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Parents at a New Hampshire school are speaking out after being banned for wearing arm bands with “XX” to support their biologically female athletes who were being forced to play against a male who identifies as female. Parents were unhappy when they found out their female soccer players from Bow High School would be forced…

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Loved ones and a church community are mourning the loss of a couple and their unborn baby following the apparent drowning of a pregnant Washington state woman and her husband in Hawaii. A heartbreaking incident occurred in Maui, where a pregnant woman and her husband tragically drowned while on vacation. The couple has been identified as…

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Pastor Mark Driscoll has once again found himself at the center of controversy, this time involving a city order demanding he take down a “Jesus Christ ’24” campaign-style sign on the property surrounding his Scottsdale, Arizona church. Driscoll, who previously founded the now-defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle and currently leads Trinity Church in Scottsdale,…

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Pope Francis recently spoke with a group of young people at a Catholic college in Singapore and one of his statements has earned him the ire of Catholics and Protestants alike. The remarks were during an interreligious meeting, with the Pope breaking off from his prepared remarks to note that different religions are like “different…

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A Vermont Christian school is seeking legal action after its girls’ basketball team was banned from the sports association for refusing to play a team that consisted of a biological male. February 2023, Mid Vermont Christian school’s girls’ basketball team qualified to participate in a state-sponsored sports league tournament. However, when they found out the…

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Glenn Beck, founder of Blaze Media, joined Tucker Carlson on his tour in Salt Lake City, UT, where the two shared disparaging words for their former employer, Fox News. Beck referred to himself and Carlson as “the only two survivors of Fox News,” and noted how the working environment at Fox News sought to spiritually…

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In a rare but impactful statement, Pope Francis addressed the upcoming U.S. presidential election, urging Catholic voters to make a conscientious decision between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. During a press conference aboard his papal airplane after a 12-day tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, the pope called on Catholics to…

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Kirk Baptist Church in Piperton, Tennessee is mourning the loss of its senior pastor, Dr. Bobby Mullins, and his wife, Wanda, who were killed in a car accident on their way back from Wanda’s shift at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital. According to their son, Brandon Mullins, the couple were hit off the road, rolling four…

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Taylor Swift’s influence once again proved its power, driving almost half a million visitors to the federal voting registration site Vote.gov within a single day. According to CNN, Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and her call to action led to 405,999 visitors flocking to the site. While visitors do not equate to completed…

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As the nation gears up for another intense political showdown, prayer has become central to the preparation for the upcoming presidential debate. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, who will soon face off in a highly anticipated debate, have garnered the support of Evangelical Christians on both sides, with many urging prayer…

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