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The Slovakian government has recently agreed to take in 200 refugees from Syria and other countries, taking part in an EU resettlement scheme to help tens of thousands of migrants resettle across Europe. However, the government also specified that it will only accept Christians. READ MORE
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Hours after the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, August 13 that a Colorado baker cannot cite his religious beliefs to refuse making a same-sex wedding cake, supporters of the baker have set up a crowd-funding website “to raise funds to support Jack Phillips and protect his freedom of speech and freedom of religion,” according to the website.READ MORE
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A bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide was reintroduced by California lawmakers on Tuesday after the bill had stalled due to opposition from the Catholic Church, fellow Democrats, and disability rights activists.READ MORE
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20 Chaldean Christians from Iraq are being held at a prison in California for attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the U.S., according to a humanitarian group. The group of 20 Chaldean Christians had come to the U.S. seeking asylum, but were caught at the border without proper documentation. READ MORE
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Arkansas became the fourth state to cut funds to Planned Parenthood when Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson canceled the state’s Medicaid contract with the organization on Friday, August 14, following the leaked videos of Planned Parenthood executives speaking of the selling of aborted fetal tissue. READ MORE
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A Kentucky county clerk is facing lawsuits for refusing to issue marriage licenses to both gay and heterosexual couples. READ MORE
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Detained American pastor Saeed Abedini has been facing abuse from guards at his prison cell, according to a human rights agency. READ MORE
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against a Nevada high school and the school district, on Thursday, for denying a student’s proposal to start a pro-life club at her high school. READ MORE
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A Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Christian baker, Jack Phillips, cannot cite his religious beliefs to refuse service to gay couples. In 2012, Jack Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, was requested by gay couple Charlie Craig and David Mullins to bake a cake for their wedding. Phillips refused the request, saying that he is willing to make other baked goods for them but not a wedding cake because of his religious beliefs that marriage should be between a man and a woman. READ MORE
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Union University, a Christian school in Tennessee and Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) member since 1991, announced Thursday, August 13 that it has withdrawn its membership from the organization in response to two CCCU member schools that endorsed same-sex relationships. READ MORE
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South Sudanese pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith, who were released from prison last week on Wednesday, August 5 after facing the death penalty, were met with travel bans when the two pastors and their families tried to leave Sudan. READ MORE
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Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD), along with co-host American Civil Liberties Union of California (ACLU), hosted ‘Days of Dialogue: Future of Policing’ on Tuesday, August 11 at Oriental Mission Church in Koreatown, Los Angeles. This event is a part of the Institute for Nonviolence in Los Angeles (INVLA)’s Days of Dialogue program, a platform for community members and leaders from different organizations and government positions, including the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), to gather and exchange perspectives on issues surrounding policing and its effect on the community. READ MORE
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The families of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian martyrs will receive new houses built by U.S.-based Christian organization Focus on the Family. The houses will be constructed in Samalut city in northeastern Egypt. READ MORE
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Sixteen states have agreed to support 3 Christian universities in their challenge to the contraception mandate under the Affordable Care Act.READ MORE
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a “Democratic Socialist” who is also a Democratic presidential candidate, has accepted an invitation from Liberty University, the large evangelical Christian university, to speak at a convocation at the school on September 14. READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
