Religion
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Reintegration of Bible studies into schools reignites long-standing clash
Reintegration of the Bible and religious tracts in schools are reemerging as salient issues for a markedly more faith-based America than in the recent past.
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New York village threatens church for selling Christmas trees, prompting lawsuit threat
Village of the Branch says St. Patrick's can't have more than one fundraising event every 90 days "while allowing other organizations to conduct seasonal sales events," church's lawyers say.
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Watch the first TPUSA AMFest since Charlie Kirk's assassination
Speakers at the multi-day event include Vice President JD Vance, Steve Bannon, Erika Kirk, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, first son Donald Trump Jr. and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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School district must convince jury it can fire Christians for not using students' transgender names
Rebuked by Supreme Court in religious accommodation ruling, 7th Circuit finds "insufficient evidence to conclude that calling students by their last names, without more, would inflict emotional harm on a reasonable person."
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UCLA to pay $6.13M to resolve campus antisemitism lawsuit, $2.33M of that to Jewish charities
Settlement, which is not public, covers "damages to each of Becket’s clients, millions in charitable contributions to organizations that support the Jewish community, and attorneys’ fees and costs," law firm says.
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Appeals court blocks gender identity mandates in adoption: pronouns, pride parade, 'hormone shots'
"The situation would be no different if the state had restricted parental speech favoring more 'progressive' views of sexuality and gender identity, while compelling speech" that affirms "traditional" views, Trump-Clinton judges rule.
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New York pays Christian photographer $225K for threatening her for refusal to do same-sex weddings
Obama nominee ruled it was "beyond debate" after Supreme Court ruling for Christian website designer that Empire State could not compel Emilee Carpenter to participate in activities against her beliefs.
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Military pilot on no-fly list after probe into faith conversations ends without charges, lawyer says
Captain Forrest Doss is not able “to fly,” his career is destroyed “because of an investigation,” he’s given “no good guidance moving forward, and he can’t talk about his faith when asked,” R. Davis Younts said
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Football greats, country music star urge SCOTUS to protect prayer at games on public property
Legal heavy hitters urge Supreme Court to junk precedent that holds "misperceptions of observers looking to take offense can trump the rights of religious people and schools to fully participate in public life."
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, dies at 86 after hospitalization
"Last week, Pastor John unexpectedly contracted pneumonia, and the Lord took him home on Monday, July 14," the church's website said
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Pentecostal televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90
Jimmy Swaggart had a cardiac arrest just over two weeks ago.
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Christian summer camp lawsuit prompts religious exemptions from Colorado's gender identity rules
Centennial State claims it never required religious camps to let gender-confused boys, girls use opposite-sex facilities. Maryland school district allegedly paid six figures in social media blocking case before even bigger loss at SCOTUS.
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Southern Baptists agree to push Supreme Court to ban gay marriage
The resolution was part of a broader measure that also called to defund Planned Parenthood and to keep transgender athletes out of female sports.