Jonah Hicap
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Kentucky Senate passes bills creating Bible study elective in public schools, protecting religious liberty of business owners
The Kentucky Senate has approved two bills aimed at creating an elective course on the Bible in public schools and protecting religious freedom in the state.
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Florida governor signs Pastor Protection Act that protects religious persons if they refuse to administer same-sex marriages
Churches, religious organizations and religious persons in Florida may not be compelled to perform same-sex marriages and provide services and accommodations if these violate their religious beliefs under a new state law.
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Georgia House passes bill giving $2 million to pro-life pregnancy resource centres
Georgia's House of Representatives has passed a bill giving as much as $2 million to pregnancy resource centres to encourage them not to have an abortion.
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South Dakota governor signs bill banning abortions beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill that will ban abortions beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Satanists kill restaurant worker in ritual to turn him into a vampire in Mexico
A 24-year-old restaurant worker was tortured and killed by three Satanists during a ritual to turn him into a vampire in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Missouri students keep on praying even as atheists' group seeks to bar youth pastor from entering school and joining them
Students in Missouri have continued to gather and pray during lunch time to symbolize their strong faith despite attempts by an atheist group to bar a youth pastor from visiting the school.
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Christian bakers who declined to make cake for same-sex couple receive threats that their house would be burned, son harmed
A Christian couple who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple due to their religious beliefs said they received a threatening phone call that warned their house would be burned down and their 17-year-old son would be harmed.
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U.S. federal judge upholds Puerto Rico's same-sex marriage ban, says Obergefell does not apply in territory
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday upheld Puerto Rico's ban on same-sex marriage and ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year that legalized gay marriage does not apply to Puerto Rico since it is an "unincorporated territory" and not a U.S. state.
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Georgia governor rejects bill to protect religious leaders who oppose gay marriage
Republican Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia, who is a Southern Baptist, has criticized a bill that would protect ministers, clerics or religious leaders from being compelled to solemnize same-sex marriage in the state, saying it is unChristian.
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Phoenix City council brings back prayer to public meetings â but limited to fire, police chaplains
The Phoenix City Council in Arizona voted Wednesday to bring back prayer during public meetings a month they scrapped the tradition to prevent Satanists from speaking at the regular event.
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Texas schools approve measure requiring student athletes to present birth certificate to determine their gender
Public school superintendents in Texas approved a measure that requires student athletes to present their birth certificate to determine their gender.
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Indiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions based on race, sex or genetic abnormality of foetus
Indiana's House has passed a bill that would ban abortions for reasons based on the foetus' race, sex or genetic abnormality.