Employees quit American Bible Society over sex and marriage rules

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One of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to distributing Bibles around the world will soon require all employees to adhere to orthodox Christian beliefs and heed a conservative code of sexual ethics. Employees are resigning in protest of the new policy, which will effectively prohibit sexually active LGBT people and couples in cohabitating relationships from …

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Bill requiring display of ‘In God We Trust’ at public schools becomes law

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Hundreds of public schools in Louisiana will have to display the national motto of “In God We Trust” on their buildings by August 2019, after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the proposed bill into law last week. The governor’s signature May 23 means public school authorities must now display the national motto in each building used by a school under its jurisdiction. The …

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NC Proposed Budget Bill Includes Illegal $250,000 Gift to Christian Ministry

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If you glance at page 72 of the budget bill unveiled on Monday and currently under consideration by North Carolina’s legislature, you’ll see a section allotting $250,000 to a group called Cross Trail Outfitters “for purposes of promoting wellness and physical activity.” That sounds perfectly reasonable (as far as appropriations go, anyway), but a glance …

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Trump remaking federal policy on women’s reproductive health

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Step by methodical step, the Trump administration is remaking government policy on reproductive health — moving to limit access to birth control and abortion and bolstering abstinence-only sex education. Social and religious conservatives praise the administration for promoting “a culture of life.” But women’s-rights activists and some medical experts view the multi-pronged changes as a …

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In Poland, a Nation of Catholics, a Gay Atheist Mayor is a Presidential Hopeful

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Robert Biedroń was the first openly gay member of Poland’s Parliament when he was elected in 2011. In 2014, he broke the same ground when he was elected mayor of the city of Slupsk, a position he still holds today. There’s now chatter that the liberal politician could shatter that glass ceiling again if he becomes …

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Catholic school denies entry to lesbian couple’s children because marriage is “between a man and a woman”

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A Catholic priest denied a lesbian couple’s children from attending his private school due to their homosexual marriage. The Charlotte Observerreports that the mothers (who wished to remain anonymous) applied to St. Francis Catholic School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., this spring, but subsequently received a rejection email. When one of the mothers called the priest, …

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Pompeo vows US will ‘not stand by as spectators’ on abuses of religious freedom

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The United States will host the first ever ministerial meeting to advance religious freedom around the world this summer, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday at the unveiling of his agency’s annual International Religious Freedom report. The event, which will take place July 25 and July 26 in Washington, will provide an opportunity to …

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Supreme Court won’t take up challenge to restrictive Arkansas abortion law

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a challenge to a restrictive Arkansas law that for now will end the use of medication abortions in the state and could close two of the state’s three abortion clinics. The law requires doctors who provide medication abortions to have a contract with a second doctor who has …

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A Coroner’s Race in Idaho Centered Around the Handling of “Faith-Healing” Deaths

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There was a primary election in Idaho last week for a position that, in any typical year, no one outside of Canyon County would’ve cared about. But it was relevant because the issue of faith-healing was front and center. The County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris, who had been in office for 28 years, lost the primary to former deputy coroner Jennifer …

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Conservative Christian attorneys gain influence under Trump

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Lawyers who espouse a conservative Christian agenda have found plenty of opportunities in Texas, suing on behalf of Bible-quoting cheerleaders and defending a third-grader who wanted to hand out Christmas cards that read in part “Jesus is the Christ!” But for the First Liberty law firm, the last few years have been especially rewarding: Their …

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