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Russia added to US State Department's religious freedom 'special watch list'

Samuel Smith Sat 15 Dec 2018 17:59 GMT

The U.S. State Department has added Russia to its "special watch list" for religious freedom violators and added Pakistan to its list of "countries of particular" concern.

University blog reinstates pro-life article on birth control after complaints

Staff writer | Fri 14 Dec 2018 15:29 GMT

The Women's Center at the University of Idaho has reinstated an article that was removed from its blog because it challenged pro-choice views on abortion and birth control.
Yale University vending machines to start selling morning-after pill

Staff writer | Thu 13 Dec 2018 19:31 GMT

A new vending machine being installed on the campus of Yale University will soon start selling students condoms, lubricants and the morning-after pill.
Trump signs bipartisan legislation protecting aid for religious minorities in Iraq and Syria

Samuel Smith | Thu 13 Dec 2018 18:55 GMT

Surrounded by religious leaders and respected religious freedom advocates, Trump signed on Tuesday the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act, bipartisan legislation that has taken nearly two years to pass in order to ensure support for religious minorities displaced in Iraq and Syria and accountability for IS terrorists responsible for the genocide.
Let parents block graphic content on internet streamed movies and TV shows, family group tells Congress

Samuel Smith | Thu 13 Dec 2018 18:43 GMT

The Parents Television Council is campaigning for Congress to allow technology platforms like VidAngel or ClearPlay to be block sexual scenes and other graphic content on movies and TV shows streamed over the internet.
8-year-old stopped from talking about the Bible during class show and tell

Staff writer | Thu 13 Dec 2018 16:55 GMT

An 8-year-old boy was shut down by his school teacher when he tried to talk about the Bible during his class show and tell, says his parent.
Democrats want abortion to be recognised as a human right

Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 23:40 GMT

The Democrats have introduced a bill in the US House demanding that abortion be recognised as a human right.
Breitbart accuses Google of blocking its ad revenue

Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 21:11 GMT

Google employees considered blocking Breitbart on 'moral grounds', the right-wing news outlet has alleged.
San Francisco pumps $215k into world's first ever 'transgender cultural district'

Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 18:57 GMT

A part of downtown San Francisco popular with the trans community is being touted as the world's first ever 'transgender cultural district'.
Franklin Graham: We need to be 'very, very careful' before we change Lord's Prayer

Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 15:49 GMT

Italian bishops are mulling a change to the Lord's Prayer from 'lead us not into temptation' to 'abandon us not when in temptation'
Pakistan furious at blacklisting by US for religious freedom violations

Reuters | Wed 12 Dec 2018 14:18 GMT

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Tuesday added mainly Muslim Pakistan to the US list of 'countries of particular concern'.
Persecution is a blessing, Chinese elder told church before his arrest

Christian Today staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 13:57 GMT

He wrote to the church in a post shared on Facebook that the persecution they were facing was a 'reward', and that those who had been taken before him were 'within the gracious, sovereign providence of the Lord.
US returns church bells looted after Philippines massacre

Christian Today staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 12:11 GMT

Church bells taken as war trophies by US forces more than a century ago arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday.