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Girl Scouts of the USA is pushing back against claims that the organization is teaching Islam after reports highlighted mosque visits, Islamic prayer, hijab activities and Muslim faith awards connected to some local troops. The national organization said Wednesday that it does not teach religion and that faith-specific recognition programs are created and administered by…

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Massachusetts’ highest court has blocked a city from installing two towering statues of Catholic saints meant to honor police officers and firefighters, setting up an ongoing legal fight over religious expression on government property. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled August 20 that Quincy cannot, for now, move forward with plans to place 10-foot statues…

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Canada’s military has adopted a nationwide policy barring chaplains and other service members from referring to God or specific religious traditions during official public events, drawing criticism from a prominent evangelical organization that says the rules go too far. The Canadian Department of National Defence issued the new personnel instructions, titled “Spiritual Reflections in Military…

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Supporters of the separation of church and state are pushing for the Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. The law took effect almost a year ago, with supporters citing the Ten Commandments’ historical significance as support for the display. The American Civil Liberties…

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The fight over a baby born to a surrogate after she fled a demand to abort him continues. 28-year-old McKenna West was hired as a surrogate by California couple Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed. According to the couple, they paid West $60,000 during the pregnancy, with a surrogacy agreement that addressed aborting the baby should…

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A new school year in Texas means a rollout of the state’s plan to utilize the Bible in public schools. It’s a move that has earned criticism from liberals and advocates of church and state, who claim the inclusion of mandatory Bible passages violates the establishment clause. Texas has made several moves recently that critics…

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A megachurch pastor in the United Methodist Church denomination (UMC) and Democratic hopeful in the Kansas US Senate race is facing backlash after preaching that atheists and non-Christians will make it to heaven. In 2022, Adam Hamilton preached to his church, the multi-campus United Methodist Church (UMC) of the Resurrection in Leawood, through a sermon…

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Karoline Leavitt is walking away from one of the most high-profile jobs in Washington for a reason many parents can understand: She wants to be there for her children. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary at the end of August, less than a month after she…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom brought a sharply political message into a Detroit church Sunday, warning congregants that President Donald Trump and Republicans want to take America back to a “pre-1960s world.” Speaking at Fellowship Chapel, a prominent Black church in Detroit, Newsom initially framed his remarks around the relationship between faith and action. “The reverend…

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President Trump signed an executive order lowering the number of recommended vaccines for children, spacing out the vaccine schedule over longer periods, and suggesting breaking up the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (known as the MMR) into separate vaccines rather than all at once. The White House announced the new recommendations as the “Gold Standard…
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