Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Dec 31, 2014

  Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules Catholic Firefighters' Rights Were Not Violated When Forced to Drive Fire Truck in Gay Pride Parade Despite Religious Objections

  The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has unanimously ruled that that the constitutional rights of two Catholic Providence firefighters were not violated when they were forced to drive a fire truck in a gay pride parade despite their religious objections to the homosexual lifestyle.

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  Dec 30, 2014

  Boko Haram's Bloodiest Year Yet: Over 9,000 Killed, 1.5 Million Displaced, 800 Schools Destroyed in 2014

  The Nigerian Security Network, an organization monitoring the casualties surrounding the Boko Haram insurgency, estimates that 2014 was the deadliest year so far in the terrorist group's five year insurgency in Northeast Nigeria.

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  Dec 30, 2014

  Gov. Cuomo Approves Regulation That Forces Taxpayers to Cover Over $67 Million for New Yorkers' Sex Change Operations

  The governor of New York recently approved a new policy that will allow the state's tax dollars to fund sex change operations for indigent New Yorkers who identify as transgender and have been medically diagnosed with gender identity disorder.

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  Dec 30, 2014

  ISIS' Female Police Brigade Places Medieval-Like Torture Clamp With Spikes on Mother's Chest After They Found Her Breastfeeding in Public

  The Islamic State's all-female religious police force in charge of patrolling the streets of Raqqa have tortured a young woman after she was found breastfeeding in public by placing a medieval-like spiked clamp around her chest, an opposition group has reported.

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  Dec 29, 2014

  Man Who Shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 Brings White Roses to Late Pontiff's Tomb

  The man who attempted to assassinate former Pope John Paul II in 1981 visited the late pontiff's grave at the Vatican on Saturday, placed flowers on his tomb and also requested to meet with Pope Francis, Italian media outlets have reported.

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  Dec 29, 2014

  Centcom Socialite Involved in 2012 Petraeus Scandal Buys New Home for Pakistani Children Whose Christian Parents Were Killed by Muslim Mob

  With help from a Dominican-Pakistani priest, an American couple has bought a new home for three Pakistani children whose Christian parents were burned alive by an angry mob of Muslims in the Punjab Province after being accused of blasphemy in November.

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  Dec 29, 2014

  Al Shabaab Extremists Targeted Victims 'Celebrating Christmas' in Christmas Day Attack That Killed Four

  The al Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia is claiming responsibility for the Christmas day attack on the African Union base in Mogadishu that killed at least three peacekeepers and a civilian contractor last Thursday.

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  Dec 25, 2014

  Is Santa a Republican or Democrat? Here's What Prominent Politicial Minds in Washington Think

  Although nothing is known about Santa Claus' true political preferences, two Washington Post reporters surveyed prominent politicians, political consultants and lobbyists from both sides of the isle about where they think Santa falls on the political spectrum.

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  Dec 25, 2014

  Filipino City Law Requires Bible Verse on Taxis; Officials Credit Scripture for Low Crime Rate, Peace

  Taxi drivers working in the small Filipino tourist island city of Tagbilaran are required by law to have a biblical scripture painted on the back of their three-wheeled motorcycle cabs and any driver that is caught without a scripture is liable to be fined or have their license revoked.

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  Dec 25, 2014

  Senator-Elect James Lankford: Christmas Is the Time for America to Be Thankful for Religious Freedoms

  In this week's Weekly Republican Address, issued by Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Christmas morning, the conservative senator-elect reminded viewers of one thing they need to be thankful for this Christmas: their religious freedoms