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A Methodist pastor in Rochester, New York, surprised churchgoers during a recent Sunday service by announcing plans to transition from male to female. Rev. Phillip Phaneuf of North Chili United Methodist Church made a personal announcement from the pulpit on Nov. 23, while wearing a rainbow stole, sharing that the decision had come after years…

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What seemed to be a simple 650-word college essay assignment quickly blew up into a religious discrimination complaint. Samantha Fulnecky, a junior at the University of Oklahoma (UO) who is majoring in psychology, was assigned a 650-word “reaction paper” in her “Lifespan Development” class. Fulnecky responded to an article that discussed the idea of gender…

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Ryan Burge believes the US military is becoming more religious, even as the American public is becoming more secular. Burge’s study was inspired after reflections from the popular 2001 series “Band of Brothers,” which depicted the grueling every day experiences of Easy Company after the D-Day invasions at Normandy. “Religion was woven in and out…

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Four hundred years ago, a painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens’s disappeared. The painting had been displayed to the public in 1613 but disappeared soon after, falling into obscurity and was not seen again for over 400 years. Auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat rediscovered it in September 2024 while doing a routine inspection of a house…
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