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The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a contract signed by Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School to start the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school would violate the Constitution and the Establishment Clause. The ruling was 7-1, with Justice James Winchester writing, “Under Oklahoma law,…

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The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) was held in Madison, WI this year, and the “clothing optional” event left parents fuming about what they considered an inappropriate event. The event is held every year, with naked bike riders participating to protest things such as climate change and promote “body positivity.” Republicans in the state tried…

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Paula White-Cain, president of Paula White Ministries and lead pastor of City of Destiny Church in Florida spoke at the recent Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton to share her experiences as one of former president Donald Trump’s spiritual advisors. Speaking to a group at the conference, she discussed…

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Former president Donald Trump called on the faith of his constituents while speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC. “As you know, the radical left is trying to shame Christians, silence you, demoralize you, and they want to keep you out of politics. They don’t want you to…

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The family of a 12-year-old girl is mourning after she was allegedly assaulted and strangled to death by two men who were in the country illegally. Twelve-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray snuck out of her Houston apartment, allegedly lured by the two suspects, Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, and Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21. Surveillance footage recovered…

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A new poll shows that while a majority of Americans support the practice of in-vitro fertilization, the public is split on the morality of destroying frozen embryos created in the process. Gallup recently released its annual Values and Beliefs poll, examining Americans’ views on a wide variety of cultural and contentious issues. The survey, which…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci recently reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic and his decision to close schools across the country, resulting in a learning loss in students. Fauci spoke with CBS Mornings, saying the initial closures were not a mistake, but he questions the length in which the schools were closed. “Shutting down everything immediately — and…

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Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom, the latest move from a Republican-dominated legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed into law required a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily…

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While Christians remain on the fence on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), one Christian university is hoping to encourage Christians to use the new technology with the creation of a new AI lab. Biola University in California has opened a new AI lab in its Cromwell School of Business with the intention that the…

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A new Louisiana law mandating that schools display the Ten Commandments in every classroom is setting off a stream of debates between conservatives, liberals, and independents about the nature of separation of church and state. The law was signed by Louisiana governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday and mandates that poster-size displays of the Ten Commandments…
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