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Can States Ban Conversion Therapy? Supreme Court Will Decide

October 8th, 2025

The Supreme Court has taken up a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, where one Christian therapist says the law violates her right to free speech - and the judges seem poised to agree.

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Church Urges Congregants to Steal LGBTQ+ Books From Library

August 25th, 2025

A Kentucky church is urging congregants to break the law, asking them to check out and never return books with LGBTQ+ content. They say it's civil disobedience, but critics say all they're doing is breaking the law.

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A Carpenter Named Jesus is Facing Deportation

August 15th, 2025

A carpenter named Jesus has been arrested by ICE. Now his church community is fighting to keep him from being deported. How one man's story sheds light on the debate over what the future of America should look like.

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Supreme Court Formally Asked to Overturn Gay Marriage

August 14th, 2025

Nearly a decade after Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage across the country, Kim Davis is asking the Supreme Court to overturn it - and activists fear the conservative majority may agree.

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Conflict Between Christian Coffee Shop and LGBTQ+ Communists Gets Frothy

July 25th, 2025

Is a Denver coffee shop a secret front for anti-LGBTQ+ hatred? Members of the Denver Communists group have been protesting a Christian coffee shop monthly for two years, accusing the business of anti-gay bigotry.

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Chip and Joanna Gaines Face Christian Backlash Over Gay Couple in New Show

July 18th, 2025

Christians are incensed as powerhouse reality tv couple - and avowed Christians - Chip and Joanna Gaines featured a gay couple on their new show. The backlash has been fierce online, and the couple isn't backing down.

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Religious Bath & Body Works Employee Fired for Misgendering Coworker

July 9th, 2025

There's a new pronoun showdown out of Utah, where a Bah & Body Works manager was let go from her job over her religious refusal to use a transgender colleague's preferred pronouns.

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Supreme Court Pours Cold Water On LGBTQ+ Books in Schools

June 30th, 2025

The Supreme Court just sided with a group of religious parents who objected to LGBTQ+ content in the classroom, potentially setting the stage for parents to pull kids from the classroom across the country.

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Court Rules Spa Can't Ban Trans Women on Basis of Religion

June 19th, 2025

Should transgender women be allowed in women-only Korean spas where nudity is mandatory? A Washington-based spa tried banning trans women on a religious basis, but an appeals court wasn't buying it.

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Southern Baptists Vote to Overturn Gay Marriage

June 11th, 2025

The nation's largest Protestant denomination is set to approve resolutions calling for the reversal of Obergefell v. Hodges, which could indicate an evangelical appetite to legally challenge same-sex marriage.

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