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  Jun 16, 2016

  New Christian Dating Site Provides 'Romantic Escape From Persecution'

  A Christian persecution watchdog group has created a new matrimonial dating website that seeks to change the dynamic of arranged marriages and allow Christian refugees in the Asian subcontinent to find a "romantic pathway" to escape persecution.

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  Jun 16, 2016

  ISIS Beheads 4-Y-O Girl Then Forces Mother to Soak Hands in Daughter's Blood

  Islamic State terrorists have beheaded a 4-year-old girl in the group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa and forced her mother to soak her hands in her daughter's blood, an Iranian news outlet has reported.

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  Jun 16, 2016

  Pastor Gerald Sharon Resigns From Evangelical Church Over Biblical Position on Homosexuality

  A former pastor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church has been asked to resign as lead pastor of a church he's served for three years after he refused to agree to its biblical position on homosexuality, fearing it would alienate people in the LGBT community.

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  Jun 15, 2016

  Washington Schools to Teach 5-Y-O Students 'Many Ways to Express Gender'

  A social conservative advocacy group is warning that the Washington state public school system plans to begin teaching elementary school students the basic concepts of gender identity and gender expression.

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  Jun 15, 2016

  Robert P. George on Orlando Massacre, Richard Dawkins' Kids and Religious Freedom

  Princeton law professor and leading religious freedom advocate Robert George argued Tuesday that although religion is part of the inherent good of human beings, terrorist attacks like Sunday's massacre in Orlando show the need for limits on religious freedom.

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  Jun 15, 2016

  Four House Democrats Continue 'Prayer Shaming' Protest After Orlando Shooting; Leader Nancy Pelosi Now Objects

  Four Democratic Congress members honored the victims of Sunday's shooting massacre in Orlando by walking out during a moment of silence on the House chamber on Monday and one is now promising to boycott all moments of silence in the House chamber if gun control legislation is not prioritized.

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  Jun 14, 2016

  Judge Dismisses Misdemeanor Charge Against Pro-Life Planned Parenthood Video Activist

  A Texas judge has dropped a misdemeanor charge against pro-life activist David Daleiden, the man behind last year's series of undercover Planned Parenthood baby body parts videos, after he was indicted earlier this year by a Harris County grand jury.

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  Jun 14, 2016

  T.D. Jakes: Americans Must Unite in Solidarity After Orlando Massacre Just Like 9/11

  Influential megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes compared Sunday morning's gay nightclub massacre in Orlando to the killing of nine Christians last June at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, and asserted that the Orlando shooting should be identified as both a hate crime and act of terror.

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  Jun 12, 2016

  Ben Carson: Jesus Christ Died for Gays, Lesbians Just Like He Died for Everyone Else

  Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reminded a gathering of prominent Christian conservatives Saturday night that Jesus Christ also died for the sins of gays and lesbians and stressed that more Christians need to "stand up for the word of God."

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  Jun 12, 2016

  Atheists Aren't Silencing Christians, 'Biblically Illiterate' Believers Have, Apologist Argues

  Christian apologist Jason Jimenez argued Saturday that the church in America is "biblically illiterate" and Christians only have themselves to blame for being silenced in the political arena.