Jonah Hicap
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More than 30 North Carolina magistrates refuse to officiate marriagesâbut it's legal
More than 30 magistrates in North Carolina have opted out of performing all marriages since a law giving them the option went into effect last June.
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'I have weighed the cost': Kim Davis says no one can force her to issue gay marriage licence even if she stays locked up in jail
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky has been jailed in contempt for refusing to issue marriage license to same-sex couples and during these troubled times, she says, God is the one giving her strength.
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Kim Davis' jailing seen as another sign that religious liberty in US is in grave danger
Christian leaders and opinion-makers are sounding the alarm once again that religious liberty in America is in grave danger following the jailing of county clerk Kim Davis of Rowan, Kentucky, for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Harvard University college allows students to pick their own gender identity, pronoun
Harvard University's arts and sciences college has allowed students to register for the new academic year to choose their gende identity and identity pronoun.
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Christian wish fulfilled: Las Vegas school allows student to form anti-abortion club
A Las Vegas high school has allowed a student to form an anti-abortion group on campus after it was sued when it denied the application for the club.
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Texas abortion restriction proponents, critics arrange Supreme Court battle
The case of abortion restriction laws in Texas has reached the US Supreme Court with a women's coalition asking justices to rescind regulations that they say will close more than 75 percent of abortion clinics in the state.
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Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage license to gay couples gets backing of 2 GOP presidential candidates
At least two Republican presidential betsâformer Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paulâexpressed support to a Kentucky county clerk who was sent to jail on Thursday after being held in contempt of court by a US federal judge for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
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Obama triumphs as he secures more than 34 votes in Senate to keep Iran nuclear deal
The Obama administration has secured 34 Senate votes to keep the Iran deal, touted by the White House as the best option to keep the Islamic country from acquiring nuclear weapon but slammed by Republicans as a path to arm Tehran.
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Students protest as Missouri school allows transgender teen to use facilities for girls
Students at a Missouri high school are protesting a transgender woman's privileges to use the girls' locker and restrooms.
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Pastor asks atheist critics of Georgia school football team's mass baptism: 'When did it become illegal to say I'm a Christian?'
The pastor of the First Baptist Church in Villa Rica, Georgia, has responded to a group of atheists who denounced the mass baptism of the football coach and players of the Villa Rica High School, asking: "When did it become illegal to bow your head and pray? When did it become illegal to say I'm a Christian?"
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North Carolina pastor accidentally kills self while cleaning gun on eve of his birthday
A community in Charlotte, North Carolina is mourning the death of a pastor, who died when a gun he was cleaning accidentally discharged.
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US clerk faces contempt raps for defying Supreme Court over gay marriage license
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in Kentucky is facing contempt charges after she continued to enforce her "no marriage license" policy, saying she's doing that "under God's authority."