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$Big 12 conference rumors: BYU should be barred because of its \'discriminatory\' policies, say LGBT groups$
Big 12 conference rumors: BYU should be barred because of its 'discriminatory' policies, say LGBT groups

LBGT groups are asking the Big 12 athletic conference not to allow Brigham Young University to join the league, alleging that the institution has discriminatory policies against same-sex couples and LGBTQ students.
Americans prefer to talk about politics than religion, survey shows

Americans share politics more than their religion when talking to their friends, a new survey showed.
U.S. lawmaker says sign from God led her to run for Congress

Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx from North Carolina said that she "had a very unusual route in getting to Congress."
Public schools in Alabama urged to resist demands to remove God from programmes

A pro-U.S. Constitution group has urged public schools in Alabama to fight any demand to remove the mention of God in programmes and events.
American Olympic volleyball player relies on God during trials

Micah Christenson is at the Rio Olympics as part of the U.S. volleyball team.
U.S. county sheriff ordered to pay $41,000 to atheists over religious Facebook post

A Tennessee county and sheriff, and an atheist group have reached a settlement over a lawsuit filed based on a religious post on Facebook.
Former JP Morgan exec claims he was barred from meeting coworkers for a lunchtime Bible study

A former top executive at JP Morgan office in Manhattan, New York City said the company barred him from meeting coworkers for a Christian Bible study at lunch, highlighting how religious accomodation is struggling in U.S. workplaces.
Indonesia considers outlawing homosexual acts

A group of Islamic activists has filed a petition with Indonesia's Constitutional Court seeking to expand the coverage of existing law against sex between an adult and a minor of the same gender to two homosexual adults.
Iraqi refugees convert to Christianity, share Gospel to families and friends

Under the threat of the Islamic State (ISIS), thousands of residents from Fallujah, Iraq, have fled to a refugee town called City of Refuge.
$Young pastors aim to plant more churches to draw \'hip-hop\' people in Missouri$
Young pastors aim to plant more churches to draw 'hip-hop' people in Missouri

Young pastors like Kenny "KP" Petty are working hard to establish churches, trying to draw people who have grown up in hip-hop culture where "rap music, gangs, urban clothing, art, poetry, hardship and violence have molded our people."
$ISIS uses Iraqi families as \'human shield wall\' in Mosul in preparation for looming siege$
ISIS uses Iraqi families as 'human shield wall' in Mosul in preparation for looming siege

Thousands of Iraqi families are being used as human shields by the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a Christian charity organisation.
U.S. professor accused of pushing religious beliefs in class

A professor in a public college in Wisconsin is being accused by an atheist group of promoting religious beliefs in class.