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  Jun 19, 2017

  MLB Team Defends Decision to Invite This Former All-Star for 'Christian Day'

  The St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team is sticking by its decision to invite former all-star Lance Berkman to share his faith at Busch Stadium's upcoming "Christian Day," a move that angered the LGBT community because of the slugger's opposition to a transgender bathroom ordinance defeated two years ago in Houston.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  Trump Admin. Says Schools Can Be Investigated for Wrong Pronoun Use for Transgender Students

  The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has issued an internal memo explaining that refusal by public schools or teachers to refer to a transgender student by his or her preferred pronoun or name could be grounds for an investigation.

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  Jun 18, 2017

  NFL Star Ben Watson: America Is 'Reaping the Consequences of Fatherlessness'

  As America celebrates Father's Day 2017, Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson has issued a reminder that the nation is currently suffering from the dire effects of "fatherlessness" and asserted that Satan would love nothing more than to keep dads from connecting with their children.

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  Jun 17, 2017

  Catholic Nun, Schoolgirls Arrested in India on False Conversion Complaint by Hindu Radicals

  A Catholic nun and four tribal girls were arrested in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after authorities received a complaint of forced conversion from a local hardline Hindu activist.

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  Jun 16, 2017

  ISIS Used Mosul Church as Site to Rape and Imprison 200 Girls, Gov't Official Says

  Islamic State militants used one of northern Iraq's largest Christian sites to imprison and abuse as many as 200 Yazidi girls and women as sex slaves, an Iraqi military official has said.

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  Jun 16, 2017

  Deportation of Iraqi Christians 'Worse' Than Rejecting Jewish Holocaust Refugees, Chaldean Bishop Says

  As religious figures have voiced their concerns with the Trump administration's efforts to deport dozens of Iraqi Christians, one Chaldean bishop has compared the roundup and possible deportation of Iraqi nationals to the United States' refusal to allow Jewish refugees facing genocide into the country during the Holocaust.

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  Jun 16, 2017

  Samuel Rodriguez Speaks Out Against Trump Admin. Rescinding DAPA Protections

  The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, one of six faith leaders to speak at President Donald Trump's inauguration, is speaking out against the administration's decision to rescinded a policy protecting undocumented immigrants who are parents of natural-born American citizens or legal permanent residents.

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  Jun 16, 2017

  Would Eliminating State Dept. Office of Religion and Global Affairs Be a Big Deal?

  Reports have speculated over the last few months on whether the Trump administration will scrap the State Department Office of Religion and Global Affairs and eliminate special envoy and representative positions on anti-semitism and Muslim outreach.

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  Jun 15, 2017

  Vietnam Punishes Tortured Pastor After He Revealed Human Rights Abuses to US Officials

  The wife of a pastor imprisoned in Vietnam says government officials have locked her husband away in a cramped space in retaliation for informing U.S. officials during a visit in May about the brutality that he has faced as a prisoner of conscience.

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  Jun 15, 2017

  Otto Warmbier's Dad: Obama Admin. Said Be Quiet, Don't 'Offend' North Korea

  The father of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American citizen who was imprisoned in North Korea for over 17 months, said during a press conference Thursday that the Obama administration advised him and his wife to stay quiet about the situation facing their son so that they wouldn't "offend" the North Koreans.