godless parades."

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  Aug 22, 2018

  John MacArthur's Master's University Put on Probation by Accrediting Agency

  The Master's University and Seminary in Santa Clarita, California, headed by Pastor John MacArthur, has been placed on probation by one of the region's leading educational accrediting agencies.

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  Aug 21, 2018

  Franklin Graham Blasts NARAL for Launching Ice Cream Flavor to Promote Abortion

  A chapter of one of America's leading abortion advocacy groups has helped to create a new abortion-themed ice cream flavor as a sign of opposition to Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court.

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  Aug 21, 2018

  Iran Sentences 12 Christians to Year in Prison for House Church Worship, Evangelism

  An Iranian court has sentenced 12 Christians to one year in prison for holding worship meetings and evangelizing — crimes that Iran considers to be "propaganda activities."

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  Aug 21, 2018

  Trump Harms Religious Freedom by Intolerance to Some, Favoritism to Evangelicals, NYT Says; FRC Responds

  Evangelical leaders have responded to the New York Times' claim that the Trump administration is undermining its own priority of protecting religious freedom by emphasizing the policy priorities of evangelical Christians.