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Disney CEO Bob Iger has hit back at claims by GOP presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that the company “sexualizes children.” DeSantis spoke at a town hall in New Hampshire in June when he stated, “We’ve put [Disney] on a pedestal — in the past, it has been like the all-American company. But…

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A liberal Idaho college town is paying $300,000 to three Christian churchgoers who sued the city after being arrested for not wearing masks at an outside service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Moscow recently announced that it would settle with Gabriel Rench and Seand and Rachel Bohnet, who brought a case against city…

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Jim Caviezel appeared on “Fox & Friends” to discuss the continued success of his film, “Sound of Freedom,” which has now made over $100 million at the box office. Caviezel noted that the film’s success has a lot to do with America being “fed up,” particularly with open borders at the America’s southern border with…

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Shane Lloyd, 50, and Jakob Lloyd, 19, were on their way to the University of Central Florida to attend freshman orientation when they were tragically killed by a drunken driver. The father and son were hit by 40-year-old Leslie Gehret who allegedly ran a red light  and collided with their vehicle. The collision sent Lloyd’s…

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Pop star Demi Lovato has received pushback online from several influential pro-life commenters for her new pro-abortion anthem, “Swine.” The profanity-laced song and music video were released in late June after the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, ruling that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t confer a right to abortion.…

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Texas-based ChinaAid is warning of religious persecution in Xiamen, China, a port city on the southeast coast. Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife, Wang Xiaofei, were hit with a combined fine of 400,000 yuan- equivalent to $55,100. The couple runs Xunsiding Church, the largest house church in Xiamen. The couple had been charged an initial fine in 2021 by…

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is serving her first term as Governor of Arkansas, stirred controversy after posting a picture of her three children standing behind a chalk cross they had drawn outside the Arkansas Governor’s mansion. The governor captioned it, saying, “New artwork to welcome people into the Governor’s mansion! So proud of how hard the…

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A 45-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has been arrested. His crime? Posting 1 Corinthians 10:18-21 on his Facebook page. The passage discusses sacrifices made to idols and warns Christians against participating in such practices that involve “devils” in the King James Version. Verse 21 states, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the…

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Justin Nash felt the need to apologize. He wasn’t sure if anyone at the Denver Pride Parade would welcome it, but he was convinced he had to try. After changing his lunch plans, he set out for the parade to share his apology, written in marker on a poster board, with as many people as…

Thirteen-year-old Benjamin Rennie tragically passed away in a boating accident while attending a Christian summer camp in Minnesota. Rennie was tubing with another child when a boat propeller struck him and took his life. A 27-year-old employee was driving the boat when the incident occurred and began attempting life-saving care while emergency responders where on…

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