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USA Today: Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Mexico

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SEE: http://usat.ly/2d93ivE MEXICO CITY - Tens of thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Saturday in opposition to President Enrique Pena Nieto's push to legalize same-sex marriage.Organizers of the National Front for the Family estimated at least 215,000 people participated, and while that number could not be immediately confirmed, it was clearly one of the largest protest marches in Mexico in recent years.Dressed mainly in white and carrying white balloons, the marchers held banners warning against same-sex marriage and demanding parents' right to control sex education in schools."We are not against anybody's (sexual) identity," said Abraham Ledesma, an evangelical pastor who traveled from the border city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, to participate in Saturday's march. "What we are against is the government imposition … of trying to impose gender ideology in education. As religious leaders, we don't want to be f
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Washington Post: Civil rights or religious liberty — what’s on top?

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..."the conflict between religious liberty and nondiscrimination principles is profound," Kirsanow said the tension "appears most acute when religious liberty and sexual liberty conflict." Are those rights of equal importance? Kirsanow says no: "In our constitutional order, the first reason that religious liberty takes precedence over sexual liberty is that this is enshrined in our Constitution." He argues that the commission elevates "nondiscrimination laws, which with the exception of the Fourteenth Amendment are mere statutes, not constitutional provisions, over the provisions of the Constitution. In practice, he added, this is "hostile to religion."   SEE:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/09/commission-says-religious-liberty-should-not-top-civil-rights/
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BARNA: Americans’ Views of Police Brutality Research Releases in Culture & Media • July 14, 2016

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SEE:  https://barna.org/research/culture-media/research-release/americans-views-of-police-brutality?utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=270c8f4bf5-Police+Brutality_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-270c8f4bf5-172086125&mc_cid=270c8f4bf5&mc_eid=75e096d2c2#.V4jUO_krLX7
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RNS: God knows, scientists are more religious than you think By Cathy Lynn Grossman

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" In the land of science, it turns out, there nearly as many believers and churchgoers as there are to be found in the nation at large and many in each camp say science and faith have a lot to offer each other." SEE:  http://religionnews.com/2014/02/16/science-religion-aaas-hamonnye-evangelical/
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USA Today: 11 states sue U.S. government over Obama's transgender directive

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From USA Today 11 states sue U.S. government over Obama's transgender directive http://usat.ly/1ViyfQY AUSTIN – The transgender bathroom battle is about to take another dramatic turn.Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive instructing public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender, rather than birth, identity.The lawsuit, announced Wednesday in Austin by Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton, also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia. It accuses President Obama's administration of "running roughshod over commonsense policies" that protect children, and asks a judge to declare the directive unlawful.    
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BARNA GROUP: Porn in the Digital Age: New Research Reveals 10 Trends

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"While it may seem crazy that younger generations see not recycling as a greater evil than watching pornography, it's also true that not recycling—as well as most of the other activities ranked above pornography—has a societal impact..." SEE:    https://www.barna.org/research/culture-media/research-release/porn-in-the-digital-age-new-research-reveals-10-trends?utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=20c22a58ed-Barna_Update_Porn_in_the_Digital_Age_New4_3_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-20c22a58ed-172086125&mc_cid=20c22a58ed&mc_eid=75e096d2c2#.VwedhPkrLX7  
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Barna Research Group: Five Ways Christianity Is Increasingly Viewed as Extremist

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SEE:  https://barna.org/research/faith-christianity/research-release/five-ways-christianity-increasingly-viewed-extremist?utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=01483ccae2-BU_Five_Ways_that_Christianity_is_Increa2_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-01483ccae2-&mc_cid=01483ccae2&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D&utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=01483ccae2-BU_Five_Ways_that_Christianity_is_Increa2_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-01483ccae2-172086125&mc_cid=01483ccae2&mc_eid=75e096d2c2#.Vs2p7fkrIgv
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Luke 21

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Luke 21: 8  And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.   9 But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately."   10  Then He said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.   11  And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.   12  But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake. 13  But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony.    [NIV]
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