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(ChurchLeaders) In a lawsuit filed this week, 33 current and former students at U.S. Christian colleges and universities say their schools should be ineligible for federal funding due to LGBTQ discrimination that’s permitted due to religious exemptions. The class-action suit brought by the LGBTQ students names 25 institutions of higher education and aims to strike down the … [Read more...] about Fearing Religious Exemptions to Equality Act, LGBTQ Students File Lawsuit

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor … [Read more...] about High Court: Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues

(The Roy's Report) A multi-billionaire, who’s a trustee at Fuller Seminary and has given millions to Christian ministries and schools, has lost his fortune in a matter of days and now is at the center of a major Wall Street fiasco. Bill Hwang, founder and co-CEO of Archegos Capital Management, quietly built a multibillion-dollar empire using derivatives—risky … [Read more...] about Christian Multibillionaire Loses Fortune; at Center of Wall Street Fiasco

(AXIOS) President Biden on Monday pleaded with governors, mayors and local leaders to maintain or reinstate mask mandates in order to help America reach the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Why it matters: Biden's comments came hours after CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned of her sense of "impending doom" of a potential fourth wave of COVID-19 cases. The big … [Read more...] about Biden Urges Governors to Reinstate Mask Mandates: “This Is Not Politics”

by Alejandra Molina (RNS) A traditional Latin Mass was held Monday (March 29) for Eric Talley, the Boulder, Colorado, police officer who was one of 10 people killed in a mass shooting last week at a King Soopers grocery store. The Archdiocese of Denver, in a statement, described Talley, a husband and father of seven children, as "a man of strong faith with a great trust … [Read more...] about Eric Talley, ‘A Faithful and Heroic Officer’ Killed in Boulder Shooting, Honored in Catholic Funeral Mass