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By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) Another Texas inmate has had his execution delayed over claims the state is violating his religious freedom by not letting his spiritual adviser lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed on Oct. 27 for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old Brownsville woman in 1998. But a judge on Wednesday … [Read more...] about Another Texas Execution Delayed on Religious Freedom Claims

(Faithwire) The pro-life group Live Action says the search engine Google has removed all of its online ads and has barred the organization from promoting a new video about how unborn babies develop in the womb.  According to Live Action, the ads that were banned included the promotion of Baby Olivia, a medically accurate animation of human development in the womb, as well as … [Read more...] about Google Bans Live Action’s Pro-Life Online Ads as Battle Heats Up Over Abortion Pill Reversal Info

(Fox News) A Portland-area teacher who opposes her district’s vote to ban Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride symbols in schools told local media that she removed the American flag from her classroom because it represents "violence and menace and intolerance." Gail Grobey, an English teacher at Newberg High School and former president of the Newberg Education Association, … [Read more...] about Oregon Teacher Removes American Flag From Classroom, Says It ‘Stands for Violence and Menace and Intolerance’

(The Christian Post) President Joe Biden’s executive orders requiring federal employees, contractors and private employers with more than 100 workers to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing for COVID-19 exempts members of Congress, federal judges and their staffers.  In the coming weeks, the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to issue an … [Read more...] about Here’s Why Members of Congress Are Exempt From Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

(Christian Headlines) A federal appeals court judge voted with his colleagues Friday in overturning a Tennessee heartbeat abortion ban, but in the process also lambasted the U.S. Supreme Court for legalizing abortion "without a shred of support from the Constitution's text." U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amul Thapar voted with two other judges in a 3-0 … [Read more...] about Federal Judge Lambastes Roe v. Wade as ‘Wrong’ and Urges Supreme Court to Overturn It