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A Michigan hospital has agreed to pay $410K to a physician assistant after she was fired for refusing to participate in transgender surgeries. Christian Valerie Kloosterman had worked for University of Michigan Health-West (UMHW) for 17 years with positive performance reviews during that time when she was faced with a conundrum in 2021. After a mandatory…

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The owner of In-N-Out Burger is calling on people to seek God’s comfort following a devastating shooting at one of the company’s Idaho locations that left three people dead and at least seven others injured. The tragedy unfolded on Aug. 1 at an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, when authorities say 24-year-old Chad Williams…

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Nearly 50 years after the infamous “Son of Sam” murders terrorized New York City, convicted serial killer David Berkowitz says he is no longer seeking freedom from prison, insisting that the only place he hopes to go is “heaven to be with the Lord.” Berkowitz, who is serving multiple life sentences for killing six people…

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Social media outrage ran wild after a report from Moms for Liberty claimed a new Minnesota law would permit dolls with swappable genitals to be handed out in public schools to children as young as 4. “Gender Dolls are to be used by teachers & counselors in K-12 schools,” Moms for Liberty claimed, sharing a…

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This school year will see a new California law that requires schools to provide mixed-gender bathrooms. SB 760, authored by then-state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, requires schools to include at least one “all-gender” restroom. Supporters have framed the bill as a way to protect trans students from bullying, while detractors have expressed concerns over the…

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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has dipped his toes into America’s Christian Nationalism debate. Justice Gorsuch joined hostess Margaret Hoover on PBS’s “Firing Squad with Margaret Hoover” to reflect on America’s 250th birthday and his new children’s book, Heroes of 1776, a look at some lesser-known heroes of the American Revolution. He told Hoover his…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is back in the spotlight after the release of several thousand COVID-era journal entries. The entries were released by Senator Rand Paul prior to a Senate hearing. “I have said for years that Anthony Fauci cared more about his own image than the truth, and now his own diary proves it,” wrote…

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President Donald Trump took aim at Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico during his remarks at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, reviving a years-old comment in which the Democratic lawmaker described himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity.” Speaking Friday evening at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., Trump delivered a series…

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A Church of England minister who was fired and barred from ministry after preaching a sermon defending traditional Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality has settled with his former school, bringing a seven-year legal battle to an end. The Rev. Bernard Randall served for five years as chaplain at Trent College, an independent school in…

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The faith habits of Gen Z continue to paint a complex and confusing picture as a recent study reveals that around half of Gen Z may be staying out of church for political reasons. The Billy Graham Center Research Institute conducted a survey of 2,365 Gen Z adults (ages 18-28) through NORC’s AmeriSpeak panel from…
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