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Good afternoon! It's Thursday, March 31, and today's headlines include a federal judge blocking the Navy from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate with religious objectors, the DOJ's indictment of abortion clinic protesters in Washington, D.C., and details of the Finnish MP who was cleared of hate speech charges stemming from their religious belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.
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U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor issued an order Monday that granted a request to broaden a lawsuit against the Defense Department to include over 4,000 Navy service members who have requested a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Earlier this year, a group of Navy SEALS and other military personnel sued the Department of Defense and others over the mandate, citing the Navy's failure to grant any religious
exemptions. O'Connor previously wrote in January that the Navy's religious accommodation process was "theater," stating, "The Navy has not granted a religious exemption to any vaccine in recent memory. It merely rubber stamps each denial." In the order issued Monday, O'Connor clarified, "Here, the potential class members have suffered the ‘same injury,’ arising from violations of their constitutional rights. Each has submitted a religious accommodation request, and each has had his request denied, delayed, or dismissed on appeal." Continue reading. |
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The Justice Department said Wednesday that it plans to indict nine people for trying to block access to an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. The department said it was issuing a two-count indictment, charging the protesters with conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. If they are found guilty, they will each face 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine not to exceed $350,000. Continue reading. |
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Dmitry Bodyu, a Ukrainian-American pastor residing in eastern Ukraine, has been released from detention more than a week after Russian forces captured him in a city they have taken control of in the midst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bodyu's wife took to Facebook on Monday to announce that her husband had been released, saying, "Dmitry is home. He’s doing well. Thank you for your participation, for your concern, help and love! God is good!!! Praise the Lord!" Continue reading. |
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It is a diverse group that comprises the Parental Rights movement in the U.S., a group "who will no longer tolerate the lack of educational integrity, medical freedom, and socialist indoctrination in the public schools," writes former federal contractor and Resurrect Ministry founder Hedieh Mirahmadi. In this op-ed, Mirahmadi calls out the government for proposed new rules aimed at restricting the growth of charter schools by limiting their access to federal funding and calls on parents to join the movement to speak out and take an active role in the education of their children. "As Christians, we should never ignore our responsibility to protect and maintain our children's values. We accomplish this by demonstrating Christ-like qualities in our own lives and
influencing a collective governing body," she asserts. Continue reading. |
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Author and pastor Daniel Trippie discusses Western relativism and the importance of recognizing moral absolutes, including the existence of absolute evil. Pointing to the September 11th, 2001, attacks and Russia's current invasion of Ukraine, Trippie writes, "The Western secular mind is disoriented over Ukraine because we sense this war is wrong. But the secular moral framework can’t rationally explain what makes it wrong without drawing upon the Christian principles they fought to discard." Continue reading. |
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WARNING: Pastor Shane Unloads During Sunday’s Sermon
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Topics covered: - Is there any hope for America?
- Politics and war—we had General Patton now we have Gomer Pyle
- How conspiracy theories are causing division
- Is Texas going blue?
- Mass exodus from the mission field of California
- Why corrupt governors and district attorneys need to be recalled
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A Finnish court has dismissed all hate speech charges filed against Member of Parliament Paivi Rasanen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland over their religious beliefs that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. The three-judge panel's unanimous ruling on Wednesday determined that the government should not be interpreting "biblical concepts." The court also ordered the prosecution to pay the legal costs associated with the trial. Rasanen expressed relief following the ruling, saying she hopes it will "prevent others from having to go through the same ordeal." Continue reading. |
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Suspected Fulani herdsman shot to death four people in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, per Nigerian media reports. Deeper Life Church Pastor John Ajavw was killed when he was en route to a church program, Vanguard reported. Three farmers were said to have been killed on the same day while they were working on their farms, including two women. The news comes just weeks after heavily armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Agunu Dutse
village in Kachia County in Kaduna state shortly after midnight, abducting at least 46 Christians and their children; in a separate attack two days later, more than 100 herdsmen and Islamic terrorists killed 32 civilians in Kagoro town in Kaura County. Continue reading. |
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A new analysis by the Pew Research Center shows that the median earnings for young women in some American cities are the same—or more—than their male counterparts. The findings, which came from an analysis of Census Bureau data by senior researcher Richard Fry, found that when it comes to workers under 30 nationally, the pay gap is significantly narrower than the general population of workers, where young women earn 93% of the earnings of their young male counterparts. While the median annual earnings of women in 2019 registered at just 82% of men’s earnings, women under 30 in 22 of 250 metropolitan areas in the U.S. were found to be making the same or more than men their age. Further, in New York City and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas, young women earn 102%
of what young men earn when examining median annual earnings among full-time, year-round workers. Continue reading. |
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