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Title: Anti-prayer mayor finding few supporters while exiting LINK

Description: The transgender movement's latest victory in California is likely to be challenged in court. Governor Jerry Brown has signed a "bill of rights" that deals with the treatment of LGBT residents in nursing homes in the Golden State.

Author: Charlie Butts
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: 'What now?' asks GOP holding all the cards LINK

Description: Mitch McConnell & health care bill

Republican leadership on Capitol Hill looks a lot like the proverbial dog that finally caught the car, a conservative writer observes.

Author: Steve Jordahl
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: Eagles use hotel pool for baptism before Panthers game LINK

Description: Canada’s Supreme Court is looking to make a decision on whether graduates from a proposed Christian law school be recognized as lawyers.

Author: Chris Woodward
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: Trump righting Obama's wrong in health care? LINK

Description: According to one immigration enforcement advocacy organization, President Donald Trump has put the future of DACA recipients back in the Democrats’ court.

Author: Chad Groening
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: Muslims abduct Egyptian Christians, force to marry, convert LINK

Description: Muslims are abducting and trafficking Christian women and girls in Egypt, forcing them into marriages and conversions to Islam – a fourfold atrocity that is reaching epic proportions in the North African nation.

Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: Putting 'the squeeze' on UNESCO LINK

Description: A pro-Israel advocate is praising the Trump administration for deciding to pull out of a United Nations agency that has become increasingly anti-Israel.

Author: Chad Groening
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: Trump's bold HHS plan: 'Life begins at conception' LINK

Description: HHS emblem (Health & Human Services)

In a complete reversal from the pro-abortion policy pushed by the Obama administration, President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched its bold new strategic plan that declares the personhood of preborn children to begin at the moment of conception.

Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: Doctors: Transgender puberty blockers are dangerous LINK

Description: Doctors are warning families and their gender-confused children that taking “experimental” puberty-blocking and sex reassignment treatments have dire permanent consequences – stressing that there is no significant scientific evidence justifying their use.

Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: The difference 'beginning at conception' addition could make LINK

Description: HHS emblem (Health & Human Services)

The Trump administration is again providing a glaring contrast to the Obama administration, this time regarding preborn children and the elderly, among others.

Author: Charlie Butts
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: An attempt to remove 'do not disturb' tag from spider caves LINK

Description: A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Endangered Species Act could have big implications for both man and animal.

Author: Chris Woodward
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: Sponsors encouraged to drop sacrilegious show LINK

Description: "The Mick"

One Million Moms is targeting advertisers of a Fox sitcom that's now in its second season.

Author: Bill Bumpas
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: Hymns and British culture LINK

Description: Not long after severely criticizing President Donald Trump over his declaration of support earlier this month for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the mainstream media was forced to admit that he was right when he exposed statistics shining light on the radical pro-abortion laws existing in the United States.

Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Published: Sat, 14 Oct 2017

Title: Hey, Hollywood – clean up your own house LINK

Description: The transgender movement's latest victory in California is likely to be challenged in court. Governor Jerry Brown has signed a "bill of rights" that deals with the treatment of LGBT residents in nursing homes in the Golden State.

Author: Charlie Butts
Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Title: 'What now?' asks GOP holding all the cards LINK

Description: Mitch McConnell & health care bill

One Million Moms is targeting advertisers of a Fox sitcom that's now in its second season.

Author: Bill Bumpas
Published: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Title: Hymns and British culture LINK

Description: Not long after severely criticizing President Donald Trump over his declaration of support earlier this month for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the mainstream media was forced to admit that he was right when he exposed statistics shining light on the radical pro-abortion laws existing in the United States.

Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Published: Sat, 14 Oct 2017

Title: Hey, Hollywood – clean up your own house LINK

Description: Based on what's coming out of Hollywood these days, some find it duplicitous when the industry's A-listers start calling for gun control and demanding respect for women.

Author: Steve Jordahl
Published: Fri, 13 Oct 2017

News from Christian News Wire 17 October 2017

Christian Newswire: Religious Liberties / Persecution
LINK Religious Liberties / Persecution

Literacy Program Opens Doors for Some of Asia's Impoverished Laborer Families
LINK One of thousands of women taught to read and write tells how GFA-supported initiative 'made my dream come true'

Evangelist Alveda King from Values Voters Summit 2017: Yes, Christians Should Vote
LINK President Trump slated to keynote Values Voters Summit. Evangelist Alveda King, Civil Rights for The Unborn is present to pray; boots on the ground.

Christian Concern Intervenes to Protect Europe from Sharia Law
LINK Contact: Tim Dieppe, 020 3327 1120; Andrea Minichiello Williams, 07712 591 164; both with Christian Concern

Judicial Watch: New Homeland Security Documents Reveal Sanctuary Cities Denied 284 ICE Detainers in Three Months, Released Illegal Aliens Charged with Assaults, Drug and Weapons Violations
LINK Contact: Jill Farrell, 202-646-5172

American Heritage Girls to Remain Exclusively Girl-Oriented
LINK Contact: Michelle Beckham-Corbin, 513-771-2025 ext. 170, beckham-corbinm@ahgonline.org

Character-Forming Outdoor Adventure Group Will Remain 'a Place Where Boys Can be Boys'
LINK Trail Life USA pledges to keep its 'affirming' boys focus as Boy Scouts of America announces it will start welcoming girls

Harvey's Casting Couch and Other Predatory Business Practices in Hollywood
LINK Contact: Diana Zoppa, 310-867-6302, Zoppa@ZoppaMediaGroup.com

Evangelist Alveda King: Rain Falls as Women Rise Up on D.C. Mall
LINK Contact: Leslie Palma, 347-286-7277

Descendant of Christopher Columbus Weighs in On Ancestor's Legacy
LINK In USA Today, Christopher Columbus XX refutes unfair attacks on the Italian explorer

'Help a Jew--Help the Holy Land' Launches as Charitable Legal Organization
LINK Contact: Anatoly Gakenberg, 512-298-2898, anatoly.gakenberg@helpajew.com

Catholic Benefits Association Praises Trump Administration for Religious Exemption from Contraceptive Mandate, But Does So with 'Mixed Emotions'
LINK Contact: L. Martin Nussbaum, General Counsel, Catholic Benefits Association, mnussbaum@lrrc.com

Christian Medical Association and Freedom2Care Applaud Administration's Actions to Protect Conscience in Healthcare
LINK Contact: Margie Shealy, Christian Medical Association, 423-341-4254

Harvey Weinstein--Champion of Women's Rights
LINK Contact: Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 212-371-3191, pr@catholicleague.org

FRC Applauds DOJ Guidance Protecting Religious Freedom, Exempting from Oppressive HHS Mandate
LINK Contact: J.P. Duffy, 866-372-6397

'New York Times' OK with Censoring Art
LINK Contact: Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 212-371-3191, pr@catholicleague.org

Foundation for Moral Law Urges Eleventh Circuit to Protect Pensacola Cross
LINK Contact: John Eidsmoe, Foundation for Moral Law, 334-262-1245, info@morallaw.org MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 5, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday, the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus brief in the case of Kondrat'yev v. City of Pensacola, which is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In that case, a group of atheists and humanists sued the City of Pensacola after being offended at the presence of a cross in Bayview Park. The plaintiffs were repres Source: Foundation for Moral Law

Victory Over LGBT Agenda for Miami Counselors
LINK Contact: Liberty Counsel, 407-875-1776, Media@LC.org; Press Kit

Australian Abuse Report Deeply Flawed
LINK Contact: Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 212-371-3191, pr@catholicleague.org NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ --The following analysis is the work of Catholic League president Bill Donohue and Catholic League director of communications Rick Hinshaw; Donohue has a Ph.D. in sociology and Hinshaw has an M.A. in political science:

Pastor Lively Requests Removal of Judge's Language
LINK Contact: Liberty Counsel, 407-875-1776, Media@LC.org; Press Kit

Knights of Columbus and Religious Leaders Urge Embrace of Rev. Martin Luther King's Principles of Non-Violence
LINK Call comes at MLK Memorial the morning after mass shooting in Las VegasContact: Joseph Cullen, Knights of Columbus, 203-800-4923, joseph.cullen@kofc.orgWASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ -- Just hours after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, a group of Christian leaders called on religious leaders of all denominations to sign a letter endorsing the non-violent approach advocated by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leaders from the Knights of Columbus, the Seymour Institute, the Source: Knights of Columbus

News from Christian Headlines:

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Title: Tens of Thousands Participate in Jerusalem March, Celebrating Unification
Description: Last Tuesday, Oct. 10, marked a special day in Israel. Tens of thousands of people from 80 different countries around the world gathered in the city to mark the 50th anniversary of its unification.

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Title: Indonesian Christians Living in New Hampshire Fear Possible Deportation
Description: Indonesian Christians who fled their home country after suffering religious persecution and found a safe haven in the state of New Hampshire are now in danger of being deported.

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Title: Male and Female Pastors to Co-Lead Willow Creek Megachurch
Description: Willow Creek Community Church has named two people to take on the role of lead pastors at the church after founder Bill Hybels steps down.

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Title: Are Coptic Christians Celebrating the Martyrdom of Their People Too Much?
Description: As a little boy in Sunday school, Bassem Al-Janoubie was fascinated by the illustrated stories about the martyrs of Egypt’s Coptic Church.

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Title: Mormon Man Ministering to Las Vegas Victims Says God is 'with His Children Who are Suffering'
Description: When the call came the next morning from Las Vegas' office of emergency management, Brian Scroggins said he did not hesitate. He headed to the convention center and found himself swept up.

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Title: Somalia Suffers Worst Terrorist Attack in its History: 276 Have been Killed
Description: At least 276 people have died in a deadly bomb attack on Saturday in what is being called Somalia’s worst terrorist attack in the country’s history.

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Title: Christian Printer Refuses to Print Pro-Transgender Business Cards
Description: A Christian printer reportedly refused to print business cards promoting the business of a transgender woman who works as a “diversity consultant” and seeks to offer companies advice on diversity, equality, and inclusion for LGBT individuals.

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Title: Home of Beloved Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is Destroyed in California Wildfires
Description: Destructive wildfires continue to burn in northern California, with the death toll now reaching 40 people. Thousands of homes have also been damaged or destroyed, including the home of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.

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Title: California Fire Survivors Respond Unexpectedly to Loss of Homes
Description: Despite the wreckage and the incredible losses they’ve suffered, surviving California homeowners still call themselves “fortunate.”

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Title: President Trump Signs Executive Order Halting Aspect of Obamacare
Description: President Donald Trump announced this week that payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act would stop “immediately.”

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Title: Is Homeschooling Past Its Peak? Research Shows Interest Waning
Description: Researchers dispute government data showing no growth in the homeschool community.

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Title: Air Force Punishes Colonel Who Refused to Condone Same-Sex Marriage
Description: U.S. Air Force officials have suspended a decorated officer and revoked his recommendation for promotion to brigadier general because he would not sign an unofficial document affirming a retiring subordinate’s same-sex marriage.

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Title: FEMA is Withholding Disaster Relief Aid from Religious Organizations So Churches Took Legal Action
Description: Catholic and Jewish leaders file legal briefs arguing that the government should not exclude religious facilities from disaster relief aid.

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Title: ACLU Files Lawsuit Arguing Abortion Pills Should be Available in Pharmacies
Description: Pro-life groups say such a move would endanger women’s health.

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Title: California Church Providing Shelter, Necessities to Those Fleeing Wildfires
Description: In the midst of this destruction, however, a California church is offering a place of safety.