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  Nov 16, 2017

  Male Students No Longer Need to Prove Gender Identity to Play Girls' Sports in New Jersey

  The athletic association that governs most of New Jersey's high school sports has updated its policy to allow biological male students to play on girls sports teams and vice versa without having to provide proof or some sort of documentation of their gender dysphoria.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Hillsong's Brian Houston Says Belief of Biblical Marriage Won't Change After Australia's 'Yes' Vote

  Hillsong Church Senior Pastor Brian Houston has assured that his beliefs in support of the traditional Christian definition of marriage "will not change" even though voters in Australia have voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Operation Christmas Child Delivers Early to Barbudan Children Displaced by Hurricane Irma

  About 250 children from the Caribbean island of Barbuda, whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Irma in September, have received early Christmas presents, delivered to them by a Texas pastor and his wife whose own home was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in August.

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  Nov 16, 2017

  Middle School Quiz Asks 6th Graders to Identify Terms Like 'Affair,' 'Trophy Wife,' 'Boy-Toy'

  Sixth graders at a school in Virginia were given an assignment that a concerned parent says contains inappropriate questions about extramarital and adulterous relationships.

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  Nov 15, 2017

  Taxpayers Pay for Military Service Member's Sex Reassignment Surgery for First Time

  The Department of Defense has announced that it will pay for an active-duty service member's gender reassignment surgery, marking the first time since the Obama administration opened the door for transgender individuals to openly serve in the United States military that the Pentagon will pay for such a procedure.

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  Nov 15, 2017

  Trump State Dept. Misses Key Religious Freedom Deadline; USCIRF Voices Concern

  The congressionally-mandated United States Commission on International Religious Freedom voiced its displeasure after the U.S. State Department missed a key deadline on Tuesday.

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  Nov 15, 2017

  10 Interesting Things to See at the New Museum of the Bible: Sneak Preview

  As the new Museum of the Bible is set to open on Saturday in the nation's capital, journalists and donors were invited to take a sneak peak of the new $500 million institution on Tuesday.

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  Nov 14, 2017

  Teacher Removed and Investigated After Calling Female-Born Transgender Student a 'Girl'

  A Christian math teacher in the United Kingdom has been removed from the classroom for referring to a biologically female transgender student as a girl.

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  Nov 14, 2017

  ACLU, ADF Lawyers Debate Gay Wedding Cakes in Mock Supreme Court Hearing

  Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alliance Defending Freedom squared off in a debate Monday night, offering the American public a sample of what to expect next month as the United States Supreme Court hears a Colorado Christian baker's appeal seeking the right to refuse to bake gay wedding cakes.

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  Nov 13, 2017

  Coaches 'Don't Have to Flee' During Student-Led Prayer, East Coweta Football Coach Says

  A high school football coach in Georgia who recently found himself at the center of a prayer controversy has assured that he and his coaching staff have not been banned from being with their players during team prayers.