Jonah Hicap
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Bill to make Bible official book of Tennessee passes Senate committee
A bill that would designate the Holy Bible as Tennessee's official state book passed a Senate committee Tuesday.
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Catholic university suspends professor for defending student who wants to speak up against gay rights
A university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has suspended an associate professor over a blog post he wrote in 2014 that criticized an instructor who shut down a student over his opinions against gay rights.
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North Carolina attorney general refuses to defend bathroom law, calling it a 'national embarrassment'
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said he will defend a new state law that prohibits Charlotte and other local governments from enacting policies that protect LGBT people.
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Priest admits to gambling away $500,000 fund intended for refugee sponsorships in Canada
A priest at a Catholic church in Ontario, Canada is under investigation by the police after he told a bishop that he gambled more than $500,000 fund earmarked for refugee sponsorship.
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Memphis church security quickly stops man carrying guns during Easter Sunday service with 4,500 in attendance
Memphis church security thwarts gunman carrying weapons who says people are a 'threat to him'
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Religious groups see victory as U.S. Supreme Court seeks compromise on Obamacare contraceptive mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to find ways that would allow religious non-profit organizations to avoid giving notice that they're against providing contraceptive insurance coverage while ensuring that their employees get covered.
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Alabama governor facing ethics violation, impeachment over audio recording scandal
Embattled Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is facing charges of ethics violation and possible impeachment over the sexually-charged audio recording that he made toward Rebekah Mason, his senior political advisor who resigned from her job over the scandal.
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University of California adopts policies against anti-Semitism, vows to discipline violators
The University of California has adopted a set of policies to combat anti-Semitism on campus, becoming the first public university to have such regulation.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage wreaks havoc on state laws
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the country is creating havoc on state laws.
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San Francisco mayor bans travel to North Carolina over bathroom privacy law
Mayor Edwin Lee of San Francisco, California, has banned any publicly-funded travel to North Carolina after Gov. Pat McCory signed a law on March 23 that mandates local education boards to have bathroom or changing facilities that are to be used by students based on their biological sex.
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Baptist Church expels Alabama governor, female staff over admitted explicit calls
Republican Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and a female staff's membership with the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa has ended, where he had been a deacon, as controversy grew over an inappropriate audio recording that suggested he had an extramarital affair.
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Florida governor signs legislation that cuts state funding to abortion clinics, imposes abortion restrictions
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed on Friday a bill that will cut state funding to abortion clinics including Planned Parenthood and imposes restrictions on the procedure.