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Samuel Smith

Town ignores atheists' warnings, keeps Christian cross in Christmas lights display

Town ignores atheists' warnings, keeps Christian cross in Christmas lights display

To the delight of many Christians, a town in Christian County, Missouri, has reversed its decision to take down an illuminated cross from its Holiday display.

Other articles by Samuel Smith

Leading college faculty union says belief in only 2 genders is based on 'ideology,' not fact

One of America's leading college faculty unions is decrying attempts to define gender as "binary," and claims that the Trump administration and the "religious fundamentalists" who support such a definition are moved by ideology, not fact.

Principal placed on leave after banning all things Christmas, saying candy canes symbolize Jesus

The Nebraska principal who banned teachers from using all Christmas or holiday-related symbols or activities in class has been placed on leave for violating school district policy.

New York gives Christian group 'ultimatum': change gay adoption policy or end placement program

The state of New York has given a Syracuse-based Christian adoption agency an ultimatum to either change their adoption policy forbidding placement with same-sex couples or no longer be able to provide adoption services, a new lawsuit details.

Nebraska principal bans all things Christmas, says candy canes symbolize Jesus

A school district in Nebraska has clarified that a principal's recent directives to teachers effectively banning all Christmas and other religious holiday symbols violate school board policy.

One of the oldest English copies of the Bible sells at auction for over $47,000

A rare copy of one of the first New Testaments to be published in English has sold to a private collector for the equivalent of nearly $48,000.

Twitter bans 'deadnaming,' 'misgendering' trans-identified persons in updated 'hateful conduct' policy

Twitter is now banning users from tweeting the birth names of trans-identified persons or referring to them by using biologically accurate pronouns, labeling such interactions as "hateful."

Former Planned Parenthood manager says evangelical church saved her life

A former Planned Parenthood clinic manager says that joining a small nondenominational evangelical church "saved her life" and helped equip her to leave the nation's largest abortion provider.

'Defecating on the Altar': Myanmar's Spiritual Assault on Kachin Christians

Kachin Christians in Myanmar are facing an "existential threat" and "will not be able to continue" in the next one or two generations amid an ongoing civil war between Kachin rebels and the Myanmar military, an activist has warned.

Megachurch Pastor Says Yoga Has 'Demonic Roots,' 'Diametrically Opposed to Christianity'

Missouri megachurch pastor John Lindell has warned his 10,000-member congregation not to participate in yoga, saying that positions associated with exercise and meditation activity were designed to "open you up to demonic power."

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