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2 Colorado teen girls charged with plot to murder their classmates Columbine-style
2 Colorado teen girls charged with plot to murder their classmates Columbine-style

Two 16-year-old girls have been charged by prosecutors for plotting a Columbine-style attack to kill classmates at their school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado last December.

Pro-gun Catholics upset at Dallas Catholic diocese\'s decision to ban guns in churches
Pro-gun Catholics upset at Dallas Catholic diocese's decision to ban guns in churches

Pro-gun Catholics in Dallas, Texas, are upset about the Catholic Diocese's decision to ban firearms in churches and took issue with the bishop's blog post against the open carry policy in the state.

California court rules Catholic hospital can\'t be forced to perform tubal ligation
California court rules Catholic hospital can't be forced to perform tubal ligation

A California court has ruled that a Catholic hospital cannot be forced to perform tubal ligation sterilization procedure on a woman as it would violate its religious freedom.

West Virginia transgender youth minister charged with sexual abuse of child
West Virginia transgender youth minister charged with sexual abuse of child

A West Virginia transgender woman who served as a youth minister in several churches was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexually abusing a young girl for years.

Texas churches to display \'no guns\' sign to show opposition to new open carry law
Texas churches to display 'no guns' sign to show opposition to new open carry law

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso in Texas will display 'no guns' signs at churches following its opposition to hew new open carry law.

U.S. Supreme Court declares Florida\'s death penalty law unconstitutional for allowing judge, not jury, to make decision
U.S. Supreme Court declares Florida's death penalty law unconstitutional for allowing judge, not jury, to make decision

Florida's death penalty laws has been ruled as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court after it found that it requires a judge and not a jury to make findings that are needed to impose the capital punishment.

Atheist files lawsuit to remove \'In God We Trust\' from U.S. currency, claiming that it violates First Amendment
Atheist files lawsuit to remove 'In God We Trust' from U.S. currency, claiming that it violates First Amendment

An atheist from California wants the phrase "In God We Trust" removed from U.S. currency, claiming it violates the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Pennsylvania pastor wanted by police for raping, impregnating teen who lived with him and his family
Pennsylvania pastor wanted by police for raping, impregnating teen who lived with him and his family

A Pennsylvania pastor is being hunted by the police for rape and sexual assault of a teen who lived with him and his wife.

Montana sued for discriminating against religious schools in state scholarship plan
Montana sued for discriminating against religious schools in state scholarship plan

A family and a group of Christian schools have filed a discrimination suit against Montana over a state scholarship program regulation that excludes religious schools.

New mosque in Wyoming draws protest; Facebook user says \'I don\'t want jihadis in my neighbourhood\'
New mosque in Wyoming draws protest; Facebook user says 'I don't want jihadis in my neighbourhood'

A Muslim mosque in Gilette, Wyoming, that opened last September is being opposed, with one man setting an anti-Muslim page on Facebook.

Missouri mom says right to carry gun saved her family from knife-wielding attacker
Missouri mom says right to carry gun saved her family from knife-wielding attacker

A Missouri mom is crediting the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment on the right to carry firearms for saving her family from a man who wielded a knife at them.

Virginia pastor blasts gay marriage and abortion, tells flock to hang on to their guns
Virginia pastor blasts gay marriage and abortion, tells flock to hang on to their guns

A Virginia pastor slammed those who support same-sex marriage, gun control and abortion, saying "50 million have been killed by" abortionists.

\'American Sniper\' widow tells Obama: Your gun control measures won\'t stop criminals
'American Sniper' widow tells Obama: Your gun control measures won't stop criminals

"American Sniper" widow Taya Kyle confronted President Barack Obama and gave her piece on his recent gun control executive orders.

Muslims to become second largest religious group in the U.S. before 2040, study says
Muslims to become second largest religious group in the U.S. before 2040, study says

Before 2040, Muslims will become the second largest religious group in the United States after Christians and American Muslims will reach a population of 8.1 million by 2050.

School for gays opening in September in Georgia: Where \'kids have full permission to be themselves\'
School for gays opening in September in Georgia: Where 'kids have full permission to be themselves'

A transgender woman, who identifies as a male, will open a private school for homosexuals and transgenders in Georgia in September.

Obama vetoes bill aiming to defund Planned Parenthood, repeal Affordable Care Act
Obama vetoes bill aiming to defund Planned Parenthood, repeal Affordable Care Act

As expected, U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed Friday a bill that would end his centerpiece program, the Affordable Care Act, and defund abortion provider Planned Parenthood.