Tag: religion
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Colorado Springs musician, composer offers free hymns, hymn texts to churches around the world
On any random day, Amanda Udis-Kessler’s worship music might reverberate off the walls of some unknown church across the world. The Colorado Springs queer composer writes hymns and hymn texts, which are new lyrics set to traditional tunes. Many of the pieces are commissioned by churches looking for a song to mark a special occasion,…
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Appeals court finds judge did not punish man for religious beliefs when giving ex-wife parenting authority
Colorado’s second-highest court last month rejected a man’s claim that a Larimer County judge unconstitutionally penalized him for expressing religious beliefs critical of homosexuality when she awarded parental decision-making to his ex-wife. District Court Judge Laurie K. Dean gave Brandon Ribble’s ex-wife broad decision-making responsibility for the couple’s children as a result of their divorce.…
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More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds
More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election
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Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others
It’s not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years
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Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeballs scans, citing concerns over privacy
Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information
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Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus
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Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14 million fine for failing to disclose crime data
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14 million fine for failing to disclose crime data.
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French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue
French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris
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Pope Francis receives Germany’s Scholz for private Vatican audience
ROME — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday for his first private audience with the head of the Catholic Church. The two leaders talked for around 30 minutes in the Apostolic Palace. Topics included the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the response to migration,…
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A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona has suffered a significant blow